I'm a sound designer and musician specialising in immersive and interactive projects: XR experiences (AR and VR), games, installations, and live performances where audience shares the feeling of presence and becomes a part of the illusion − or reality if that's the aim.
I have a background in music playing cello, trumpet, keyboards and other instruments somewhat purposefully for the most part of my life in a number of ensembles. On the side, I've done quite a lot of sound engineering stuff over the years.
Previously, I used to work as music teacher and teacher in sound engineering for about 10 years. During that time, I got to work with awesome and inspirational students, got exposed to more musical genres than I knew that exist, spent countless nights writing arrangements for the most unconventional ensembles, and got to live through dozens of spectacular productions.
Since around 2019, I've been working full-time as a sound designer and composer mainly in immersive and interactive projects. Currently, my main venture is 'Full-AAR' at WHS in Helsinki where we test artistic and technical approaches to the narrative use of audio augmented reality (AAR) with six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF). I'm also putting in time on my own game company Mindhaven Games, working with our own video game title 'Sky Beneath' as well as subcontracting on other projects.
