MIKKO HEIKINPOIKA

Mikko Heikinpoika is a ritual musician, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer from Finland. Integrating rich vocal expression, live looping, grounded rhythms, and deep, heartfelt bass frequencies.Ritual and ceremony blend together with technology, broadening his expression.

Supported by strong Nordic and Siberian roots, embracing the Planet and its tribes, he reaches for to create an experience that aims to offer the possibility of a gateway into an altered state of being. Drawing on inspiration from nature, as well as our ever-growing symbiosis with technology, powerful rhythms, soundscapes, and soul shaking dance intertwine to create a trance inducing journey that will not be forgotten.

At the moment, Mikko is going through his masters studies at the Sibelius Academy of the University of Arts Helsinki/Finland, which was ranked 9th in Performing Arts in the QS World University Rankings in 2021. His study programme is Global Music, which is a multicultural programme that is breaking new ground in music education. Interaction with music traditions and professionals from all over the world can be heard in Mikko Heikinpoika’s music, which is rooted and forward looking at the same time. In his masters project he is researching and creating opportunities for anyone to engage with the transformative experience of immersing yourself with digitally augmented music improvisation.