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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · 1d

Looking much forward to playing in Stockholm next month in this intimate 4x concert series.

John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday 23 November is the next and final concert in our series at Yeshin Norbu Meditation Centre. Swedish-Finnish composer Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social performs. Food (included in ticket price) will be a tofu/winter vegetable hotpot, rice, pickles.

Tickets: www.nortic.se/ticket/event...

Concert poster. White text on dark green background reads: Marja Ahti Solo. Yeshin Norbu Meditation Centre. Roslagsgatan 62. sondag 23 Nov. 2025 kl 15. The poster includes a minimal illustration of a grid of lines and some dots

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EtherREAL Webzine @etherrealwebzine.bsky.social · 12d

First presented by @marjaahti.bsky.social at the Festival for Other Music in Stockholm, "Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth" is now available on this album. Available on the label Fönstret, it blends contemporary and electro-acoustic music
#contemporarymusic
www.etherreal.com/spip.php?art...

Chronique disque - Marja Ahti : Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth

Festival actif de 2016 à 2024, le « Festival for Other Music » était géré par John Chantler et pouvait être vu comme un cousin de Présences (…)

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John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · 17d

Very nice words about Marja Ahti’s LP here: aktirecords.net/blogs/produc...

Marja Ahti - Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth LP (Fönstret)

Marja Ahti’s Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth is continuing in the lineage of its predecessors: it asks something of its listener before it gives anything in return and yet once one enters its car...

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Himera @himeraturku.bsky.social · 14d

At the threshold towards winter, this year's Himera Festival brings two days of experimental music, presenting free jazz ensemble Oaagaada, composer and pianist Lisa Ullén, musician and artist Shakeeb Abu Hamdan, guitarist Finn Loxbo and sound artist and designer Piia Rinne.

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Himera @himeraturku.bsky.social · 15d

Save the date: Himera Festival 2025
31/10-1/11 with Lisa Ullén, Oaagaada, Finn Loxbo, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan and Piia & Miia Rinne.

Two days of performances at Contemporary Art Space Kutomo, Sibelius museum and Dynamo. Turku, Finland.

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 19d

'Zooming out, September always feels like a point of intensifying energy when it comes to new music. The big distraction of festival season behind us, end of year listageddon looming into view on the horizon...'

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of September 2025

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Quietus Music of the Month composite graphic made up of several albums' artwork.

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Antonio @alteranthony.bsky.social · Sep 16

For @thequietus.com, I wrote about @marjaahti.bsky.social's new album of delicate yet voluminous electroacoustic explorations (out on @johnchantler.bsky.social's Fönstret). Gorgeous stuff.

Marja Ahti – Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth | The Quietus

Developed at Stockholm's EMS studios and first presented at the Seventh Edition Festival for Other Music in February 2024, the Swedish sound artist's latest is filled with an expansive sense of explor...

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Alex Tripp @endaural.com · Sep 12

Marja Ahti has an exquisite pair of electroacoustic compositions for you. Sharper high frequency tones move like fine linework, with their smooth curved gestures complimenting the paths taken by complex timbres opening up new dimensions of movement. It's phenomenal!

Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth, by Marja Ahti

2 track album

marjaahti.bandcamp.com

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Eyal Hareuveni @eyalh.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sound artist-composer Marja Ahti offers enigmatic pieces that explore and enhance the elemental qualities of sound in nature, or by acoustic instruments, and how these sounds can create their own organic sonic ecosystem. My review for Percorsi Musicali: www.percorsimusicali.eu/2025/09/12/m...

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Sep 12

My new album Touch This Fragrant Surface of Earth is out today via Fönstret @edition-festival.com

Massively happy and grateful for how this turned out, with the sincere efforts of everyone involved. The cover art is by Finnish artist Maija Luutonen.

marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...

Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth, by Marja Ahti

2 track album

marjaahti.bandcamp.com

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John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · Sep 10

Slightly later release date, but folks in the USA can order @marjaahti.bsky.social's 'Touch This Fragrant Surface of Earth' from Clandestine Distribution or get your favourite local retailer to order it in from them. clandestinedistribution.com/products/ant...

Marja Ahti - Touch This Fragrant Surface of Earth LP

Marja Ahti is a Swedish artist living in Turku, Finland. She works with found sounds, objects and electronics, creating auditory assemblages that reveal a profound sensitivity to sound’s tactile poten...

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Alex Tripp @endaural.com · Aug 8

Marja Ahti & Manja Ristić balance a rich soundworld atop a highwire, delicately distributing the motion so that it never tips, operating in a crystal clear air that hides nothing while also conveying the full weight of emptiness, honoring the majesty of the moves that carve into it with substance.

Transference, by Marja Ahti/Manja Ristić

5 track album

erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com

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Jon Abbey/Erstwhile Records @erstwhile.bsky.social · Aug 11

into year 27 of Erstwhile, I still love the feeling of releasing newly arrived titles into the wild. these two just arrived, looking and sounding gorgeous, both shipping now.

Éric La Casa/Jérôme Noetinger - Off Tracks (Erstwhile 101)

Marja Ahti/Manja Ristić- Transference (Erstwhile 103)

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Aug 11

2nd week in residence at Contemporary Art Space Kutomo in Turku with percussionist Minna Koskenlahti and performance+butoh artist Tashi Iwaoka. We are presenting a new piece on Thursday at 18-20, come by and stay for the whole two hours or any duration you like.

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Aug 11

This is out today on @erstwhile.bsky.social ✨💿

Transference, by Marja Ahti/Manja Ristić

5 track album

erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com

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John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thrilled to be releasing this gorgeous new solo record by Marja Ahti which has its roots in her performance for the edition vii grm festival last february.... Out Sept 12.

marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...

Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth, by Marja Ahti

2 track album

marjaahti.bandcamp.com

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Edition @edition-festival.com · Jul 31

This is Fönstret—15. @marjaahti.bsky.social

John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thrilled to be releasing this gorgeous new solo record by Marja Ahti which has its roots in her performance for the edition vii grm festival last february.... Out Sept 12.

marjaahti.bandcamp.com/album/touch-...

Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth, by Marja Ahti

2 track album

marjaahti.bandcamp.com

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Jul 31

You can now pre-order the record and listen to the title track. This is a music that I’ve lived with for a long time and I’m delighted to finally let it out in the world dressed in Maija Luutonen’s amazing artwork.

With special thanks to John Chantler and Andrew Fenchel.

Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth, by Marja Ahti

2 track album

marjaahti.bandcamp.com

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Jul 31

Very excited to let you all know that my new record ’Touch This Fragrant Surface of Earth’ will be released on Fönstret on September 12th.

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John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · Jul 15

and then in November we close out the series with a solo electro-acoustic set by Swedish-Finnish composer Marja Ahti. Ahti's next solo record 'Touch This Fragrant Surface of Earth' will be out on Fönstret in September (i have copies here & it sounds incredible!)

edition-festival.com/en/events/ma...

Marja Ahti: Solo

Solo performance of new electro-acoustic works by Swedish-Finnish composer Marja Ahti. \

edition-festival.com

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John Chantler @johnchantler.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm hosting four sunday afternoon concerts at Yeshin Norbu Meditation Centre in Stockholm starting on 24 August with a solo performance by the extraordinary bassist composer Kansan 'Torbjörn' Zetterberg.

Communal meal included.

Tickets available now:
edition-festival.com/en/events/ka...

Kansan Zetterberg: Solo

Solo concert from double bass player, composer and Zen Buddhist priest Kansan Zetterberg.

edition-festival.com

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Duo album with @manjaristic.bsky.social coming up on @erstwhile.bsky.social August 8th. Hope you enjoy!

erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/transf...

Transference, by Marja Ahti/Manja Ristić

5 track album

erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Jun 27

My text is more about the poetics of spatial composition, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other essays cover acoustics more in-depth. We'll see when the book arrives.

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Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social · Jun 26

Happy to contribute with a text on composing with space for the latest Spectres issue.

shelter-press.com/spectres-v/

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Jon Abbey/Erstwhile Records @erstwhile.bsky.social · Jun 18

very happy to announce that we have a title and a final front cover for this project, coming soon:

Marja Ahti/Manja Ristić - Transference (Erstwhile 103)

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