LIST

OF

WORKS.

discography

short films

installations

field recordings

DISCOGRAPHY

presage is an act of sonic foraging: shortwave radio transmissions and field recordings were collected around Helsinki, then assembled and transformed into two long-form pieces. Collecting radio brings with it a particular uncertainty, as signals may have travelled enormous distances before arriving stripped of their context and misted with static, interference and the imprint of atmospheric conditions; a field recording is a more certain and geographically secure material, however once removed from its site and placed beside these transmissions it too becomes unstable. Across presage, both kinds of material are treated as partial evidence of somewhere else, and the record feels to me like a worldbuilding exercise, familiar in its materials but somewhat otherworldly in the environment it creates.


lamberg described the work as static, haunting, droning and mysterious, utilising sounds that occupy uncertain contexts, and this quality is reflected closely in minja-milla ikonen’s accompanying poem, which moves through hum, skin, shoreline, sand, ribs, forest, asphalt and wind, allowing one sensation to pass into another in a way that feels akin to the shifting surface of miska’s composition. Its final suggestion that sounds are always presaging something else offers a useful description of lamberg’s method: a radio fragment points towards an absent broadcaster, a field recording towards a site that can no longer be entered through the recording alone, while a transformed sound points towards its source and away from it simultaneously.


I say less about this work than I might normally, as its atmosphere is summed up perfectly in the following stanzas, so I will let them speak for the work.


presage by minja-milla ikonen


hums against

along the outside

presaging beneath the skin


does it quicken or fall still

the sea breaks upon the small stones of the shore

as if it would wash over, but is only soft sand

tickling shoulders


pours down upon the surface

beneath it into small needle-pricks

until grows numb and fills the entire being


rumbles against ribs

they are seashell, an echo chamber

for listening to the hum


the forest carries it

on an oppressively weightless wind

that catches hair, the treetops

bending down to the roots


footsteps move branches

even though walking on asphalt

have you noticed

sounds lie, always presaging something else



miska lamberg is a sound artist and musician whose work reimagines the sounds of everyday environments through field recordings and recycled audio materials. Guided by attentive listening and a minimalist approach to editing, they assemble existing sounds into new contexts that reveal unexpected relationships between place, memory, and perception.


Released by Discreet Archive


Track listing:

1. I

2. II


Purchase:

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Evening, window is the debut full-length album by Helsinki-based sound artist and ambient composer miska lamberg. Working with intricate field recordings that gather the overlooked moments of daily life—rainfall, distant traffic, animal calls—lamberg threads these textures into compositions that ache with personal memory. On Evening, window, the familiar becomes spectral: fragments of sound blur into melody and mood, capturing the stark melancholy of Nordic winters and the soft violence of remembering.



lamberg invited Tomás Gauna to contribute thoughts on EVENING, WINDOW:


Throughout the years, Helsinki-based sound artist and ambient musician miska lamberg has compiled audio recordings of their daily life, collaging them as key parts of their compositions on their musical work. Those recordings are the first things you hear on “Half-memories absorb us”, the opening track from EVENING, WINDOW, their debut album on Dragon's Eye Recordings.


Rainfall and animal noises overlapped with sounds of modern transportation, “modern” life bleeding onto nature (or vice-versa), combined with ethereal melodic elements that get progressively fractured, these elements seamlessly melt onto one another to the point where they're virtually indistinguishable.


Much of EVENING, WINDOW has a lot of sonic characteristics pertaining to ambient music. Rather than focusing exclusively inducing calm and relaxation however, the sentiment that permeates through every track on the project is that of a pronounced melancholy, almost mimicking the relentless intensity and inherent darkness of winters in Finland – and lamberg's usage of field recordings contribute in great part to how such emotions are conveyed.


From more intense moments like the haunting "The strings that hold now to then, snapped", to the hypnotizing album closer "A gradual decline", EVENING, WINDOW evokes and pulls from the hauntological ethos developed by a number of artists who have helped shape contemporary ambient and electronic music, but recontextualized onto their own environment and context. They feel like memories from a past that might initially seem distant, yet there's parts of them that remain etched onto your brain.

SHORT

FILMS.

Täällä, metsä lepää mussa

2024

Ympärilläni, vihreät siivet

2023

Surrounded by Green Wings. The film explores the relationship of young people with urban nature and is filmed in the maple forest of Kumpula Hill, which is planned for logging. The dance segments of the film draw inspiration from the surrounding nature, combining delicate yet also dynamic acrobatic movement language. The film itself does not strongly take a stance in terms of its content, but focuses more on depicting nature and dance. However, in the accompanying sound installation, young residents of Kumpula have a chance to tell their thoughts and share their experiences regarding the city's zoning plans.

INSTALLATIONS.

Muista kastella kukkasi

2024

lamberg’s installation Muista kastella kukkasi brings a part of their home to the gallery space for the listener to sit down and reflect on the silent battles that surrounds us all. Feeling of emptiness due to depression is portrayed on the piece by the lack of notes on the diary and the quiet every day sounds of home and immediate surroundings. The work was born from acceptance and realisation of artist’s inner feelings and understanding that there’s no need to hide those feelings inside yourself.


Photography: Helmi Vuorimaa

birds in the sky, you know how I feel

2023

birds in the sky, you know how I feel is a creation born out of the summer heat. This piece, born in June 2023, is composed of field recordings made in Helsinki, along with the use of synthesizers and samples. The artwork has been constructed in lamberg's characteristic style, lightly manipulating digital and analog recordings. birds in the sky, you know how I feel is lamberg's first sound installation, inviting listeners to take a moment to both listen to the sounds and to themselves.


Sound installations by KATOAVA

2023

1/ MENNEISYYS, the past

2/ NYKYISYYS, the present

3/ TULEVAISUUS, the future


Sound installations accompanying KATOAVA Collective’s short film Ympärilläni vihreät siivet.

FIELD

RECORDINGS.

lately i've been trying to find silence. not only in the literal sense, but also the type of state of mind. i've been hoping to find quiet public places here in my surroundings in helsinki, which is not easy in bigger cities. after all, it seems as if big and loud sells and maybe even caters to most peoples needs.


the search of these places has been very important for me while i've been trying my best to recover from quite a severe burnout, which is totally not an easy task and i often seem to wonder if i’ll be able to ever fully recover. there's days when everything just feels too much, especially if there's lots of people and lots of noise. i still like to be around people, but i don't like the constant noise, so finding and having quiet public places is hugely important.


luckily though, for us quiet loving people, we are not alone with our needs of calm. in fact, there's even some lovely folks who build these places for us. one of them ones is this place called "kulttuurisauna". the biggest emphasis of this place is peace and quiet. there's even silent sauna shifts on fridays. you can immediately sense this calm as you step inside. very minimal architecture of the building puts great emphasis on space and natural light to make you feel more grounded. immediate calmness surrounds oneself.


nowadays coffee roastery "maja" shares the place together with the sauna area. there's no chitchat, no photography, none of that stuff allowed in the café either. one comes here to enjoy the moment, have a coffee or a delicate herbal tea, taking a little break from the hectic city life.


during my first visit here the other day, i was struck by the beautiful silence of the place. well, of course one could hear machines and stuff as it is a café, but the main sound sources were birch leaves and a seagull. and this is what you'll listen on this piece of recording.


please listen quietly and don't crank up the volume. you know, like in video games when you have to set brightness in that way that you can barely see the logo or whatever, do the same here but with the sound, please.


thanks,

m


released June 1, 2025


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