Next week I’m happy to present and be involved in two projects at Aarhus! The great venue türkis is hosting a residency where we’ll work with Bjørn Svin, hold two workshops and present our new composition ‘Submerge’ on the 6th of February!
7th of February IKI will present music from the brand new album ‘BODY’
Copenhagen Sessions Vol 1 & 2 has been out for some months now!
The album has received fantastic feedback internationally, including a review in The New York City Jazz Record:
“This recently unearthed album… not only marks an intriguing historical context, but the music itself is also gorgeously rendered.”
– Franz Matzner, The New York City
Thank you for all the wonderful reviews:
“With their impressive voices the women of IKI conjure a beauty that is as magical as it is beautiful over the electronic foundations of BODY”. Westzeit (DE)
“It sounds as if someone has placed a microphone directly inside a nervous system’s electrical impulses”. Seismograf (DK)
“Hypnotic rhythmic pulses,
👣 IKI 8th July @ Sankt Jakobs Kirke , København Ø
Our debut album is released. Vol 2. in the series of Copenhagen sessions with Tomasz Stańko will drop 7th November 2025.
Thank you for the great tour!
Nationalmuseum, Copenhagen – Flagey, Brussels – Bimhaus, Amsterdam – NOSPR, Katowice
Co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural program of the
Johanna Elina Sulkunen voc, Lisa Ullén – piano, Louise Damn Eckhardt – saxophones, flute, Henrik Olsson – guitar and objects, Burkhard Beins – drums and objects. Looking forwrad to working more on the outcome.
Hotel Pro Forma’s ‘Flammenwerfer wins a price for the best musicperformance of the year! We, together with IKI are very happy to be on stage with Blixa Bargeld and performing this beautiful and strong piece.
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Debut concert / comissioned work ‘Chimeraxis’
Koncertkirken Vinterjazz, 2025
”The Finnish artist Johanna Elina Sulkunen, who lives in Copenhagen, seems capable of handling anything that appears new, different, and avant-garde. More than that, she can effortlessly combine seemingly incompatible elements on a personal, individual level in an organic way. Algorithm-assisted digital composition, traditional jazz vocals, free improvisation, highly reflective sound abstraction, and an entirely unprocessed
