red noise

red noise

/Colored Noise Field

yellow noise

yellow noise

/Colored Noise Field

green noise

green noise

/Colored Noise Field

blue noise

blue noise

/Colored Noise Field

white noise

white noise

/Colored Noise Field

Dragon & Phenix | Horizontal & Vertical

Dragon & Phenix | Horizontal & Vertical

Electro acoustic improvisation concert 3pm. May 11, Saturday
MAA-tila, Albertinkatu 19, Helsinki

Welcome! Free entrance.

Lecture: Future of Western Art Music

Lecture: Future of Western Art Music

I am giving an annual lecture on March 26 Tuesday 9:00 – 12:00 at Media Lab/Aalto University. The same topic every year and now the 9th one. Guess what’s the topic: FUTURE OF WESTERN ART MUSIC!?

Tea & Musical Experiments Workshop

Tea & Musical Experiments Workshop

A Happy New Year 2013! The year of SNAKE and it is MY year!
TEA & MUSICAL EXPERIMENTS, a new workshop by Shinji Kanki is starting.

Cafe Aalto in Tokyo

Cafe Aalto in Tokyo

During September 10 – December 10, I am in Tokyo working for a special project, Cafe Aalto Tokyo.

SILAKKA Productions proudly presents SHINJI KANKI

SILAKKA Productions proudly presents SHINJI KANKI

  I am glad that you are interested in me! Please take time and check who I am, What I do.  Hope to see you and talk to you  in real sometimes.

AAVEMAA, a new radio show on experimental sounds

AAVEMAA, a new radio show on experimental sounds

AAVEMAA (spook country), a new radio show on experimental sounds with new host editors starts on this Sunday, August 12 at 5pm.

Parasite

Parasite

PARASITE – a new musical experiment coming soon!

WOB web tv

WOB web tv

Wolfsburg/Germany web TV released a clip of the church concert and other Alvar Aalto Festival related events. Take a look!

Video clips from Experimental Sound Workshop

Video clips from Experimental Sound Workshop

Some video clips from Experimental Sound Workshop held during March – April 2012 are on YouTube. Watch!

RITORNELLO for colored noises and organ

RITORNELLO for colored noises and organ

commissioned by City Wolfsburg for Aalto 50 festival, 2012.

Alvar Aalto Festival concert at Holy Ghost church in Wolfsburg, Germany

Alvar Aalto Festival concert at Holy Ghost church in Wolfsburg, Germany

A concert production on June 6, 2012 when The Holy Ghost church in Wolfsburg at Klieversberg celebrates its 50th anniversary of the consecration (June 6, 1962).

Alvar Aalto Festival concert in Wolfsburg, Germany

Alvar Aalto Festival concert in Wolfsburg, Germany

RITORNELLO for colored noises and organ
commissioned by City Wolfsburg for Aalto 50 festival, 2012. Performance on June 6, 2012

DREAM HOUSE on air

DREAM HOUSE on air

A radio version for 24 hour DREAM HOUSE concert that started the last year at Harakka island in Helsinki.

Helsinki City Street Sound Performances

Helsinki City Street Sound Performances

Helsinki City Street Sound Performances by the students of Shinji Kanki’s class at the Art School MAA.

The Seven - A Collective Sound Performance

The Seven – A Collective Sound Performance

Seven artists presents sound performance works with micro FM radio transmitter.

Experimental Sounds Workshop March 7 - April 25

Experimental Sounds Workshop March 7 – April 25

During March 7 to April 25 every Wednesday I am giving the evening course of experimental sounds workshop at MAA-tila (Albertinkatu 19, Helsinki).

2 x composition + 3 x production

2 x composition + 3 x production

A Happy New Year 2012! Presenting 2 new compositions and 3 new productions.

The Art of War ON AIR, October 3, 22:05 at YLE RADIO 1

The Art of War ON AIR, October 3, 22:05 at YLE RADIO 1

he recording of The Art of War – War Symphony would be broadcasted on YLE Radio 1, Ääniversum.

 A correction to the text on STUDIE II written by Stockhausen

A correction to the text on STUDIE II written by Stockhausen

I found a peculiar but clear mistake in the text on STUDIE II written by K. Stockhausen. I wrote a short paper about it. If you are interested in, check the PDF file below.

Dream House Concert

Dream House Concert

News: I am playing my new composition, a simple version for colored noises at Kasematti, that is Casemate IV at Harakka Island in front of Kaivopuisto park in Helsinki in DREAM HOUSE 24 hours concert held on June 22 – 23, 2011.

Welcome to SILAKKA.FI, Shinji Kanki's website!

Welcome to SILAKKA.FI, Shinji Kanki’s website!

Presenting the work of colored noises at JSPS meeting

Presenting the work of colored noises at JSPS meeting

News: May 26, 2011I am presenting my work for colored noised at the Finland Alumni Club of JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) on June 1 at Mekri Lake research center of the University of Eastern Finland.

The Artist of April 2011 at M2HZ

The Artist of April 2011 at M2HZ

The last April this year I was featured as the artist of the month by M2HZ community open web TV. M2HZ is one of the web TV productions at STADI.TV.

A PLAY FOR TWO HARPISTS

A PLAY FOR TWO HARPISTS

A play for two harpists. For Saara Rautio & Suvadeep Das. Written on the occasion of Fake Finn Festival of experimental live a

A PLAY FOR TWO HARPISTS

A PLAY FOR TWO HARPISTS

My new experimental Improvisational piece, A Play for Two Harpists written for Fake Finn Festival would be premiered on April 2, 2011 at Gallery Augusta in Suomenlinna, Helsinki.

Nordic Sound Art MA in Helsinki, Free Collective Improvisation

Nordic Sound Art MA in Helsinki, Free Collective Improvisation

Feb 28 – March 11 I am giving a workshop for Nordic Sound Art MA students at Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. The topic is free collective improvisation.

Experimental Electro-Acoustic Improvisation workshop at DIEM in Århus

Experimental Electro-Acoustic Improvisation workshop at DIEM in Århus

Experimental Electro-Acoustic Improvisation workshop at DIEM in Århus. Feb. 14 – 18, 2011

Starting Experimental Sound workshop at Art School MAA

Starting Experimental Sound workshop at Art School MAA

NEWS: February 8, 2011. Starting Experimental Sound workshop at Art School MAA

PRESQUE RIEN REVISITED 2010

PRESQUE RIEN REVISITED 2010

Luc Ferrar’s Presque Rien (No. 1)1970 is revisited and “interpreted” newly as an experimental site&time-specific LIVE radio performance work.

The Art of War - War Symphony

The Art of War – War Symphony

Written for Artists’ Orchestra of Finland to support all immigrant artists in Finland.

THE ART OF WAR - WAR SYMPHONY

THE ART OF WAR – WAR SYMPHONY

NEWS: September 8, 2010. The new composition commissioned by Charm of Sound for the Festival for New Sounds, Nov. 8 – 13 COMPLETED!

Invited to VIBRA festival, Lima

Invited to VIBRA festival, Lima

THE FESTIVAL CANCELLED! NEWS: April 7, 2010. VIBRA, Audio Lima Experimental has invited me as a guest composer/sound artist this year.

Residency at DIAPASON Gallery in Brooklyn, NY

Residency at DIAPASON Gallery in Brooklyn, NY

NEWS: August 27, 2010. DIAPASON Gallery in Brooklyn, NY accepted me as a resident composer to work with their surround sound system.

UNTITLED experimental environmental composition for Harakka Island

UNTITLED experimental environmental composition for Harakka Island

Experimental sound performance for Harakka island

UNTITLED - a new environmental composition

UNTITLED – a new environmental composition

NEWS: July 7, 2010. Nomadic Academy of Experimental Arts commissioned Shinji Kanki a new work.

CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANTS CD by Sirpa Jokinen

CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANTS CD by Sirpa Jokinen

NEWS: May 12, 2010. Sirpa Jokinen, artist and SILAKKA Productions start a CD project, “CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANTS” (tentative title).

RANK ENSEMBLE starts making Towards White studio version

RANK ENSEMBLE starts making Towards White studio version

NEWS: May 7, 2010.RANK ensemble to whom my composition, Towards White, is composed and dedicated, starts creating a totally new studio version for it.

April 24, 2010 The 2nd performance of TOWARDS WHITE

April 24, 2010 The 2nd performance of TOWARDS WHITE

NEWS: March 20, 2010 Shinji Kanki composition, TOWARDS WHITE coming on April 24、8pm at Korjaamo Kulmasali.

WORKING WITH POSTLUDE TO "TOWARDS WHITE"

WORKING WITH POSTLUDE TO “TOWARDS WHITE”

NEWS:March 17, 2010. Postlude will be included in the Biennale Festival 2010 compilation CD.

POSTLUDE to "TOWARDS WHITE"

POSTLUDE to “TOWARDS WHITE”

composed for the Biennale Festival 2010 (April 22 – 25) compilation CD.

THE WORLD OF COLOR

THE WORLD OF COLOR

Experimental hemispherical surround sound composition with new colored noises for the Blue Cube at ZKM.

SILAKKA RADIO SHOW on Experimental Music & Sound Art

SILAKKA RADIO SHOW on Experimental Music & Sound Art

On Air Every SUNDAY 5-6pm LIVE @100.3MHz Lähiradio in Helsinki, dj Shinji Kanki

A WORK COMMISSIONED BY CHARM OF SOUND

A WORK COMMISSIONED BY CHARM OF SOUND

NEWS: February 14, 2010 Charm of Sound (Äänen Lumo) has commissioned Shinji Kanki a large scale of work!

IKIHEVONEN First Album CD

IKIHEVONEN First Album CD

The 1st album CD of IKIHEVONEN, Finnish Psychedelic Post Rock Band.

TOWARDS WHITE for RANK Ensemble

TOWARDS WHITE for RANK Ensemble

written for the RANK Ensemble 2009 is an experimental sound sketch of Japanese rock garden.