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Juhani Silvola

Machines of Loving Grace (2018)
for Fixed Media

Despite borrowing its title from a cyber-optimistic poem by Richard Brautigan, Machines of Loving Grace presents scenes from the digital wastelands, where the bright colours from the 60s have most definitely faded. This at times abrasive piece is from Juhani Silvola’s new album, Post-Biological Wildlife, which explores the themes of post-humanism, mediated nature and virtual reality, without exclusively condemning nor glorifying the techno-futuristic visions. Silvola draws from the rich history of electronic music, and the piece resounds with traces of French and Norwegian electroacoustic traditions, Japanese harsh-noise and C20th chamber music.

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Juhani Silvola (born in Tampere, Finland, 1982) is a composer, musician and producer working across multiple genres and disciplines. He has a master’s degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he studied electroacoustic composition with Natasha Barrett. Silvola has worked with music ranging from acoustic folk to free improv, doom to sound art, and is a sought-after performer, producer and mixing engineer. He has previously released two critically acclaimed solo albums, two highly successful and forward-thinking folk-music albums with the duo Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, and produced and mixed albums for pop-bands such as Highasakite.

Composer’s Website: https://www.juhanisilvola.com/

Recent Works

• Vaster Than Empires for Fixed Media (2018)
• Ritualrytmikk for Fixed Media (2017)
• Speculative Phonography Pt1 for Fixed Media (2017)
• Post-Biological Wildlife for Fixed Media (2018)