Artists and programme
OOPUS
OOPUS combines psy-ambient-techno-trad music with live visuals, where traditional instruments meet modern synthesizers and co-create this world of dance and wonder live.
OOPUS takes bits and pieces of North European folk tunes and combines them with modern club culture mixing and matching old and new. OOPUS’s creation often gets inspiration from improvisation, soundscapes, dancing and trance state of mind.
The band has given short 15min concerts to hours long sets at rave parties and among other places performed at Burning Man festival 2017 (NV, USA).
OOPUS’s first single “Hingesandid” creatively melts together two seemingly different genres and brings up a lot of recognition.
★ David King: "OOPUS is interpreting Estonian traditional music to make it relevant for contemporary audiences.”
- coreographer and dance lecturer at Cabrillo Colledge (CA, USA)
★ After OOPUS’s live at Vilsandi Trance 2017 festival internationally acknowledged artist Kiwa Noid described the performance saying Mushroompunk!
- multichannel meta-artist and lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts
Mari Meentalo - Estonian bagpipes, flute, hulusi, overtone whistle, jew's harps, vocals, effects pedals and looper
Johannes Ahun - analog synthesizers
Aleksander Sprohgis - lights and visuals
