Thr14ään

Thr14ään is a contemporary Finnish music collective that emerged in 2017 in the city of Tampere. The name combines the English abbreviation “Thr” for “thrills” with the numeric value 14, a symbolic reference to the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet theta, and the Finnish word “ään,” meaning “voice.” The collective’s mission is to fuse electronic dance music production with traditional Finnish folk instrumentation, creating immersive soundscapes that appeal to both club audiences and cultural enthusiasts.

The founding members, consisting of composer and guitarist Jari Voutilainen, DJ and sound designer Elina Lehmä, and percussionist Harri Rautiainen, originally collaborated on a live remix project for the annual Ilmarinen music festival. Their debut EP, “Northern Resonance,” released in 2018, charted in several Nordic digital charts and garnered critical acclaim for its innovative layering of saxs, synth arpeggios, and ambient field recordings from the Finnish archipelago. The project’s lead single “Echoes of Korvo” acquired over 750,000 streams on Spotify by late 2020.

Thr14ään’s live performances are notable for their use of projection mapping that synchronizes with the music, alongside interactive light displays that respond to audience movement. The collective has performed at prominent festivals such as Pori Jazz and Way Out West in Stockholm. In 2021, they were awarded the Finnish Music Awards’ “Best Experimental Act” for their second EP, “Pulse of the Northern Lights.” The group continues to collaborate with artists from the Nordic Indie scene and to experiment with acoustic samples from remote Lapland villages.