Tuomas Rantanen

CW039 Tuomas Rantanen "Roaring Dunes" out now!!

CW032 Tuomas Rantanen "Magnetic EP" out now!!

Biography

Tuomas Rantanen comes from Finland and his musical style is dark industrial techno. He has created a very unique music expression where strong driving percussions and rhythms combines to cold and dark atmosphere and ambience elements. Prior to his own music productions he studied classical guitar and theory of music at Tampere Conservatory, and in 1995 he also started to make his own music productions. Tuomas Rantanen strives to depict the soundscape of the modern technological society and its change through the medium electronic music. His aim has been to describe how nature has changed to an industrial nature and to show how radically the soundscapes surrounding us have also changed in a short period of time. In his music Rantanen tries to convey the feeling of how natural sounds have been replaced with different industrial, mechanic and electronic sounds over the course of time. Rantanen has dealt with the theme of change in nature and society in his works such as "Rocket Bay EP" (2003), "Dark Water EP" (2008), "Gasoline Rainbow EP" (2010) and in his 2011 "Grinding Ground" -suite that was released on City Wall Records. His new series of compositions, titled "Roaring Dunes", is a sequal to his 2011 City Wall releases. It will continue his artistic investigation of the changes happening in our audible environment and in our feeling of "industrial presence". Tuomas Rantanen has also dealt with the theme of societal change from the perspective of cyberpunk. Rantanen wanted to show how boundaries between man and machine, the nature and the artificial have become blurred. He also wants to reveal how a change in our audible environment might soon be a reality. These cyberpunk themes of societal and audible change are explored in his more chaotic and hectic works such as "Access Denied EP" (1999), "Kaotic EP" (2002), "Memorising Every Phrase EP" (2006), "Robotan Elbows EP" (2009) and Anarchy EP (2011). The goal of his Organisms, Mutations and Corporations - Album Trilogy (2012) is to merge these two leading themes, the change in our audible environment and the blurring of the boundary between the natural and the artificial. Tuomas Rantanen has released several releases on labels like Fresh Grind (England), City Wall Records (England), Elektrax Recordings (Australia), Audio Assault Records (The Netherlands), Submissions (The Netherlands), Unknown Forces (England), Electracom (England), Planet Rhythm/Template Records (England), Armatura Clandestine (USA), Guilhotina Records (Brasil), Utch Records (Chile), Naked Lunch (Portugal), KK Traxx (Belgium), Extortion Group Recordings (The Netherlands), Definition Records (Germany), Brother Convention (Germany), Fak Records (Germany), Zimmer Records (Germany), Foot Fetish Records (Germany), Ground Effect Records (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Maracas Records (Sweden), Emergence Records (Sweden) and Contone Audio (Sweden). Tuomas Rantanen has studied Philosophy at Tampere University. He wrote his Master's Thesis about the philosophy of Martin Heidegger; especially Heidegger's concept of understanding, language and art.

Discography

Tuomas Rantanen "Roaring Dunes EP" CW039 2012

Tuomas Rantanen "Organisms" CW034 2012

Tuomas Rantanen "Magnetic EP" CW032 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Triangulum EP" CW027 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Anarchy EP" WCHR009 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Umbra EP" CW020 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Drum Tower EP" WCHR006 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Symmetry EP" CW016 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Grinding Ground EP" CW010 2011

Tuomas Rantanen "Destroy Units" GOB064 2010

Tuomas Rantanen "Gasoline Rainbow EP" ELEK083 2010

Tuomas Rantanen "Archetype EP" ELEK076 2010

Tuomas Rantanen "The Philosopher EP" ACS006 2009

Tuomas Rantanen "Robotan Elbows EP" BCR006 2009

Tuomas Rantanen "Remote Viewing EP" EXG005 2009

Tuomas Rantanen "Vector Spaces EP" GROUNDFX004 2008

Tuomas Rantanen "Dark Water EP" BCR002 2008

Tuomas Rantanen "Memorising Every Phrase EP" FRESHGRIND011 2006

Tuomas Rantanen "Disyllabic EP" MAR008 2004

Tuomas Rantanen "Shamanalogue EP" KKT050 2003

Tuomas Rantanen "Emergence Six" IOU6 2003

Tuomas Rantanen "Rocket Bay EP" FAK015 2003

Tuomas Rantanen "Scapes EP" DEF2010 2002

Tuomas Rantanen "Kaotic EP" KKT049 2002

Tuomas Rantanen "Access Denied EP" TEMPL8.9 1999

Appearances/Collaborations

V.A "Special Compilation V/A Part 1" ("Aragonite") IXR 010 2012

V.A "Structures Vol. 18" ("Signs") NLLPD37 2011

V.A "Positions 04" ("Sedimentary") IXR 004 2011

V.A "I Like Hard Techno, Vol. 1" ("Rowing Ink") ELEKMUS005 2011

V.A "Tesla 155" - Nikola Tesla Tribute ("Shadow Generator") Zimmer075 2011

V.A "It's Our Fetish V1" ("Linear Hangar") FETISH012 2011

V.A "Darklem Records EP 1" ("Figure") DR001 2011

V.A "New World Order EP" ("Echo Tangents") PRO003 2011

V.A "Slicer Vol. 2" ("Parallel Computing") GH-C002 2010

V.A "Structures Vol. 11" ("Graffiti") NLLPD26 2010

V.A "Edition Structure EP" ("Cobalt Metric") CTN003 2010

V.A "Earthquake Utch Techno Series 004" ("Dawn Chaos") 2010

V.A "Industrial Nightshift" ("Mechanical Mind") FETISH07 2010

Tuomas Rantanen and Tony Silver "Malta" DETT003 2010

V.A "Hermetic Principles Part 3" ("Tritium Armors") Zimmer045 2009

V.A "Strangled EP" ("Concrete Symbol") AFTER002 2008

V.A "Remnants EP" ("ACAB/Tuomas Rantanen and Tony Silver") GROUNDFX005 2008

V.A "The Divine Truth EP" ("Downgoing Plates") ACS003 2008

Tuomas Rantanen "Live at Sorsapuisto" Emissions 2 2007

V.A "Submissions 9" ("From Vienna to Tampere/Delano and Tuomas Rantanen") SUB009 2005

V.A "Battlefields EP" ("Below") AAR013 2005

V.A "Element EP Part 2" ("Isolation Vac") UFO12.5 2005

V.A "Components III" ("Cern Unit") ECOM21 2004

V.A "Remix Poison EP" ("Torn Asunder/Christian Fischer Remix") DEF2020 2004

V.A "Solid Players Part 2" ("Boundaries") DEF2013 2003

V.A "Alliance I" ("Atacama Landing", "Stone Exit") AAR006 2003

V.A "Solid Players Part 1" ("Ghanatonic") DEF2007 2002

V.A "Imaginary Fields Part 1" OIKOSULKU1 1998

Remixes

Dries Tessens "Come Again" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) CW037 2012

A.Paul "Diversions Remixes - Part 3" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) NLD175C 2011

Dave The Drummer "Cut'n Paste Remixes" (Incl. Tuomas Rantanen Remix) ELEK-PROPER01 2011

A.Paul "Diversions Remixes - Part 2" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) NLD175B 2011

Pussyshaver "Ps26" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) PSR01 2011

cr38 and Anime "Child Awaken Remixes" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remixes) CW028 2011

Andy Todd "Another One Bites The Dust EP" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) HTHSP01 2011

Gabeen "Lost Soul EP" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) PLASTIQ 050 2011

Gabeen "Pulse EP" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) RM053 2010

Sascha Lupes "Knatterkasten EP" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) SRR005 2009

Tony Silver "Temptation EP" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) FETISH01 2009

V.A "Beat Fall Remixes" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) EXG004 2009

V.A "Club Telex Noise Ensemble / CTNERMX" (Including Tuomas Rantanen Remix) PHNNMLK3 2003