UNHEARD LANDSCAPES

Mikko H. Haapoja is a musician, media artist and music producer from Helsinki, Finland. In his solo project, Haapoja creates new electroacoustic folk music with site specific soundscapes from all around the globe. Haapoja plays jouhikko, Savo-Karelian bowed lyre, and its bass version as his main instruments. The many layers of his music feature also singing, keyed fiddle, Finnish zither kantele, electronic beats and sounds from the nature and cities like Tokyo, Istanbul, New York, Urubamba, Helsinki and Bamako.

Haapoja’s debut solo album Unheard Landscapes was nominated #16 on WMCE global music charts in September 2023. In April 2025, Haapoja's second solo tour in Japan culminated in the concerts at the Osaka World Expo. His second solo album Unheard Landscapes II is continuing the story of the debut album with its utterly unique collage of sounds.