Ilpo Kärkkäinen

Analog mastering, Rhytual, and a journal about the craft.

I’m Ilpo Kärkkäinen. I live on an old homestead in Kiuruvesi, Eastern Finland, producing music since 1996 and mastering since 2009.

This is the home of my mastering work, the Rhytual imprint where I release my own music as Resound, and a journal about the practice.

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Service

Mastering

Stereo and stem mastering. Analog-first chain. Personal approach to each record.

Seventeen years mastering, thirty years producing. Mastering work for Metalheadz, Over/Shadow, Dispatch, Straight Up Breakbeat, Repertoire, Beta Recordings, and more.

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Imprint

Rhytual

A platform to focus and clarify my art.

For me, making music is closer to a spiritual practice than a craft. Connecting with something sacred. Rhytual is the part of that practice you can hear.