Ilpo Kärkkäinen
I'm a Finnish electronic music producer and mastering engineer. I live with my family on an old homestead in Kiuruvesi, Eastern Finland.
I make music as Resound and release it on Rhytual. I master records for other people through Resoundsound Mastering. I also enjoy writing. Notes is where I think out loud about music and mastering.
I was born here. I spent fifteen years in Tampere and a long stretch DJing internationally. I came back to find solitude, to be closer to nature, and to raise a family.
I keep some bees and chickens, and we grow some of our own food. The short summers are a lot of outdoor work, and winters open up for music. I like the rhythm. The Finnish countryside still lives with the seasons in a way you can feel, like life here has done so for thousands of years.
I also work in fire & rescue on the side. It gives me an independent side income, useful skills, a sense of purpose in the community, and helps me stay in shape. Calls run the full range. Animal rescue and forest fires come up more here than they would in a city.
None of this is a holiday. Four kids, animals, property that needs attention, a lot of small things every day. This life isn't for everyone, and I wouldn't pretend otherwise.
Slow work with long feedback loops suits me. Music, mastering, the homesteading: all of it pays out on a timescale that most things don't.