Hidria Spacefolk
Original Astrobeat band from Finland. Psychedelic trance mixed with spacerock and progressive rock.
Program 2026
Asteroid
High-energy sets, mind-bending soundscapes, workshops, seminars, bazaar discoveries and everything in between – from day to night.
You can find the timetables at app.kosmosfestival.fi
Asteroid
Artists
Satanen
The up-and-coming rock and roll band Satanen will blast through their set of distinctive and sincere music with enough speed and energy to singe your hair. The quartet’s joy of playing will wake up the audience like a cast-iron alarm clock.
Satanen are like an avalanche of potatoes, a killer of woes and a slingshot that shoots cannonballs – something you did not know you needed.
Mark Hillman (AU)
Australian guitarist and vocalist Mark Hillman crafts immersive solo performances that fuse acoustic groove, blues, roots, folk, and atmospheric rock into an emotive live experience. Combining intricate fingerstyle guitar, percussive rhythms, dynamic vocals, and improvisation, his performances move between intimate reflection and powerful sonic intensity.
Emerging from Australia’s independent touring and festival circuit, Mark’s music is driven by connection, emotion, and a deep sense of presence.
Laineen Kasperi
Laineen Kasperi is known as a completely singular rapper/poet, producer and alchemist of soundworlds. He is known, among other things, as the founder of Kaucas, Ähky Records and the band Palava Kaupunki. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with numerous leading artists and, in true hip hop tradition, has also worked with younger generations of artists.
Some of Laineen Kasperi’s most notable tracks include Lappeenranta ft. Raipati, named after the artist’s hometown, Täydellinen Tiistai, Suomi-Kräppiä ft. Ismo Alanko, Huominen with Marzi Nyman, Mik, Paleface and Juno, Hullun Marssi and 7 Miljardia Soluttautujaa. Laine has received the Finland Prize, the Band of the Year award at the Funky Awards, and was nominated for the Teosto Prize for his album Vihapuheita ja Rakkauslauluja.
Laineen Kasperi will perform live with his Liian Iso Trio line-up, featuring Lataaja Vormisto, Meerika Ahlqvist and DJ Peeäl alongside Laine himself.
Notkea Rotta
Instead of returning to the concrete jungle, this time the rat returns to the nature. Legendary Finnish rap group Notkea Rotta bring their unmistakable East Helsinki flavour to the forests of Ristiina.
Gardenhead
Gardenhead’s music can best be described as a mix of prog-rock and alternative metal. Not afraid to experiment, they incorporate everything from flamenco rhythms to stoner fuzz in their songs and although the band extends its branches to many genres, the songs are melodic and made with pop sensibilities in mind. The music is heavy and grimy, with waves of despair and beauty washing over dark sonic landscapes.
Dai Kaht
Dai Kaht is a Finnish Progressive Rock band with heavy Zeuhl and Avant-garde influences. Notable for their ecstatic live performances, Dai Kaht draws inspiration from its own cosmic saga that follows humanity’s endless loop of creation and destruction.
Tomumaja
Tomumaja is a band from Jyväskylä, Finland. The band has been operating between stoner rock/metal and gothic rock since 2019. Their music is a beautiful mixture of gothic rock-like atmospheric cleans and heavy stoner rock/metal sounds. All blending together in a very distinctive way.
AniMa AniMus (JP)
AniMa AniMus is a Japanese Suomisaundi artist known for creating intricate melodies, playful rhythms, and experimental soundscapes.
Hongos Longos (BR)
Jonas Cout is a multi-instrumentalist and a pioneer of psy freeform / Suomisaundi in Brazil. He has been standing out for blending genres and Brazilian instruments into his songs, as well as for his energetic performances featuring masks and various live interventions, which make his shows a truly unique experience.
Räyhäviina (BE)
Räyhäviina is a Suomisaundi project from Belgium. Blending together Nitzhogoa, Suomisaundi and a love for exotic melodies to create a unique and energizing sound.
Pavel Svimba
This guy didn’t take piano lessons as a kid, but fortunately for us, it really doesn’t show.
Pavel Svimba dives fearlessly into the Deep End of Mustapuro, crafting hypnotic soundscapes that pull you beyond the surface and into the unknown.
Reipas Longos (FI/BR)
Reipas Longos is a Brazilian-Finnish duo of Hongos Longos and James Reipas. They make beautiful mesmerizing organic progressive music. This is their first real live performance ever. Enjoy!
Squaremeat / Midiliitto 30 Years Retro Set
Born in the Helsinki area, Midiliitto ry was founded by electronic music pioneers to share ideas, skills, and inspiration openly. From weekly studio meetups to legendary MIDILEIRIT camps and the Midikilpailut, the association helped shape a whole generation of artists — and played a role in what is now known as SUOMISAUNDI.
To celebrate 30 years, Midiliitto’s chair will play a retro set and take the audience back to where it all began.
Dj Whiskey Baba / La Kalamar RETRO SET
Whiskey Baba is the founder & label manager of Antiscarp Records. Introduced to psychedelic trance in 1999, he has been working with all aspects of the music since.
Tres Lost Amigos Retro DJ Set
TLA founded 2001 in the middle of West Pasila. Part of Antiscarp Records.
James Reipas
James Reipas makes melodic techno and trance music, nice!
D.D.A.
A mix of old & new with full spectrum of spugedelica.
Rangtarand
Goa like Suomisaundish producer set.
Marumiini
Marumiini awakens Asteroid with her selection of Suomisaundi faves and new very secretive tunes. Surely you’ll be surprised by what she has planned in her Suomisaundi backbag, so bring good shoes to dance to the groovy beats! Marumiini is a DJ and party organizer with Fiktio and NääsTek.
Discolin
Discolin has been dishing up a dizzying array of mind-bending psychedelic music since 2006. The Discolin sound is a uniquely freaky approach to Suomisaundi, with a slimy, Scando forest touch ;).
He has melted faces live in Finland, Japan, Belgium, Germany and Russia and has released tracks on various labels like Nullzone, Random, Zera and Antiscarp records!
Snyper
High Octane Trance Experience
Saiko Disco
Get ready for a divine brain massage 🙂
Sonic Bandits
Sonic Bandits is a high-velocity Suomisaundi project delivering twisted psychedelic storytelling straight from the forest floor to the main stage.
Oikeusjyvä
The music captures the unadulterated, playful Suomisaundi spirit that served as the scene’s foundation.
Hämeen Nopein
Hämeen Nopein, the firebearer of the Kulkuskenkä (jingle bell shoe) sound, plays spugedelic trance to the earth sprites and forest elves, weaving together electronic beats and folk music.
ADU
ADU – strange Finnish psytrance for strange dancing creatures.
Style ranges from Suomisaundi-Psytrance-Dark-Goa-Chill with Adu’s own Twist.
Metsänhaltija
Weird and funny noises, played by Metsänhaltija.
Lurjus
Say farewell to sadness and welcome in the Finnish madness.
Trollkung
Trollkung is the suomisoundi alter ego of dj Opoussumi — built for the forest hours and the sideways mind. Rooted in Finnish underground psychedelia, the project blends precise sound design with raw, organic movement. No retro cosplay, no festival clichés — just focused, high-resolution suomisaundi with intent. Trollkung doesn’t chase nostalgia. He mutates it.
HappyHourBoyZ
Two weird dudes playing some weird, twisting and funky spugedelica from the forests of Finland.
Shamanasakääpä
A shadowy Finnish sound creature straight out of the deep woods: a strange beast twisting out wonderfully weird humppa.
FundaMenta
FundaMenta’s story with Suomisaundi began in 2002, rooted in deep psychedelic structures, combining driving rhythms with evolving sonic landscapes. The performance is a focused journey through organic and technical trance states.
Sherebon (IN)
DJing & organizing GoaTrance & SuomiSaundi parties since 2003.
Sherebon is a veteran DJ, promoter and label artist whose journey stretches from Moscow’s underground scene to dancefloors across India, Nepal, Southeast Asia and Finland. Known for a groove-driven blend of spacey psytrance and suomisaundi energy, he has spent decades building parties, playing clubs and festivals, and shaping the sound through several international record labels.
suomisettii
Finnish Grooves. Dj Kissanviikset & Sipsipussipasi diggin’ crates.
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The following artists will also perform on Asteroid:
- Kalabaliikki
- Groove Merchants
Asteroid
Visual artists
- Stage & deco: NOTHING ELSE MÄTÄS & ALLUMINOUS FLUX
- Visuals: ALLUMINOUS FLUX
- Lights: KUISTI KOLLEKTIIVI
- Area deco: LOCAL ASTEROIDS