Anton Nikkilä

Anton Nikkilä (born 1965) is an experimental musician and composer who lives and works in Helsinki. He started making music with his group Swissair in the ”post-punk” milieu of the early 80’s and ran the cassette label Valtavat Ihmesilmälasit Records in 1980–82. Composing electronic music since the mid-80's he released his first solo album in 1998 on Moscow’s Exotica label. His duo with the Moscow musician and composer Alexei Borisov recorded and performed actively on festivals and smaller club events around Europe between 1998 and 2009. Starting from 2000 they also ran the label/publication series N&B Research Digest. In 2011 Nikkilä formed the improvising group Modern Feelings together with the Helsinki musician and composer Samuli Tanner. He has also collaborated with Mika Taanila, Pekka Airaksinen, Jandek, Ari Salonen, Heta Bilaletdin, Juuso Paaso, Dora Bleu, Olga Nosova, Sergey Letov, Kamil Tchalaev, Pekka Sassi, and others.