Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet. HOAX

In this edition of L.E.V. Festival, we present HOAX, the latest collaboration that emerged through STROBE.RIP by Amnesia Scanner and Freeka Tet. Both return with a new double album project in which they reinvent the rules of music production, songwriting, and sound aesthetics. HOAX is not simply an album accompanied by a remix but a unique experience unfolding in two interconnected records. These works mirror, complement, and, in some cases, even deconstruct each other.

Amnesia Scanner is the Berlin-based Finnish duo Ville Haimala and Martti Kalliala. Founded in 2014, the group’s scope encompasses music writing, production, and performance, as well as its creative staging and circulation. Characterized by a deep fascination with system vulnerabilities, informational overload, and sensory excess, Amnesia Scanner carnivalizes the present. At the core of their work is an interest in how the contemporary experience is mediated, including how listening to music and live performance is evolving as streaming platforms dominate and the feedback channels between artists and fans become more direct.

Freeka Tet is a French-born digital artist based in New York City who focuses on experimental art. His practice merges diverse elements such as objects, prosthetics, animatronics, hacking, coding, electronics, sound, video, and performance. Drawing inspiration from internet culture, memes, trolls, and the irrational nature of human social behavior, he reinterprets the elements he encounters, seamlessly blending vibrant creative expression with precise technical execution.

Currently, he continues to work as a creative consultant and designer while furthering his personal artistic pursuits. His ever-evolving body of work explores innovative visual and sound production approaches with a reflexive, intuitive, and playful ethos.