Maunula Proge 9: Qumma Connection, Avaruusasema

This time, Avaruusasema and Qumma Connection are taking to the stage! The café is open in the lobby before the shows and during the intermission. The event requires a ticket that is available free of charge. Tickets will become available on Monday 17 August via this link (lippu.fi ↗), and at the service desk of Maunula Library. A small number of tickets are also set aside to be available at the door on the day of the event, and you can enquire about them at the venue half an hour before the event starts. Schedule 18.15: Doors open to the hall 18.30: Avaruusasema 19.30: Intermission 20.00: Qumma Connection 21.00: End of the evening Qumma Connection Qumma is a veteran musician and visual artist who plays the Chapman Stick and the Warr guitar, both of which are relatively rare instruments. He was previously a member of bands such as Paha Kurki, Faunin Iltapäivä and Kärpästen Herra, until visual art drew him into his own universe for several years. However, Qumma’s musical demons would not leave him alone, as new songs began to take shape in the back of his mind, and eventually Qumma set out to assemble a band from familiar and well-known musicians who had impressed him over the years. The end result was Qumma Connection, a band that was intended to exclusively be a studio project and whose line-up could vary freely. The band's debut album, Arabesque, was released in 2008 and was well received by prog lovers around the world. To date, four Qumma Connection albums have been released, as well as two ‘solo’ albums under the name Qumma. Following their latest album, Marginal Music From Behind The Black Mirror (2024), the group began to feel that the time had finally come to let Qumma Connection loose on stage as well to perform both new and older tracks live. It is now happening! Qumma Connection’s first performance since the group’s formation! Qumma – Stick, Warr guitar Eero Savela – trumpet Erno Haukkala – trombone, flute, sousaphone Kalle Miettinen – drums Risto Kumpulainen – keyboards Avaruusasema Formed in 2017, Avaruusasema is a modern pop-prog band from Helsinki and Imatra that explores outer and inner space. The band’s music reaches out both to the far reaches of the universe and deep into the human mind. On its journey, the band has progressed through krautrock, ambient prog and neon-coloured pop rock towards increasingly distinctive and unique material. The band’s strengths include a rich and powerful signature sound, the vocal power of multiple singers, and intense delivery of the aforementioned on stage. An organic sound and playing live are among the band’s cornerstones. All of the group’s recordings are heavily based on tracks played live in the studio. Avaruusasema’s fourth album, PAINOVOIMA, was completed in the summer of 2025, featuring a collection of diverse, interwoven atmospheric pieces. The album’s title, ‘Gravity’ in English, is a reference to the fact that Avaruusasema has returned – particularly in their lyrics – to Earth and earthly matters. Space is still an element of the band’s sound, but in the compositions, the brightest star is the atmosphere created by the singers’ sound and lyrics. Roy Heino – guitar Lauri Kuosa – keyboards, vocals Heikki Pöyhiä – guitar, vocals Mikko Kupiainen – drums, percussion Juuso Partanen – bass, vocals Pekka Ranta – bass, synthesiser Heli Valkama – vocals The event requires a ticket that is available free of charge. Tickets will become available on Monday 17 August via this link (lippu.fi ↗), and at the service desk of Maunula Library. A small number of tickets are also set aside to be available at the door on the day of the event, and you can enquire about them at the venue half an hour before the event starts. Place: Metsäpurosali Hall, 2nd floor