High Priestess of the Motherbeat. Vinyl slinging since 1994. Dissolve boundaries and models. Unlock your body. Find each other.
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Sound Metaphors Store
Weichselstraße 22
12045 Berlin

Creative offspring of the musical fantasies of @Tushen_Rai and @CorneliusDoctor, Hard Fist brings together a passionate, supportive and activist party scene. Celebrating a globalized - but far from rootless - dancefloor where Turkish psychedelia, Lithuanian cold wave, Central African percussion and Indonesian polyphonic chants blend, Hard Fist crosses time and borders with a singular attachment to the folk music of trance, the kind that marks spiritual gatherings and festive rituals. Shaping the technological meeting of man and machine, the Hard Fist sound brings the experience as much on the dancefloor as in the calm of a Bedouin tent, always off the beaten track, with a free heart and clenched fists.

The label has been releasing collective records with artists such as Bawrut, Balam, A-Tweed, Omri Smadar, Matias Aguayo, Fantastic Twins, Philou Louzolo, Deena Abdelwahed, Curses, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Martin Noise, J.A.K.A.M., Omar Joesoef, MR TC, Pletnev, Anastasia Zems, John Parsey, Errortica, The Juan MacLean, Khidja, Roe Deers, Cosmo Vitelli, Ground, Sascha Funke, Fargo Devianti & Vongold, Daniel Monaco, Fringe Society, Elfenberg, Timothy Clerkin, A-Tweed, Ko Shin Moon, Lokier, Pletnev, nICo, Strapontin, Simple Symmetry, Que Sakamoto, Kubebe, Jonathan Kusum, Kaan Duzarat, Los Ninos Del Parque, Feller, Mekine U Teksi, Bab, Linja, Lion's Drum, Mishell, Ayma, Kincaid, Balam, Juan To Tree, Mytron & Ofofo, Niv Ast, Damon Jee, Thomass Jackson, Rina, Fabio Me Llaman Soltero, Hipless, N.O.Y, Oded Gafni, Radial Gaze, Fabio Fabio, Omar Joesoef, Da Iguana, Neskeh, Warum and all artists that collaborated to our edit series Re-Phrase Collection...

WhyPeopleWar Fundraiser for Ukraine: https://whypeopledance.bandcamp.com/

The Why people dance question was asked for the first time in Lithuania back in 2013 but it gained a worldwide echo in its 8 years of existence. Run by @pauliuskamblevicius with the help of @experimentsserial and a network of collaborators, the online electronic music platform and label keeps its heart open for new friends and treasure finds but its filter tight and deep underground. Tune into WPD channels on Soundcloud, YouTube and Bandcamp.

Music excursions all day every day. 

+ sum' @hrd_broadcasting_system action

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Coming up 

2025

6.6. R4
7.6. Kaiku 
7.6. Siltanen 
6.7. Siltanen
3.8. Alkuviini 
23.8. Stidilä
20.9. R4
26.9. Ambient Bar
8.11. H2o2

Past

2025

10.1. Grotesk
17.1. Siltanen
8.2. Kaiku
21.2. Grotesk
22.2. KULT
1.3. Let Me Wine Festival 
1.3. Stidilä 
8.3. Grotesk
21.3. Siltanen
5.4. Kaiku
24.-27.4. Ruka Spring Break                                                                                            24.5. Siltanen
31.5. Kaiku

2024

5.1. Siltanen
3.2. Stidilä
2.3. Runar
15.3. Siltanen
16.3. KULT
23.3. Toppa
6.4. Toppa
26.4. JAB
8.5. Private
10.5. Toppa
18.5. KULT
1.6. KULT
14.6. Toppa
15.6. LMW festival
29.6. Grotesk
4.7. Toppa
6.7. Siltanen
6.7. Post Bar
10.7. Grotesk
13.7. LMW x Korjaamo
13.7. Vallila Food Club
14.7. Paha Vaanii, Koistinen
16.7. Siltanen x Karhu Dancing Club
19.7. Skiffer
19.7. Tanner
22.7. Superdisko, Siltanen
4.8. VUM / Ääniwalli
9.8. KULT
10.8. Stidilä
11.8. Kaiku
16.8. KULT
17.8. Toppa
22.8. Runar
24.8. Freehamn
31.8. Kaiku
7.9. Siltanen
15.9. Private
28.9. Noita Winery Harvest Festival
12.10. Cozy Night Inn & Euphoria Archives vol. 3
18.10. HRD x Ambient Bar
19.10. KULT
1.11. Siltanen
15.11. Grotesk
30.11. Runar
6.12. HRD special
6.12. Stidilä
26.12. Kaiku
28.12. Grotesk
30.12. HRD Season Closing

2023

7.1. Kaiku / Kammari
20.1. Limbo
4.2. CoolHead
18.2. Stidilä
25.2. Kaiku / Kammari
4.3. Unessa Festival
24.3. Siltanen
31.3. Limbo
6.4. Post Bar
22.4. Helsinki Coffee Festival
22.4. Siltanen
28.4. Kaiku
30.4. Siltanen
31.4. Kaiku
6.5. Kaiku 10 yrs
19.5. Jackie
27.5. Siltanen
4.6. Koistinen
9.6. Café Compass - Alkuviini
16.6. Siltanen Terrace
18.6. Petiit
23.6. Solstice Festival
14.7. Flow Festival x Marski
1.7. Bassline Festival
7.7. Siltanen
21.7. Tislaamo
5.8. Siltanen
12.8. Flow Festival
19.8. Siltanen
8.9. Limbo
22.9. Post Bar
28.10. Kaiku
17.11. Post Bar
2.12. Stidilä
22.12. JAB
16.12. Cozy Night Inn
26.12. DWSC, Siltanen
29.12. Kaiku

2022

18.2. Tislaamo
25.2. Siltanen
5.3. Kaiku Kammari
12.3. Tanner
12.3. Stidilän Jatkot
18.3. Private
31.3. Private
1.4. Coolhead
9.4. Siltanen
16.4. Stidilä
30.4. LoiLoi
5.5. Kvart @ Haave
6.5. Post Bar
27.5. Forza
25.5. Jackie
3.6. Stidilä
5.6. Koistinen
10.6. Kaiku
18.6. Hotelli Marski x Flow Festival
19.6. Teurastamo B-Side Bar Sundays
1.7. Jackie
2.7. Siltanen Terrace
6.7. Bar Llamas
8.7. Tislaamo
10.7. VUM
10.7. Koistinen
16.7. Visio Festival
30.7. Save The Skågen Festival
12.8. Loukku UG
14.8. Private
17.8. Grotesk
20.8. Jackie
3.9. Hotel Marski
4.9. VUM Closing Party
9.9. Kaiku
16.9. Post Bar
21.9. Grotesk
24.9. Metsämarssi
30.9. Private
1.10. Siltanen
7.10. Hotel Marski
19.10. Grotesk
28.10. Kaiku Kammari
29.10. Coolhead
5.11. Post Bar
11.11. Stidilä
12.11. Limbo
16.11. Grotesk
25.11. Hotel Marski
3.12. Jackie
16.12. Siltanen
17.12. Kaiku
29.12. Grotesk
7.1. Kaiku / Kammari
4.6. Koistinen
9.6. Café Compass - Alkuviini
16.6. Siltanen Terrace
18.6. Petiit
23.6. Solstice Festival
14.7. Flow Festival x Marski
1.7. Bassline Festival
7.7. Siltanen
21.7. Tislaamo
5.8. Siltanen
12.8. Flow Festival
19.8. Siltanen
8.9. Limbo
22.9. Post Bar

2021

18.6. Tislaamo
1.7. Leblon
30.7. Tenho
31.7. Uumaja
1.8. Koistinen
3.8. Siltanen
14.8. Post Bar - postponed
21.8. Vallilan Varikko
24.9. Siili Afterworks
30.9. Siltanen 
16.10. Jackie
5.11. Coolhead
6.11. Tislaamo
19.11. Kaiku
26.11. Merikerho
3.12. Post Bar
16.12. Jackie
21.10. Siltanen
28.10. Kaiku

From Helsinki with <3 Stay groovy.

GIGS
24.5.2025 Hungr, Tallin
25-26.4.2025 Ruka/Finland, Spring Break
18.1.2025 Kaiku, Helsinki
9.11.2025 Post Bar, Helsinki
24.8.2024 Freehamn, Loviisa/Finland
16.8.2024 Kaiku, Helsinki
19.7.2024 Tackork Island, Nauvo/Finland
7.7.2024 Ääniwalli, VUM, Helsinki
6.7.2024 Kaiku, Helsinki
23.6.2024, Solstice Festival, Ruka/Finland
8.6.2024 Post Bar Birthday, Helsinki
7.6.2024 Limbo, Helsinki
1.6.2024 Kult, Helsinki
1.5.2024 Bar Petiit, Helsinki
6.4.2024 Virus Theatre, Helsinki
5.4.2024 Bar Typo, Helsinki
28.3.2024 Post Bar, Helsinki
16.2.2024 Kult, Helsinki
27.1.24 Tekstin Talo Opening Party, Helsinki
9.12.23 Wauhaus Art Collective Party, Helsinki
13.1.24, Post Bar, Helsinki (warming up for Bambounou)
2.12.23, Private Party, Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki
6.10.23 Post Bar, Helsinki 
26.8.23 Private Party, Helsinki
25.8.23 Post Bar, Helsinki (warming up for DJ Plead)
19.8.23 Alkuviini Wine Bar, Helsinki
4.8.23 Kaiku, Helsinki
23.7.2023 Koistinen, Helsinki
21.7.2023 Post Bar, Helsinki (warming up for DJ Healthy)
7.7.2023 Bar Limbo, Helsinki
14.4.23 Post Bar, Helsinki
1.4.23 Cyborg Manifest, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki
12.3.23 Petiit Bar, Helsinki
25.2.23 Post Bar, Helsinki (warming up for Batu)
28.1.23 Private Party, Helsinki
3.12.22 Stidilä, Helsinki 
10.11.22 Post Bar, Helsinki
29.10.22 Limbo, Helsinki 
28.10.22 Kaiku / Kammari, Helsinki
1.10.22 Siltanen, Helsinki 
23.9.22 Post Bar, Helsinki (warming up for Sapphire Slows)
13.8.22 Flow Festival / Red Garden, Helsinki
17.7.22 Bar Koistinen, Helsinki
6.5.22 Private Party, Helsinki
12.12.19 Containerville Christmas Party, London
27.9.19 Containerville Autumn party, London
22.8.19 Mixcloud Summer Party, London

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