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Finn Idris

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🧬 violin • viola • piano • guitar
↔ modular ↔ 🔊 distortion
⚡ live AV / unstable systems
💿 Steeplejack & Janushoved

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6 months ago

Aotearoa tour footage!!! Thank you so much to @ludus.etc and @alicerizzoofficial at @___tonic____ for putting it all together!!!! So many lovely experiences and mega sonics to remember ❤️❤️❤️ thank you to all the artists who came out to perform - it was amazing to meet you and see how powerful the local scene is @hasjiijsah @bodybeatritual @kraus_music_nz @foxm0ss @ritualheaps @ludus.etc + womaninSTEM- you were/are all super inspiring!

Thank you to all the venues who accommodated the noise @valhalla.nz @cubadupa @snails.artistrunspaces @porridge_watson @pyramid_club_aotearoa @audio.foundation - it was a real treat working with you all!!

Thank you to all the audiences who came out to support the collective and this tour - I had beautiful conversations with many of you and I am looking forward to seeing you next time!

Finally thanks to @niph.ophila for providing the visual story to all these shows - people really loved it ❤️❤️ by @borgqueen101

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At work during their residency! Finn Idris (violin) and Alex Raineri (keyboard)

Alex and Finn spent a brief but super productive residency at Harrigans Lane, developing their Helcarax album project. Three days of stunning spring weather to inspire them!

Drawing on their shared history as childhood chamber ensemble musicians, Alex and Finn have reconnected through a shared curiosity for the possibilities between performer and composer. Their work weaves immersive live electronics through original compositions, creating a rich tapestry of sound shaped by diverse sources of inspiration. Forest walks, long talks, lots of playing, lots of listening. This is going to be a great album!

Helcarax builds on work first developed during their 2025 Mount Wilson Artist Residency in the Blue Mountains, bringing together the disparate dimensions of their varied creative careers in collaborative composition.

Joining them for documentation was Greg Harm from Tangible Media.
@harmgreg

About the Artists
Alex Raineri is the recipient of the 2026 state and territory Luminary award for Queensland in the Australian APRA-AMCOS Art Music awards. The award is for his work as an extraordinary musician, director, and creator, and for providing performance and creative opportunities through the Brisbane Music Festival.

Finn Idris is a Melbourne-based composer, violinist, electronic producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work spans experimental IDM, electro-acoustic composition, and immersive audiovisual performance.

We enjoyed their company as well as their music and hope to see them back one day to share the music with our keen Lagavulin audience!

#freeform #originalmusic #violín #keyboard #electronics taken in The Piano Mill by @borgqueen101

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Recorded live on Wurundjeri land @makeitupclub 03/02/2026

Insula & Niph’s live set is out now 💜

Available on Trim’s Bandcamp & Nina - Check the link in the bio 🔗

All sale proceeds are going to @makeitupclub 🎸

Photo - @lunaaurum
Design - @lewis_.garrix

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@niph.ophila by @borgqueen101

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5 months ago

#firstreel

Release will be out on Saturday 🎻

Video - @lunaaurum

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@niph.ophila
@makeitupclub by @borgqueen101

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5 months ago

Insula & Niph’s live performance @makeitupclub will be released on Trim’s Bandcamp & Nina next weekend 🎼
Spellbound.. ? I think so

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@niph.ophila by @borgqueen101

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5 months ago

2 shows down, thanks to everyone who has come along so far, we’re excited to head up north this Thursday for the next 3 shows:

Thursday April 2nd, @porridge_watson in Whanganui w/ @bodybeatritual @alicerizzoofficial and @ludus.etc

Saturday April 4th, @audio.foundation in Tāmaki w/ @kraus_music_nz @hasjiijsah and @ludus.etc

Tuesday April 7th, @pyramid_club_aotearoa in Pōneke w/ @ritualheaps @foxm0ss and womaninSTEM (@alicerizzoofficial)

Tickets in bio

All footage from @snails.artistrunspaces in Te Papaioea last Friday of Insula and the amazing custom visuals of @niph.ophila by @borgqueen101

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6 months ago

After a year of TONIC, we are thrilled to host Australian producer Insula @borgqueen101 to Aotearoa for their first tour of Aotearoa, playing five shows in Te-Ika-a-Māui.

Insula operates at the intersection of brutal electronics, live violin, and real-time audiovisual systems. Built from resynthesis, distortion, and physical performance, the project treats the body as both instrument and controller. Recent shows expand into live collaboration with visual artist Niph @niph.ophila , forming immersive environments where sound and image evolve together in tightly coupled feedback.

Their recent EP HYPOMOD is a sonic feat and we can’t wait to hear it in action alongside Niph visuals for the first time in Aotearoa.

Thank you so much for the amazing poster @eeooffyy

Tickets for all shows in bio via @undertheradarnz by @borgqueen101

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7 months ago

Submerge yourself in the womb of the computer in a basement adorned by an immersive spatial audiovisual system. NO/GENRE and Altar present a night of experimental computer music, ambient, and IDM, soundtracked by r hunter @rhunterrrr, Tangerine @tangerine.mu, Insula x Niph @borgqueen101 @niph.ophila, k8 m055 @k8m055, and Seán @nae.sean.aes. Lights by @inkala.xyz

Limited early bird tix in bio.

Jan 23rd, 7PM to 1AM
Bar available
432 Queen St, Melbourne 3000 by @borgqueen101

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9 months ago

ARTIST FEATURE

Finn Idris (aka Insula, Borg Queen, and other monikers) is a Melbourne-based composer, electronic producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work spans experimental IDM, electro-acoustic composition, and immersive audiovisual performance. With more than a decade of professional violin/viola chamber experience and advanced techniques developed across violin, viola, piano, and guitar, Finn fuses classical craft with cutting-edge electronic production.

A graduate of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Master of Music with High Distinction), Finn has released four albums with the acclaimed Steeplejack label and numerous singles and extended plays with Denmark’s Janushoved and other European imprints. Recent highlights include Insula, a solo IDM/trap project integrating live resynthesis and electric violin, and Helcarax, a major collaborative work with Alex Raineri.

A self-taught technologist, Finn integrates Max/MSP, BlazePose, neural-sensor arrays, and modular synthesis to build interactive systems that blur the line between performer and audience. They have composed soundtracks for interactive media (including the isometric shooter Kill Knight), large-scale installations at Denmark’s IT University, and numerous independent theatre and AI-film projects.

Beyond performance and composition, Finn is an emerging mastering engineer, currently expanding a Dutch & Dutch 8c based facility featuring class A conversion and the latest software topologies for a variety of technical applications and genres. by @borgqueen101

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a year ago

🎥 Live footage from last months show @rest_in_spit featuring next level visuals from @niph.ophila 🤯🤯🤯

I actually had no idea exactly what Niph was going to do before we played together on the night so I could/can barely contain my own awe at their work during the set - if you want to see us do this again soon hit us up 🪩🪩🪩😈😈😈 ——————————————————#ExperimentalMusic #IDM #LiveAV #Audiovisual #ElectronicMusic #Violin #ElectricViolin #MaxMSP #TouchDesigner #ModularSynth #GranularSynthesis #VisualArt #GenerativeArt #UndergroundMusic #MelbourneMusic #LiveVisuals #ImmersiveArt #AvantGarde #PerformanceArt #ExperimentalVisuals #SoundDesign #ClubCulture #NewMusic

@cycling74 @bitwigstudio @touchdesigner taken in Naarm by @borgqueen101

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a year ago

So inspired to be apart of this years special compilation - Faultlines - I Hear Him In My Tinnitus 🥰 So much talent compiled by @harold_steeplejack in memory of our dear Ham ❤️ check out the sampler >>> https://soundcloud.com/steeplejackrec/faultlines-i-hear-him-in-my-tinnitus-sampler

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Together forever,
In static and dust

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Music From

al dente / auquap / Autogenesis / Borg Queen / Cutting Room / Glome / HAM / Hearwig / life light / LOIF / night magnet / noom / Noneless / RXEX / Showerhead / Sleep Exchange / Urban Space Electronics

--Bandcamp>>> https://steeplejackrecc.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear-him-in-my-tinnitus

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Mastered by Borg Queen at Syntonix
Artwork by Eek

Steeplejack operates on Stolen land.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land.
We pay our respects to their elders past, present, and future.
Sovereignty was never ceded. by @borgqueen101

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