About
Pehmee | The Soft Collective is focused on amplifying the fullest presence of marginalized bodies and interested creating space for them in media, art, fashion, and culture. Collective is aiming for liberation from intersectional feminist, anti-fasist, collectively responsible and anti-racist angles. Rooted in activism, the collective pushes beyond representation to challenge societal norms to promote self expression and radical Joy.
Collective has hosted, spoken and mc'd on international and local, online and public platforms for a decade now. suinner + trabelsi both started creating spaces and DJing in 2023 from the lack of hearing what they wanted to hear or feeling what they wanted to feel, especially in (queer) club spaces. Collective is passionate about understanding oneself In relation to this surrounding world, revolutionary dancefloors and safer spaces for experiencing and unpacking. Hoping to achieve more inclusive art field as well as individual and collective bodily freedom.
suinner is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and cultural worker known for projects concentrating on representations of our diverse realities and gathering together presentations of emotion and identity rooted experiences. Currently this means affecting as a dramaturg, DJ/MC, dancer, vocalist and performance artist. Suinner is sparked by space and identity oriented, visual, immersive and experimental art projects that have the examination of safety and radical joy of marginalized people at their core.
In their dj sets you may hear afro tech/house, amapiano, all things hiphop and r&b as well as lengest UK bops. They are interested in building rich atmospheres, sliding from feeling to feeling, emotion to another.
trabelsi is a Tunisian-Finnish DJ, MC, and multidisciplinary artist based in Helsinki, blending the vibrant rhythms of SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) with global genres like house, amapiano, and afrolife. Passionate about BIPOC and queer liberation, trabelsi uses their sets to create spaces for joy, connection, and celebration.
Expect to hear remixes of Arabic classics, deep grooves, and phat beats that make you move. Rooted in their cultural heritage, their music is a personal journey—fusing sounds of their childhood with bold, boundary-pushing vibes. Whether they’re dropping heavy bass or intricate melodies, trabelsi brings an electrifying energy to every dancefloor, inspiring both emotional connection and unrestrained movement.
Building connection to self and others is
a revolutionary act.
In addition to their collaborations with platforms like Flow Festival, Ruisrock, and Ruskeat Tytöt Media, collective is also associated to their intimate, community-driven initiatives. Such projects as conversation-to-creation platform Unhad Conversations, listening sessions and space claiming/bending performances like hit different and Lesbo Erotics. To their spaces that ask to dive to questions of togetherness, places of ease and collective dancing like at OWN and Club U-Haul.
Home bistro / pop up concept Kiska, where the simple act of sharing a song, meal or a talk becomes an opportunity to build connection and celebrate the daily and mundane, simply embracing the joy of hosting, that the collective is known for.