Helm is Luke Younger, a London-based sound artist and musician. He has released five studio albums and three EPs of experimental music exploring the relationship between acoustic, electronic and real sounds. His first album ,,To the End” was followed by 2011’s ,,Cryptography”: a mix of icy drones, reconfigured gamelan clusters and searing metallic resonance, which gained him initial attention in both the press and underground scene.

The subsequent collaboration with PAN resulted in his third album ,,Impossible Symmetry” and brought him to various venues all over Europe, Asia or North Africa. From galleries to clubs, occupied venues and large festivals, the performances took place in diverse contexts. This was followed by the albums ,,Olympic Mess” and ,,Chemical Flowers”, a multitude of collaborations with different artists* and Younger’s work as a resident DJ at NTS Radio, where he has been presenting his monthly programme “After Dark” since 2016. Helm was also part of the Unsound Festival with the project “Inner Space: Siberia” in cooperation with the Moscow musician Moa Pillar and the Athens design collective Embassy For The Displaced. It was a site-specific A/V collaboration exploring the landscapes of Siberia, with sound recordings in Moscow and footage shot in the Ural Mountains and Novosibirsk.

Other collaborative works followed, or even a US tour with Blanck Mass. In 2020 he released the digital album “Saturnalia” on Alter and created a sold-out performance at the ICA in London in collaboration with visual artist Tatsuya Fujimoto. His current album is “Axis”, released in November 2021 on Dais Records.