Apr 28, 20 all tracks written by finnish experimental electronic musician mika vainio, except open up and bleed by iggy popjames williamson. It was here that he met tommi gronlund, who would later found sahko recordings. On this occasion we have mika vainio picking up the guitar as his weapon of choice and what an intense blast it is. On the ten pieces here vainio uses the guitar as his primary instrument of expression and the palette he utilises is appropriately expansive, delineating detail and texture with brushstrokes from the microscopically precise to the macroscopically broad. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download.
Bleed for me by michael robotham is book 4 in the joe oloughlin series and its definitely a series which seems to get better with every book, also it doesnt let up with the dark and twisted themes throughout. Mika vainio left behind a lots of unfinished projects and unreleased music. This extends as far as a cover of the stooges open up and bleed, which incongruously enough is the closest in sound to some of vainios. Mika vainio may 15, 1963 april 12, 2017 was a finnish experimental electronic musician, known for his works with ilpo vaisanen as pan sonic. Jan 19, 2014 o mika vainio syvyydessa kimallus buy and support all. Interview with mika vainio of pan sonic secret thirteen. Join facebook to connect with mika vainio and others you may know. Certainly he had his problems, often more so than most artists do. Mika vainio left an enormous impression on electronic music without reaching.
This archive series is presenting some pieces which can be considered as completed works. With his battered, voodoodoll body and baleful stare, iggy pop has survived a life of reckless excess. Download mika vainio songs, singles and albums on mp3. Whereas previous works by mika vainio have utilized guitar, life. Stream tracks and playlists from mika vainio on your desktop or mobile device. In the late 80s, vainio began djing and organizing parties, playing acid house. When stripped of any formalism, chaos is only order amplified beyond endurance, just as noise is only the quiet magnified in extremis. An album that draws lines across all of the different aspects of mika s flooring discography, from the crushing weight of his work in pan sonic through the industrial crunch of kilo and life. Mika vainio was born on may 15, 1963 in helsinki, finland. Embryoroom edward paul quist pays a special tribute to mika vainio next weekend. Reat is the first album to be released by mika vainio following his tragic passing on the th april 2017, built out of eight intensely powerful compositions, reat shows the broad range of styles and sounds that mika made his own. Mika vainio born 1963, helsinki, finland died april, 2017, france, aged 53 was a finnish electronic musician, composer and producer. His death was confirmed by friends and family to numerous outlets.
Intro in cooperation with unsound festival we proudly present an exclusive short interview with mika vainio, also known as o, a member of finnish experimental electronic music duo pan sonic formerly. This would be a sad and emotional time for us both, but the book would give us a lift. He began his musical career playing electronics and drums as part of the early finnish industrial and noise scene. Mika vainio open up and bleed he was often a very humorous fellow to be with, with a dry, understated wit. Vainio has spent much of his career crafting dark and austere electronic pieces, from drone to ambient to stripped back techno. Mika vainio serves up an album of incredible guitarbased experiments on editions mego, and almost needless to say its fckng brilliant, ten tracks of sheer headcrushing doom that just wipes the floor with pretty much anyone else doing this kind of thing. The copy on the cd cover shows a subtitle the great lost stooges album. Its a fast thriller with plenty of oh no moments but it also has many exciting hang on to your pants moments too. Mika vainio open up and bleed original mix editions mego. The first volume comprise of two selections from the 48. Parallel to his more widely acknowledged work as pan sonic and o, mika has exhibited in some of. Blast first petite is also putting out a book about vainios career. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Vainios work is by turns composed of another duality that of small moments on the one hand, the ones that go to make up the framework of existence, with the larger forces that create the catastrophic and chaotic on the other.
Includes a broad range of artistic contributions text, photographic and visual remembrances from mika vainios artist friends and collaborators, an updated and exhaustive mika discography, jennifer lucy. Mika vainio, the finnish experimental artist who sometimes goes by o, will release a new album next month called life. Mika vainios quiet influence on electronic music was. With big, livesounding drums that bring to mind mick harriss scorn project, vainio laid out a hellish sound world of revving distortion, harsh resonance and martial drumming. Here though on this staggering mego lp, vainio places the sixstring at the frosted heart, ten tracks deep, a guitar pulsing into manifold shapes throughout, an icy landscape of noise and metal, theres even a barren revision of iggy and the stooges, open up an bleed. Mika vainio open up and bleed editions mego youtube. Mika vainios final uk performance to be released alongside josephine michel photographs. Time examined is a mindimploding compendium of mika vainios previously unreleased soundtracks and compositions for installations and performance recorded over the past years. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Mika vainio visited the moog soundlab in april 2015.
This was initially reported by finnish news site the rumba and has since been confirmed by friends vainio was born in helsinki in 1963, moving to turku in his teens. Beginning with the most sinister thirteen minute opener in silence a scream takes a heart the mood is intense and threatening until midway through the track, then it hits. Mika vainio died in in france, on april 12, 2017 at the age of 53. Listen to mika vainio soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 6 tracks. Check out open up and bleed by mika vainio on amazon music. Sahko launches mika vainio archive series with 1994 live recording. Originally released in 2008, mika vainio s crowning achievement oleva finally made available again on his home imprint sahko recordings. The book contains a heartwrenching collection of photographs from the vainio family archive, a broad range of artistic contributions text, photographic and visual remembrances from mikas artist friends and collaborators, an updated and exhaustive mika discography, jennifer lucy allens unedited transcript for her the wire magazine 20. Open up and bleed 2011 in 2011, vainio struck out under his own name and made an album that almost qualifies as heavy metal. Aug 02, 2011 open up and bleed, a cover of an iggy pop nugget that feels pretty far removed from the source, is almost like something reclaiming the ghost of isolation, spurious as the pseudogenre might have been. The erstwhile pan sonic man uses his inimitable arsenal of advanced electronic techniques to coax the most exquisitely hellish, heavy. With its tortured and beaten guitars, and cover of the stooges open up and bleed, it was a departure for mika one where perhaps a glimpse of aspects of his inner life were revealed in track titles such as in silence a scream takes heart, conquering the solitude and a ravenous edge.
He was a composer and actor, known for atomin paluu 2015, kivi ja kilpi 2001 and the beetle 2018. Mika vainio talks about major influences, early industrial roots and the creative power of thunderstorms in this interview from unsound krakow. In the early 1980s he played in the group gagarinkombinaatti while also working at a slaughterhouse. Open up and bleed reveals the truth behind the myths. Mika vainio, a pioneer in the world of avantgarde electronic music and founding member of finnish duo pan sonic, has died at 53. Finnish electronic musician and composer mika vainio has died. Mika vainio was born on may 15, 1963 in helsinki, but grew up in turku. Former mojo editor paul trynka tracked down the stars friends, family, lovers and fellow musicians, conducting over two hundred and fifty interviews, unearthing countless new stories about iggys rollercoaster life, his music and his often misunderstood friendship with david bowie. Epic compendium of vainios audio work for installations and video 11 tracks of truly uncompromising genius. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Mika vainio chandra shukla is with paul kendall and 8 others. But with the crisp echo, murky rumbles, and bursts of groaning sound, its almost like the sound of the mid90s has returned to wreak a. Mika vainio serves up an album of incredible guitarbased experiments on editions mego, and almost needless to say its fckng brilliant, ten.
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