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Este texto fue publicado originariamente como parte de un artículo pa el fanzine americano The Skreem #11 en Mayo de 1995. Se han añadido algunas actualizaciones.
El fenómeno más famoso originado en Sähkö Recordings, Panasonic (ahora llamados Pan sonic), se formó en un principio en el verano de 1993 con el encuentro de dos mentes creativas, Mika Vainio y Ilpo Väisänen. Vainio había trabajado como DJ en los 80´s y creado su propia música con Pertti Grönholm, como Corporate 09. Väisänen era oriundo de Kuopio, Finlandia y acabó en Turku a causa de sus estudios, donde se unió a los miembros de Hyperdelic Housers, grupo que organizaba fiestas raves. Vainio y Tommi Grönlund -quien fundaria el sello Sähkö -entre ellos. Ilpo Väisänen había sido el responsable del poster oficial del festival "Down By The Laituri 1990", y fue además durante ese tiempo un miembro de Ultra 3, un grupo artístico de, después de la adhesión de Mika Vainio fue rebautizado como Sin Ø.
El de una vez tercer miembro de Panasonic, Sami Salo, finalmente se une en 1994 después de entrar en contacto con Vainio y Väisänen a través de Sähko (para quién Salo había grabado un 12" como Hertsi), y su primer EP fue además editado ese año. Paul Smith, el hombre principal de Blast First, subsello de Mute, vió una actuación de Panasonic en Inglaterra a un club llamado Vox en otoño de 1994.
SÄHKÖ RECORDINGS (Helsinki, Finland):
DISCOGRAFÍA
º Panasonic EP (SÄHKÖ/Blast First 1994) SÄHKÖ-007 (Londres, UK)
º Vakio
Todos los temas escritos por Panasonic (Sami Salo, Mika Vainio y Ilpo Väisänen).
Instrument engineering por Jari Lehtinen. Todos los temas grabados en vivo usando equipo analógico,
Diseño gráfico por Ilpo Väisänen y a.men architects / tg.
Panasonic appears courtesy of Sähkö Recordings.
También disponible:
12" picture disc
NOTE: not titles as marked on sleeve. Picture disc is limited to 150 copies (the tracks are maybe earlier versions to the ones on CD?); one track has a different title from the CD version (obviously)? It might have come out before the CD. There is also a quadruple 10" box, clear vinyl with all the tracks, released in January '96. - Peter Gebert. (Review.)
º Osasto EP CD/12" (Blast First/Mute Records Limited) BFFP128
º Kulma LP/CD (Blast First/Mute Records Limited, 27 Enero 1997) BFFP132/BFFP132CD
º Panasonic con Alan Vega º Medal 12" BFFP145 26 Enero 26, 1998
A. Medal
º Vainio Väisänen Vega º Endless (CD/2-LP) BFFP147CD Julio1998
Publicado por Saturn Strip Music/My Ears! My Ears!/Mute Song 1998
Grabado y mezclado @ 6/8 Studios NYC 1997
º Arctic Rangers (2x7") 26 August 1998
Time: 5:55 pm
Original notes from Blast First:
45RPM - SELF-ASSEMBLY SOUNDSCAPE SET
Edición limitada 500 copias
Specially designed for Pan sonic by Robert
Green
* 2 x 7" singles
* (2 x) 1 x 2 inter-changeable music tracks
* (1 x) 2 x beats
* (1 x) 2 x drones/pitches
* fully analogue
* 45 rpm stereo recording
* precision vinyl impression
* original music composed by Mika Vainio &
Ilpo Väisänen
*
instructions/poster/interview/biography/discography
* 2 x 7" (spider) centres
* decal sheet
Basic turntable skills helpful for successful
assembly of this kit
º A (CD/2xLP) (BFFP149 22 Febrero 1999)
º B (12"/CDS) (BFFP161 29 Marzo 1999)
Blast First Presents
Sähkö
The Movie
(1995)
featuring
Jimi Tenor, Panasonic, Ø, Hertsi, etc.
44 min video, directed by Jimi Tenor,
shot on 16mm film.
"Shows you what these guys get up to in their native Finland and their adventures as they attempt to conquer the world, and win!"
Available in PAL format VHS only.
Available only from: Mute Bank Mail Order.
COMPILATORIOS
FUNCTION RECORDINGS (Helsinki, Finland):
Various Artists
Funktio 1 - Finnish Techno Collection
FU-502
September 1996
1. Panasonic: Muuntaja rmx
MILLE PLATEAUX (Germany)
Various Artists
Clicks & Cuts (2-CD/3-LP)
MP079
1999
CD1. 6. Pan sonic: Koillinen
REACT (London, UK)
Various Artists
Sounds From The Electronic Lounge (CD)
REACT CD123
1 June 1998
* one Pan sonic track
siksi Magazine / The Nordic Arts Centre
(Helsinki, Finland):
Various Artists
siksi cd 4 96 promo
November 1996
* 4. Panasonic - Murto (6:25)
NOTE: Recorded 1996.
NOTE 2: this CD came as a supplement of the
magazine siksi - The Nordic Art Review Vol. XI
No. 4 (Winter 1996); compiled by C. M. von
Hausswolff at the Royal Chamber, Stockholm,
November 1996; also including tracks from The
Hafler Trio, Hilmar Örn Hilmarrson, Funkus, He
Said: Omala, Leif Elggren, Kozmik Niggah, Los
Chikatilos and Erik Pisani.
Contact:
siksi
The Nordic Arts Centre
Suomenlinna B 28
FIN-00190
Tel: +358 9 668 638, 668 143
Fax: +358 9 668 594
E-mail: siksi@siksi.pp.fi
SO DENS
Various Artists
Sónar 98 (4xCD)
So Dens SD006
1998
* one Pan sonic track
TOUCH/ASH INTERNATIONAL (London, UK):
Various Artists
A Fault in the Nothing
2xCD
# Ash 2.6 CD2
March 25th 1996
CD2
1. Panasonic: 0-
Ash International
13 Osward Rd.
London SW17 755 UK
Tel. 44 181 7672368
Fax 44 181 682 3414
Various Artists
T_ZERO_3 - Touch Sampler 3
February 23rd 1998
* 3. Panasonic: Otaksuma
[NOTE: Finnish for
"supposition"/"conjecture".]
Remixes
BLAST FIRST (London, UK)
[Image]
Merzbow
Scumtron (remixes)
BFFP138CD
1997
* 3. Panasonic - Electronic Memory Remix
(11:15:22)
Remixed from the original Merzbow recording
'Elephant's Memory' from "Indescreet Stereo
Test". Indescreet.
Jeremy Deller Presents - 2K
***K The Millennium
BFFP 146 T (12"/CDS)
October 13, 1997
* B2. Acid Brass / What Time Is Love [Version
P - Royal Oak Mix] (5:28)
Remixed by Panasonic @ Studio P, The Oval
London.
MUTE RECORDS (London, UK):
Recoil
Drifting 12"/CDS
MUTE209
October 13, 1997
* Shunt - Panasonic Mix (4:44)
NINJA TUNE (London, UK):
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Prayer / Salvation (12"/CDS)
ZEN1271/ZENCDS71
1998
* 5. Prayer [Pan sonic Remix, Parts A, B, C]
PI RECORDINGS (UK):
Muslimgauze
Bandit Queen EP
Pi TB/Pi 1205
1996
* includes remixes by Panasonic.
OUR CHOICE / ROUGH TRADE RECORDS (Germany)
Einstürzende Neubauten
Ende Neu Remixes
RTD 195.3354.2 43 / LC 7149. Potomac
Fall 1997
* Nnnaaammm (Panasonic remix) (08:28)
All original versions released on the album
Ende Neu (1996),
recorded and produced by Jon Caffery and E.N.,
published by Freibank.
Einstürzende Neubauten contact:
en@freibank.com.
STAALPLAAT RECORDS (The Netherlands):
Muslimgauze
Occupied Territories
STAALPLAAT STCD110 2CD
September 1996
CD-2: Occupied Frequencies
10. Panasonic - Druse
NOTE: a collection of remixes of Muslimgauze's
tracks.
YOUNG GOD RECORDS (USA)
Jarboe
Anhedoniac (CD)
(no cat.no.) limited edition of 1500
July 1998
* Panasonic in Red Dirt
NOTE: a mix by Panasonic on Jarboe's (of Swans fame) third solo album "Anhedoniac". It was available only through the Swans website. Panasonic remixed the track "Circles in Red Dirt", and it's called (surprisingly!) "Panasonic in Red Dirt" and follows immediately on the album. [RealAudio excerpt]
OTROS
INVISIBLE RECORDS, Chicago, IL., USA
[AmmerEinheit]
Ammer Einheit
Deutsch Krieger
INV098
1997
NOTE: Panasonic supposedly appears on this
album, which is originaly published on Our
Choice, a Division of Rough Trade Records.
MERGE MAGAZINE (Stockholm, Sweden)
Various Artists
Merge CD
September 1998
* one Pan sonic/E.G. Lewis track
NOTE: this CD for free with September 1998
issue of Merge Magazine.
MIND RECORDS (Turku, Finland):
1. Piiri
Jarru EP
Mind-201
September 1999
A1. ABS (4:58)
A2. THC (5:10)
B1. GPU (6:01)
B2. PAM (8:01)
All tracks written and produced by Ilpo
Väisänen.
Copy;+(p) Mind Records 1999. Distributed by
Neuton.
OBSESSIVE EYE (?)
Obsessive Eye Vol 3
7" bonus record
1998
A. Panasonic/Alan Vega: Outrage for the
Frontpage
B. Panasonic v FM Einheit: Termit
To Be Released 1999
Writers: Einheit/Vainio/Vaesanen [sic]
Published by Mutesong/Copyright control
Courtesy of Blast First/Mute Records Ltd.
NOTE: also included an interview, which still
calls Pan sonic "Panasonic".
PIANO (UK)
Pan sonic/Hayley Newman/David Crawford
Rude Mechanic (2-CD)
PIANO 200
1999
* featuring David Cunningham, Robert Ellis,
Simon Fisher Turner, Bruce Gilbert, David
Gilchrist, Tiina Huczkowski, Koan, Kaffe
Matthews, Put Put, Scanner, Susan Stenger,
Jimi Tenor.
NOTE: The edited highlights of Rude Mechanic
event, which took place at South London art
space Beaconsfield during November 1996.
Limited edition of 1000 released in
collaboration with Beaconsfield.
RASTER MUSIC / NOTON (Germany)
[20' To 2000]
Various Artists
20' to 2000
20 minutes: 12 months
a series of 12 monthly CDs
[2] Ilpo Väisänen
[10] Mika Vainio
NOTE: this is a series of twelve CDs for each
month of 1999.
The complete list of artists: Komet [01] /
Ilpo Väisänen [02] / Ryoji Ikeda [03] / coH
[04] / Beytone [05] / Senking [06] / Thomas
Brinkmann [07] / Scanner [08] / Noto (09] /
Mika Vainio [10] / Wolfgang Voigt [11] / Elph
[12]
THE WIRE / BLAST FIRST (London, UK)
Pan sonic
x
BFFP165CD
February 1999
Total Time 43.20 min
Compiled by Pan Sonic for the Wire.
NOTE: Limited edition of 1000.
x was Blast First's special one-off Pan Sonic
compilation CD as an exclusive offer to The
Wire magazine readers subscribing during
February 1999. The CD features key tracks from
the group's history plus an advance track from
the EP, "b". This CD was not available at
shops. Also an exclusive CD by the Japanese
noisemeister Masonna was offered alongside
this one.
