EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Ø: “Olematon” (Atomit EP, Pi Recordings 1995)R.I.P. Mika Vainio(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

R.I.P. Mika Vainio, 1963-2017I’m deeply saddened to learn that Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic has died at the age of 53. This opening track from Pan Sonic’s second album Kulma was my first impression of...

Muslimgauze: “Druse (Panasonic Mix)” (Occupied Territories, Staalplaat 1996)It’s easy to overlook this engaging collection of remixes considering Muslimgauze’s massively prolific output during and...

I-LP-O in Dub: Communist Dub (Editions Mego)Ilpo Väisänen has been a fixture in experimental minimal electronic music for decades now, best known as one-half of Finnish duo Pan Sonic. His...

Pan Sonic: Oksastus (Kvitnu 2014)Ilpo Väisänen and Mika Vainio’s last hurrah as Pan Sonic is actually a live recording from back in 2009, and I’d missed it when Ukrainian label Kvitnu released it...

Merzbow & Pan Sonic: “68'18”“ (V, Les Disques Victo 2003) I sometimes forget about this fantastic collaboration between Masami Akita and electronic music’s favorite...

Merzbow & Pan Sonic: “68'18”“ (V, Les Disques Victo 2003) I sometimes forget about this fantastic collaboration between Masami Akita and electronic music’s favorite...

Mika Vainio: Kilo (Blast First Petite) When I first heard Mika Vainio’s first solo album Onko in 1997, Pan Sonic was new to me (and still known as Panasonic before the company of the...

Antti Rannisto: “Ääniesineitä 3 Live” (Untitled, Sleeparchive 2007) Chilly sounds from Rannisto, released as part of a split album with Sleeparchive on his own label a few years ago....

Emptyset: Recur (Raster-Noton) It’s always intrigued me how “industrial” as a musical genre shifted focus from the more atonal experimentation of Throbbing Gristle and...

Einstürzende Neubauten: “NNNAAAMMM (Panasonic Remix)” (Ende Neu Remixes, Mute 1997)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Pan Sonic: “Koilinen” (clicks_+_cuts, Mille Plateaux 2000) Hard to believe the clicks_+_cuts comp came out so long ago — over ten years now. This track both sounds so of the time but...

Mika Vainio: Life (…It Eats You Up) (Editions Mego) One half of Pan Sonic, Mika Vainio has made a robust career out of exploiting combinations of signal, rhythm, noise and silence. His...

Angel: 26000 (Editions Mego) This unlikely collaboration between Pan Sonic member Ilpo Väisänen and Dirk Dresselhaus (a.k.a. SchneiderTM) bucks expectations based on either artist’s...

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