su
historia
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.
