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panasonic are gods. wow. i bought 'vakio' by them on blast first a couple days ago. can't keep it out. about the only ambient/idm thing that falls into experimental categories. their dance is minimal, very little. all subtlty. total earfucking soundwarping mindbending tracks. SOMEONE PLEASE TAPE ME THE PEEL SESSIONS. and does anyone have a further discography by them? the purchase was totally spawntaneous. onnow:god:appeal.to.human.greed s. __ /\ /\ /\_ /\ ______________ slave@castillo.wariat.org \ / \ / \/\/ \_ / \___/ atm0sFear \/ \/ \/

Slavestate wrote:

quoted 10 lines panasonic are gods.

> panasonic are gods. > wow. i bought 'vakio' by them on blast first a couple days ago. > can't keep it out. about the only ambient/idm thing that falls into > experimental categories. their dance is minimal, very little. all > subtlty. total earfucking soundwarping mindbending tracks. > > SOMEONE PLEASE TAPE ME THE PEEL SESSIONS. > > and does anyone have a further discography by them? the purchase was > totally spawntaneous.

As far as I know there's only one EP from Sahko Recordings (Finland): SAHKO-007 Panasonic Panasonic EP And I would _really_ like to hear about their Peel Sessions myself... Anyone? If you like Panasonic, you might also like to check Mika Vainio's (1/3 of Panasonic with Sami Salo and Ilpo Vaisanen) solo works as 0/ and Hertsi, very ultra-minimal stuff a la Panasonic. I'm afraid their availability may be very non-existent until Blast First puts the re-releases out - originally only 400-800 copies were pressed of the Sahko 12":s. Here's a few of them (O/ is actually written as an O with a slash through it, damn this US-ASCII! :)... SAHKO RECORDINGS: ---------------------- SAHKO-001 O/ Rontgen 12" EP January 1993 SAHKO-002 O/ Kvantti 12" EP March 1993 SAHKO-004 Hertsi Kohina 12" September 1993 SAHKO-005 Philus pH 12" EP December 1993 SAHKO-006 O/ Metri CD February 1994 TENSION RECORDS (Hollis NY, USA): ------------------------------------- Tekonivel Reuma EP TEN 3003 November 1994 Written & produced: Mika Vainio ? --- O/ Atomit (remixes) ? If you want have more information or a more complete version of this discography, please contact me (trerra@uta.fi). Let me also know if you want to read my Finnish scene reports in ASCII format, and I'll send them to you. The home page for Sahko is also in the plans, but I'll hope to get back to it sometime in the near future... ERkki everybody's talkin' trerra@uta.fi

On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, Erkki Rautio wrote:

quoted 7 lines Slavestate wrote:

> Slavestate wrote: > > If you like Panasonic, you might also like to check Mika Vainio's (1/3 > of Panasonic with Sami Salo and Ilpo Vaisanen) solo works as 0/ and > Hertsi, very ultra-minimal stuff a la Panasonic. I'm afraid their > availability may be very non-existent until Blast First puts the re-releases > out - originally only 400-800 copies were pressed of the Sahko 12":s.

Plastic Head Distrbution carry Sahko stuff (and maybe Dum too): Plastic Head Music Distribution Ltd Unit 15 Bushell Business Estate Hithercroft Wallingford OXON OXI0 9DD England. Tel: 01491 825029 Fax: 01491 826320

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> ? > --- > > O/ > Atomit (remixes) > ?

I think this is coming out on Pi Recordings, a sub-label of T&B Vinyl from Twitch and Brainstorm. || [CiM] || s.walley@uea.ac.uk || http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9323899/

On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, slavestate wrote:

quoted 5 lines panasonic are gods.

> panasonic are gods. > wow. i bought 'vakio' by them on blast first a couple days ago. > can't keep it out. about the only ambient/idm thing that falls into > experimental categories. their dance is minimal, very little. all > subtlty. total earfucking soundwarping mindbending tracks.

Has anyone picked up Mika Vainio's newest? I believe he's part of Panasonic, isn't he? Anyway, the release is under his O moniker and is out on Pi Recordings, which is a division of T&B Vinyl. It's quite stunning. Three incredibly sparse funky cuts on featureless black vinyl. All three tracks develop *so* subtly and have this brilliant cold emotionality to them. The third cut, 'Olematon', is the mack-daddy though. :) Downtempo, bass-heavy, haunted-house electro unlike anything you've ever heard. A worthwhile purchase to say the least. :) - Matthew "I grew up thinking that techno music is actually something that you can't imagine. That is techno at its best. If you hear something that you'd never expect to hear - that's techno. If you hear something that kind of sounds like you've heard it before, then it's not techno." - Jeff Mills

quoted 2 lines Has anyone picked up Mika Vainio's newest? I believe he's part of

> Has anyone picked up Mika Vainio's newest? I believe he's part of > Panasonic, isn't he?

Oh yes. Anyway, the release is under his O moniker and is

quoted 1 line out on Pi Recordings, which is a division of T&B Vinyl. It's quite stunning.

> out on Pi Recordings, which is a division of T&B Vinyl. It's quite stunning.

Thanks, that's the label, if we are talking about 'Atomit (remixes)' 12" now...

quoted 3 lines Three incredibly sparse funky cuts on featureless black vinyl. All three

> Three incredibly sparse funky cuts on featureless black vinyl. All three > tracks develop *so* subtly and have this brilliant cold emotionality to > them. The third cut, 'Olematon', is the mack-daddy though. :)

I always love these brief, laconic names Sahko's guys give to their records (Olematon = non-existent) :) Downtempo,

quoted 2 lines bass-heavy, haunted-house electro unlike anything you've ever heard. A

> bass-heavy, haunted-house electro unlike anything you've ever heard. A > worthwhile purchase to say the least. :)

BTW, for all the Sahko lovers: I heard there's a new EP out, called 'Freestyle Man', more housier stuff than usually? Is there anyone who could tell more since I've only heard its name? Tomi, are you still on this list?

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> - Matthew

ERkki everybody's talkin' trerra@uta.fi

quoted 1 line panasonic are gods.

> > panasonic are gods.

Yes, it looks like they are. I only caught the last track of their Peel- session, "Rockabilly", and it was absolutely marvellous stuff. However, judging from various reviews their output is characterized as "ultra-minimal". I don't think this description fits "Rockabilly" very much; it was a typical builder with very little variation in shape, but very much so - although subtle - in content. Is their Vakio CD anything like their Peel-session? Also, J. Peel said it was an augmented Panasonic. Exactly who were they augmented by? /Oivind Idso/

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>Downtempo, >> bass-heavy, haunted-house electro unlike anything you've ever heard. A >> worthwhile purchase to say the least. :) > >BTW, for all the Sahko lovers: I heard there's a new EP out, called >'Freestyle Man', more housier stuff than usually? Is there anyone who >could tell more since I've only heard its name? Tomi, are you still >on this list?

yes, sorry im a bit late, my provider was down again. The "Freestyle man" ep is out very soon. Its under PUU records if understand it correctly. ive only heard a couple of tracks at the release party, but it sounded good. go check it out. tomi