Album
Features
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UPC:
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724357731201
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Artist:
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Pan
Sonic
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Format:
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CD
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Release
Year:
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2004
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Record
Label:
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Blast
First
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Genre:
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Electronic,
Pop
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Number
Of Discs:
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4
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Track
Listing
DISC 1:
1. R„hin„ I/Mayhem I
2.
Mutaaattori (Mutator)
3. Onkalo (Cavity)
4. Pakoisvoima
(Fugalforce)
5. Louhi
6. R„hin„ II (Mayhem II)
7.
Riimu (Halter)
8. Keskeisvoima (Centralforce)
9.
V„hentaj„ (Diminsher)
10. R„hin„ III (Mayhem III)
11.
Lautturi (Rafter)
12. Painovoima (Gravity)
DISC
2:
1. Et„isyys (Distance)
2. Konnat (Toads)
3.
Virtamuuntaja (Current-Transformer)
4. Tasmania
5. Johto
5. (Cable 5.)
6. Valomuuntaja (Light-Transformer)
7.
Routa-Olio (Groundfrost-Being)
8. Sykkiv„ (Throbbing)
9.
Altistus (Exposure)
10. Telemiitit (Telemites)
11.
Prospekt Vernadskogo
12. Arktinen (Arctic)
DISC
3:
1. Viem„rimaailma (Sewageworld)
2. K„yt„v„
(Corridor)
3. Ilmenemismuoto (Appearanceform)
4.
Pakkasen Holvit (Arches of Frost)
5. Selitt„m„t”n
(Inexplicable)
6. Ilma/Air
7. Koljan Uni (Sleep of
Haddock)
8. Linjat (Lines)
DISC 4:
1. S„teily
(Radiation)
Details
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Playing
Time:
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244
min.
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Distributor:
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MSI
Music Distribution
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Recording
Type:
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Studio
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Recording
Mode:
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Stereo
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SPAR
Code:
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n/a
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Album
Notes
Mika Vainio and Ilpo Vaisanen, better known
as Finnish electronic duo Pan Sonic, are not ones to compromise.
Since they began making music (or sounds, as the case may be) in
1993, they've continued turning out unconventional recordings that
challenge accepted modes of thought about electronic musical
idioms. As ideologically and sonically unrelenting as ever, Pan
Sonic presents KESTO, four full discs of new material that
retreats not a step from the pair's previous advances.The first
disc is the harshest and most literally industrial-sounding, as
white-noise frequencies, modified to varying degrees, crackle and
clatter through the listener's eardrums, with only brief moments
of respite. Disc Two is less overtly assaultive, more
beat-oriented, making use of the kind of dub-inflected glitch
beats they (along with the likes of Pole) helped invent. The third
disc could almost be called ambient, were it not for the
inescapable sense of dread that underlies the somehow sinister
minimalism. Most impressive is the final disc, a single, hour-long
piece that's closer to early-'70s Tangerine Dream than anything
else. Pan Sonic thanks artists as diverse as electro-post-punks
Throbbing Gristle and New Music composer Alvin Lucier in the
notes, and influences from both sides of the fence are
discernible.
Recording information: Berlin, Germany
(2003).Photographer: Anne H„m„l„inen.Mika Vainio and Ilpo
Vaisanen, better known as Finnish electronic duo Pan Sonic, are
not ones to compromise. Since they began making music (or sounds,
as the case may be) in 1993, they've continued turning out
unconventional recordings that challenge accepted modes of thought
about electronic musical idioms. As ideologically and sonically
unrelenting as ever, Pan Sonic presents KESTO, four full discs of
new material that retreats not a step from the pair's previous
advances.The first disc is the harshest and most literally
industrial-sounding, as white-noise frequencies, modified to
varying degrees, crackle and clatter through the listener's
eardrums, with only brief moments of respite. Disc Two is less
overtly assaultive, more beat-oriented, making use of the kind of
dub-inflected glitch beats they (along with the likes of Pole)
helped invent. The third disc could almost be called ambient, were
it not for the inescapable sense of dread that underlies the
somehow sinister minimalism. Most impressive is the final disc, a
single, hour-long piece that's closer to early-'70s Tangerine
Dream than anything else. Pan Sonic thanks artists as diverse as
electro-post-punks Throbbing Gristle and New Music composer Alvin
Lucier in the notes, and influences from both sides of the fence
are discernible.
Editorial
Reviews
KESTO is a searing collection of glitchy
industrial sounds smoothed out and refried over skeletal beats.
It's noisy, ambient and danceable all at the same time...
CMJ
3
stars out of 5 - Once you've bequeathed them your synapses, the
rewards are great - analog tone generators and digital samplers
creating a thrillingly visceral hiss and thud that quickly fills
all available space.
Q
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