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Blastfirstpetite's 'Psychopomp for M.T.V.'a 260 page, full colour, hardback book.
[a psychopomp is a 'guide of souls', whose purpose is to escort deceased souls from Earth to The Afterlife] A Limited Edition of 1,000 copies containing:
~ A heart-wrenching collection of photographs from the Vainio family archive.
~ A broad range of artistic contributions (text, photographic and visual remembrances) from Mika's artist friends and collaborators.
~ An Updated and exhaustive Mika discography.
~ Jennifer Lucy Allen's unedited transcript for her The Wire magazine 2013 'Invisible Jukebox' - one of Mika's most animated media responses.
~ A variety of Pansonic ephemera from Paul Smith's own Blast First archives.
+++ an album length exclusive CD of previously unreleased Pansonic performance recordings - 'Turku Moai - live on Rapa Nui'.
( THIS IS NOT A MIKA VAINIO BIOGRAPHY OR MONOGRAPH)
Release Date: 21/06/2019 -
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Mika visited the Moog Sound-Lab in April 2015. He made one his last known solo studio recordings in the form of two vinyl sized side long pieces. Entitled “Lydspor” - Danish for ‘Soundtrack’. Mika worked almost exclusively with the lab’s Moog Modular System 55.
This UK sound -lab instrument is the sole protoype model (containing several golden filters) of moog’s recent Sold out reverse-engineered edition (55 units only) recreating the 1970’s classic.
On completion of his sessions Mika announced ‘I could work with this machine for the rest of my life….I would need nothing else”.
A second moog session was planned but tragically Mika died in an accident in April 2017, shortly after he had approved the vinyl mastering.
Tracklisting:
Lydspor (Part 1) 20:00
Lydspor (Part 2) 19:37
In 2015 Moog Music Inc U.S. The Contemporary Makers Of The Legendary Synthesisers Donated A Bespoke ‘Moog Sound Lab’. Based In The Uk At The Institute Of Sound Recording [Surrey University]
An Open Access, Experimental Music Resource To Celebrate The Life And Work Of Electronics Inventor Dr Robert ‘Bob’ Moog’. Moog Instruments & Technology Changed Modern Music Forever.
The Moog Recordings Library – A Moog Official Label Publishes & Releases Limited Editions Of The Work Created At The Moog Sound Lab.
Release Date: 08/06/2018