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Pan Sonic

Real Name:Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen
Profile:Pan Sonic (they were called Panasonic before but had to change their name in 1997 due to legal issues with the Japanese electronics company) are two guys from Finland. Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen, who started out with long-term, low-frequency, high-decibel experiments and organizing rave parties where "hardly anything happens ever" (a.k.a. Finland). The minimalistic music of Pan Sonic is composed "from a forbidding array of pure tones, sinewaves, pulses, electronic squelches and ultrasonic waveforms," and a humorous attitude, "skilfully arranged into an accessible rhythmic package" mainly taken from the bowels of custom-built sinewave generators. Given the tracks titled "Kurnutus" or "Rutina" (that is "Croaking" and "Crackle"), the environmental buzz, crackles and hums emanating from the speakers are harldy a surprise. Despite suggesting a harmless set of natural (sounding) frequencies, Pan Sonic have built up a reputation for fearsome live volume levels and atonal indulgence.
Sami Salo (Hertsi), the former third member of Panasonic, left the band in 1996.
URLs:http://www.phinnweb.org/panasonic
http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/pansonic.html
http://www.slimsmith.com/blastfirstpetite/pansonicinfo.html
Aliases:Rude Mechanic
Members:Ilpo Väisänen, Mika Vainio, Sami Salo
Name Variations: All | Pan Sonic | Pan-Sonic | Panasonic | Panasonik | Pansonic | |Panasonic = Panasonic
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Releases:
Panasonic EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Sähkö Recordings 1994
Four Tracks From The Album "Vakio" (12", Pic, Ltd, Promo)   Blast First 1995
Vakio (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Blast First ... 1995
Vakio - Sampler (10")   Blast First 1995
Kulma (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Blast First ... 1996
Osasto EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Blast First 1996
Arctic Rangers (2x7", Ltd)   Blast First 1998
Medal (12")   Blast First 1998
A (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Mute Corporation (US) ... 1999
B (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Blast First ... 1999
X (CD, Album, Ltd)   Blast First 1999
Aaltopiiri (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Blast First ... 2000
Frost 79° 40' (CD)   FM 4.5.1 2000
Mort Aux Vaches (CD, Ltd)   Mort Aux Vaches 2000
05/10/995 (CD)   Jenny Divers 2001
19/01/995 20/01/995 (CD)   Jenny Divers 2001
Motorlab #3 (CD, EP)   Kitchen Motors 2001
Selections From Aaltopiiri (12", Promo)   Mute Corporation (US) 2001
V (CD, Album)   Les Disques Victo 2003
Finnexport 2003 (2xCDr)   Spirals Of Involution 2004
Kesto (234.48:4) (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Blast First ... 2004
Katodivaihe / Cathodephase (CD, Album)   Blast First Petite 2007
Live DVD Atak Night 3 (DVD-V, LPC)   Atak 2007
Kuvaputki (DVD-V)   Blast First Petite 2008
Che ◄ (3 versions)   Blast First Petite 2009
EVURB 001 (12")   Evolurbain Recordings  
Remixes:
Bandit Queen E.P. (12", EP) Druse (Panasonic Mix) Pi Recordings 1996
Occupied Territories (2xCD) Druse Staalplaat 1996
***k The Millennium ◄ (3 versions) Acid Brass/What Time I... Blast First ... 1997
Drifting (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) Shunt (Panasonic Mix) Mute Records Ltd. ... 1997
Ende Neu Remixes (Album) ◄ (5 versions) NNNAAAMMM (Panasonic R... Mute Records Ltd. ... 1997
Scumtron (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Elephants Memory Remix Blast First ... 1997
Prayer / Salvation (EP) ◄ (2 versions) Prayer (Pan Sonic Remi... Ninja Tune 1998
Discord - Gütninja Remixes (CD, Album) Prayer (Pan Sonic Remi... For Life Records 1999
Blow ◄ (2 versions) Kreibabe (Pan Sonic Re... Nois-O-Lution ... 2001
Anhedoniac (CD) Pansonic In Red Dirt Atavistic 2004
Production:
Sonar 98 (4xCD) 149kia So Dens 1998
Appears On:
Musikexpress 15 - Mute Records (CD, Promo) Urania Musikexpress 1998
Public Recording (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   FM 4.5.1 ... 2000
The Un-Releases ◄ (2 versions) Pana Rip-off Chicks On Speed Records ... 2000
Blow (CD) Kreibabe Nois-O-Lution 2001
Znamenie Presvjatoi Bogoroditsy (File, MP3, 320)   Clinical Archives 2009
Tracks Appear On:
180 Degrees (CD) Urania Mute Records Ltd. 1995
Interference - Live At Love Parade '94 ◄ (2 versions) Sähkötin Interference Records Berlin 1995
A Fault In The Nothing (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) O- Ash International 1996
Funktio 1 - Finnish Techno Collection (CD, Comp) Muuntaja (Rmx) Function Recordings Helsinki 1996
The Nordic Sound Review (CD) Murto Siksi 1996
Scumtron (CD, Comp) Elephants Memory Remix Blast First 1997
#2B CD (CD, Comp) Urania / Under My Skin Merge Magazine 1998
Musikexpress 15 - Mute Records (CD, Promo) Urania Musikexpress 1998
Sonar 98 (4xCD) 149kia So Dens 1998
Sounds From The Electronic Lounge (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Hapatus The Music Cartel ... 1998
The Freestyle Files Vol. 4: Crackers Delight (2xCD) Medal Studio !K7 1998
Touch Sampler.3 (CD, Comp) Otaksuma Touch 1998
Время Сновидений (Cass, Mixed) Jakso Not On Label 1998
FMCD June 1999 (CD, Enh) Askel Future Music Magazine 1999
Sneak Preview Volume Three (CDr) Mort Aux Vaches Excerpt Staalplaat 1999
Avanto-00 (CD) Johto 4 Avanto Recordings 2000
Clicks_+_Cuts (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Koilinen Mille Plateaux 2000
Elegy - Numéro 13 (CD, Smplr) Kierto Elegy 2000
New Forms - Compilation (2xCD, Comp) Kausi-Vaihdos Raster-Noton 2000
Sampler (4xCD, Smplr, Promo, Box) Johto 2 Mute Song 2000
Sonic Boom: The Art Of Sound (2xCD, Comp) Alku Hayward Gallery 2000
Stumm 2000 (CD, Promo) Vapina 2 Mute Tonträger (Germany) 2000
The Wire Tapper 6 (2xCD, Dig) Kierto Wire Magazine 2000
Clicks & Cuts 2 (3xCD, Comp) Arvio (Long Edit) Mille Plateaux 2001
Lágrimas De Miedo N°8 - Sund (CD) Live New York, Knittin... Fear Drop 2001
Avantometric Attachments 2002 (CD) Lähiö Avanto Recordings 2002
Colors Music: Nordic (2xLP, Comp) Lomittain Irma 2002
Colors Music: Nordic (CD, Comp, Dig) Lomittain Irma 2002
Electroclash : Massive 19 Track Mix From Miss Kittin (CD) Teurastamo Muzik Magazine 2002
Radio Caroline Volume 1 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Hapatus Mental Groove Records ... 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Arvio Mute Records Ltd. 2002
The Fire This Time (2xCD, Album) The Whore Of Babylon Hidden Art 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Vaihe (Fön) Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Club Transmediale 03 (CD, Comp) Vaihtovirta Wire Magazine 2003
Frequencies [Hz] (CD, Comp, Ltd) Over Puilo Raster-Noton 2003
Prototype - Armaments And Armatures Against Electronic Music (CD) Eriö-Osuus Laton 2003
CD Side 22 (CD, Smplr) Pakoisvoima / Fugalforce D-Side 2004
Diskore Mix (CD, Mixed, Comp) Kone Darkmatter Soundsystem 2004
Haunted Weather. Music, Silence and Memory ◄ (2 versions) Maa Staubgold ... 2004
Composition い (CD) Kumamoto osterit Flying Swimming 2005
DE9 | Transitions (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Liuos, Murto Neste, Mu... NovaMute ... 2005
What About Finland / Nu-Jazz / Electronica (CD) Rähinä 1 / Mayhem 1 Not On Label 2005
DE9 | Combined (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Liuos, Murto Neste, Mu... Third Ear (2) 2006
Decibelio Festival 2006 (DVD) Untitled Belio[mgz] 2006
The Wire Tapper 16 (CD, Sli) Machinist Wire Magazine 2006
Touch 25 ◄ (3 versions) Slovakian Rauta Touch ... 2006
CD Side 41 (CD, Smplr) Lahetys / Transmission D-Side 2007
Walkabout (CD) Hapatus Endless Flight 2007
Walkabout (12") Hapatus (JG Wilkes Edit) Endless Flight 2007
Electric Brain Storms Vol.2 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) Fugal Force The Pod Room 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Hekla's Selection (CDr) Radiokemia Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge 1998
Weapons Of Ass Destruction (File, MP3, 320) The Panasonic Incident Evolution Controlled Creations 2004
User Reviews:
wheezer, Sep 17, 2003

Other memorable Pan sonic prank was, of course, the groups original name nicked from the famous electronics manufacturer, which must have caused many frustrations to their record label. As Toshiba, the Panasonic Electronics biggest competitor in Japan had plans to licence the groups music from Blast First, the change of name seemed to become more probable all the time. The latest news tell that after having been contacted by the lawyers of Panasonic USA, who threatened the act and their record label with legal actions, from spring 1998 onwards the duo is officially to be called Pan Sonic. Thus were also crushed Ilpos hopes that the band would have been sponsored by their electronics giant namesake...

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