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Name: Joonas Samuel Vähämäki Home Page: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kuu Member Since: Nov 29, 2004 Rank: 241 Average Vote Received: Correct (4.05, 21 votes) last 10 days: Correct (4.06, 18 votes) Rated 540 releases, average: 3.86 Location: Finland Profile: My history in electronic music begins in the late 80's. It was somewhere in there when I started getting into synthesizer music. My big favourites back then were infamous artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Kraftwerk. When the end of the century got closer, my interest in synthesizer based music had evolved to fulltime relationship with disco, rap and house music, Sandra, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, S'Express, Technotronic, The KLF and Public Enemy some bigger ones to mention. At the same time I started producing my own tracks on my computer. In the early 90's I had grown much bigger love to hip hop and was listening to various artists among the synthesizer and sampler based music. I had already got plenty of European and British techno on tapes, 2 Unlimited, L.A. Style, Altern 8, U96 and Praga Khan, but it wasn't until the late 1991 when I first heard The Prodigy and I was totally sold. I think it hit me in the right spot with my interest in hip hop and techno combining both genres into one. I had became a complete techno fanatic. MTV had helped me a lot with its' program Party Zone which gave me lots and lots of great information and great artists not even talking about the musicvideos. For me it has been one of the most important medias on my way in the techno heaven. It brought me a huge variety of breakbeat hardcore, which by the style, still is one of the only music genres that can put a smile on my face. My first rave party was in the NYE 1992 where I heard Jam & Spoon's remix of Age Of Love among many other great trance and techno anthems. Not much after, I went to my second rave party and heard another important track, Aphex Twin's Polynomial-C that hit me like a lighting from the clear sky. I had now found my religion and everytime I went to a party, I was literally in trance. The following years went ahead by active raving, and where illegal warehouse parties acted important part. During these years my biggest two genres that I loved were German trance, basicly anything from Eye-Q and MFS and British IDM, mostly Warp and Rephlex Records. Then 1995 came and I had my first own live performance at one of the biggest local raves at the time. The rave scene was already transforming to something different though and my interest in going to those parties had started to decrease. 1996 was the final nail to the coffin because holding illegal parties became totally impossible in such a practically small city like mine after the scene had increased and gotten too popular. The new phase had begun but it wasn't for me. Luckily I had met a friend earlier who played me some jungle records and I had found something new, something fresh to look into. We started producing together and became one of the first drum and bass liveacts in Finland. I didn't attend rave parties after that unless we were playing there so the religion had let me down and I wasn't turning my head back. Rest of the 90's were active gigging and after drum and bass was going the same rounds and started to sound all the same, we put the end to our productions by releasing a downtempo track on a compilation. After millennium I have dedicated my life to downtempo and progressive psytrance, two styles that I feel strongly about again, both having something old and something new, but best of it all, fresh ideas. Nearly 3 years ago, when the breakbeat hardcore scene had started to move actively in the UK, I started producing new material with a friend of mine, having the old ideas in mind, but combining it with new elements. Up to this moment, we have released on many British labels and also put out two EP's on our own. I have found my love again. After waiting for nearly 2 years, the Unwind 2 cd compilation is finally out now, with two of my tracks. Still up today, I can feel happy that I was never affected by the commercialiness of the techno music. That's why I have so many good memories and I still love to listen anything from the artists whose music were there to change my life. | |
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Solar Quest - Acid Air Raid - 25-Nov-08 08:57 AM
The original version of this track is just something amazing. Its hard to describe the atmosphere that hovers all over this track, I guess its called The Trance.
Considering how minimal track it is, there is so much going on and there is not one single minute when the track would get boring. I dont know how many patterns Mr. Saunders had when he wrote this track, but it must be many. Mainly the whole track consists of 3 main elements; the bell melody, TB-303 and drums. The track just floats on and on and personally I could take another 12 minutes of this trip with ease.
A track that is one of the stepping stones of trance, and a record not to miss.
Vernon - Vernon's Wonderland - 25-Nov-08 08:48 AM
The original mix is one of my all time trance favourites. It used to be the fulfillment of the night when it start playing back in the day. So simple, yet effective trance from the times when trance music used to be great.
Considering how high I rate the original personally, it probably is obvious that none of the remixes can top that, but its not a bad record at all. In fact I think this is the one to buy rather than the original pressings because of more variated mixes.
The Carl Cox mix is pretty dull, and it is probably meant to be more techno-ish as well but the Sven Väth mix is really good. It has some tribalistic influences to keep it fresh but still has enough elements from the original mix.
Still, this record beats most of the anno 98 era trance tracks written.
Anthony Rother - Popkiller - 25-Sep-08 05:40 AM
I have to disagree with the previous comment. I too like "Simulationszeitalter" and "Sex With The Machines" but this is different album, in the good meaning.
I really like the over all feeling in this, really rough, minimal and the lyrics are top notch. It sounds a bit like punk, only made with synthesizers. I guess it is some sort of electroclash/electropunk. Maybe not as melodic than the earlier stuff but absolutely fantastic four on the four that makes your hand clapping feet go thumping.
If you like electro, Im sure you like this. I personally only like a handful of artists from this genre but Anthony sure is one of the best, whatever he does.
Various - Finnish Underground-Sound Compilation - 08-Jul-08 12:49 AM
Most likely the best and most sought after cd compilation there was ever released in Finland. This amazing compilation includes many top underground artists and djs who were building the finnish rave scene back in the day.
Some have vanished but many of these names are still producing and some have even got wider audience with their productions, JS16 (producing for Bomfunk MCs and Darude to name some) and Dance Nation (for Poets Of The Fall, famous finnish rock band). Mono Junk is still active and has proved that music doesnt have to sell out. His work back in the days of this album and today still represent the true underground spirit.
Various - Finnish Underground EP - 08-Jul-08 12:38 AM
This record is a perfect cross-section of the early years of finnish techno. Those days when only a handful of producers made this music up in here here.
Even the actual cd release with much wider selection of tracks is great as well, this vinyl ep gathers up all the best tracks from the cd. All the tracks still sound underground thus very fresh. Any of these tracks would still go down like a storm at a party.
The best track out of these must be "Beyond The Darkness", true underground anthem of cold, dark warehouses.