Library Person

Mika Vainio

Finnish sound artist; co-founder of Pan Sonic.

Type
Person
Subjects
Sound Technology

Mika Vainio (1963–2017) formed Panasonic — renamed Pan Sonic after legal action from the electronics company — with Ilpo Väisänen in Turku in 1993, building a severe, physically forceful electronic minimalism from custom-built oscillators and pulse generators. Outside Pan Sonic he released dozens of records under his own name and as Ø, including through Raster-Noton and Editions Mego.

Works in the Library

  • Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen

    Pan Sonic

    Finnish duo making minimal, physically intense electronic music from custom-built oscillators and pulse generators.

    SOUND TECHNOLOGY