Desert Planet: 'Short Circuit HQ' Live

Desert Planet: 'Short Circuit Hq' (live @ Treibsand Maifest 2008, Lübeck, Germany)

The beginning of the Desert Planet live gig at Treibsand Maifest 2008, Lübeck, Germany. Shot by Lauri Trillitzsch, Mike von Naomi Sample and the Go-go Ghosts, Mätze von Die Moderne Welt and Bobo von Treibsand. Edited by Tekninen neuvonantaja. Production by Desert Planet in co-operation with Treibsand. Directed by Jukka Tarkiainen, Lauri Trillitzsch and Jari Mikkola. 'Short Circuit HQ' released on the Desert Planet album Moonrocks (9pm Records & Stupido Records).

Desert Planet Music In An American Short Film

Get In The Van by Lori Samsel - preview



Get In The Van chiptunes exercise video trailer @ Vimeo

Music by Finnish videogame electro act Desert Planet is featured in several scenes of the American short film Get In The Van by Lori Samsel. The 25-minute film is the first live action movie from Samsel, who has previously worked as an animator; being a parody on the exercise videos for women. From the albums Mario Built My Hot Rod (2005) and Turbo Tellytunes (2004) are heard the Desert Planet tunes 'Play Skip Stop', 'Slurp!' and 'Gangster Puzzle'. Also New York's Twilight Electric (of 8-Bit Peoples Net label) is heard in the movie. The DVD of film features as extras four Desert Planet videos and can be ordered from http://www.getinthevan.org/.

The film can be seen at: http://www.archive.org/details/lorisamselGetintheVan.

Forthcoming Desert Planet gigs:

20 March 2009 - Stupido Records 20 Years @ Semifinal, Helsinki

21 March 2009 - Dynamo, Turku

May 2009 - a tour of two weeks in Central Europe

Desert Planet: 'Riot Sector 68'

Desert Planet: 'Riot Sector 68' (2008)

Game-electro act Desert Planet releases a new music video 'Riot Sector 68' on their Website and YouTube.

The song is the opening track of the latest album Moonrocks and represents their darker electropunk/action game-oriented style. 'Riot Sector 68' music video has been made with the usual "b-class science fiction spirit" style and it is directed by Jari Mikkola. Earlier music videos as 'Return of the Ninja Droids', 'Lost Galaxians' and 'Asteroid Hopper' have gained a massive cult following on the Internet.

The Vladislav Delay Quartet feat. Mika Vainio / Desert Planet Tour Film

Desert Planet: 'Return of the Ninja Droids' (2005)

Assorted Finnish artists news:

1) Mika Vainio to join The Vladislav Delay Quartet

Berlin-based Finnish artist Vladislav Delay (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti) launches an ensemble called The Vladislav Delay Quartet; featuring Mika Vainio of Pan sonic on electronics, Derek Shirley on double bass, Lucio Capece on saxophones & bass clarinet and Vladislav Delay himself on drums.

The debut performance of The Vladislav Delay Quartet will take place on Friday 11 April 2008 at My Favourite Thing festival at Radialsystem, Berlin, Germany.

More info @ Vladislav Delay site

2) Short tour movie by Desert Planet

See it at:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4rg4e_short-tour-movie-by-desert-planet_music

Desert Planet is an electronica/micromusic/space_punk/video_game_ pop band from Finland. "Short Tour Movie" presents live tracks 'Aska-Osaka Virtual Highway' and 'Opponent' shot 2006-07 on their tours in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Finland. Also including 'Green Fireballs' music video taken from the upcoming album Moonrocks (release date in G/A/S 25. April 08 by 9pm-Records).
(Movie length about 18 mins)

See also:

Kioski.De (German online shop for Finnish music)
Stupido Records (Desert Planet's record label in Finland)

DJ Scotch Egg, Huoratron & Desert Planet @ Café Tivoli, Rovaniemi

DJ Scotch Egg @ Café Tivoli, Rovaniemi, Finland


DJ Scotch Egg, Huoratron & Desert Planet @ Café Tivoli, Rovaniemi

Via KynyNasty: two videos of M-klubi at Rovaniemi's Club Tivoli, 21 September '07, featuring DJ Scotch Egg (JAP/UK) and Finland's own Huoratron and Desert Planet. Lunatics on the loose (this apparently is what arctic hysteria does to a person)!