Tuomas Rantanen: Two Tracks Off Vector Space @ YouTube

Tuomas Rantanen: 'Dresden' (off Vector Space, 2008)


Tuomas Rantanen: 'Vector Space' (off Vector Space, 2008)

Tuomas Rantanen @ pHinnWeb

Tuomas Rantanen @ Discogs

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Finnish IDM artist Blamstrain also offers now his debut album Ensi (Merck Records, 2003) at YouTube.

Music Videos by Shadowplay, Jimi Tenor & His Shamans and Op:l Bastards

Some pHinnWeb-related music videos, courtesy of YouTube user Lihaa77...


Shadowplay: 'Night Porter' (1985/1987, video by Hannu Puttonen)

Shadowplay, a Finnish cult band, who started in 1982, combining raw post-punk moods to jazz-tinged flavours provided by the trumpetist Marco Kosonen. In 1985 they released the now-legendary 7" 'Night Porter', taking its name from Liliana Cavani's decadent 1974 film of the same name. Shadowplay appeared with this song in 1986 Finnish film Kill City, which performance was the highlight of that otherwise best-to-be-forgotten flick. The albums Touch & Glow, Eggs & Pop and Raw Powder were also to follow. The band's henchman Brandi Ifgray was also to release two solo albums for Sähkö Recordings' sub Puu, produced by Jimi Tenor and Tuomo Puranen of The Elevators/Op:l Bastards.


Jimi Tenor & His Shamans live 1988

Before his career as an eclectic lounge-jazz-soul-funk man Jimi Tenor was known in the late 1980s for his industrial-tinged, oil barrel-banging band Shamans.


Op:l Bastards: 'Sagittarius III'

Legend of Gruppa Sagittarius is a 2001 short film by Hannu Puttonen featuring the track 'Sagittarius III' of Op:l Bastards.

Liars (USA): 'Plaster Casts of Everything'

Liars: 'Plaster Casts of Everything' (2007)

Now playing on my stereo: Liars. Whatta killer riff.

Video Clips of Mindfuck Rave Party, October 1992, Tampere

Mindfuck Rave Party Part 1, October 1992, Tampere, Finland

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Video clips from the legendary Mindfuck rave party held at the old Finlayson factory in Tampere, 2-4 October 1992. Footage by Tero "DJ Coma" Civill and Jarno Virtanen. The live performers here were Mighty Rubber Boots and Noise Production (who were then Mike Not and Droid a.k.a. Jazzy-O). Also Mono Junk and Sinthetik appeared on the first night.

Orion's gallery of Tampere rave flyers

Tampere Underground 1993-1996 Facebook group (FB members only)

pHinnWeb's badly un-updated overview on Finnish rave culture

China Life, The Latest Short Film by Tina Ulevik (Spul Films Australia)

Tina Ulevik: China Life (2008)

Tina Ulevik of Spul Films Australia -- who created the music video for Kompleksi's 'Sara Pain' in 2007 -- has her latest short film finally finished and online, describing it as follows:

"Filmed on location in Suzhou & Shanghai, China, & accompanied by music from Finland's Since November, China Life explores glimpses of China seen through the eyes of a foreign traveller evoking the surreal landscapes of ancient & modern China. The film also acts as a metaphor for searching & belonging."

Also by Tina Ulevik:

'Xenophobic Site' (2006)

Spul Films Australia MySpace site has more short films by Tina

Huoratron: '$$ Troopers'

Huoratron: '$$ Troopers' (2008)

+ Record release party @ Redrum, Helsinki, 6 March '08 + Another clip from the same party

Huoratron (translates as "Whoretron") is Helsinki's Aku Raski, creating his wild bleep sound with a set of Gameboys. Raski has also been a member of Nu Science (an act on a permanent hiatus?). This is the video of his $$ Troopers EP (February 2008) for New Judas Records.

Huoratron @ MySpace

Huoratron @ Discogs

Huoratron @ Wikipedia

Padded Cell: 'Word of Mouth' (DC Recordings)

Padded Cell: 'Word of Mouth' (feat. Chloé Battant) (directed by Julian Hand, 2008)



And even more from the ever-productive DC Recordings of England's J. Saul Kane...

Artist: Padded Cell
Title: Word of Mouth
Label: DC Recordings (UK)
Cat. No: DCR90
Format: 12" / digital download
Release Date: 16 June 2008

Tracklist:

01. Word of Mouth - Glimmers Disko Drunkards Dub (5:46)
02. Word of Mouth [feat. Chloé Battant] - Extended Version (5:22)
03. Word of Mouth [feat. Chloé Battant] - Binary Chaffinch Rework (4:29)

Press release notes:

"Word of Mouth" is the second single to be taken from Padded Cell's debut album Night Must Fall (DCR72). A dark slab of pop-noir that pulses with punk-funk energy, this is a cautionary tale of urban decay and spoiled love, as told by the beguiling voice of Chloé Raunet (of London band Battant -- Kill The DJ Records). Recalling the Au Pairs or Bush Tetras as much as the sound of early 80s New York, "Word of Mouth" follows the incendiary single "Savage Skulls" (DCR88) and features two wildly different remixes:

The Glimmers' remix ups the tempo and emphasises the punk-funk swagger, leaving Chloé's vocals out in preference to the sordid drunken parley of an unidentified clochard. Aimed squarely at the dancefloor, this electro-fied devil's dub will have the late night crowds quivering with deranged happiness!

The second remix comes courtesy of Binary Chaffinch, a shadowy figure who is usually seen beneath a cloak of silver playing drums for cosmic disco doom band Chrome Hoof. This factor is most apparent in the uncommon percussive approach that has rendered the original track unrecognisable except for the vocals, and virtually incomparable with any other musical style except in terms of its genius.

The cover art depicts the fruits of Padded Cell's unsavoury collaboration with La Boca: an act of visual necromancy that has been brought to life further in the forthcoming video directed by Julian Hand. The video will introduce this triangular cyclopean personage to the world as more than a 2-dimensional image, instead an actual creature, who although without arms of even a brow, will be seen casting her eye over the masses as part of Padded Cell's immanent live performances. Most notably of these live shows will be a special DC Recordings event in London on June 21st that will feature legendary percussionist Dennis Young (Liquid Liquid) playing live with Padded Cell. For more details, go to www.dcrecordings.com.

"All Is Lost In Bright Confusion..."

The Oscillation: 'Head Hang Low' (2007)

The Oscillation's (a.k.a. Demian Castellanos, DC Recordings, UK) cover version of a Julian Cope song. (The original can be found from Cope's 1984 album World Shut Your Mouth.)

YouTube also features a video of the "Bright Confusion Mix". And more from The Oscillation @ YouTube.

The Oscillation @ MySpace

Erikoisdance 9

Forwarded message from Erikoismies a.k.a. Tom Backström a.k.a. Musta Kirahvi:

ERIKOISDANCE 9
ERIKOISMIES "CDR TRACKS" (CDr)

More drum machines. More arpeggiators. More random fuzzy logic melodies. More preset Roland sounds. More compression. More dynamics. More of that friendly home-made hiss and mains hum we all love so much... 7 new Erikoismies tracks with more of absolutely everything!
Includes exclusive Poly-T edit.

RELEASE DATE
April 1, 2008

FILE UNDER
electronics, post-house, synthesizer/drum machine music, outsider dance, techno, electro etc.

BUY IT
- from the Ektro Records web store
- from the Myymälä 2 gallery shop, Uudenmaankatu 23, 00100 Helsinki
- or order a copy by sending us a message via the myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/erikoismies

SOUND CLIPS
CDR Track I
CDR Track II
CDR Track III
CDR Track IV (Poly-T edit)
CDR Track V
CDR Track VI
CDR Track VII

Erikoismies plays at Musa Setting 0002 club in Kantis, Helsinki, Finland, 12 May 2007


Erikoismies plays at Boring as Fuck club in Kantis, Helsinki, 10 November 2007

See also:

Musta Kirahvi (including Tom's graphics)

Jori Hulkkonen: 'So Run The Tears Like Wine' Acid Symphony

Jori Hulkkonen: 'So Run The Tears Like Wine' Acid Symphony Part One


Jori Hulkkonen: 'So Run The Tears Like Wine' Acid Symphony Part Two


Jori Hulkkonen: 'So Run The Tears Like Wine' Acid Symphony Part Three

Jori Hulkkonen and His Experimental Piece For 10 Roland TB-303s is now on YouTube in three parts:
"So Run The Tears Like Wine" @ Festival For New Music (UMF), 5th Of August 2007, Turku, Finland. The Acid Symphony Orchestra: Jori Hulkkonen, Jesper Dahlbäck, Kalle Karvanen, Aku Raski, J-P Parikka, Janne Puurunen, Kimmo Oksanen, Petri Salonen, Tuomas Toivonen, Johannes Auvinen, Tatu Peltomäki.

The Film © Sähkö Recordings, Keys Of Life Records & Las Palmas Films 2008.

Teemu T Music Videos

Teemu T: 'Formation'


Teemu T: 'Formation v2'


Teemu T: 'Loader'


Teemu T: 'Solipsism 2'

Music videos from Tampere techno/ambient/experimental man Teemu T, featuring also some local scenery.

Sans Soleil (1983)

Sans Soleil: intro


Sans Soleil: Welcome to Tokyo


Sans Soleil: Repair the web of time


Sans Soleil: Collectivisation [les rêves]


Sans Soleil: Year of the dog


Sans Soleil: Teknoko


Sans Soleil: fragment

One of the films I'd like to see again... Sans Soleil ("Sunless", 1983) is Chris Marker's (born in 1921 and maybe best known for La Jetée) famous documentary/experimental film/travelogue/cinematic essay/meditation on human memory; somewhere in the borderlines of dream, surrealism and science fiction. Visiting Africa, San Francisco and having a special emphasis on Japan, that home of the hyperreal, taking the viewer to manga shops and a special shrine dedicated to cats.

Full text of the film @ markertext

IMDB

A review by Henry Sheehan

V/Vm @ YouTube

V/Vm - Anal Acid


V/Vm - Angels


V/vm vs. Cartel Communique - Chris de Burger


V/Vm -Imagine


V/vm - The Right Eye of the Tiger


V/Vm - Words

More V/vm search results @ YouTube

V/Vm Test Records, those crazy pig mask-wearing culture jammers of Blighty, can now be found also from YouTube! The label was started in 1996 by V/Vm a.k.a. Jim Kirby and Jansky Noise a.k.a. Andy "Animal" McGregor, a jovial nutter whom I met here in Tampere some years ago, by the way (last I've heard from Andy was when he was working on Homenaje, a compilation record dedicated to the victims of Madrid's 2004 Atocha terrorist strike). V/Vm has specialised among all in electronic (and totally illicit) noise rape versions of your favourite MOR hits, such as Chris de Burgh's 'Lady In Red'. V/Vm versions of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'Relax' got the label angry calls from Frankie's lawyers. Nowadays Kirby is alone responsible for the operations of V/Vm.

V/Vm Test Records - the official site

V/VM Test Records @ Discogs

manSEDANse 2007 Image Gallery

Sami Koivikko @ manSEDANse 2007


Pangaea @ manSEDANse 2007

Images from Tampere's manSEDANse 07 festival (4-7 October 2007) can be found here:

http://mansedanse.com/gallery.html

(I also shot some video footage at the festival myself, so hopefully some of that material will end up in YouTube before too long.)

Huoratron: 'Assume Position'

Huoratron: 'Assume Position' (2006)

http://www.newjudas.com/

http://www.myspace.com/huoratron

Helsinki Complaints Choir

Helsinki Complaints Choir

"Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints. Music composed by Esko Grundström.

Please visit the project website for more info:

http://www.complaintschoir.org/"

Complaints Choir @ Wikipedia

[via Tina]

Some Classic Electro Videos

Afrika Bambaataa: 'Planet Rock' (1982)

Wikipedia


Herbie Hancock: 'Rockit' (1983)

Wikipedia


Newcleus: 'Jam On It' (1983)

Wikipedia


Egyptian Lover: 'Egypt Egypt' (1984)

Wikipedia

J.G Ballard: BBC Profile

J.G. Ballard: BBC Profile (36:30)

BBC Four Profile

Wikipedia

Some Detroit Techno Videos

A Number of Names: 'Sharivari' @ The Scene (1982)


Drexciya: 'Hydro Theory' (with footage from Blue Planet BBC series)


Model 500: 'The Passage' (with footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey)

YouTube offers some 313 techno-related videos such as a version of 'Sharivari' (there are many different spellings for this track, such as 'Sharevari', 'Charivari', etc.) by A Number of Names, which is considered one of the first Detroit techno tracks, if not the very first; I was quite amazed to find this video, made for the dance music show The Scene. Then there are some bootleg videos for Drexciya and Model 500, using footage from BBC and Kubrick's 2001, respectively.

More Detroit techno/electro search results from YouTube (see also ghettotech):

Arpanet

Aztec Mystic (see also: DJ Rolando)

Juan Atkins (see also: Model 500 & Cybotron)

Aux 88

Blake Baxter

Black Replica

Carl Craig

Cybotron

Detroit Grand Pubahs

DJ Assault

DJ Godfather

DJ Rolando

Dopplereffekt

Drexciya

Eddie "Flashin'" Fowlkes

Robert Hood

Kenny Larkin

Derrick May

Jeff Mills

Model 500

Kevin Saunderson

Scan 7

Ultradyne

Underground Resistance

Claude Young

313ctr0: Detroit techno & electro @ pHinnWeb

múm: 'They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded'

múm: 'They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded' (2007)

múm is an Icelandic experimental group formed in 1997, known for some interesting albums like Finally We Are No One (2002). This beautifully disturbing video (a fair warning should be added here if you're a sensitive person) is for their single "They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded", preceding the new album Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (24 September '07).

múm @ MySpace