Ø

Ø may be the single identification of Mika Vainio of Finnish techno duo Panasonic, the second option of whose make of quirky, lo-fi minimalism offers transformed them into probably one of the most popular exports from your Northern Western techno underground. Unlike Panasonic’s harder, relatively more dancefloor-oriented equipment, nevertheless, Vainio’s Ø function tends even more toward the ambient and experimental, wedding ceremony sparse machine sounds with moving rhythms, stubbornly unmusical sonic textures, and assorted route parting weirdness. Vainio’s Ø produces stretch back again to the first ’90s (predating his association with Panasonic by a couple of years); his first function appeared on the organization label before getting with Finnish techno organization Sahko in 1993, where he’s released the majority of his materials, including three albums and a small number of EPs. The raising recognition of Panasonic offers meant Vainio’s providing less and much less time for you to his Ø function, but he do manage to launch a few of his most achieved single materials in 1996, on his third Sahko full-length Olento, which presented the very best fusion of Panasonic’s austere minimalism with much less immediate, more difficult constructions. Demand for Vainio like a remixer in addition has grown lately, with revisions of songs by Björk and Tactile both showing up in middle-1996. He is constantly on the record as Tekonivel (for Sahko sublabel Puu) so that as Kentolevi for Patrick Pulsinger’s Cheap label; game titles released under Vainio’s very own name consist of 1998’s Onko, 1999’s Ydin, and the next year’s 20 to 2000. Wohltemperiert made an appearance two years afterwards.