It has been 2 years now that electronic music maestro Mika Tapio Vainio has left this world. While not one to be remembered by the majority of humans on this planet who are more concerned with more frivolous and forgettable similar to each other commercial crap, Vainio made an incredible impact on the world of underground sonic explorations, from his solo outings Under various project names, to a whiole bunch of collaborations with a vast array of artists, to his obviously well-know 15 year sting as partof the legendary band Panasonic (or Pan Sonic for most).
As I said, many people never even heard of this gentleman, and even those who were more aware of the underground probably never caught on to this artist's various sound permutations. He explored many audio soundscapes throughout his career, almost dabbling on the verge of possible commercial crossover on one or two occasions, but his works were principally made and designed for the unconventional listener, the one who would actually listen and pay attention to music instead of having music as an accompaniement to the soundtrack of their lives.
Mika was a strong influence on my own musical evolution. While never being directly an influence on my own sound, his brand of controlled chaos and abtract sensibilities coupled with strong rhythmic pulsations was always in the subconsciousness of my own creativity, as I always wished I could have tried to remotely resemble the sound of his band Panasonic.... While I never really made any attempt at trying to copy their sound, that is until I made my homage to Mika back in 2017 upon Learning of his passing...
While the whole album has yet to be uploaded on the Wreck Age bandcamp page, you can still listen via streaming to one of the pièces I wrote for the "M.Tapio V." album by following the link provided right here: https://soundcloud.com/wreckagerecs/lxw-m-taapiov-1
Anyway, while most people in this world are only interested in well known celebrities who pass on, then everyone jumps on their social media sites and everyone re-shares the same posts for a day or two (at most), and then completely forget about it afterwards in order to jump on the next quick little re-shareable blurb of un-important information, I think of Mika pretty much every single day, remembering the unavoidable stamp he left in the world of the underground, and I feel quite happy to have been part of human history at the same time as he was being active. His presence continues to be felt throuogh post-mortem releases of material he recorded before his passing and with collaborations being finalized and released in his honour. Never forgotten, Mika!
As I said, many people never even heard of this gentleman, and even those who were more aware of the underground probably never caught on to this artist's various sound permutations. He explored many audio soundscapes throughout his career, almost dabbling on the verge of possible commercial crossover on one or two occasions, but his works were principally made and designed for the unconventional listener, the one who would actually listen and pay attention to music instead of having music as an accompaniement to the soundtrack of their lives.
Mika was a strong influence on my own musical evolution. While never being directly an influence on my own sound, his brand of controlled chaos and abtract sensibilities coupled with strong rhythmic pulsations was always in the subconsciousness of my own creativity, as I always wished I could have tried to remotely resemble the sound of his band Panasonic.... While I never really made any attempt at trying to copy their sound, that is until I made my homage to Mika back in 2017 upon Learning of his passing...
While the whole album has yet to be uploaded on the Wreck Age bandcamp page, you can still listen via streaming to one of the pièces I wrote for the "M.Tapio V." album by following the link provided right here: https://soundcloud.com/wreckagerecs/lxw-m-taapiov-1
Anyway, while most people in this world are only interested in well known celebrities who pass on, then everyone jumps on their social media sites and everyone re-shares the same posts for a day or two (at most), and then completely forget about it afterwards in order to jump on the next quick little re-shareable blurb of un-important information, I think of Mika pretty much every single day, remembering the unavoidable stamp he left in the world of the underground, and I feel quite happy to have been part of human history at the same time as he was being active. His presence continues to be felt throuogh post-mortem releases of material he recorded before his passing and with collaborations being finalized and released in his honour. Never forgotten, Mika!
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