IKUINEN KAAMOS

Megaupload down

2012-01-20T11:31:00.002+02:00

"Dear United States Department of Justice. You have decided to shut down megaupload. Well... fuck you and everything you stand for."

Marko-V / Salakapakka Sound System

Vote with a brick part 4

2012-01-19T19:34:00.003+02:00

To celebrate presidential elections of Finland... here is part 4 of Vote with a brick series, in glorious WAV.
mediafire - megaupload - Free Music Archive (mp3)

2012

2012-01-05T06:12:00.003+02:00

Is this the moment when I am supposed to say "happy new year"? In your dreams, honey. This year there´s going to be much more misery, famine, economical downfall, extreme and harmful natural phenomena, random and acts of violence, political/religious/social unrest, dictators taking over in some distant barren third-world wastelands etc. And guess what? I´ll make a song or two about them.

video stuff

2011-12-17T23:18:00.001+02:00

There is interesting short film including music of SSS behind this link.

New remix track

2011-12-11T07:48:00.005+02:00

I am proud to announce that Salakapakka Sound System has one remix track on a brand new Derek Piotr´s remix album "Agora Regathered". Salakapakka Sound System made a remix of his track Behaviour state. Get it from bitsquare or from Experimedia.

Rapidshare files deleted

2011-11-15T11:12:00.002+02:00

Rapidshare has announced that most of my files will be deleted since I did not extend my RapidPro. That means I have to upload some older stuff at mediafire and megaupload. That is going to take some time. Luckily, most of SSS stuff is available at other places as well. If there is some specific files you´re after, just let me know.

New compilation track

2011-10-15T09:54:00.002+03:00

Salakapakka Sound System track untitled piece for kantele #1 is part of a new web compilation "Soinoise vol.2: SIDS". Remember the kantele which got my hands on recently? As you can guess by the title, this track is made entirely by using that particular instrument and a few effects. Here is what Pawel, the person behind soinoise, has to say:

"The second installment in the Soinoise cycle has become a fact. A fact strangely intriguing and painful, not to mention – international.
This new reality has been subordinated to the sound of musical instruments. That was the starting point – as little electronics and as much live sound as possible. With time, it has evolved a little towards a game with the audience – a game of pretenses and outright trickery. However, the plan of constructing a coherent and constructive statement on instrumental music has been fulfilled.
This compilation lets us lean over certain somewhat forgotten (sometimes literally) instruments and see (or rather hear) if they still have anything to offer. We can analyze single sounds as well as their combinations that dissolve unintelligibly into one another. This freedom, openness, lends itself to the structure of the compositions themselves. Some of them are complete and well thought-out, for some, the word improvisation becomes a none too accurate euphemism.
One should remember that, rather than mere listening, our experience of music is a form of communion."
Tracklist:
01 Untitled Piece for Kantele #1 - Salakapakka Sound System
02 Flowers of Romance (PiL cover) - Pineal Eye
03 Przepis na Naleśniki - Social Cream
04 Bux - Gamid Group
05 Laughing Pig - Sense From Nonsense
06 Krimsun und Klover (Tommy James & The Shondell cover) - Count Brent von Himmel & the Ziopin Choir
07 Perpetual Motion Holder - Pythian Whispers
08 Kshatriya - Indo
09 Divine Times - Merkabah
10 Traffic - Limited Liability Sounds
11 Le Matin des Magiciens - The Day of the Antler

Get SIDS here

New stuff

2011-10-04T10:28:00.006+03:00

There has been a number of times when someone asks about or suggests that I should find a "proper" label for releasing my stuff. Now there are two brand new releases ready to go and I am (quite inactively though) searching for labels which might find them interesting enough for a "proper" release.
First one is a full length called "Penetrating angel". It is kind of mixed noise and dark ambient stuff. Four tracks lasting nearly an hour. Second one is a 3" cd called "iDiot" and it is mostly 'rhythmic dark dance music with experimental edge'. This doesn´t mean that I quit releasing stuff for free... far from that.
All interested parties just take contact. Otherwise I end up selling only physical copies of them at my site. Until then you have to deal only with cover pictures. Believe me, they are probably the best stuff I´ve done so far.

Physical copies available

2011-10-04T10:21:00.002+03:00

Good news for all you lovers of physical cd-copies. All Salakapakka Sound System releases are available as physical cd-r´s with pro-printed or hand-made covers. E-mail for prices and remember that I am more than willing to trade them for your releases.

DEREK PIOTR / SALAKAPAKKA SOUND SYSTEM: Behaviour State

2011-09-14T00:08:00.004+03:00

Brand new collaborational album with Derek Piotr. It is basically a remix-of-a-remix-of-a-remix... album. Here´s what Derek has to say about this project: "I have always had a great adoration for Finnish music, from the fiddle driven beautiful folk music, to the coarse sounding joik, to electronic Finn wizards Pan Sonic and Vladislav Delay. in fact, Antye Greie (known as AGF) is the woman who programmed much of the original Behaviour State track, and she lives with Delay on an island off the coast of Finland. Much of this year has seen me rubbing elbows with Finnish producers, from Jari Pitkänen to Marko V, of Salakapakka Sound System. I have admired his work for a long time and after over a year he and I finally connected. one of the first exchanges we had happened when he decided to send me base files of a track he was working on, called Motorond. these stems eventually became my track Behaviour State, which is in a nuanced way a statement on social networking and passive mind-control. AGF then processed what I had built from Marko's files to create a poweful track indeed. I brought this to Marko and we decided that since I had "remixed" his work, we should continue the flow with a full remix split effort. the end product is what you see here."

I am a man of few words so I have absolutely nothing to add except I´m glad I did it. You can download/listen individual tracks at Free music archive, or you can download whole package at megaupload, rapidshare or mediafire.

There is a nice interview with Derek here where he talks about this particular project and his brand new remix album.

DRUNK FOR THREE WEEKS

2011-08-28T23:10:00.003+03:00

Brand new mini-album out! It is exclusive web-only release for Free Music Archive and it is called "Drunk for three weeks". Four tracks of messed up pulsing synth mayhem. Fucked-up and confused. Get it here.
1. First week
2. Second week
3. Third week
4. The end

A colleague of mine, Laura, put the whole experience into words:
"Eka viikko on kuumeista, päällepuskevaa hikistä viinan himoa ja halua juoda tolkuttomasti.
Koneet käynnistyvät hitaasti mutta varmasti ja pakottavasti. Tällä tehtaalla juomisen
sijasta aloitellaan kunnon ryyppäämistä. Nyt kootaan työkalut ja raaka-aineet ja ryhdytään
kittaamaan. Ensin hissun kissun, mutta prässi kasvaa koko ajan, dokaaminen ei ole amatöörien hommaa. Ensimmäiset painavat asiat sanotaan ääneen ja kovemmalla äänenpainoilla yhä isommalle joukolle. Siitä saatte ja siitä sulle kans.

Tokalla viikolla lasilliset ja pullolliset kaatuvat kurkusta alas kuin liukuhihnalla.
Koneet käyvät jouhevasti ja juttu on parhaimmillaan. Matkakorkeus saavutettu ja matka
taittuu hyvää vauhtia. Jossain vaiheessa kuitenkin matkalaiset saavuttaa pilvi
jonka vaikutuspiirissä tahti alkaa hiljentyä ja sumuinen uni valtaa juopottelijat.
Kaikki nukahtavat humisevaan känniuneen kukin omaan asentoonsa. Haju jää leijailemaan
tunkkaansa. Nukkujat hengittävät raskaasti uniaan kuin parvi ampiaisia. Joku ehkä
sinnittelee ja yrittää käynnistää juomakonettaan. Kellään ei ole hyvä olo, painajaiset
vaivaavat, jano on hirmuinen ja tarjolla on vaan suolavettä keskellä vellovaa merta.
Ja lopuksi unessakin on kohdattava jokin, joka katsoo pakottavasti silmiin.

Kolmas viikko. Päässä pyörii, lentokoneen moottori pörisee ja pätkii. Kuviot taivalla
ovat katkonaisia ja immelmannit jäävät puolitiehen kun pilotilla katse harittaa ja juttu
katkeilee. Vaarallisen näköistä sakkamista, huteraa menoa ja hallinnan puutetta.
Katkonaisia selityksiä ja muistikuvia. Nestevajausta ja ravinnon puutetta. Huonoa
seuraa ja itsetilityksiä. Kiiltäviä naamoja ja leijumaan jääviä lauseita. Tarkentumattomia
fokuksia ja kaksoiskuvia. Avaruusolentoja ja muita uhkaavia organismeja. Paskan maku suussa.
Vitutus. Sydämen lyöntitiheys kasvaa ja paniikkihäiriö alkaa painostaa. Karkuun ei pääse,
olotila naulaa jalat lattiaan. Voiko tähän kadota, pääsenkö enää takaisin..? Nyt ei ole
enää hauskaa. Joku jaksaa vielä juoda, minä en.

Lopuksi matkalla jonnekin. Valoja. Tärinää. Yö, katuvalot vilistävät ohi.
Jostain tulee raitista ilmaa. Muistikuvia raskaasta ryyppäämisestä vilisee silmissä.
Kumman kevyt olo. Missäköhän olen? Joku avaruusolento vielä yrittää sanoa mulle jotain,
leijuu tossa naaman edessä tyhjin katsein. Ei sekään pysy enää ilmassa ja kitisevät
moottorit hiljenevät..."

Words cannot describe how sorry I am that this text is only in Finnish. You might try Google translator for even more confusing effect.

a slight pause again

2011-07-16T01:28:00.002+03:00

Leaving off for a holiday. After few weeks probably back with some fresh ideas and new sound material. From now on I´ll use megaupload and mediafire, rapidshare for as long as my account exists without paying anything extra. Three brand new kaamoshows @ my other blog.
I´ll leave you with a joke of a year.

Uploading compilations

2011-07-06T18:38:00.008+03:00

Since it looks like most of the compilations I´ve been involved in have disappeared along with Because God Told Me -blog, I´ve decided to upload them myself. Click the titles to download them from mediafire.

VA - Because God Told Me To Do It - vol 1 Formulation (see the original post here)

VA - That´s Romance 1 (see original post here)

VA - Tribute to Ruth White (see original post here)

updates and stuff

2011-05-31T14:08:00.003+03:00

A) I added my first offering "Kahden kulttuurin ääniä" available for download also at mediafire.
B) New Kaamoshow there --------------> ¤

not dead yet

2011-05-19T20:17:00.003+03:00

Been quiet lately, but it doesn´t mean I´ve been just sitting home watching tv. Some new tracks are on their way, one of them is actually an instrumental doom metal piece which I am not quite sure what to do with it. A week ago I finally got my hands on my second-hand kantele (kind of Finnish zipher). First track made by that is already at the final mixing stage and you probably can hear it in a web compilation later this year at Soinoise blog.

Sadly it looks like dear Brad Miller decided to delete his awesome Because God Told Me To -blog and Kill Your Gods -site. Brad have been a great supporter for SSS and his blog was one of the very first blogs out there which I´ve been following regularly. Sad to see them go but he propably got his reasons for doing this and I respect it. Cheers for everything, Brad, if you´re reading this. Those sites gone missing means also that some links to SSS material no longer exist. This means that I have to re-up them and it takes some time.
UPDATE: Dear Jesus, I accidentally found out that he has resurrected his blog at different address @ here.

Vote with a brick part 3

2011-04-12T14:01:00.002+03:00

Parliamentary elections in Finland next sunday. So... part 3 of Vote with a brick -series right here (in glorious wav).

Gear-a-holic part 9

2011-03-29T12:00:00.002+03:00

Once in a while someone asks me what equipment/instruments I use. Because I am a gear-a-holic here is my list of electronic and acoustic instruments, software and hardware, effect pedals and recorders, every "element of destruction and confusion".

Fostex Mr16 digital multitracker, Olympus LS-5 & Edirol R-09 portable digital recorders, Reaper digital audio workstation, Pro Tools LE 7 (R.I.P. since it started to conflict with my Windows and refuses to start), Audacity audio editor, Amplitube 3 guitar amp-/effect modeling software, Photosounder software, Fruity Loops sequencer software, Reason audio workstation, Micro Korg synth/vocoder, Korg monotron analogue ribbon synth, Doepfer Dark Energy monophonic analogue synth, Doepfer Dark Time sequencer, Weird Sound Generator analogue synth, Jomox T-resonator time woven filtermatrix, Roland SP-404 sampler/effect unit, Soundcraft Notepad 102 mixer, Line 6 echo park digital delay pedal, Line 6 verbzilla digital reverb pedal, Line 6 Dr. Distorto distortion/feedback pedal, Biyang Metal Head distortion pedal, Boss ME-50 guitar multiple effects pedal, Boss loop station RC-2 looping pedal, Steim crackle box, Meinl helix bowl, dysfunctional Behringer X V-amp multiple effects pedal (for noise generating), Korg Kaossilator dynamic phase synth, E-bow, jew harp, kora, Hohner melodica, xylophone, stylophone, triangel, two different kalimbas, small African djembe, kids´toy drum, small shaman drum, acoustic, electric, bass & baritone guitars, Moog etherwave theremin, small kids´ kantele & large broken 32-string kantele, maracas, Soundman OK II binaural mics + few other dyn & con mics, two small guitar amps and unassorted metal and plastic junk & kids´toy instruments.

linkinglinkinglinking

2011-03-25T17:05:00.002+02:00

All of those who are interested in Laibach should click to this link and all you interested in Joy Division should follow this link.

Gear-a-holic part 8

2011-03-19T23:05:00.004+02:00

It has been quiet lately but that´s ok by me. At least one new track in Vote with a brick -series will be uploaded in a near future.
I was visiting Lapland lately and while going through old and new garbage at a local flea market I found this junk treasure:It is an old (supposely made in 60´s) 32-string kantele. Normally I would pay very little attention to such thing but this one was a robust, broken piece which resonates nicely and was way out of tune. I instantly fell in love with the 'broken sound' of it (and the low price of 40 euros). It needs a little repair and a few extra strings but after that it will be nice little noise maker (it is quite large actually). Lovely!
UPDATE: You can hear results here

New compilation

2011-02-14T14:22:00.004+02:00

Salakapakka Sound System track ##o++ (from "Eyewitness protection program") appears on Spettro records 25 releases anniversary web compilation. Go get the whole package here.

EYEWITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM

2011-01-10T09:42:00.001+02:00

Head over at Spettro to get brand new Salakapakka Sound System web album "Eyewitness protection program", collection of tracks made in 2010 which did not fit in "War". Stylishly it is more in the vein of "Kallokontrolli" than "War", meaning that there is some noise, some more ambient stuff , guitar impovisation and even elements of thrash metal and hardcore techno.

Tracks:

1. Last rays of the dying sun

2. ##o++

3. Noble art of white slavery 1

4. Heat wave

5. Noble art of white slavery 2

6. Moth man

7. World... is a pink fairytale / guitar piece # 5

IKUINEN KAAMOS official release

2010-12-16T18:22:00.003+02:00

Hong Kong based label Lona Records have released "Ikuinen Kaamos" 3" CD-R. You can order it for $5 (+p&p) there, or you can ask me for extra copies.

"Set up in 2003, Lona Records is an independent label in Hong Kong preoccupied with producing alternative/experimental music. In December 2005, we launched a series of 3" CDR singles as an attempt to explore the aesthetic boundaries of experimental sound. Each 3" CDR or 3" DVDR features musical/multi-media works by independent artists from across the world, including the U.K., U.S., Italy, Sweden, mainland China, and Hong Kong etc. Each volume is released in a limited numbered edition of 50. From droning to clicks n' cuts, from glitch to avant-garde, from ambient to extreme noise, we venture off the beaten path and bring all sorts of exciting sounds to a worldwide audience. We are thrilled to see that this 3" series has attracted more and more great artists/bands, both new and established, from near and afar, to lay in our hands the products of their sonic experiments. Open-ended and ever-evolving, this series is rolling on and on—breaking new ground, transcending more boundaries. We are still waiting to see how far it can go.
Alongside the 3" series we also release CDs in larger size and quantity, which include the official album Hou Guan Yin of FM3 + Dou Wei from Beijing , the first official album She Traded Her Leg of Jeffrey Bützer from the United States, and the debut EP and album of The Yours from Hong Kong."

FUNANA ABSURDOS - EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS FROM CABO VERDE

2010-12-13T18:23:00.001+02:00

Head over at my other blog for some strange tape compilation.

WAR reviewed again

2010-12-13T16:42:00.001+02:00

There is a brand new review of "WAR" right here.

pause ending soon

2010-12-01T15:04:00.002+02:00

Hi everyone. Been quiet lately since I´ve spent some holiday and struggled with some health related issues. As I stated in my previous post I visited Cabo Verde and there´s going to be a surprising post related to Cabo Verdean music in near future until I get my tape player in working condition. Stay tuned.

A slight pause

2010-10-31T21:36:00.003+02:00

There´s going to be a slight pause in my activities since I´m spending holiday and traveling to Cape Verde for two weeks. Hopefully I´ll get there some useful sound material for future projects. Talking about sounds, there is a building site for a brand new house right next to my home so I´ve been collecting some nice sounds which will be heard on some later projects.
There will be also some form of collaborative work with Derek Piotr. More about that later.

New Kaamoshow

2010-10-26T11:52:00.001+03:00

New Kaamoshow posted here. Visit if you are a fan of Einstürzende Neubauten.

WAR reviewed

2010-10-04T21:31:00.003+03:00

There is a review of "War" here, and another one here. I wanna stress the fact that "War" is download only release, no physical copies exist (even I don´t have one... yet).

SOLIDARITY

2010-09-29T17:55:00.003+03:00

New releases crawling in from doors and windows. This time Salakapakka Sound System is proud to be included in brand new compilation CD "Solidarity" compiled by GX Jupitter-Larsen.

"A comp of different power electronics, noise and experimental renditions of old trade union, communist and anarcho-syndicalist anthems.
Featuring GX Jupitter-Larsen, Screwtape, Rafael Flores, Dave Phillips, Half an Abortion, Origami Southamerika, Ben Presto, amk, Rabbit, Club Moral and Salakapakka Sound System."

Get it for $12 (USA) or $14 (World) at Noisenomics ...and for a starter you gan get this.

Anniversary celebration part 2 - DISCOGRAPHY

2010-09-21T06:05:00.010+03:00

Anniversary celebration part 1 - COMPILATION

2010-09-21T06:00:00.000+03:00

Damn! It has been two years since I started my blog. This calls for celebration so here is the first ever Salakapakka Sound System collection called "Different Faces of Triple-S (collected works 2004-2010)". Originally I burned a few copies just for promotional purposes but then I thought why not make it available online because it might be a good starting point for people who are slightly interested in SSS sound but doesn´t know where to start. It is not a best of collection but rather a collection of different styles presented during the first seven years of SSS existence (oldest tracks are from 2004 even though they were available for public access at 2008). The catch for regular followers (are there any?) is that collection includes also never before heard tracks and compilation tracks.
Get it at Rapidshare (zipped mp3 package), Mediafire (zipped mp3 package), Archive (compressed or lossless separate files) or Free music archive (separate mp3´s).

1. Äiti, joku tuijottaa meitä metsästä [from Ikuinen Kaamos 3" CDr]
2. The death of Kelsang Namtso [from Kallokontrolli double-CDr]

3. Emilian päänahka (unreleased)

4. Hanged man (Ruth White cover) [from web compilation A Tribute to Ruth White]

5. Ruttopuiston kävelevä vainaja [from Kallokontrolli double-CDr]
6. One Minute 24 [from upcoming 60 Minutes CDr]

7. Street Buddha [from Buddha Machines On Fire CDr]

8. Tebe poyem [from La Musique Concréte part 1 CDr]

9. Celebration of the moon [from web compilation Because God Told Me To Do It vol 1: Formulation]

10. Music for headaches [home page exclusive download]

11. Hölle [from Ikuinen Kaamos 3" CDr]

12. L´internationale (backing track) (unreleased)

13. Noble art of white slavery 2 (unreleased)

WAR

2010-09-17T23:44:00.005+03:00

New full length web-only release out NOW! Five tracks of material which is a bit louder than previous offerings. These tracks were born out of frustration and anger.

1. Class war
2. Race war
3. Information war
4. Gang war
5. World war 3

Elements of destruction were: Doepfer dark energy monophonic synth, micro Korg, kaossilator, WSG, iron junk, databending, melting ice, radio noise and a bunch of other things I just cannot remember anymore.

Get it from:
rapidshare (whole album zipped mp3)
mediafire (whole album zipped mp3)
free music archive (individual mp3-files)
internet archive (wav)

INTERNATIONALE

2010-09-12T19:09:00.003+03:00

Salakapakka Sound System is proud to be part of compilation tape Internationale compiled by GX Jupitter-Larsen. Here´s the description from noisenomics site:
"A cassette comp of different Power Electronic, Noise, and Experimental renditions of The Internationale.
Comp includes GX Jupitter-Larsen with Christian Von Sponheim, Lob ov Instagon, Matt Richards, Screwtape & Tom Bradley. Also featured are other renditions by Jari Eskelinen, Salakapakka Sound System, and Violent Pink.

The Internationale was written to celebrate the Paris Commune of March-May 1871. It was the first time workers took state power into their own hands. They established in the Commune a form of government more democratic than ever seen before. Representatives were mandated on policy questions by their electors, they were recallable at any time and were paid wages that reflected those of their constituents. The distinction between legislative and executive arms of government was abolished. The Commune was invaded and destroyed by the conservative French National government then based in Versailles. Since then, workers have adopted similar Commune-like organizations whenever they have challenged the state: in the form of the Soviets in Russia in 1917; the collectives in Spain in 1937; the Workers Council of Greater Budapest in Hungary in 1956; the cordones in Chile in 1973; and, in many respects, Solidarity in Poland in 1980. "

You can buy it here for only $5 so go get it.

Coming soon

2010-09-02T18:01:00.001+03:00

-----`´-----

2010-08-16T22:33:00.002+03:00

Last week I spent few hyperactive days and as a result I have now about 2 albums worth of stuff gathering digital dust in my hard drive. Half of material is good old rhythmic dark ambient and the other half is noisier stuff. Just wait and see.

Heatwave bloody heatwave!

2010-08-01T12:13:00.002+03:00

Due to exceptionally long and intense heatwave (at least in Finnish standards) I haven´t had any interest, motivation or stamina for music making. Bugger.

Hail to the almighty midnight sun, garage junk & stilles volk!

2010-06-25T00:46:00.005+03:00

Just recently got back from vacation. This time we traveled and drove to Lapland via eastern Finland. First of all I have to say that midnight sun is a mess. I like it when nights are dark... just like they are supposed to be. The idea of sun shining all the way through the night can really mess your biological rhythm.
While staying with my lady´s relatives´house in a small village in eastern Finland I found that there was a garage loaded with junk metal objects! Luckily I have a recorder with me every time I go on a vacation so I had about 2-3 hours of screeching, banging and clinging metal sounds. God bless people who never dare to throw anything even remotely useful junk away. Expect to hear some scrap metal noise sometime in a future. I actually made few short bursts of cut-up metal noise but I did not upload them since I´m saving them for my future releases.

I also found a strange conceptual work of art (called "quiet people") in the middle of nowhere. A field full of these:

Imagine a dark evening and a bit of rain and thunder... they look a little bit like zombies, don´t they?

Oh, by the way brand new Kaamoshow --->hier<---

A slight update

2010-05-21T22:13:00.002+03:00

Few days ago I posted new Kaamoshow here. Go check it out. New shows are coming sooner than you expect (also few theme shows for bootleg recordings and rockabilly/old school r´n´r/garage stuff).
I also decided to record almost every rehearsal and practise session I do because: A) I am an archive/database freak, B) there might be some small portions worth using later and/or C) I´m a bloody fool.
Few nice Buddha machine related tracks have appeared almost by accident.

Cambodian rock documentary

2010-05-20T16:47:00.005+03:00

I rarely comment other peoples work in my blog but this is something worth mentioning. They need your help and this is something I truly want to happen.

The time has come to finish our documentary film: Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock And Roll. Our goal is to finish the film this fall. Because so much visual material was destroyed by the Khmer Rouge we are working extra hard in creating ways to illustrate this incredible music.
The singer Ros Serey Sothea began as a poor farm girl from the countryside. Because of her amazing voice she soon found herself to be the biggest female singing star in the country. Unfortunately she didn’t survive the Khmer Rouge era. No footage of her performing is known to have survived either. We plan to make an animated sequence of Ros Serey Sothea performing. It would help bring her back to life on screen.
We’ve arranged to work with Asterisk Animation. They have done animated sequences for such films as The Chicago Ten and The Buddha. We need your financial support in order to make this happen. We are excited to announce an online fundraiser via Kickstarter.com.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/688883255/dont-think-ive-forgotten-cambodia-lost-rock-n-roll
We have some incredible and unique rewards that have been donated to us by some of the individuals involved with the film. This includes music, artwork, and memorabilia you won't be able to find anywhere else.
Here's how the Kickstarter fundraiser works:
1) Go to our Kickstarter page.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/688883255/dont-think-ive-forgotten-cambodia-lost-rock-n-roll
2) Take a look at the Rewards and see how much you'd be willing to donate. No matter how small, ALL donations are deeply appreciated.
3) Click on "Back This Project".4) Select a reward
5) You will need to sign up with Kickstarter.com.
6) Enter your credit card info using a secure Amazon.com account
We have 90 days to reach our fundraising goal. But, in the end if we do not meet our goal, YOU WILL NOT GET CHARGED. The idea is to raise the desired amount and hopefully exceed this number.
To make this fundraiser a success we need all the support we can get. Even if you cannot contribute, please help us by spreading the word. Pass this info along to any friend, family member, fan club, user group, mailing list who might be interested in contributing to DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN
Finally, this is just a part of what we need to finish our film. If you'd like to donate more outside of Kickstarter.com you can contact us.
Thanks for all your support!
You can visit the film website: http://www.cambodianrock.com/and our facebook page too: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#%21/pages/Dont-Think-Ive-Forgotten/3076

Gear-a-holic part 7

2010-05-19T21:00:00.003+03:00

This time I present You two compact nice little toys (which certainly do not sound like toys): JoMoX T-resonator time woven filtermatrix & Doepfer Dark Energy monophonic synthesizer.
T-resonator is "Jomox T-Resonator – filter box with delay, stereo input, stereo output, envelope follower with LFO, 2x filters, 2x delay lines/chorus/reverb, 8x algorithms, positive feedback loops, cross feedback, FM feedback". In other words you feed in whatever sound you feel like, filter and delay it and add some piercing high pitched feedback and/or low screaming bass feedback. You can create some loud feedbacks even without any input. The user interface is a little tricky (as you can see in the picture) but once you get to used to it you can control it enough so you don´t get stuck in the middle of feedbacking inferno (well you can, if you feel like - well I do). Lovely piece of equipment, especially if you are into noise making and ambient soundscapes. If you looking for normal delay and filter units, there are lot of other choices out there.
The other little lunch box is Dark Energy monophonic synth made by Doepfer. Lot of switches and knobs and oh yes... it is fully analog with USB and MIDI connections so you can use it as a standalone unit or you can add some extra modulation via MIDI controls or soft sequencers. Since I am trying to shift towards 'computer-free' sound creation I have not tried USB connection. Compared to WSG which I introduced here a while ago, Dark Energy makes a little more sense because you know what you are doing if you are familiar with sound synthesis. Well, I am not too familiar with it so it gives me a little sense of control but also a lot of surprises, some of which are pleasant, some are not.
I made a six-pack of test files offered for download. Test files 1+2 are made by using WSG, Dark Energy & T-resonator. Files 3,4 & 6 are made with Dark Energy and Boss ME-50 multieffects pedal (which added some distortion and delay). File 5 is made by feeding a sample of singing birds into T-resonator, results are quite interesting. Sample is courtesy of National Trust. And remember, these are only test files and should be treated as such.

Download six-pack of test files @ Rapidshare or Mediafire

Update

2010-04-21T16:50:00.002+03:00

Hah! New tracks seem to surface out of nowhere. The only problem is that I cannot concentrate on only one project at a time. I´ve done tracks for four different albums + other various artists projects. Lately I finished the first introductionary track for "Buddha Machines On Fire part 2". Oh yes, it is going to happen sooner or later. Track called Buddha metal machine music is on it´s way. You can guess by the name what it sounds like. There is a new track Auta minua kuolemaan arvokkaasti which will be part of upcoming and so far untitled full length album. I think it will sound a little bit louder and harsher than SSS´s material so far. Three tracks done already.

Oh yes, if you didn´t know it already: spring sucks.

Kaamoshows have moved

2010-04-14T18:07:00.002+03:00

As I promised before, I created a new blog for Kaamoshow mixshows. You can find them here. Older ones are not available here at Ikuinen Kaamos anymore. New mix coming soon. Go check it out especially if you are a fan of The Cure´s "Boys don´t cry" and The Ramones´"Blitzkrieg Bop". Some surprising treatments there.

News

2010-04-11T12:47:00.004+03:00

Even though I have not posted anything lately, I have been active.
First of all, I am (in near future) creating a new blog dedicated solely to Kaamoshows. Ikuinen Kaamos stays as a forum entirely for my musical outputs. Earlier Kaamoshows will probably move to a new blog. Why is that? Because I fu**ing feel like doing it this way!
Secondly, I have been working on a few leftist/socialist/union cover songs (L´internationale and Which side are you on). Now they are finished and more about them later.

Gear-a-holic part 6

2010-03-01T18:42:00.000+02:00

Hello folks, this time I introduce you Weird Sound Generator. It is self soldered electronic gadget which makes bleeping, droning, buzzing and humming noises which you can control by turning and twisting it´s numerous knobs. "Controlling" is maybe a little too misleading word because as you can see from a picture, there is no indication of what these knobs actually do. They all have something to do with oscillators, wave forms, modulators etc. etc. Since I am not a electronics theory geek I leave explaining to others. But the fun thing is, that I have no idea what am I doing by twisting controls. Pretty much everything happens by accident and I love everything uncontrollable and accidental things when it comes to music making. The downside is that you rarely can remake/reproduce something funny you accidentally made by fiddling with controls without any further focus or plan. This is why you should always record every rehearsal. There may be some unforgettable sounds which you can use later.
I am totally illiterate when it comes to soldering and understanding the basic concepts of putting together electronic components so that is why I ordered WSG from Austrian Sascha Neudeck. He has mde noise makers and sound generators on irregularly basis... I think. According to his website, they are all sold out but if you really want one just ask him, that´s what I did and he kindly offered to make me one. Check out also his electronic/experimental music and the sound files of each gadget he made.

Here are two WSG test files I made. First one is edited from approximately eight minutes to 5½ minutes. Otherwise it is untouched. Second piece is driven through distortion, stereo chorus, delay and compression plus edited from about eleven minutes down to eight. Enjoy!
Rapidshare
Mediafire

...did I hear someone shout: "what´s that bloody noise!?!?"...

I´m not dead... yet.

2010-02-10T10:58:00.002+02:00

It has been a long time since I´ve posted anything. It is only because I haven´t had anything to offer and I don´t feel like posting pointless comments about anything or showering my blog with endless stream of YouTube links. Few words of information about future plans and other stuff.
I have been receiving invitations to Facebook lately. Just for you to know: I am NOT a member of Facebook and for now I have no intention or interest in being one. I´m not saying that I will never be a member of facial book or other friend gathering social media network. I just feel it is not my thing right now. So do not be disappointed if I do not answer your seducing invitations.
There is going to be a new gear-a-holic post with a sound file in not-so-distant future. More about it later.
Two new tracks are ready. Emilian päänahka is beat oriented indie electro whatever-you-name-it. Unusually clean and catchy example of SSS repertoire. There is also new untitled piece of droning layers, rumbling low frequencies and shrieking synth sounds which is yet unmixed. One of those tracks which I loved immediately. Some time ago I found from my messy archives an old rehearsal track made only by ticking pocket watch and reverb/delay. It sounds like perfect soundtrack for running: clock is ticking, your heart is bumping and you´re slowly getting out of breath. I have to mix and master it, add a few litlle extra tricks and maybe edit it a little. It´s name is Time is running out and it will be included in "La Musique Concrète part 2" in distant future (end of 2010???).
In future, there is a small possibility of pressing few pieces of dubplates including A) couple of old tracks, or B) couple of new tracks, or C) lock grooves. But this is so far just an idea that I am working on. If it happens, there is going to be an edition of max 5 mainly for my own selfish amusement but maybe a few for sale. Be warned, they are not cheap.

New compilation track

2009-12-24T22:21:00.002+02:00

Salakapakka Sound System is proud to be part of brand new web compilation "A Tribute To Ruth White". As you guessed, it is a cover tribute to the grand old lady of moog music (read an article about her here). SSS participates with a track Hanged man from her album "Seven Trumps From The Tarot Cards" [1969].
Thanks to Brad Miller once again for making this happen. Get it here.

KAAMOSHOW 6 - Finnish double treat

2009-12-06T01:00:00.005+02:00

Go here to find Kaamoshow 6.

SALAKAPAKKA SOUND SYSTEM remixes hip-hop!

2009-11-30T23:19:00.004+02:00

This time something completely different: SSS remix of ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM´s Reflections. Go get it here.

KAAMOSHOW 5

2009-11-09T00:00:00.004+02:00

Ooops, the post you are looking for is here.

KAAMOSHOW 4

2009-11-07T16:00:00.001+02:00

Kaamoshow 4 moved here.

updating activities

2009-10-21T19:46:00.002+03:00

After "Kallokontrolli" there is going to be a while when I´m not posting anything I´ve made. Feel a little bit worn out. I´ll post only kaamoshows because they are fun to make.
Future projects include "60 Minutes" (this seems to be a veeery long project), "La Musique Concrète part 2" (two tracks made already) and maybe a 3" mini cdr of warped illbient-ish music with dance rhythms and noisy textures (one track ready, it was supposed to be included in "Kallokontrolli" but it was left out at the last moment). Hallelujah.

KAAMOSHOW 3

2009-10-21T08:19:00.010+03:00

Oops, Kaamoshow 3 moved here.

KALLOKONTROLLI

2009-10-19T02:14:00.010+03:00

FINALLY! Thee almighty, powerful, long-awaited and blaah-blaah-blaah is here. Making of "Kallokontrolli" lasted a bit but I hope it was worth it. Originally it was supposed to be a single noise album but it turned out to be A) a double CDr, and B) far from being just a noise record. I have often difficulties describing which genre my musical creations belong to, so just take a listen and judge yourself. Compared to my previous releases, "Kallokontrolli" features unusually large amount of improvised tracks which have been slightly post-processed and edited.

Tracks are:
CD1-1 {-0-}
CD1-2 The Death of ندا آقا سلطان
CD1-3 «Наши» (Vladimir the Impaler mix)
CD1-4 Standing in the shadows of mediocrity
CD1-5 Forest fire
CD1-6 Basics of fully functional society are built on participants armed with sheer goodwill and ignorance
CD1-7 0¤¤¤0
CD1-8 Homoerotic rallies of the 3rd Reich
CD1-9 You think you´re master race but I think you´re pathetic joke
CD1-10 Vote with a brick (edit)
CD1-11 Springtime kills me
CD2-1 ###+]
CD2-2 Bleeding circuits
CD2-3 Bitch vomit
CD2-4 guitar piece #1
CD2-5 guitar piece #4
CD2-6 '''''......
CD2-7 Jam 24th july 2009
CD2-8 Anorexia help line 666
CD2-9 Ich Bin Laden
CD2-10 Ruttopuiston kävelevä vainaja
CD2-11 Every day I wake up and wish _______ was dead (fill in the blank space)
CD2-12 Ins´allah
CD2-13 The Death of Kelsang Namtso

Elements of destruction were: Korg Kaossilator, micro Korg synthesizer/vocoder, Moog etherwave theremin, cheap piece-o-shit electric guitar and bass guitar, Meinl helix bowl, wind chimes, human voice, metal, Boss RC-2 loop station, Boss ME-50, Line 6 Tone Core delay and reverb pedals, samples and concrete sounds, data bending, Roland SP-404 sampler, PhotoSounder, Audacity, Pro Tools LE 7... and I would love to add Paiste symbals but I´m sorry I don´t have them. So much for rock´n´roll and street credibility.

Few side notes:
The cover above is not the real cover. Real cover is black sand paper with a small screw holding the records inside. I just thought it would be nice to have some picture added to this post (and other places on the net).
Tracks CD2-4 (guitar), CD2-5 (bass) & CD2-7 (Kaossilator and Boss Me-50) are live impros recorded straight to two tracks. Only minimum post-editing was made. I don´t know a shit about playing a guitar and learning chords is a real annoyance. But still you can get a good amount of interesting sounds and noises out of them (out of anything) without worring about notes and is it in tune or out of tune. CD2-2 was made using only my voice, feedback and loop station. CD2-3 was made in same way but with an added lo-fi rumbling which I cannot remember where it came from (there are lot of accidental sounds present in "Kallokontrolli"). Both are old tunes that existed before I started making this record and CD2-3 is probably my favorite track at the time of writing.
CD1-2 is dedicated to young Iranian female Neda Agha-Soltan who was randomly shot during a demonstration in Tehran on june 2009. You can read more about her here. CD2-13 is dedicated to 17 year old Tibetan nun who was viciously shot in snow-white mountains by chinese soldiers while she was trying to escape into exile from Tibet. More about her here.
CD1-3 is the original version of «Наши», remixes of that has been available as a remix EP here. You can read about «Наши» (Nashi or Putin Jugend) here and there. I have mixed feelings of their actions and I´m quite happy that they stay on the other side of Finnish-Russian border. It is OK to fight fascism but what really is their alternative???
CD1-1, CD1-7, CD2-1 & CD2-6 are meant to be intros and midtros dividing the whole "Kallokontrolli" into four separate parts. CD2-1 features sample of Elizabeth Taylor in excellent film Suddenly Last Summer. Digital synth noise of CD1-10 is available elsewhere in this blog in uncut form.

Read review at KMY site here.

Don´t be a moron,
download "Kallokontrolli" here (zip file from Rapidshare)
listen/download uncompressed WAV, lossless FLAC etc. here
listen/download individual mp3 files here.

KAAMOSHOW 2

2009-10-19T01:52:00.005+03:00

Ooooooooooooops, the post you are just dying to find is here.

KAAMOSHOW 1

2009-10-19T01:22:00.009+03:00

Oops... looks like the post you are looking for has moved here.

good news

2009-09-30T15:51:00.002+03:00

I am going to Crete for a week to spend some holiday (again) and gather some sound material for future projects. When I come back it won´t be long until "Kallokontrolli" will be finished. It is going to be a double-cdr housed in sandpaper covers. Nearly half of the tracks have already been mastered and mixed. Groovy, baby.

flu

2009-09-05T21:20:00.002+03:00

Oh crap. Influenza caught me, H1N1 or some other seasonal flu... it doesn´t matter. Spending five days quarantined (in my own room luckily) and separated from family and the rest of the outside world sounds like funny experiment but I got tired of it after five hours, so it is going to be long wait.
To celebrate the flu, here is a track called Music for Headaches. It originates from the same session as Piper of the Wasteland presented originally here.

2009-08-25T16:36:00.002+03:00

"THAT'S ROMANCE: A Loving Tribute To John Zewizz" is exactly that. A tribute to the legendary American Industrial Musick pioneer John Zewizz. Featuring songs spanning John's long and vaired career by artists from all over the world.

Released via FOAMIN' SODOMY RECORDS in conjunction with the KILL YOUR GODZ web page.

All proceeds go to FREE THE BEARS FUND INC. Let's make that alot of money!

Order HERE
HELP SPREAD THE WORD - SHARE THE LINK

silence is golden

2009-08-25T14:23:00.003+03:00

No activity here for some time because I´m stuck in spider´s web. Hah, not really. I am just spending summer vacation examining the wonders of nature (click the picture of the spider above) in Lapland and other places.
"Kallokontrolli" is coming sometime later this year... I promise. It is going to be the best thing I´ve done so far.

«Наши»

2009-07-22T15:12:00.006+03:00

New web-only EP «Наши» out now. Go get it.

video stuff

2009-07-13T15:11:00.003+03:00

I found this piece of video on the net. SSS´s Buddha doesn´t smile anymore is heard on the background. Kind of creepy video. Thanks to brewcaster who made that.

Updating activities

2009-07-08T23:16:00.002+03:00

Salakapakka Sound System and Marko & Myky are proud to be part of Free Music Archive. "The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet."

"Kallokontrolli" is on it´s way. The only problem is that I have material worth of two albums! I am not yet sure is it going to be double-cdr or two different releases. I really have to think about that. There´s going to be few more tracks but there are at least following tracks ready to be out-there: '''''....., {-0-}, «Наши» (Vladimir the Impaler -mix), Anorexia help line 666, Basics of fully functional society are built on participants armed with sheer goodwill and ignorance, Bitch vomit, Bleeding circuits, Every day I wake up and wish _______ was dead (fill in the blank space), guitar piece #1, guitar piece #2, guitar piece #4, Homoerotic rallies of the 3rd Reich, Ich Bin Laden, Ins'allah, Ruttopuiston kävelevä vainaja, Springtime kills me, Vote with a brick (edit) and You think you´re master race but I think you´re pathetic joke.

Compilation track

2009-06-09T12:13:00.003+03:00

Salakapakka Sound System is proud to be part of web compilation "That´s Romance - A Loving Tribute to John Zewizs", a tribute/cover album of Sleepchamber/Women of SS songs. SSS have offered glitchy cover/remix/rework of Sleepchamber´s Courtfield Road.

You can find "That´s Romance" here... and part 2 somewhere else in the blogosphere.

LA MUSIQUE update

2009-06-06T15:22:00.003+03:00

"La Musique Concrète part 1" now available in uncompressed format here.

Gear-a-holic part 5

2009-05-29T17:25:00.003+03:00

Ok, I know this should be called "software-a-holic" but who cares, not me. PhotoSounder is a software which turns images into sound and vice versa. So you can take your for example your favorite loop, turn it into image file, photoshop it and turn it into sound again. Here is a sound sample how the header of this blog sounds when played by PhotoSounder. But remember, there is so much more what you can do than just drag-and-drop an image file and play it. Nice toy.
You can find more info here. Full non-commercial version 25€, full commercial version 99€.

Did this look like advertisement???

A little foretaste from the upcoming Kallokontrolli album

2009-05-09T15:48:00.002+03:00

Cheers to You all.
I´ve been active lately. "Kallokontrolli" full length album is on it´s way. Half of the songs are ready. I was going to make a full noise album but.... as always it turned out to be something more variable. There will be noisy ambient, aggro noise, a little bit of PE, a little bit of digital mess, guitar wankery etc. etc.
Now I´m offering You a little preview track called Ins'allah, which was supposed to be posted originally here. It is made by Meinl helix bowl, some heavy editing and a sample of muslim prayer (I guess).
In future Salakapakka Sound System will also be part of web compilation called "That´s Romance; A Tribute to Sleepchamber". SSS does a cover os Sleepchamber´s track Courtfield Road. Original tune can be found here.

Slowly but surely I´m working on "La Musique Concréte part 2". So far only one track is made called Monks, mantras and metamphetamine.

Download Ins'allah here.

OBAMA´S VICTORY SPEECH

2009-04-22T16:13:00.004+03:00

LA MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE part 1

2009-04-15T01:49:00.006+03:00

I was committed to making "Mekonium Baby" so hard that I almost forgot I had this in progress as well. As you can guess from it´s name, "La Musique Concrète part 1" is concrete music using only field recordings and pre-existing sounds as material. Even though this is part 1, this ain´t my first exploration into concrete music. Lot of people who downloaded previous Salakapakka Sound System items seem to have missed my very first post "Kahden Kulttuurin Ääniä".

For now "La Musique Concrète part 1" is available for download at excellent Because God Told Me To Do It blog and Kill Your Godz site. Uncompressed formats available later at Internet Archive. Go to those sites to enjoy "La Musique 1"; shitload of strange sounds mixed with ambient noise, church acoustics, construction site noises, religious chants etc.

tracks:
1. God´s gift [4.37]
2. Tebe poyem [4.35]
3. The end of christianity... as we know it [5.57]
4. Henki ei kulje [6.02]
5. Descend into hell 1 [7.44]
6. Descend into hell 2 [30.00]

UPDATE: now available uncompressed here.

Compilation track

2009-04-01T13:04:00.003+03:00

Salakapakka Sound System appears on free web-compilation "Because God Told Me To Do It vol1: Formulation". Track Celebration of the Moon is a droning piece for two guitars and synth. So far it is available nowhere else.

Go get the whole compilation HERE

KiLL yER GodZ

2009-03-30T18:13:00.002+03:00

Now you can find Salakapakka Sound System (and related) at Brad Miller´s KILL YOUR GODS website which is dedicated to artists of experimental and non-commercial nature. Check it out, there´s going to be extra tracks not available elsewhere sometime in future.
I also encourage you to visit Brad´s excellent blog Because God Told Me To Do It if you are even remotely interested in Psychic TV/GP-O, Sleepchamber, Blood Axis, martial/neo folk etc. One of THE best blogs out there.

Visit KILL YOUR GODS
Visit BECAUSE GOD TOLD ME TO DO IT

coming soon...

2009-03-30T15:32:00.001+03:00

MARKO & MYKY: MEKONIUM BABY

2009-02-17T19:01:00.014+02:00

Finally it is ready! Celebrating my daughter´s one-year birthday here is Marko & Myky: ”Mekonium Baby” 3” CD-R. Participants were Marko-V (born 1970) and Pinja (born 2008). All sounds are vocal voices and other noises produced by Pinja.

First track Sandman features distorted sounds of Pinja´s whining which sounds a lot like overdriven guitar. There´s also metallic rhythm of her banging on a can.
Title track Mekonium baby is longest track. It is slowly evolving stuff divided in two separate parts. This track includes only whining and breathing sounds even though the rhythm of the second part sounds like warped drum machine.
Toy synth v1.0 and v2.0 include sounds of Pinja vocalising and playing children´s toy keyboard (which has by now gone to graveyard of old electronic gadgets, R.I.P.). Actually she managed to get the keyboard malfunctioning and producing strange sounds which are presented here. I never managed to get such a great sounds out of it.
Voi itku was presented here on Ikuinen kaamos blog before. Slowed down voices of Pinja remind me of Whitehouse´s track Baby from Quality Time CD.
Retarded lullaby ends this mini album and features also sounds of Pinja before she was even born. The clicking sounds of the latter part of this song are originally produced by machine which monitors child´s heart rate just before birth begins (oh yes, I had recorder with me in maternity hospital).

Enjoy, it demanded hard time and effort doing this.
Review here.

Download MARKO & MYKY: Mekonium Baby
here as a one zipped file (Rapidshare), or here (various different file formats), or few tracks here.

New download options

2009-02-05T20:38:00.003+02:00

Because not everyone has a Rapidshare account, I have decided to make downloads (uncompressed WAV, compressed lossless FLAC and VBR mp3) available also via Internet Archive. There you can preview and/or download individual tracks instead of whole zipped packages.

Gear-a-holic part 4

2009-01-17T13:24:00.003+02:00

Eagerly awaited FM3 Buddha Machine 2.0 with new loops has been released. This time it features also pitch bend wheel. I haven´t got it yet but FM3 are kind enough to provide loops in mp3 format here. Expect "Buddha Machines on Fire part 2" sometime in distant future. Small feature of "Buddha Machines on Fire" here.

Things are going slowly. I wish "Mekonium Baby" mini-cd will be finished until the end of february. Three tracks are ready, couple more are on their way. "Mekonium Baby" was originally supposed to be a little softer material but it is getting louder and noisier than I previously planned. It is always a surprise where things are evolving.

Gear-a-holic part 3

2008-12-05T16:54:00.007+02:00

Now this is interesting sounding gadget called Meinl Helix Bowl. It is... as you can guess... a metal helix attached to hollow bowl. By stroking or beating helix with a metal stick produces fascinating spacey sound.

I was supposed to put a sound example here but it evolved into a full track called Ins'allah which will be included in "Kallokontrolli" CD-r. Just wait until it gets finished. (UPDATE: ...fuck that, it is here)

Gear-a-holic part 2

2008-12-05T16:49:00.007+02:00

Just recently I bought this interesting pocket size synth-looper Korg Kaossilator. Nice little toy to play with. It includes plenty of synthetic sounds which you can control by touch pad in a same manner you control effects in Kaosspad (another fancy toy from Korg). You can also create nice loops which you unfortunately cannot save for later use (that´s why portable recorder is handy companion tool).
Here are two very different tracks I made by Kaossilator. First track One Minute_11 is a short new age/ambient track which will be featured in upcoming "60 Minutes" CD. Second example Piper of the Wasteland is long (nearly 12 minutes) slightly edited track which is based on growing layers of loops. At best there must be about 20 different sounds looping around.

Download One Minute_11 here
Download Piper of the Wasteland here

Upcoming stuff

2008-12-05T16:30:00.001+02:00

Long time and not much to post here. I´ve been busy spending quality time with family and doing this and that etc.

I have been working on various musical ideas simultaneously. Upcoming releases include the following:

1. Marko & Myky: "Mekonium Baby"
2. "Kallokontrolli" (noise)
3. So far untitled series of musique concrete -cd´s. Recently I´ve been working on a half-hour lasting concrete ambient track Descend into Hell.
4. "60 Minutes", collection of sound sketches and minisongs each lasting one minute.
5. There exists also various tracks which do not fit into any of above mentioned releases. They will be collected on cd´s sometime in future (or they will be posted here separately in time).

Teaser track for father´s day

2008-11-10T20:59:00.003+02:00

Yesterday was my first father´s day and also my birthday. Therefore I´m posting a teaser track from me and my daughter´s (as Marko & Myky) upcoming CD-r "Mekonium Baby". I don´t know yet is it gonna be full album or 3" mini-cd, time will tell. This track Voi Itku is composed of looping and processed sounds of my daughter whining. Do not expect kids music.

Download Voi Itku here

VOTE WITH A BRICK part 2

2008-11-04T19:08:00.002+02:00

Big day in U-and-S-of-A. New president will be elected and change is gonna come... yeah, right, sucker. So here is my second election related offering called Vote with a Brick part 2. It is heavily edited (from 15 minutes down to 5) noise track which dates back to 2006. It is the second noise track I´ve ever made. Primitive stuff. Maybe I should make a habbit of doing election related noise tracks. Just give me a hint everytime there is a election day somewhere out there and I´ll make a new Vote with a Brick track.

Download it here.

Leftover track from IKUINEN KAAMOS

2008-10-30T16:09:00.003+02:00

Here is a track that did not fit into "Ikuinen Kaamos" CD-r. It is called Lappu luukulle ja asekaupan kautta kotiin (end of business, home via gunstore).

Download here

VOTE WITH A BRICK

2008-10-29T19:41:00.005+02:00

Municipal elections in Finland are over. So here is my "tribute" to the big election day. Track is called Vote with a Brick and it is the very first noise track of Salakapakka Sound System. It dates back to 2005 and it is very primitive improvised track. Edited and remixed version will be featured on full noise CD-R "Kallokontrolli" later this year (if I´m lucky).

Download Vote with a Brick here (Rapidshare) or there

Gear-a-holic

2008-10-14T21:25:00.003+03:00

Just bought myself Microkorg. I´ve never been familiar with synths and this little gadget has plenty of parameters to toggle with so I guess it doesn´t bore me easily.

Here is the first track I made with Microkorg (and slight editing). It doesn´t sound like your typical techno/dance shit that´s often made by synths (for some reason it reminds me of some Coil song?). This track will be part of my ever lasting project "60 Minutes" which will be collection of sixty tracks, each lasting exactly one minute.

Downloads elsewhere

2008-10-14T20:58:00.003+03:00

If you don´t feel like downloading whole cd´s, you can download few songs here. Unfortunately they are only 128/160 kbps (due to limited space).

Seuraajat/The Other

2008-10-03T21:01:00.003+03:00

Shameless self promotion continues. Psychological short film with yours truly on sound and music can be seen here.

Buddha on TV

2008-10-03T20:43:00.003+03:00

Palanen Buddha Machines On Fire -levyn äänimaailmaa kuullaan TV1:n Uusi Kino -ohjelmapaikalla 12.10. klo 23.25 alkaen. Vuorossa Uneton 48 -lyhärikilpailun kymmenen finalistia, joista Prosessi -leffan soundtrackina soi Lo-Fi Buddha.
Shortly: pieces of Lo-Fi Buddha will be heard on Prosessi short film on Finnish television soon.

More FM3 Buddha Machine related stuff

2008-09-28T01:12:00.003+03:00

Just noticed that there exists also this FM3 Buddha Machine related album called In An Expression Of Form by Masuran (which used to call themselves Royal Trans). It´s free download so give it a try.

Funny thing

2008-09-28T00:12:00.000+03:00

Just recently noticed that there is also death/black/progressive metal band in Finland called Ikuinen Kaamos. This blog does not have any connections with that band but anyway go check them out here or there.

Having fun with toy synth

2008-09-27T15:32:00.006+03:00

I am a proud father of little girl who was born in february 2008. I just found her a kids toy synthesizer at a local flea market for 5 euros. Now it seems that I am the one who enjoys playing it more. It has these ridiculous cheap unrealistic sounds like piano, guitar, banjo (my favorite), flute etc. There´s also buttons for funny little sounds like frog, dog, bird... But hey, that´s not all. There is also a set of pre-programmed rhythms like rock, slow rock, waltz, tango etc. which you can slow down or speed up. The best of these pre-set rhythms is called 16 bit which is a killer low fidelity-trash-dirrrttty electro beat! (loop sample here) Drive it through distortion effect at 110% volume and you got a nice punky disco beat.

I´ll probably use this marvellous little toy somehow in my future projects, unless it breaks down before that. My daughter´s playing style is more punk than mine, meaning she likes to beat it real hard.

Wanker in commando mask ruined my day

2008-09-24T13:45:00.003+03:00

I was supposed to post more stuff but late happenings took all of my time and energy so more stuff coming soon.

Tuesday was a sad day for Finland. Another random school shooting incident in a year. Previous shooter was a big fan of KMFDM (one of their songs could be heard on his YouTube posts), now this time this idiot called himself Wumbscut86 on YouTube. Not necessarily a good publicity for those bands. Fans can choose the artists they like but unfortunately artists cannot choose their fans.
Stupid fucker couldn´t even shoot himself properly (died only after few hours of shooting himself). Where do these morons come from? Incidents like these piss me off.

IKUINEN KAAMOS

2008-09-22T22:15:00.022+03:00

My third offering here is "Ikuinen Kaamos" 3" CD-R (eternal polar night).This recording does not exactly file under "happy music".

First track Kadonnut jälkiä jättämättä (lost without a trace) and 3rd track Pimeys vetää meitä puoleensa (darkness attracts us) are based on old Organ Favorites -LP that is played by broken record player via different delay and reverb pedals. Somehow Phantom of the Opera comes to my mind while hearing Pimeys.

Syttymissyy tuntematon 1 and 2 (cause of fire unknown) is based on Popol Vuh track played backwards at 1/10 and 2/10 speed. 2 is extended remix of 1 and more rhythmic.

Privatområde i Västerås (private grounds in Västerås) features a growling loop as a backbone. Over that come various noisy elements from television broadcasts, metal plate, Steim crackle box and interference noise from radio. Noisier than previous tracks.

Hölle (hell) was made back in 2006 by scratching, beating, shaking a Chilean rain stick and amplifying an electric fan. There is also distorted sound of me playing bass guitar by electric toothbrush. All sounds were driven through distortion, delay and reverb.

Äiti, joku tuijottaa meitä metsästä (mom, someone is glaring at us from the woods) is based on simple cello loop recorded while rehearsals at local music school. Cello loop has been treated by Korg kaoss pad. I Believe there will be more stuff based on those recordings sometime in the future.

Temporarily offline.

Review can be found here.

UPDATE: Officially released by Lona. Get it here.

BUDDHA MACHINES ON FIRE

2008-09-22T20:17:00.014+03:00

My second offering here is "Buddha machines on fire", made under my alias Salakapakka Sound System. Here I use FM3 Buddha machine, various other Buddhist loop jukeboxes and various other sources as material. You can find loop players for sale at Buddhist temples around Asia. FM3 is Chinese based ambient duo who released their own version of loop jukebox. All nine loops are available as zipped uncompressed wav files here. Check out also their intriguing ambient albums such as Pinpan. A second generation Buddha machine is supposed to materialize this autumn.

Check out also Robert Henke´s fabulous and hypnotizing live recording of him using layers of Buddha machine loops (available free there).

First track on "Buddha machines on fire" CD-R is called Synteettinen munkki 1 (synthetic monk). Name is a word play. In Finnish language word munkki means monk and doughnut, it is also used as a slangy word meaning female breast. Both Synteettinen munkki 1 and 2 are basically looping and synthesizer improvisations. Both have been slightly edited (about minute cut off from the middle) and eq´d. No other post-processing made. Expect no beats or catchy melodies. This is slowly evolving stuff with pulsing synth and Buddhist chanting loops (reminds me a bit of early 70´s electric music - hence the name synthetic monk).

Second track Lo-fi Buddha is a long ambient piece which uses mostly FM3 loops, delay and hissing/scratching interference noises, that´s why it is called "lo-fi" (maybe I should call it garage ambient?).

Monk with no name is not a western rip-off as you may think. The basic backbone of this piece is shameless dance-oriented beat that slowly drifts back and forth between straight and reversed beatloop. Just like Kapina Tiibetissä is my rare excursion to metal, Monk with no name is just as rare example of electronic beat oriented almost-danceable music.

Kapina Tiibetissä (rebellion in Tibet) features uncommon combination of Buddhist chanting and death metal. This must be closest thing to metal that I´ll never make. That metal sound is made by combining small snippets of guitar riffs and pounding drum fills. Thanks to Maria for letting me use small pieces of her early band demos.

Delayed mantra is based on one short mantra loop and synth drone. Loop has been treated with alternating delay so sometimes it evolves into distorted noise.

Street Buddha is a growing piece which includes various FM3 loops, material of chanting beggar monk, shopping mall noises and ringing bells I recorded during my visit to Osaka.

Buddha doesn´t smile anymore is an easy ending for the album. Slowly drifting piece "for those early misty mornings". Maybe my own favourite at the time of writing.

SALAKAPAKKA SOUND SYSTEM: Buddha Machines on Fire
download tracks 1-4
download tracks 5-8

Review of this and many other interesting reviews can be found here
Few words of this release also at excellent disquiet.com

UPDATE: Now available as separate files (compressed or uncompressed) there. Few tracks as mp3 files also here.

KAHDEN KULTTUURIN ÄÄNIÄ

2008-09-21T23:39:00.002+03:00

First post is a work I made in 2006-2007 while studying sound engineering and sound design. It is a musique concrete album composed of field recordings I made in Japan and Finland. No “real instruments” or ready made sound effects used. Some of the sounds have been heavily processed and some are unaffected.

Track 1 Konkuriito janguru (concrete jungle) uses Japanese urban sounds (human sounds, game halls, announcements etc.) and track 2 Oikorata (short cut railway) uses Finnish urban sounds (amusement park voises, trains, breaking glass, construction site noises etc.). Track 3 Shizen no uta (song of nature) uses Japanese natural sounds such as cascades and crickets. Nuuksio-Aapajärvi makes a heavy use of Finnish natural sounds like birds, dogs, fire, squeaky wood and so on. Track 5 Inoru (pray) includes Japanese religious sounds (Buddhist monks praying, temple bells). Track 6 Jumalan kämmenellä (in the hand of god) uses finnish religious sounds such as Evangelical-Lutheran and Orthodox masses, pagan ritual sounds and church organs.
Tracks 7-10 are extra tracks that were not included in the original CD. They are demo versions of Inoru showcasing slightly different approaches/mixes/sounds of the same theme.

"Kahden kulttuurin ääniä” (sounds of two cultures) CD was originally made in 5.0 DTS surround sound and stereo mix was just an extra version that was not supposed to materialize in a first place. Because I haven´t got the chance to listen to DTS sound at home I decided to make a stereo version which I could play at home. Unfortunately mixing down to stereo had to be done quick (and I was then tired of the whole project), therefore I´m not completely satisfied with it. But after all it is not commercial release so why bother whining about it.

Download MarkoV: ”Kahden kulttuurin ääniä” (bonus version) here
UPDATE: now available also at mediafire

Introduction

2008-09-21T23:07:00.001+03:00

Dear surfer,

This blog has been created mainly for distributing the music/sound art I make. Occasionally I will comment a thing or two regarding my interests.
I will post on irregular basis most of the hits and misses I´ve made. Love it or leave it...
My primary influences and interests are musique concrete, experimental electronics, drone, ambient, noise, Aube, NoN, Troum, Fennesz, Pan Sonic, Sunn O))), Eraserhead soundtrack etc.
Stay tuned, download the stuff and drop a comment if you feel like.