Vote with a brick part 3

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

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". (updated oct 2014)

Fostex Mr16 digital multitracker, Olympus LS-5, LS-3 & 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 -> shifted back to LE 6.8), 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, Alesis SR-16 drum machine, Electro Harmonix 8-way step sequencer, Electro Harmonix Ravish Sitar pedal, Olegtron*4060 oscillator/divider box, Doepfer Dark Energy monophonic analogue synth, Doepfer Dark Time sequencer, Weird Sound Generator analogue synth, Jomox T-resonator time woven filtermatrix, XmatriX passive matrix mixer, Light2Sound PX, 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, Rocktron Heart Attack dynamic filter 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, Korg Kaossilator 2, E-bow, jew harp, kora, Hohner melodica, xylophone, stylophone, triangel, two different kalimbas, Latin percussion multi guiro, Indian shruti box, children's toy accordion, 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, piezo & con mics, two small guitar amps and unassorted metal and plastic junk & kids´toy instruments.

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Gear-a-holic part 8

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

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

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

Straight download link here.

IKUINEN KAAMOS official release

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

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

WAR reviewed again

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

pause ending soon

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.