The Silent Ballet on the latest Ø (Mika Vainio/Pan Sonic) album "Oleva": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1919/Default.aspx

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday
02. TALK 1
03. Tobias Hellkvist - Vintervarm
04. The Bear Quartet - Needs vs. facts
05. The Social Services - Baltic Sea
06. TALK 2
07. Kristofer Åström - The dark
08. Honey Is Cool - You're a horse
09. Reeperbahn - Hjälte
10. Voices Break the Silence - The way
11. TALK 3
12. Hebosagil - River
13. Pan Sonic - Lähetys
14. Silverbullit - Only gold
15. TALK 4
16. Josè González - Down the line
17. Motorpsycho - Serpentine
18. NEI - Hello
19. Claws Costeau - Finnuggla
20. TALK 5
21. Hello Saferide - I thought you said summer is going to take the pain away

Reminder: my show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday.

Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) sideproject Ø has a new album out on Sähkö called "Oleva". Details and samples: http://www.sahkorecordings.com/sahko-023.php

Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) has a new 7" out on Touch called "Behind the radiators". Info: http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/touchsevens/

pHinnWeb has some details on the new Pan Sonic DVD "Kuvaputki": http://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2008/05/pan-sonic-kuvaputki-dvd.html

Audioculture.org reports on how modern electronic music pioneers are becoming more social by participating improvised music: http://audioculture.org/2008/04/23/idm-2-0-how-electronica-is-becoming-social/
Prominent examples include Finnish artists Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) and Vladislav Delay.

The Vladislav Delay Quartet, featuring Vladislav Delay on drums along with fellow Finn Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) on electronics, Derek Shirley on double bass and Lucio Capece on sax and bass clarinet, will make their live debut on April 11 as part of the 2008 "My Favourite Thing" Festival at Radialsystem, Berlin. Read more: http://www.vladislavdelay.com/site/?page_id=50

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. The Bear Quartet - Put me back together
02. TALK 1
03. Karin Ström - Silent night
04. Camouflage - Syster sol
05. Ulf Ljusberg - Whatever was
06. TALK 2
07. Juvelen - Don't mess
08. Invocator - Breed of sin
09. The Grand Opening - Secrets revealed
10. TALK 3
11. Motorpsycho - For free
12. Coldworker - Flammable
13. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Photo Jenny
14. TALK 4
15. Egil Olsen - Singer/songwriter
16. Last Days of April - Will the violins be playing?
17. Desert Planet - Riot sector 68
18. TALK 5
19. Printer - Satisfaction
20. Psyke Project - Physical romance
21. Promise and the Monster - Light reflecting papers
22. TALK 6
23. Marybell Katastrophy - Hidden agenda
24. Pan Sonic - Johdin
25. Opération Zéro - Etude no. 1
26. TALK 7
27. Jonas Game - Nothing to lose
28. Mari Boine - Tundra flower
29. Vapnet - Plötsligt händer det inte
30. TALK 8
31. Moto Boy - Ride my wild heart
32. Markus Krunegård - Jag är en vampyr
33. Gravy - Behind my walls
34. TALK 9
35. Looptroop Rockers - The building
36. Victims - Victims in blood #5
37. Anna Leong - Guillotine
38. Zeigeist - Humanitarianism
39. TALK 10
40. Ef - Appendix

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Niccokick - The poet
02. TALK 1
03. Montys Loco - Farewell Mr Happy
04. David Sandström - Apropå det här med att finnas till
05. Mew - Why are you looking grave?
06. TALK 2
07. C.Aarmé - Rhythm
08. Dieter Schöön - Lot's of free Shoes but nowhere to run
09. Meshuggah - Pravus
10. TALK 3
11. Elin Ruth Sigvardsson - Antidote
12. The Bear Quartet - Volksblues
13. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Wedding
14. Lack - Naked girls
15. TALK 4
16. Don't Be A Stranger - Lonely together
17. Namur - Marching
18. NEI - Trip to Luleå
19. TALK 5
20. Printer - All right
21. Moto Boy - Beat heart
22. Christel Alsos - Come back to me
23. TALK 6
24. Promoe - Headache
25. Mustasch - Dogwash
26. Montt Mardié - Too many songs unwritten
27. Pascal - Smärtstillande
28. TALK 7
29. Pan Sonic - Virta 1
30. Pekker - Ass electro
31. Regulations - Police siren
32. TALK 8
33. Deud - Lördag
34. Linus Larsson & John Roger Olsson - Beyond the south tunnel
35. Barra Head - Undermine
36. TALK 9
37. Aerial - Kallisti
38. Paris - Office killer
39. Lukestar - The shade you hide
40. TALK 10
41. Jazkamer - Metal music machine

Angel, a trio consisting of Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic), Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM) and Hildur Guðnadóttir (Lost In Hildurness, Múm), have a new album called "Kalmukia" out now on Editions Mego. Go here for more info: http://www.editionsmego.com/twiki/bin/view/Editionsmego/CataloguePage#emego087

"24 Hour Drone People" is the somewhat self-explanatory name of an event being put on by Joachim Nordwall and iDEAL Recordings set to transpire February 23-24 at Fylkingen in Stockholm. Twelve internationally regarded experimental artists are booked to participate including Hildur Gudnadottir, Hild Sofie Tafjord (Fe-Mail), Jacob Kirkegaard, BJ Nilsen, CM Von Hausswolff, Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic), Jean-Louis Huhta (Skull Defekts, Anti-Cimex), Henrik Rylander (Skull Defekts, Union Carbide Productions) as well as Joachim himself. Each artist will perform a two-hour set with no break between, spanning a full 24-hour period. Read more: http://www.idealrecordings.com/24hourdronepeople/

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Kristofer Åström - Just a little insane
02. TALK 1
03. Darkthrone - Canadian metal
04. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
05. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
06. TALK 2
07. Death By Kite - Bhf. Asta
08. The Alpine - Iceland
09. Pluxus - Bootstrap
10. TALK 3
11. Graveyard - Thin line
12. Hospital - Something in the water
13. Attrap - Just a word away
14. TALK 4
15. Jonna Lee - I wrote this song
16. Paper - My life is going under
17. Broder Daniel - You bury me
18. TALK 5
19. Radio LXMBRG - Score on the floor
20. Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
21. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
22. Det Gamla Landet - Det heliga landet
23. TALK 6
24. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
25. No Hope for the Kids - Rainy day
26. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - If this is the way
27. Barra Head - Overseas
28. TALK 7
29. Superfamily - Warszawa
30. Oskar Schönning - S
31. Brick - Automen
32. TALK 8
33. Miss Li - Leave my man alone
34. Kasper Bjørke - Liquid propagnosia
35. Loveninjas - I wanna be like Johnny C
36. Anti Cimex - Only in dreams
37. TALK 9
38. Pan Sonic - Virta 1

The Finnish MIC has posted some details regarding the upcoming "Etoiles Polares Finland" festival for Finnish music happening in Ghent, Belgium on December 12-15: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&5BF5340AF384CC7DC225738E003F3954
Acts confirmed include Kimmo Pohjonen, Cleaning Women, Circle, Kuusumun Profeetta, Magyar Posse, Aavikko, Shogun Kunitoki, Jimi Tenor and Pan Sonic.

Kompjotr Eplektrika
Darrk circuits fadead waves
Celebrity Lifestyle Records

Kompjotr Eplektrika (aka Mats Björk) might be said to have mellowed out since his debut, the 2005 plane crash that was "RedisetKompjotrAllesklaarEplektrika". Although you'll find plenty of white noise, hisses and screeches on "Darrk circuits fadead waves", it still is a display of far more subtlety than his earlier broken computer noise aesthetic. The tracks range from slow, pulsing drones reminiscent of Pan Sonic ("Blikktztunddonner", "Gradient curse") to more frantic, twisted electronic tomfoolery ("Crakkin zombeez...", "...and the brainfreeze"). However, where acts like Pan Sonic or Pistol Disco manage to somehow reach out and involve the listener in their experiments, Kompjotr Eplektrika never truly seems to emerge from its own bizarre universe. The simplistic rhythms, loops and beats remain a monotonous and at times inane two-dimensional backdrop instead of invading your head like you'd hope they would.
- Viktor Ålander

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Timo Räisänen - My valentine
02. TALK 1
03. Torpedo - From Russia with love
04. Desert Planet - Breakout button
05. Ebba Grön - Mamma pappa barn
06. TALK 2
07. The End Will Be Kicks - Don Johnson
08. Skywriter - Where both worlds never meet
09. Skull Defekts - The secret
10. TALK 3
11. Tsukimono - Tokyo OEast
12. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Trying to get home
13. Enemy Alliance - Government subsidized ghetto
14. TALK 4
15. The Indecision Alarm - Where every fucking dream is killed
16. Dismember - Soon to be dead
17. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Moments
18. TALK 5
19. Kristofer Åström - All in
20. Pan Sonic - Virta 1
21. Ulver - Of wolf and fear
22. TALK 6
23. Mainliners - Olivia
24. 120 Days - Let me come down
25. Universal Poplab - 60 is the new 40
26. TALK 7
27. Dag Vag - Popitop
28. The Bombettes - Lust is the new black
29. Breach - Big strong boss
30. TALK 8
31. CS Nielsen - Black spots
32. Tape - Sand dunes
33. The Psyke Project - For us to see for us to help
34. TALK 9
35. Cortex - Shark boys die hard
36. Viola - I don't know how to party
37. Don't Be A Stranger - Lonely together
38. TALK 10
39. Broder Daniel - What clowns are we