New Re-release: UDM1/1 by Street Biz

This release is one half of URA Records' 2004 e.p. UDM1X2 which was a split made with EREBUS & TERROR. Originally released on two 1.44 floppy disks.

Listen & download at Bandcamp!

New Twisted Krister poetry release in the works

Here is a little taster of a new poetic release I am working on at the moment.

A New Silmu Release!

ARTIST: Silmu

RELEASE: “Early Release” (Digital, PAR-001)

LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records

RELEASE DATE: 29th September 2011

FILE UNDER: Ambient, Drum'n'Bass, IDM, Experimental.

Silmu's debut e.p. release from 2003. A brotherly collaboration between Twisted Krister and Psi, ER mixes ambient, idm, drum'n'bass and experimental styles. Originally included in handmade limited edition art and comics book, Napa 05 (Napa Books).

Track listing:

1. Dawn 01:01

2. Ill Type Fanatics 04:00

3. Daytime Visions 01:55

4. Bright Bulb 03:27

5. The Chase 00:33

6. Plane Of Contact Between Your Lips 02:09

7. Kingdom Come 01:52

8. Hellava Tuchas 01:37

9. Rave Reviews 00:34

10. Early Release [Full Run] 17:12

Total running time 17:12.

Recorded at Pacific-Atlantic Floating Studio in the summer of '03 with Ensoniq EPS-16+, Roland MC-303 and Jeskola Buzz. Multitracked in Vegas, edited in Sound Forge.

Twisted Krister: Progs, cut and paste.

Psi: Boxes, sampler and FX.

Very special thanks to:

Jenni Rope of Napa Books and the inventor of Buzz Tracker, Oskari Tammelin.

Cat. # PAR-001.

Listen and download at:

www.twistedkrister.bandcamp.com

A New Huuhkaja Release

HUUHKAJA – Loistava etana

ARTIST: Huuhkaja
RELEASE: “Loistava etana” (Digital, PAR-006)
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records
RELEASE DATE: 17th June 2011
FILE UNDER: Psych Hop, UDM, Jeskola Buzz, Boss SP.

Eight tracks of tape crunch from Finnish musician and sound artist Twisted Krister under nom de plume Huuhkaja.

Titled in a psychedelic fashion, ”Loistava etana” is a collection of Huuhkaja's works from late 90's. Sourced from obscure Nordic folk driven through complex effect nets of Jeskola Buzz modules, loops fabricated on cheapest available samplers and double-deck boombox tape collages, the master tapes of this mini-album were actually lost for over a decade.

The refreshingly unorthodox pokes at the traditions hip hop and other electronic rhythm music were discovered again by chance from an attic in Helsinki. Now, after some TLC combined with digital ironing they are finally available to the great public.

Best described as an Euro-eccentric attempt at imitating the masterworks of Public Enemy or the like, the tracks are a combination of the dissonant sonic signature of late 80's / early 90's of U.S. hip hop and pasty-faced rigidity of Fennoscandian youth stuck in front of Windows '98 during the grim winter months.

Track listing:

1. Loistava etana 2:55

2. Linnainmaa 2:14

3. Puhekone 2:13

4. Elävä kummitus 3:08

5. Päätietokone 2:41

6. Rämälämä 1:35

7. 60 rauhan vuotta 2:40

8. Kolmas aisti 3:04

Total running time 20:40

Huuhkaja: Field recordings, vinyl plunders, tracker collage and one Pepsi too many. Mixed on C-cassette and then forgotten under winter trousers for 12 years.

Reconstructed and mastered by Twisted Krister at Pacific-Atlantic in May 2011.

Cat. # PAR-006.

Loistava etana at Bandcamp

Two New Twisted Krister Releases

Hello Friends,

This day sees no less than two new e.p. releases from Twisted Krister.

The Distance is a collection of dusty scary pretty waveforms,
travels between dimensions both physical and temporal.

The Drumbox Illuminati on the other hand pixellated beats saved
off cassettes and lovingly knitted together on an office PC.

Digital downloads and players can be found on Twisted Krister's Bandcamp page.

Back from Syktyvkar, Komi Republic

This very mixer broke down in front of 200+ people on a gig at The Mix club in Syktyvkar, Komi. Fortunately, after some frenzied plugging and unplugging I was still able to play my set, though not in the planned form but a shorter, improvised one. Sometimes these things just happen.

Anyway, the visit to Syktyvkar was FANTASTIC. Syktyvkar was indeed muddy with some quite impressive puddles of water, but at the same time decorated by pretty birch trees growing on every corner and the ever-present vast U.S.S.R-style concrete blocks.

I met fabulous people, saw some amazing art and heard a lot of great music. I got some prime audio material from Komi as well, so maybe there's an EP coming after a while, too.

Recording Breaks With Erikoismies