tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18218509453592680642024-02-19T14:17:09.040+02:00Waves From Pacific-AtlanticPacific-Atlantic Records NewsTwisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-87504346588919720012014-03-19T11:12:00.002+02:002014-03-19T11:14:10.227+02:00New Track <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A new <a href="https://soundcloud.com/twistedkrister/future-games" target="_blank">track</a> from <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Twisted Krister</a>:<br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/twistedkrister/future-games" target="_blank">FUTURE GAMES</a></div>
Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-69563303859051265712012-04-26T00:39:00.004+03:002012-04-26T00:41:19.032+03:00New release: Street Biz's Lost Weight versions!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ARTIST: Lost Weight & Street Biz<br />
RELEASE: Healthy Obsessions<br />
FORMAT: Digital<br />
Cat.#: PAR-013<br />
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records<br />
RELEASE DATE: 24th April 2012<br />
FILE UNDER: Clicks'n'Cuts, Samples, Destructive Audio Editing, Office PC<br />
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<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/healthy-obsessions" target="_blank">Lost Weight and Street Biz – Healthy Obsessions</a><br />
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1. Healthy Obsession<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>02:25<br />
2. Crust Vibrations<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>04:12<br />
3. Heavy Necking<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>01:39<br />
4. Sissyfight<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>04:00<br />
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Total running time<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>12:20<br />
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For the lucky few who have witnessed Jukka Vallisto's music collection, said to be rivalling the Library of Alexandria (or Tikkurila at least) in the scope and depth of knowledge, it comes as a little surprise that his own music is so packed with layers of musical and auditive references.<br />
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A prime example, Healthy Obsession is a tour de force in rhythmic editing. Vallisto shows no fear when he's forging together original parts, fragments of found sound, dialogue subtracted to monologue, obscure (and sometimes obscene) jazz and fossilized rock music via the time-consuming methods of trial and (t)error. The result is a curious peek at an alternative universe filled with unknown pleasures.<br />
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Enter Street Biz, another soul lost to audio markers and mp3 compression. Although the real personality of this claimed Portsmouth, UK civil servant and presumed Gains Road, Southsea hermit remains to be confirmed, one thing is certain: The lad must be loaded with all the beer money he's been saving by staying at home editing music, these versions of Lost Weight's tracks among others, and thus having no life whatsoever.<br />
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Track #1 composed, recorded and mixed by Jukka Vallisto at Damp Studios, Leeds, in the year 2000. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 recorded by Street Biz at Submerged Samplers, Portsmouth, 2001.<br />
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Cat. # PAR-013<br />
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Listen and download at <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/healthy-obsessions" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>:<br />
<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/healthy-obsessions">http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/healthy-obsessions</a>
</div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-75332531260499235952012-04-20T14:08:00.000+03:002012-04-20T14:08:02.951+03:00New Silmu Release!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ARTIST: Silmu<br />
RELEASE: Bath Spa<br />
FORMAT: Digital<br />
Cat.#: PAR-012<br />
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records<br />
RELEASE DATE: 19th April 2012<br />
FILE UNDER: Synthesizer, Home Recording, Instrumental<br />
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<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/bath-spa" target="_blank">SILMU – Bath Spa</a><br />
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1. Bath Spa 2:57<br />
2. A New Low<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:53<br />
3. Black Nancy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 5:21<br />
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Total running time 12:10<br />
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The joys of hardware! Those cumbersome modes, big metal boxes with small displays, hidden control structures accessed with clicky interfaces.<br />
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This is what this record is all about. Preparing the instruments, scribbling down the buttons to press, then letting the tape run. Unleashing the automatons under the superficial control of two hands run by the soft machine of human brain.<br />
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These tracks are my personal poke at being the 'Synth Wiz' immortalized by the likes of Keith Emerson, Jean-Michel Jarre and Howard Jones. That mysterious, octopi-like player behind stacks of classic gear, dialing in new layers of electronic sound. The recordings are all straight takes: two or three synths, a drum machine, a human and some triggered sequences.<br />
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Equipment: Casio CZ-5000 Cosmo Synthesizer, Ensoniq EPS-16+ Performance Sampler, Roland SH-101 Monophonic Synthesizer, SPD-8 Percussion Pad and MC-500 Micro Composer, Alesis MMT-8 Midi Sequencer, Yamaha CS-01 Monophonic Synthesizer, Elektron Sidstation SID Synthesis Module, Kawai K4r Digital Synthesizer Module and XD-5 Percussion Synthesizer.<br />
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Recorded and mixed at Pacific-Atlantic Mobile Studio.<br />
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Cat. # PAR-012<br />
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<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/bath-spa" target="_blank">Listen and download at Bandcamp:</a><br />
http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/bath-spa<br />
</div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-89814882652846973002012-04-10T22:27:00.000+03:002012-04-10T22:27:38.319+03:00Social Media Meltdown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8mAzoOcR-EooyZTV7yxwYxIDqqXcsEvSpLaGjfpf1spCoG10qsTHEUh2XotnuQwv8KV-JfKtQ9gB2_0iDMmH2KHiaMSEszOu4LZpRHHztmVswSgzJlTXr2q5WBEYhGfjs5c0EUjPF_kd/s1600/FB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8mAzoOcR-EooyZTV7yxwYxIDqqXcsEvSpLaGjfpf1spCoG10qsTHEUh2XotnuQwv8KV-JfKtQ9gB2_0iDMmH2KHiaMSEszOu4LZpRHHztmVswSgzJlTXr2q5WBEYhGfjs5c0EUjPF_kd/s640/FB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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Yes, Pacific-Atlantic Records / Twisted Krister can be found also on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/twisteri" target="_blank">FB</a> with all the perks and benefits of social media!<br />
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ARTIST: Mallisto<br />
RELEASE: Juhannus 3008<br />
FORMAT: Digital<br />
Cat.#: PAR-011<br />
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records<br />
RELEASE DATE: 10th April 2012<br />
FILE UNDER: Eclectic Pop, Electronic, Ambient, Synth Folk, Psychedelia, Home Recording <br />
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<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/juhannus-3008" target="_blank">MALLISTO – Juhannus 3008</a><br />
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1. Laulu numero 1 [Silmu / Magda / Mitja]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>03:34<br />
2. Laulu numero 2 [Mitja / Silmu]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>02:05<br />
3. Juhannus 3008 [Silmu]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>01:27<br />
4. Halkio (Beats) [Magda / Silmu]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>02:44<br />
5. Syysjami [Silmu / Magda]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>04:12<br />
6. Juhannus 3008 (Bongo Mix by Erikoismies) 04:25<br />
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Total running time<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18:30<br />
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Mallisto, founded in Helsinki by Christer Nuutinen (kb/v) and Jukka Vallisto (bg) in the mid-nineties, was active off and on for several years with slightly varying lineups, Nuutinen and Jenni Rope (kb/v) being present in most of the incarnations. Either as a duo or with Vallisto, and later with Ilja Karsikas on guitar.<br />
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A year or so of semi-active live playing (at events ranging from ordinary club gigs to art show openings and private house warming parties in tiny student flats) gradually saw the bands output evolve from childish instrumental electro pop to a peculiar lofi sound, mixing synth pop and psychedelia. The only recording to enter the public sphere during Mallisto's active phase was the self-released EP Polku, performed and produced in 2000 by Nuutinen and Rope as a duo.<br />
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Quite sadly, as the band continued to further refine its trademark sound - finally matured into their very own specific blend of Lofi Ambient Folk Pop - their active phase also seemed to slowly but firmly grind to a halt. Today, not even the members of Mallisto themselves are sure if the group still exists.<br />
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Juhannus 3008 compiles 5 tracks, originally recorded in separate sessions, during a timespan of almost 15 years, but still managing to sum up as one solid body of work. Here a charming array of old electric pianos, organs and beautiful analog synths are paired with frail lullaby vocals and the occasional hand picked guitar to a most enchanting effect. Melodies - melancholic, warm and inviting - hover mid-air, gently held afloat in the almost invisible, ethereal embrace of buzzing oscillators, reversed tape loops and a strange kind of audible silence. The bands instantly recognisable sound is simultaneously both rich and humble, intimate and spacious.<br />
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Mitja: Electric Guitar.<br />
Magda: Casio CZ-5000, Electric Piano, vocals.<br />
Silmu: Ensoniq EPS-16+, Roland D-50 and SH-101, Boss DR-202 & SP-202, Yamaha CS-01, programming & vocals.<br />
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Car service instructions on Laulu #1 Kari Nuutinen.<br />
Front cover: Mallisto approx. 1998 – Rope (far right), Nuutinen and Vallisto. Photo by Maarit Hohteri.<br />
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Recorded and mixed at Pacific-Atlantic Mobile Studio except #6 composed and mixed at Erikoisdance Tower.<br />
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Original release Erikoisdance 13: Mallisto – Juhannus 3008 (CDR, 2009)<br />
Digital re-release 10th April 2012.<br />
Cat. # PAR-011<br />
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Listen and download at <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/juhannus-3008">Bandcamp</a>:<br />
http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/juhannus-3008</div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-35222273021983606302012-04-09T16:06:00.005+03:002012-04-09T16:41:29.302+03:00A New Mallisto Re-release!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwIu9hCn4JFAR4x2iG4u0fYAzWlHn_r7JoB4fj3mmCage0PEUZsTPCNd7qqFvB4LM-2F-FeNmRP4dND0TVlfteHkCgKL9JXp03w1lmkR7pTPWPnL8cs0_Rk2d76GlbiZKBpFw8x8d9_Vl/s1600/Mallisto_Polku+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwIu9hCn4JFAR4x2iG4u0fYAzWlHn_r7JoB4fj3mmCage0PEUZsTPCNd7qqFvB4LM-2F-FeNmRP4dND0TVlfteHkCgKL9JXp03w1lmkR7pTPWPnL8cs0_Rk2d76GlbiZKBpFw8x8d9_Vl/s200/Mallisto_Polku+small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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ARTIST: Mallisto<br />
RELEASE: Polku<br />
FORMAT: Digital<br />
Cat.#: PAR-010<br />
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records<br />
RELEASE DATE: 9th April 2012<br />
FILE UNDER: Eclectic Pop, Electronic, Ambient<br />
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MALLISTO – POLKU<br />
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Track listing:<br />
Polku [Silmu / Magda] 05:05<br />
Halkio [Magda / Silmu] 03:58<br />
Kuoriainen [Magda / Silmu] 03:40<br />
Kylpy [Magda / Silmu] 01:41<br />
Lisänumero [Silmu] 02:56<br />
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Total running time 17:30<br />
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Magda: Casio CZ-5000, Electric Piano, vocals.<br />
Silmu: Ensoniq EPS-16+, Roland D-50 and SH-101, Boss DR-202 & SP-202, Yamaha CS-01, programming & vocals.<br />
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Additional Boss DR-202 rhythm programming on Polku by Müsta Kirahvi. Live electronic percussion on Polku by PSI.<br />
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Recorded and mixed at Pacific-Atlantic Mobile Studio 1998 – 2000. First released September 2000 as a Pacific-Atlantic Records compact disc. Cover art by Jenni Rope.<br />
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Re-Released 9th April 2012<br />
Cat. # PAR-010<br />
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Listen and download at <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/polku">Bandcamp</a>:<br />
http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/polku</div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-3519801493433073612012-04-08T21:55:00.000+03:002012-04-08T21:55:50.962+03:00A New Silmu Release<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG8QmJj1O4eWJGe2BkJ5gvrHTxJr8tspBCyEXvbPk4KpFf0fqZUuK3X1m7SIn5vLcKUkSY5wQrc-KQq1pIHPLhngUtYqmAwsAb7xGxCqFR1J7CmCFqR0bVIWrGirD8OS5LnygDpYY1Dqj/s1600/Silmu+-+Default+Emotion+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG8QmJj1O4eWJGe2BkJ5gvrHTxJr8tspBCyEXvbPk4KpFf0fqZUuK3X1m7SIn5vLcKUkSY5wQrc-KQq1pIHPLhngUtYqmAwsAb7xGxCqFR1J7CmCFqR0bVIWrGirD8OS5LnygDpYY1Dqj/s200/Silmu+-+Default+Emotion+small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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ARTIST: Silmu<br />
RELEASE: Default Emotion<br />
FORMAT: Digital<br />
Cat.#: PAR-009<br />
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records<br />
RELEASE DATE: 8th April 2012<br />
FILE UNDER: Synth Pop, Electronic, <br />
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Melancholic sweeps, bouncy arpeggiations and interveawing analogue melodies for 2012.<br />
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Track listing:<br />
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1. Default Emotion<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>03:47<br />
2. Saint Lee<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>04:16<br />
3. Relevance<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>03:08<br />
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Total running time<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11:11<br />
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Composed and mixed at Pacific-Atlantic Studios by Twisted Krister, September 1998 – April 2012.<br />
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Listen and download at <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/default-emotion">Bandcamp</a>:<br />
http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/default-emotion<br />
</div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-31574651492974003882012-03-19T15:23:00.005+02:002012-03-19T17:55:57.257+02:00Faemi Mini<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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I found this unit at a flea market in Lahti sometime in late 90's. It came in a brown shoulder-strapped vinyl carrying bag. It was really easy to imagine how a little prodigy would be carrying her / his instrument in it on the way to the virtuoso monophonic playing class.<br />
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These imaginations are not totally unjustified, since -despite the looks - there is something strangely professional about Faemi mini.<br />
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The price was 20 Finnish marks, little over 3 euros. I had it customized with power supply and audio connector which set me back about six times what I paid for the instrument itself, but it was well worth it.<br />
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Faemi mini is a curious little beast. The sounds it makes are RAW: powerful, unstable and fascinating. The organ style rocking switches give a surprisingly large variation of timbres for such a small instrument, way more than you'd think for something that looks like it is intended for children. I have never seen the mythical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_(song)">"Telstar"</a> keyboard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavioline">Clavioline</a> in flesh, but it seems that these two keyboards share some tonal qualities.<br />
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Interestingly, if you open the machine you find that each key has a screw for tuning them independently. Not that this helped me in any way, I never got Faemi to play in proper tune. I later passed this keyboard to <a href="http://www.tasankokaiku.com/jarse/">Jari Suominen</a> (of <a href="http://www.shogunkunitoki.com/">Shogun Kunitoki</a> fame) who already had one and had also been using it in his band.<br />
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Here is what the very same Faemi looks like nowadays as part of Mr. Suominen's gig setup:<br />
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<a href="http://www.ruskeys.net/eng/base/faemini.php">Faemi mini at Ruskeys.net</a></div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-73891286080196521132012-03-14T11:40:00.001+02:002012-03-19T15:26:15.319+02:00Elekronika EM 26<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYqCwfjtSGfMXqIbh59ZqrKjvNh1Lgd0VctrmQWzvQ9_6CrwZlEYHEQrNxiDoQ30BnnUhbGbrbdiUZWPR9sZcJfvUDKDlzzx3UsO3_2-zgSKRbXb0j6a5nPpreOTgCougRyN6S_NHfv1P/s1600/Elektronika+EM26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYqCwfjtSGfMXqIbh59ZqrKjvNh1Lgd0VctrmQWzvQ9_6CrwZlEYHEQrNxiDoQ30BnnUhbGbrbdiUZWPR9sZcJfvUDKDlzzx3UsO3_2-zgSKRbXb0j6a5nPpreOTgCougRyN6S_NHfv1P/s320/Elektronika+EM26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Going down the memory lane: Elektronika EM26, a russian string machine / vocoder I used to have.<br />
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It is solidly built in metal case and it's looks are clearly influenced by Roland SH-101, the dimensions are also about the same. The switches and sliders are not of very good quality, but functional.<br />
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It is sometimes called a synthesizer, but with full polyphony and the kind of sound it makes I would rather call it an organ with sort of string machine-y sound.<br />
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The vocoder section is more like a basic EQ, and the machine is not capable of generating decipherable words, for example.<br />
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The overall sound is somewhat spartan, sort of cold with no proper bottom. I didn't find too much use for it, but the instrument has certain industrial air to it, which someone undoubtedly might find appealing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ruskeys.net/eng/base/electr26.php">Elektronika EM26 at Ruskeys.net</a></div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-78732994847302679202012-03-04T22:40:00.003+02:002012-03-04T22:43:21.380+02:00New album release from Harmoniüm!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuJTz90tl2qRCMjjMEfDpfh9xng2yx5idgLLyP71gjQh-8-AECez4ZZ5ILmw7WqPGmwdUhQoq8j_z6QdaU__kb9vBn_x4GZKxV8nfrHJBnZCk05rDOP-K1NTWG9_lVl-GTJ4l93WwIIXt/s1600/Harmoni%C3%BCm+-+Optikon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuJTz90tl2qRCMjjMEfDpfh9xng2yx5idgLLyP71gjQh-8-AECez4ZZ5ILmw7WqPGmwdUhQoq8j_z6QdaU__kb9vBn_x4GZKxV8nfrHJBnZCk05rDOP-K1NTWG9_lVl-GTJ4l93WwIIXt/s200/Harmoni%C3%BCm+-+Optikon.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br />
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ARTIST: Harmoniüm</div><div>RELEASE: Optikon</div><div>FORMAT: Digital</div><div>Cat.#: PAR-008</div><div>LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records</div><div>RELEASE DATE: 4th March 2012</div><div>FILE UNDER: Ambient, Noise, Abstract </div><div><br />
</div><div>HARMONIÜM – OPTIKON</div><div><br />
</div><div>Theoretically, a sonic vessel travelling to other celestial bodies such as the 55 Cancri b, could carry with them waves or other auditive artefacts ubiquitous on Earth, thus raising the possibility that we can seed music on other planetary bodies.</div><div><br />
</div><div>This is a concern among researchers who try to prevent Earth contamination from distorting data, especially in regards to finding possible extraterrestrial music.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Even the best sterilization techniques cannot guarantee that potentially invasive rhythmic or tonal materials will not be unintentionally carried along. The harsh environments encountered throughout the rest of the solar system so far do not seem to support complex terrestrial sound design.</div><div><br />
</div><div>However, material exchange in form of meteor impacts has existed and will exist in the solar system even without human intervention.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Earthrise 05:00</div><div>Portrait - Landscape 10:00</div><div>Difference Engine 05:00</div><div>Panspermia 09:59</div><div><br />
</div><div>Total running time 29:59</div><div><br />
</div><div>This album is composed of both purely synthesized elements and field recordings. Recording locations: Parainen, Helsinki and Hanko. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Composed and mixed at Pacific-Atlantic Studios by Twisted Krister, July 2011 – March 2012. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Instruments: Doepfer + Din Sync modular synthesizer, Korg Monotribe, EHX Freeze, Boss SYB-3 and DSD-2 FX pedals, PC audio edit suite.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Released 4th March 2012</div><div>Cat. # PAR-008</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/optikon">LISTEN and DOWNLOAD at BANDCAMP</a></div></div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-63730443352658001852011-11-03T23:06:00.001+02:002011-11-03T23:09:29.656+02:00New Re-release: UDM1/1 by Street Biz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LzmNZ4-MtBYqdWFeSeSBGkel5wV3Nd18fx_nyg_ZTNFDyHquIlPZTczlEqdTGgtDs1ANF278hOCGGIEyy6O8NW3yJ-u9wrJoI4XHOG712ZiDDeqb58y7yiA1ObLMQYzcqI7XtcE-zcB7/s1600/Street+Biz+UDM1+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LzmNZ4-MtBYqdWFeSeSBGkel5wV3Nd18fx_nyg_ZTNFDyHquIlPZTczlEqdTGgtDs1ANF278hOCGGIEyy6O8NW3yJ-u9wrJoI4XHOG712ZiDDeqb58y7yiA1ObLMQYzcqI7XtcE-zcB7/s320/Street+Biz+UDM1+2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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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.<br />
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<object height="300" width="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25520610&auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ffc500"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="window"></param><embed wmode="window" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25520610&auto_play=false&player_type=artwork&color=ffc500" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300"></embed> </object></div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-8843301538911132892011-09-30T09:40:00.006+03:002011-09-30T10:06:03.268+03:00A New Silmu Release!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSfrlRsjgOa0XCPT0dd8hGoIgykIOsHqShVIenZxNCwyM7iWvRNvpvOuCsX2qkAVn9zEEd8J0XVzfSIEuyL3KIdkPcjTd_l6wzurCUeR9I9f52CEb_UVNoY9GhwOL3LpMLEX4VCjtXubp/s1600/Early+Release.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSfrlRsjgOa0XCPT0dd8hGoIgykIOsHqShVIenZxNCwyM7iWvRNvpvOuCsX2qkAVn9zEEd8J0XVzfSIEuyL3KIdkPcjTd_l6wzurCUeR9I9f52CEb_UVNoY9GhwOL3LpMLEX4VCjtXubp/s200/Early+Release.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">ARTIST: Silmu</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">RELEASE: “Early Release” (Digital, PAR-001)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">RELEASE DATE: 29th September 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">FILE UNDER: Ambient, Drum'n'Bass, IDM, Experimental.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">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).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Track listing:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">1. Dawn 01:01</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">2. Ill Type Fanatics 04:00</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">3. Daytime Visions 01:55</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">4. Bright Bulb 03:27</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">5. The Chase 00:33</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">6. Plane Of Contact Between Your Lips 02:09</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">7. Kingdom Come 01:52</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">8. Hellava Tuchas 01:37</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">9. Rave Reviews 00:34</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">10. Early Release [Full Run] 17:12</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">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. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Twisted Krister: Progs, cut and paste. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Psi: Boxes, sampler and FX. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Very special thanks to:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Jenni Rope of Napa Books and the inventor of Buzz Tracker, Oskari Tammelin.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">Cat. # PAR-001.<br />
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ARTIST: Huuhkaja<br />
RELEASE: “Loistava etana” (Digital, PAR-006)<br />
LABEL: Pacific-Atlantic Records<br />
RELEASE DATE: 17th June 2011<br />
FILE UNDER: Psych Hop, UDM, Jeskola Buzz, Boss SP.<br />
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</div><div>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.</div><div><br />
</div><div>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.</div><div><br />
</div><div>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.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>1. Loistava etana 2:55</div><div>2. Linnainmaa 2:14</div><div>3. Puhekone 2:13</div><div>4. Elävä kummitus 3:08</div><div>5. Päätietokone 2:41</div><div>6. Rämälämä 1:35</div><div>7. 60 rauhan vuotta 2:40</div><div>8. Kolmas aisti 3:04</div><div><br />
</div><div>Total running time 20:40</div><div><br />
</div><div>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.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Reconstructed and mastered by Twisted Krister at Pacific-Atlantic in May 2011.</div><div>Cat. # PAR-006.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/loistava-etana">Loistava etana at Bandcamp</a></div></div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-67131558815764959732011-05-30T14:27:00.001+03:002011-09-30T09:52:34.447+03:00Two New Twisted Krister Releases<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim85Yo2DZ_g_5bucr1HR9oGfS05gLs6bUfF4cWem5-36AlCij6D0WDj5_0HFalhZPk5VIdIO-8WupMqHrXdt2qK_5CQRRVE-_AiSqWtbDnjdRg50w1FSrowaAcPIRJcEIFMM1CBnsDe49A/s1600/Twisted+Krister+-+Two+ep_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim85Yo2DZ_g_5bucr1HR9oGfS05gLs6bUfF4cWem5-36AlCij6D0WDj5_0HFalhZPk5VIdIO-8WupMqHrXdt2qK_5CQRRVE-_AiSqWtbDnjdRg50w1FSrowaAcPIRJcEIFMM1CBnsDe49A/s400/Twisted+Krister+-+Two+ep_s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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This day sees no less than two new e.p. releases from Twisted Krister.<br />
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<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/the-distance">The Distance</a> is a collection of dusty scary pretty waveforms,<br />
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<a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/album/the-drumbox-illuminati">The Drumbox Illuminati</a> on the other hand pixellated beats saved<br />
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Digital downloads and players can be found on <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/">Twisted Krister's Bandcamp page</a>.<br />
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</div>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-68892417733535274512011-04-15T17:34:00.007+03:002011-09-30T09:53:35.110+03:00Back from Syktyvkar, Komi Republic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXK_KsT6Z9IptErziCyiVu2ayb4FrK5OoTXz65YdJIJa3K4uv-O_gvT1hoJ1zqY0RIue9M_b5wZNHd0IEzPo_Ri9J82BxiQ24VvFp0YlHpZAvtsnnVf9J7Prs6EzFS76fRasT9c4mwAdD/s1600/1404+2011+Mixer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXK_KsT6Z9IptErziCyiVu2ayb4FrK5OoTXz65YdJIJa3K4uv-O_gvT1hoJ1zqY0RIue9M_b5wZNHd0IEzPo_Ri9J82BxiQ24VvFp0YlHpZAvtsnnVf9J7Prs6EzFS76fRasT9c4mwAdD/s200/1404+2011+Mixer.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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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.<br />
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"Twisted Krister's half could be a film soundtrack by some forgotten mid-1980's, proto-Techno Minimal Wave outfit from the continent, sat halfway between melancholy and gothic, and is interspersed with beautifully unassuming German monologues, crisply intoned."<br />
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Adam Harper on his Erikoisdance 14 review on <a href="http://www.thewire.co.uk/">Wire #320, Oct. 2010.</a>Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-84036907597271037422010-09-29T16:00:00.007+03:002011-09-30T09:48:11.543+03:00Work In Progress: Twisted Krister's Stockholm tracks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am currently working with some music at Pacific-Atlantic's Södermalm studios. A special, Stockholm-themed blend will be expanding gradually at <a href="http://kapteeninloki.blogspot.com/search/label/Musiikki">KAPTEENIN LOKI</a> blog under the tag "Musiikki".<br />
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I added a BandCamp player to the blog. It's located in the lower section of the sidebar on the right. <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/">"Matkalippu Utopiaan"</a> is also available (free, donations greatly appreciated) for download at the <a href="http://twistedkrister.bandcamp.com/">BandCamp</a> site.Twisted Kristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967064329392241700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821850945359268064.post-44117319491691398862010-09-02T14:24:00.001+03:002010-09-02T14:25:18.433+03:00Hey, recognition!<a href="http://twitter.com/thewiremagazine/status/21910529152">Our 15 minutes</a><br />
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