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| | de stijl (usa) #ind 039 lp
o records (finland) #or lp 0the sperm “shh !” long playing record - heinäsirkat ("locusts") (16:10)
- korvapoliklinikka hesperia ("ear clinic hesperia") (3:50)
- jazz, jazz (8:45)
- dodekafoninen talvisota ("dodecaphonic winter war") (11:45)
| april 2009 release ; at long last here’s the fruit of a major reissue project taken on by de stijl’s clint simonson a few years back, intent on whittling away at pekka airaksinen’s ego chamber until he relented enough to allow for the re-edition of this priceless avant-garde artifact, borne from the minds of airaksinen, artist j.o. mallander (see the anoema-label collection of his early mind-melting sound-art pieces), mattijuhani koponen, and vladimir nikamo during the late 60s & early 70s ...
despite nikamo’s ties to finnish proto-boogie titans wigmam, dispel any notion of this music having anything to do with “rock” (or “jazz” for that matter) ; it’s a straight electro-acoustic improv session decidedly from and of the whole “broken music” sector, concurrent with the experiments of amm, mev, intersystems, et.al, yet far more lo-fi and wasted (the a-side’s guitar & feedback-dominated “heinäsirkat” rarely gets above 500hz) ...
easily the holy grail of finnish freak-out forms ; you can trace the roots of everything from kemialliset ystävät, avarus, & (especially) uton’s drugged haze to the blown-out amplified electricity of the sähko scene to this very recording ; that it’s finally available for mass recognition / appreciation is a serious cause célèbre.
highly recommended !!! |
| | de stijl press release... |
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sperm
shh !
ind 039 lp
it's taken a long fucking time, and finally, a fully legit lp ~ only reissue of this amazing helsinki monsterpiece from 1970. shh ! is highly collectable in it's original form on the band's own o records imprint (home of 3rd erection, samsa trio, one point music, etc). in a non ~ dream state, i've seen 2 copies and both were in a condition slightly more well kempt than "hammered ++" ..
shh ! is primarily a document of pekka airaksinen's experimental compostions, consisting of primitive samples, guitar loop feedback and musique concrete. probably inspired by a cage / stockhausen / et al, but actually more easily peeped in pre ~ lafms world, perhaps sitting aside ju suk reet meate's do unseen hands make you dumb?.
also involved were jan olof mallander, who has been active in and around art in several roles; as the editor of iris, writing reviews for hufvudstadsbladet, contributing to taide, and as the art critic of dagens nyheter. inspired, perhaps, by gordon matta clark's food he converted his cheap thrills gallery into a restaurant and instead of art, served the public vegetarian and macrobiotic cuisine..
and mattijuhani koponen, a poet, composer, musician, painter, photographer, performance artist, a gardener, activist in men's postmodern liberation movement (the what?!), he was the primus dramatic motor for the sperm. in december of 1968, during a symphonic poem of reconciliation made by cain and abel, he fucked atop a grand piano and, for it, spent 8 months in the clink.
aside from serving a brief stint in wigwam, i know little of vladimir nikamo but his presence makes sense; wigwam's first lp is titled hard n' horny.
you get the idea. ooh la la.. |
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