Pan Sonic was a Finnish electronic music group founded in Turku, Finland in 1993. The group consisted of Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen, and Sami Salo. Salo left in 1996 leaving Pan Sonic a duo. The group was originally named Panasonic until 1998. In December 2009, it was announced that Pan Sonic would disband after their concerts that month. Their final album, Gravitoni, was released by Blast First Petite in May 2010. Oksastus, a live album recorded in 2009, was released in 2014.
Links to Peel[]
In an interview with Phinnweb in 1995, Mika Vaino, mentioned that Paul Smith, founder of Blast First records sent Peel their records [1] and impressed by their material, invited the group to do a session for his show during that year. Peel would play some of their music on his shows through the mid-late 90's and once played a track from their Kesto (234.48:4) album in 2004. After Peel's death, it was later found out that he had a copy of their album, Vakio, in his Record Collection: P.
Sessions[]
PANASONIC John Peel 5th November 1995
1. Recorded: 1995-11-05. First Broadcast: 17 November 1995. Repeated: 22 March 1996
- Alku/Ureakemia / Gerda / Raml/Telako C S G / Rock A Billy
Other Shows Played[]
- 1995
- 16 September 1995: Levytela (12" - Four Tracks From The Album "Vakio") Blast First
- 22 September 1995: Levytela (album - Vakio) Blast First
- 23 September 1995: Hilyoi Tuscana (album - Vakio) Blast First
- 30 September 1995 (BFBS): 'Kirjoituskone (12"-Four Tracks From The Album "Vakio")' (Blast First)
- 30 September 1995 (BFBS): 'Levytela (12"-Four Tracks From The Album "Vakio")' (Blast First)
- 06 October 1995: Graf (CD – Vakio) Blast First
- 03 November 1995: 'Tela (CD-Vakio)' (Blast First)
- 1996
- 14 December 1996: Puhdistus (album - Kulma) Blast First
- 1997
- 05 March 1997: unknown electro minimal track
- 2004
- 16 June 2004: 'Fugalforce' (LP 'Kesto (234.48:4)') Blast First
- Mika Vainio
- 24 February 1998: Ionit (EP - Kolmio) Sahko (under the name of Philus)
- 02 February 1999: Sinkki (12" - Gulab Jamoon) Tension (under the name of Tekonivel)
- 07 April 1999: Termiiti (12" - Gulab Jamoon) Tension (under the name of Tekonivel)