Ilpo Väisänen – Keskipäivän Hetken Sumea Vaillinaisuus (EP – I Shall Sign Until My Land Is Free)
Genre/Influences: Experimental.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Finnish legendary artist Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic) released this record to show his engagement about the war in Ukraine and his opposition against Russian invaders and their leader. It’s not a coincidence the work has been released by Ukrainian artist Dmytro Fedorenko – I Shall Sign Until My Land Is Free.
Content: Ilpo Väisänen released a total experiment mixing sounds and noises in a true sonic collage. Parts have been driven by rhythms.
+ + + : The concept and engagement of the artist is probably more significant than the work. This is stuff for Experimental lovers who are into improvisation. I prefer the second cut for the Industrial sound treatments and the flute sound running through it.
– – – : The Experimental approach is hardly accessible.
Conclusion: The war in Ukraine doesn’t leave artists unmoved. This is a poignant and extreme testimony by Ilpo Väisänen!
Best songs: “Part 2”.
Rate: 6.
Artist: www.facebook.com/ilpo.vaisanen.50
Label: www.ishallsignuntilmylandisfree.com
About Ilpo Väisänen
Ilpo Väisänen co-founded Pan Sonic in Turku, Finland, in 1993 alongside Mika Vainio and Sami Salo, who left the group in 1996. Originally named Panasonic, the duo was renamed Pan Sonic in 1998 after the electronics corporation of the same name threatened legal action. The group disbanded in December 2009, following its final studio album “Gravitoni”, released by Blast First Petite in May 2010, and the live album “Oksastus”, recorded in 2009 and issued in 2014.
Väisänen released the tribute album “ÄÄNET” as I-LP-ON through Editions Mego in 2018, dedicated to Vainio. “Keskipäivän Hetken Sumea Vaillinaisuus”, reviewed here, followed on the Ukrainian imprint I Shall Sign Until My Land Is Free.
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