Erikoisdance editions vary from Super to Not That Limited on the CDr Availability Scale, and can usually be bought from the
Clone Records,
Ektro Records and
If Society
web shops, plus Pitkämies (records, comics etc.) and the Myymälä 2 gallery shop in Helsinki.
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Mallisto
"Juhannus 3008"
(Released September 2009)
Mallisto, founded in Helsinki in the mid-nineties, was active off and on for several years with slightly varying lineups. A year or so of semi-active live playing gradually saw the bands output evolve from childish instrumental electro pop to a peculiar lofi sound, mixing synth pop and psychedelia.
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.
A remix provided by Erikoismies is also included.
File under – electronics, ambient synth folk, psychedelia, pop, home recording
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Artists Anonymous 4
(Bunker records, 2009)
Compilation 12" with Hadamard, The Pulse Projects,Star-kid, Loyal Plastic robot, Interfunk, Voltron ST-727 and Erikoismies. Edition of 100 on beautiful red vinyl!
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Die Todesmaschine
"Moskstraumen"
(Released May 2009)
The 12th Erikoisdance CDr offers a long EP length of old material by the labels in-house Outsider Dance super group Die Todesmaschine. Here the notoriously unproductive duo display their trademark style of homegrown synth tracks in 4 examples, along with some versions and remix material — epic Vangelis-on-a-budget strings, off-center basslines obscured by metallic flange, faux 70’s Glam Rock drum patterns and a healthy dose of crunchy tape delay feedback.
This is in fact very close to everything they have recorded during the last 6 or so years (except for that one track released under the alias Detox, on the now sadly defunkt Kommando 6 label back in 2004).
A remix by Vince Koreman (of Ra-X and Virgin Fang fame), exclusively commissioned for this release, is also included.
"A must for everybody! (Track 5 suprise hit of the year)"
- Myymala2 blog
File under – electronics, outsider dance, synthesizer music, electro
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Omni Gideon
"Sähkölasku"
(Released December 2008)
With persistent determination Omni Gideon lets synth funk simmer down to a pulp – at times reducing it to a clear liquid, surface sprinkled with washes of skeletal electricity, at times to a quagmire of analog oscillation, MIDI overflow and short-circuiting drum machines.
Sähkölasku is a song of praise, lauding both the beauty of the synthetic soundwave and the independent creative power of machines.
The CDr contains an exclusively comissioned edit by Helsinki House legend ODJ Harri.
"[...] as stunningly beautiful as it is simplistic."
- Kek-W / Kid Shirt blog
File under – electronics, post-house, midi jazz, outsider dance, creative automation, home recording, electro
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Mr. Yakamoto
"New Age Home Recordings"
(Released August 2008)
The 10th installment in the series of Erikoisdance CDr’s, now in its 4th year, celebrates the tradition and creative technological approach of New Age Synthesizer Music.
Marrying the rugged, unrefined aesthetics of home studio production with the creative capacity of equipment such as the Emax II – descendant of the groundbreaking Emulators: the flagships of high-end sampling technology manufactured by Emu Systems in the 80’s, used to their full spectrum by the likes of Software and Kitaro – Mr. Yakamoto conjures up a vibrant sonic palette of melancholic beauty, harmony and the unexpected.
Includes exclusive Rainer Werner mix/edit!
File under – electronics, neo new age, synthesizer/drum machine music,
midi jazz, outsider dance, techno, electro, ambient
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Erikoismies
"CDR Tracks"
(Released April 1, 2008)
More drum machines. More arpeggiators. More random fuzzy logic melodies. More preset Roland sounds. More compression. More dynamics. More of that friendly home-made hiss and mains hum we all love so much…
7 new Erikoismies tracks with more of absolutely everything!
Includes exclusive Poly-T edit.
"It's hard to pinpoint why Erikoismies's handle on bygone electronic esoterica is so refreshing [...] maybe it's that he marries a modern sensibility with ostensibly dated technology"
- David Stubbs / The Wire
File under – electronics, post-house, synthesizer/drum machine music, outsider dance, techno, electro etc.
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"Diabolus in Musica – The Erikoisdance Compilation"
(Released March 14, 2008)
"[...] The Method, involving phases familiar to no other musical theory or practice, differs from most every more widely known technique of creative audio production in the highest degree, and is used for the sole purpose of summoning forth what could easiest be described as The Spirit of The Apparatus."
Non-baryonic form
"Stereo Balance in The Phythm Part"
(Released January 1, 2008)
File under - electronics, techno, electro, post-Irdial freeform house, experimental, ambient, home recording, drum machine music, creative automation, outsider dance or any other appropriate genre definition, existing or new.
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Poly-T
"Complete Works - Recordings and edits made in Pori 2004-2007"
No drum machines or woolly analog synths on this one. The 6th issue of the Erikoisdance CD(r) series is as digital as it gets (or as digital as WE get at least). 5 rigidly looping primitive computer edits by Poly-T. Stuck CD player style! Very funky.
You say: "- I could do that myself, with a Mac and Audacity!"
We say: "- Yes, but why bother? Poly-T did it already, and this 2 euro CDr is way cheaper than a Mac!"
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Artists Anonymous 2
(Bunker records, 2007)
Compilation 12" featuring 4 tracks by Erikoismies together with Hadamard, Manasyt and The Pulse Project. Plus an inlay sheet with some fantastic Robot and Dragon Art by Rui, the label owners son.
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Electric Nights Vol. 2
(Kommando 6, 2005)
Compilation 12" on the now sadly defunct Kommando 6 label.
Weltwirtschaft, Polygamy Boys, Moon Disco, Manasyt, Alex Norinh and me.
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Ground shattering first release on Doppelganger Records from Galaxian. 7 tracks of sublime electro inspiration. Dark atmospherics, menacing basslines and creeping grooves combine to make this a future classic.
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