In Memoriam Mika Vainio 1963-2017: Electronic music loses pioneer in animated ultra-minimalsime

by Sven Schlijper-Karssenberg
14 April 201730 March 2022
4 min read
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Dinsdag 12 april 2017 overleed de Finse pionier in de avant-garde elektronische muziek Mika Vainio. Hij werd 53 jaar oud. Volgens Finse media overleed Vainio bij een ongeval op vakantie in Frankrijk.
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Mika Vainio geldt als lichtend voorbeeld en inspiratiebron. Veel artiesten uit de elektronische muziekwereld zijn dan ook met stomheid geslagen en reageren op social media vol ongeloof en verdriet op het overlijdensbericht.
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Sven Schlijper-Karssenberg

Sets his ear to places he does not yet know in today's sound. Writes the catalogue raisonné of Swedish artist Leif Elggren's oeuvre, is a board member of Unsounds and programmes music at GOGBOT Festival. His essays on sound art have appeared on releases by Pietro Riparbelli, Michael Esposito, Niels Lyhnne Løkkegaard and John Duncan.View Author posts

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