out now: Ø - Sysivalo [Sähkö Recordings]

Artist:
Ø (Mika Vainio)

Title:
Sysivalo

Label:
Sähkö Recordings

Cat#:
SAHKO037

Release Date:
15th September 2025

Format:
2xVinyl+CD, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Etude 1

02.
Etude 2

03.
Etude 3

04.
Etude 4

05.
Etude 5

06.
Sylvannus

07.
Etude 6

08.
Etude 7

09.
Katko

10.
Kangastus

11.
T-Bahn

12.
Uusikuu

13.
Pimennys

14.
Aine

15.
Anthem

16.
Dual

17.
Kohtalo

18.
Sysivalo

19.
Ursa

20.
Loputon

Press Info:
Mika Vainio started making a new Ø album in 2014. He almost finalized the record before his too early passing in 2017. The album Sysivalo is the 9th out of 8 full scale albums, released under the Ø alias by Vainio. Ø was his longest running project from 1993 to 2017. Sysivalo was recorded during 2014-2017 and is 60 min long album with 20 tracks, produced by Vainio. He described the record as a distinct Ø album that was going to include several shorter tracks, etudes. The title, Sysivalo, is invented by Vainio by combining the Finnish words sysi (dark or sinister) and valo (light).

Like life itself, the album carries a quiet darkness – honest and full of hidden light. The many of the tracks are beatless subtle soundtracks of eclipsed emotions. Like an incapacitated creature waiting for something to happen.

The closing track Loputon (Endless) is maybe the most beautiful tracks Vainio has ever written, Vainio’s last word.

Written, produced and performaed by Mika Vainio (1963-2017) in Berlin and Oslo in 2014-2017

Snippets:

Recommendations:
Pan Sonic’ “Aaltopiiri” on Blast First
Panasonic’ “Remix EP” on Sähkö Recordings
Pan Sonic’ “Oksastus” on Kvitnu
Ø’s “Konstellaatio” on Sähkö Recordings
Gagarin Kombinaatti’s “85-3” on PUU / Sähkö Recordings

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