Kvitnu – the end

Today we present you our very last and final release. Yes, Kvitnu is being closed. Our amazing World is developing and changing extremely fast and intensively. And so are we, as an organic and integral part of it.  What time is better for a radical change than during such a great turmoil we all are …

Neural review for Pan Sonic “Oksastus”

Oksastus is a precious reprint of a historical release by Pan Sonic. It was originally published by Kvitnu in 2014, four years after the group officially disbanded. Their last official album, Gravitoni was released in 2010, while Oksastus is actually a live performance, which took place in Kiev on June 6th 2009. However, no elements …

PAN SONIC “OKSASTUS” – second edition is finally out!

After all the delays and some troubles on our way, the second edition of Pan Sonic “Oksastus” is finally complete, on vinyl and CD’s both. Since the CD came to us much earlier, most of you who ordered CD version already should have received it. And now we start to pack and send vinyl. In …

Zavoloka made a new Kvitnu podcast

Released by our good friends Eclectique. Tracklist:01. Muslimgauze “Salaam Alekum, Bastard”, Kvitnu 202002. Mingle “Shove”, Kvitnu 201903. Zavoloka “Sontse | Сонце”, Kvitnu 201804. Plaster “Harden”, Kvitnu 201905. Sturqen “Rito”, Kvitnu 201806. Pan Sonic “5’41’’”, Kvitnu 202007. Kotra “Lement 3””, Kvitnu 202008. Zavoloka “Promeni | Промені”, Kvitnu 201809. Ujif_notfound “L.L.”, Kvitnu 201910. Muslimgauze “Dome Of The …

Toneshift reviewed Ilpo Vaisanen’s “Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta”

There is often only the faintest line between simplicity and complexity, between sparsity and richness, and it is upon this interval that Ilpo Väisänen’s Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta rests. It is not so much that Väisänen’s work is fragile – he has built his career upon both Pan Sonic’s industrial-tinged techno, and the abrasive ambience of …

Neural about Ilpo Väisänen’s “Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta”

Neural about “Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta” Ilpo Väisänen was mostly known as one of the two founders of Pan Sonic. He was not very productive as a solo artist: we mostly remember his work in bands such as Angel, Fistpost, IBM, Rude Mechanic and VVE (his partnership with Mika Vainio ended in 2009 after their third …

Luna Kafe review for Ilpo Väisänen’s record

“I guess Ilpo Väisänen is “the other guy” in the minimalist electronic pioneers duo of Pan Sonic, now defunct. While Mika Vainio has released tons of solo stuff and collaborated with seemingly everyone, this is Väisänen’s first solo outing since Asuma in 2001. (He did release a couple of records under the VVV and I-LP-O …

First review for Ilpo Väisänen’s “Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta”

“Ilpo Väisänen’s “Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta” recalls otherworldly alien aural landscapes. Throughout the duration of the collection the way the sounds twist and turn is impressive. By holding back on outright sheets of noise what results is something rather beautiful at times. Layer upon layer of sound slowly melt on top of each other as mere …