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Mika Vainio
Helsinki, Finland
Mika Vainio is credited on 187 releases across 92 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1993–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
187
Pressings credited
92
Albums
4
Decades active
22
In collections
Biography
Mika Tapio Vainio (May 15, 1963 – April 12, 2017) was a Finnish electronic musician. He was best known as a member of Pan Sonic. In addition to his real name, he recorded under the aliases Ø, Kentolevi, Philus, and Tekonivel. He has worked with artists such as Alan Vega, Barry Adamson, Charlemagne Palestine, Alva Noto, Peaches, Kevin Drumm, Björk, Stephen O'Malley, Keiji Haino, Michael Gira, Chicks on Speed, Merzbow, and many others.
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Credited work
187 releases · 92 albums · active 1993–2026
- Performance · 172
- Other credits · 42
- Production · 35
- Engineering · 4
Studios: LFO Studios · Estudio Copito De Nieve · The Instrument · Haswell Court
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Björk
- Various
- Panasonic
- Tekonivel
- Kosmos (2)
- Jimi Tenor
- Philus
- Vainio / Väisänen / Vega
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