Ilpo Väisänen (born 1963 in

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...

) is a Finnish

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ian. He is best known as a member of

Pan Sonic Pan Sonic was a Finnish electronic music group founded in Turku in 1993. The group consisted of Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen, and Sami Salo. Salo left in 1996 leaving Pan Sonic a duo. The group was originally named Panasonic until 1998. In De ...

. In addition to his real name, he has recorded under the aliases ''I-LP-O In Dub'', ''I-LP-ON'', ''Liima'' and ''Piiri''. Together with Dirk Dresselhaus he founded the project ''Angel'', later renamed ''Die Angel''.

Life and career

Väisänen went to

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

in the mid 1980s to study art. There he engaged in different art and music groups. Around 1987 he met and befriended his long-term companion

Mika Vainio 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 w ...

who performed as a DJ.
Sähkö 20 Years Anniversary Special Interview with Mika Vainio & Tommi Grönlund
'. In: cargocollective.com, access date 28 May 2020.

'. In: blastfirstpetite.com, access date 28 May 2020. In the summer of 1993 they founded the group Panasonic, later renamed to

. Their first EP was released in 1994 on Tommi Grönlunds label

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. That same year Sami Salo became the group's third member, but left it two years later. In 1998 Väisänen together with Vainio and the

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vocalist

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released the album ''Endless'' as ''Vainio / Väisänen / Vega''. In the end of 2001 Väisänen released on the

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sublabel Kangaroo as ''Liima'' two 10″ singles. The planned longterm cooperation with Raster-Noton did not materialize. He also released under the name ''Piiri''. Dirk Dresselhaus and Väisänen started the project ''Angel'', later renamed ''Die Angel'', in 2002 and have released various albums with a mix of

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and

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. In January 2010 Väisänen and Vainio declared that Pan Sonic would go "into a deep freeze" after the album release of ''Gravitoni''. The Architekturforum Oberösterreich in 2013 presented a sound installation from Clemens Bauder and Väisänen with the title ''Sharp Sine Square Wire Chamber Trio'' as part of the exhibition ''Architektur und Klang''. Since 2015 Väisänen has released various solo albums as ''I-LP-O In Dub'' and ''I-LP-ON'' on the Austrian label Mego/Editions Mego. His releases and live performances were well reviewed by international music magazines such as

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, The New Noise and hhv mag.Tim Caspar Boehme:
I-LP-O In Dub – Communist Dub
'. In: hhv-mag.com, 11 May 2015. In 2018 he released the album ''Äänet'', a homage to Mika Vainio, who had died the year before.

Selected discography

Albums * 2001: Ilpo Väisänen – ''Asuma'' ( Mego) * 2005: John Duncan, Mika Vainio & Ilpo Väisänen – ''Nine Suggestions'' (Allquestions) * 2015: I-LP-O In Dub – ''Communist Dub'' (Editions Mego) * 2016: Ilpo Väisänen – ''Syntetisaattori Musiikkia Kuopiosta'' (Kvitnu) * 2017: I-LP-O In Dub – ''Capital Dub Chapter 1'' (Editions Mego) * 2018: I-LP-ON – ''Äänet'' (Editions Mego)

References

External links

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