Mika Vainio - M.T.V. 15.05.63 – 12.04.2017 [Book+CD]

Format: Book, CD
Catalogue No.: PTYT092
Barcode: 9781910467114
Release Date: 08 Dec 2023
Genre: Techno

blastfirstpetite’s ’Psychopomp for M.T.V.’ a 260 page, full colour, hardback book. [a psychopomp is a “guide of souls”, whose purpose is to escort deceased souls from Earth to The Afterlife] A limited edition of 1,000 copies containing: ~ A heart-wrenching collection of photographs from the Vainio family archive. ~ A broad range of artistic contributions (text, photographic and visual remembrances) from Mika's artist friends and collaborators. ~ An updated and exhaustive Mika discography. ~ Jennifer Lucy Allen’s unedited transcript for her The Wire magazine 2013 ”Invisible Jukebox' – one of Mika’s most animated media responses. ~ A variety of Pansonic ephemera from Paul Smith’s own Blast First archives. +++ an album length exclusive CD of previously unreleased Pansonic performance recordings - ”Turku Moai - live on Rapa Nui”. (THIS IS NOT A MIKA VAINIO BIOGRAPHY OR MONOGRAPH)