MIKA VAINIO BIRTHDAY & MEMORIAL BOOK LAUNCH – AN INTERNATIONAL SOUND-CLASH

SATURDAY 18 MAY 2019, 7.30PM
PAINJERK (LIVE) + RUSSELL HASWELL (LIVE) + CM VON HAUSSWOLFF (LIVE) + PITA REHBERG (MEGO - LIVE) + ILPO VAISÄNEN (DJ DUB SET) + CUCINA POVERA (LIVE - AN ANTIPHONIC CALLING)

SUNDAY 19 MAY 2019, 7.30PM
ILPO VAISANEN (LIVE) + PAINJERK & RUSSELL HASWELL (LIVE) + CM VON HAUSSWOLFF & PITA REHBERG (LIVE) + CUCINA POVERA (LIVE - AN ANTIPHONIC SENDING)

A special event gathering together many of Mika’s old friends and collaborators to celebrate the publication of blastfirstpetite.com’s ’Psychopomp for M.T.V.’ in the form of a 250+ page, full colour, limited edition, hardback book containing 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 MV discography; Jennifer Lucy Allen’s unedited transcript for her Wire magazine 2013 ”Invisible Jukebox', plus an exclusive CD of previously unreleased Pansonic performance recordings - ”Turku Moai - live on Rapa Nui”, gathered from their celebrated 2001 Round-The-World Tour.
Mika's brother Atte, & sister Aino will attend on the behalf of the Vainio family.
The book will be for sale at the event at the special price of £20 per copy.
+ A Pansonic/`Mika Vainio rareties ’garage sale / auction’
includes a few of the last known copies of Robert Green’s 1998 edition of 500 copies of his Pansonic ’Arctic Rangers’ collaboration record kits.
+ other Blast First oddities along with such Disobey club giveaway debris -including two sealed copies of the R.D James (Aphex Twin) sandpaper DJ gift envelope.
+ FREE PainJerk d/l catalogue from his super-rare ’Japanoise’ flyers archive for all ticket holders.