Mika Vainio

Mika Vainio (1963-2017) was a Finnish electronic musician, composer and producer, one half of the minimal electronic duo Pan Sonic with Ilpo Väisänen. Before starting Pan Sonic at the beginning of the 1990s he played electronics and drums in the early Finnish industrial and noise scene. His solo works, under his own name and as Ø, are known for their analogue warmth and electronic harshness, from abstract drones to minimal avant techno.