Pekka Airaksinen
Illustration — Pekka Airaksinen Pekka Airaksinen (1945 – 6 May 2019) was a Finnish composer of electronic music. Airaksinen formed his first band, The Sperm, in the 1960s. The Sperm mixed elements of avant-garde music with free jazz and psychedelic pop.
Pekka Airaksinen
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- Born
- 1945 · Helsinki.
- Died
- 2019 · Alastaro.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- composer
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- electronic
- Education
- Kulosaari Secondary School
- Languages
- Finnish
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Illustration — Pekka Airaksinen Pekka Airaksinen (1945 – 6 May 2019) was a Finnish composer of electronic music. Airaksinen formed his first band, The Sperm, in the 1960s. The Sperm mixed elements of avant-garde music with free jazz and psychedelic pop.
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Pekka Airaksinen (1945–2019) was a composer, of Finnish nationality. The composer was born in Helsinki and died in Alastaro. Pekka Airaksinen was educated at Kulosaari Secondary School.
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Pekka Airaksinen is recorded with the occupation composer. Classed in the genre electronic music. Recorded as a citizen of Finland.
Pekka Airaksinen performance at the 2009 Sonic Circuits festival of experimental music, 27sept09. Black Cat, Washington DC.
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Pekka Airaksinen died on 6 May 2019.
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Their concerts featured confrontational performance art, which resulted in two members being arrested for simulating sexual intercourse and screening pornographic films. Following The Sperm's breakup in the early 1970s, Airaksinen turned to Buddhism and ceased making music. He started to collect Tibetan art and started Tibet Art Center in Loimaa. He returned to music in the mid-1980s with his album Buddhas of Golden Light, which mixed free jazz with percussion from a Roland 808 drum machine. In the 1990s, Airaksinen founded the Dharmakustannus label, on which he released numerous CDs and CD-Rs. The music styles of these releases varies considerable, ranging from new age, ambient, house, jazz and improvisation. Airaksinen died on 6 May 2019, at the age of 73.
• One Point Music (1972) • Buddhas of Golden Light (1984) • Inner Galaxies (1996) • Madam I'm Adam (2003) • Sakyamuni 2005 • Mahagood (2007)
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