The first
Finnish underground label concentrating on
electronic music. Mainly due to
Mika Vainio's
unique (and
extremely minimalistic)
sound, the label gained a big
cult following in the "
techno"
scene, and lots of
international attention.
Sähkö (finnish for electricity) was formed in 1993, and released five 12"s during that year. 1994 was equally busy, but after that the rate has been considerably slower. So far there have been 17 releases, plus one "promo" CD and a short movie. Apart from Mika, his Pan sonic project and other finns, also international guests like Wolfgang Voigt (as Mike Ink) and Fred Giannelli (The Kooky Scientist) have released their stuff on the label.
Sähkö has two sub-labels Puu and Keys of Life, which put out more housier material. Puu also released the first Jimi Tenor records before he signed on to Warp in the UK.
Discography:
Catalog# Artist Title Format
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sähkö-001 Ø Röntgen 12"
sähkö-002 Ø Kvantti 12"
sähkö-003 Orchestra Guacamole Saab 96 12"
sähkö-004 Hertsi Kohina 12"
sähkö-005 Philus pH 12"
sähkö-006 Ø Metri CD
sähkö-007 Panasonic 12"
sähkö-008 Mike Ink Rosenkranz 12"
sähkö-009 Kirlian Porzellangasse Grooves 12"
sähkö-010 Sil Electronics Tal-S 12"
sähkö-011 Fred Giannelli Telepathic Romance CD
sähkö-012 Ø Olento CD
sähkö-013 Ø Tulkinta CD
sähkö-014 Philus Kolmio 12"
sähkö-015 Philus Tetra CD
sähkö-016 Freestyle Man feat. Come to Dance 12"
Irwin Berg
sähkö-017 Bruce Gilbert & Frequency Variation LP
Ron West
sahkopromo-1 Ø Snowcrash Soundtrack CD
Hertsi was the former 3rd Pan(a)sonic member Sami Saari.
Orchestra Guacamole was a project of Mika Vainio and Jaakko Salovaara aka JS16. Salovaara is nowadays famous for being a producer for mainstream pop artists like Darude and Bomfunk MC's.
The older vinyl releases are very hard to find these days, since only 500-800 copies of each were pressed. A couple of reissues have been released, though.