Pan Sonic

Pan sonic (originally called Panasonic) is a Finnish experimental / electronica music duo, consisting of members Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.

Pan sonic cite their influences from the forma

Pan sonic (originally called Panasonic) is a Finnish experimental / electronica music duo, consisting of members Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.

Pan sonic cite their influences from the formative early 1980s, with industrial acts like Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Suicide to reggae, hip-hop and dub. (Also the late outsider rockabilly artist Hasil Adkins is cited by Pan sonic as one of their influences, and they are not really averse to such country music as Johnny Cash.) Vainio often remarks that their music is a merger of these two schools of music; taking the harsh and pure sounds typical of industrial techno and spacing them out into longer, subdued soundscapes such as instrumental reggae and dub would produce.