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Mika Vainio started making a new \u00d8 album in 2014. He almost finalized the record before his too early passing in 2017. The album Sysivalo is the 9th out of 8 full scale albums, released under the \u00d8 alias by Vainio. \u00d8 was his longest running project from 1993 to 2017. Sysivalo was recorded during 2014-2017 and is 60 min long album with 20 tracks, produced by Vainio. He described the record as a distinct \u00d8 album that was going to include several shorter tracks, etudes. The title, Sysivalo, is invented by Vainio by combining the Finnish words sysi (dark or sinister) and valo (light).<\/p>\n
Like life itself, the album carries a quiet darkness – honest and full of hidden light. The many of the tracks are beatless subtle soundtracks of eclipsed emotions. Like an incapacitated creature waiting for something to happen.<\/p>\n
The closing track Loputon (Endless) is maybe the most beautiful tracks Vainio has ever written, Vainio’s last word.<\/p>\n
Written, produced and performed by Mika Vainio (1963-2017) in Berlin and Oslo in 2014-2017<\/p>\n
Compiled post mortem by Rikke Lundgreen and Tommi Gr\u00f6nlund according to Mika Vainio\u2019s notes.<\/p>\n