Ø | Sysivalo (2LP+CD) [Sähkö-037]

Ø | Sysivalo
Label: Sähkö Recordings – Sähkö-037
Format: 2x Vinyl, LP, Album + CD, Album
Released| 22 Sep 2025

Mika Vainio started making a new Ø 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 Ø alias by Vainio. Ø 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 Ø 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).

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.

The closing track Loputon (Endless) is maybe the most beautiful tracks Vainio has ever written, Vainio's last word.

- Written, produced and performaed by Mika Vainio (1963-2017) in Berlin and Oslo in 2014-2017.
- Includes the CD version of the album.
- Compiled post mortem by Rikke Lundgreen and Tommi Grönlund according to Mika Vainio’s notes.
- Vinyl mastering by Rashad Becker.
- Front photo and print by Mika Vainio.
- Sleeve by Tommi Grönlund.

TRACKLIST:
A1    Etude 1
A2    Etude 2
A3    Etude 3
A4    Etude 4
A5    Etude 5
B1    Sylvannus
B2    Etude 6
B3    Etude 7
B4    Katko
B5    Kangastus
C1    T-Bahn
C2    Uusikuu
C3    Pimennys
C4    Aine
C5    Anthem
D1    Dual
D2    Kohtalo
D3    Sysivalo
D4    Ursa
D5    Loputon

# Ambient # Experimental