PHinn
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pHinn of Tampere
, Finland
is the founder and Webmaster
of pHinnWeb, a WWW site dedicated to Finnish electronic music
, techno music, avantgarde, experimental music
, rave culture and underground culture
. pHinn also works as a DJ, occasionally as a freelance writer, is an outsider art
ist creating surrealism
/pop art
-influenced collage
art, and is alongside Mike Not
the member of electro music act Kompleksi
where he sings, writes lyrics and music. pHinn's earlier musical project was Club Telex Noise Ensemble
in 2001.
pHinn has been one of the founder members and organisers of Tampere's Club Telex (with Mikko "mini" Niemelä of Polytron) and Eclectro Lounge (with Mike Not
) nights for electro music and other electronic sounds. He has also a run a small CD-R
label called pHinnMilk Recordings (2001-). In 1999 German De:Bug techno magazine featured pHinn in its "E-Mail Legends" series. The City
magazine of Tampere chose pHinn in 2001 as "The Best Underground
Man of Tampere" and in 2007 Aamulehti
chose pHinn as "The Best DJ of Tampere".
website that was started in April 1996 by pHinn. Its purpose is to spread information on electronic music
, techno music, avantgarde, experimental music
and independent music in Finland
; of artists, record labels, clubs and so on. The peculiar spelling of pHinnWeb's name is a reference to acid house
culture where "f" was often spelled as "ph" or "pH". pHinnWeb is also concerned with underground culture
and arts
in Finland and around the world. Among some of the non-Finnish artists featured at pHinnWeb one might mention, for example, Chicks on Speed
and Jonathan Saul Kane
. As part of its activities, pHinnWeb runs an English-language electronic mailing list
on Yahoo!
Groups.
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
is the founder and Webmaster
Webmaster
A webmaster , also called a web architect, web developer, site author, or website administrator is a person responsible for maintaining one or many websites...
of pHinnWeb, a WWW site dedicated to Finnish electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, techno music, avantgarde, experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, rave culture and underground culture
Subculture
In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.- Definition :...
. pHinn also works as a DJ, occasionally as a freelance writer, is an outsider art
Outsider Art
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut , a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.While...
ist creating surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
/pop art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
-influenced collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
art, and is alongside Mike Not
Mike Not
Mike Not is a creator of techno music from Tampere, Finland, though he has also produced industrial music , hip-hop, breakbeat, acid house, experimental music and so on. Mike Not has created music and worked as a DJ from 1987...
the member of electro music act Kompleksi
Kompleksi
Kompleksi is an electro act from Tampere, Finland. It was formed in 2002, consisting of Mike Not and pHinn...
where he sings, writes lyrics and music. pHinn's earlier musical project was Club Telex Noise Ensemble
Club Telex Noise Ensemble
Club Telex Noise Ensemble was a short-lived musical side-project of the Club Telex electro night of Tampere, Finland, combining improvisation and experimental music to electro music and even lounge music. Its members were Mikko "DJ mini" Niemelä , pHinn , Antti Koivumäki and Mikko Ojanen...
in 2001.
pHinn has been one of the founder members and organisers of Tampere's Club Telex (with Mikko "mini" Niemelä of Polytron) and Eclectro Lounge (with Mike Not
Mike Not
Mike Not is a creator of techno music from Tampere, Finland, though he has also produced industrial music , hip-hop, breakbeat, acid house, experimental music and so on. Mike Not has created music and worked as a DJ from 1987...
) nights for electro music and other electronic sounds. He has also a run a small CD-R
CD-R
A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
label called pHinnMilk Recordings (2001-). In 1999 German De:Bug techno magazine featured pHinn in its "E-Mail Legends" series. The City
City (magazine)
City is a Finnish free-of-charge magazine in various cities in Finland.City is aimed for the young adult population of 18-35-year-olds...
magazine of Tampere chose pHinn in 2001 as "The Best Underground
Subculture
In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.- Definition :...
Man of Tampere" and in 2007 Aamulehti
Aamulehti
Aamulehti is a Finnish newspaper published in Tampere. It has the second largest circulation of Finnish dailies with an average circulation of 136,726 per day and 140,802 on Sundays . Today Aamulehti is part of Alma Media, a large media corporation in Finland...
chose pHinn as "The Best DJ of Tampere".
pHinnWeb
pHinnWeb is a FinnishFinland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
website that was started in April 1996 by pHinn. Its purpose is to spread information on electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, techno music, avantgarde, experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
and independent music in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
; of artists, record labels, clubs and so on. The peculiar spelling of pHinnWeb's name is a reference to acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
culture where "f" was often spelled as "ph" or "pH". pHinnWeb is also concerned with underground culture
Subculture
In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.- Definition :...
and arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
in Finland and around the world. Among some of the non-Finnish artists featured at pHinnWeb one might mention, for example, Chicks on Speed
Chicks on Speed
Chicks on Speed is a multi-national musical ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, when members Melissa Logan, Kiki Moorse and Alex Murray-Leslie met at the Academy of Fine Arts....
and Jonathan Saul Kane
Jonathan Saul Kane
Jonathan Saul Kane is an English DJ, musician - releasing material since 1989 as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man, amongst others. He is also the owner of the record labels DC Recordings and Electron Industries....
. As part of its activities, pHinnWeb runs an English-language electronic mailing list
Electronic mailing list
An electronic mailing list is a special usage of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. It is similar to a traditional mailing list — a list of names and addresses — as might be kept by an organization for sending publications to...
on Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
Groups.
pHinnMilk Recordings
pHinnMilk Recordings, a small record label publishing CD-Rs, was founded in 2001 in Tampere, Finland as the publishing outlet of pHinnWeb.Discography
- Club Telex Noise EnsembleClub Telex Noise EnsembleClub Telex Noise Ensemble was a short-lived musical side-project of the Club Telex electro night of Tampere, Finland, combining improvisation and experimental music to electro music and even lounge music. Its members were Mikko "DJ mini" Niemelä , pHinn , Antti Koivumäki and Mikko Ojanen...
: Just To Disturb You A Little Bit CD-R (phnnmlk-0, June 2001) - Virtalähde: Virka- ja väkivalta CD-R (phnnmlk-1, March 2002)
- Kohinatuotanto (a.k.a. Noise ProductionNoise ProductionNoise Production is a techno music project of Mike Not from Tampere, Finland. Also Jani Ojala used to be a member of Noise Production but left around 1992, from which time Noise Production has worked as a solo project of Mike Not...
): Äänikemia CD-R (phnnmlk-2, May 2002) - Club Telex Noise Ensemble vs various artists: CTNERMX CD-R (phnnmlk-3, March 2003)
- Unidentified Sound Objects: Richard D. Anderson Album CD-R (phnnmlk-4, January 2005)
- KompleksiKompleksiKompleksi is an electro act from Tampere, Finland. It was formed in 2002, consisting of Mike Not and pHinn...
: Sister Longlegs Dances In The Disco digital download (phnnmlk-5, August 2007)