Laika & The Cosmonauts: Absurdistan CD uudenveroinen

Laika & The Cosmonauts – Absurdistan CD (uudenveroinen)

Label:Warner/Fazer – 0630-18515-2

Format:CD, Album

Country:Finland

Released:1997

Genre:Rock

Style:Surf

Tracklist

1Disconnected4:14

2Turquoise2:45

3Look! No Head!3:08

4The Hypno-Wheel4:01

5Boris The Conductor2:17

6Lands End2:28

7Circumstantial Evidence4:25

8The Freefaller2:40

9Syncophant2:21

10Silenzio5:09

11Hi & Lo3:45

12Nanaki4:19

13Rough Ground4:02

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ? – Fazer Records
• Copyright © – Fazer Records
• Record Company – Warner Music Finland Oy
• Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
• Recorded At – Finnvox
• Recorded At – Hitsville IV Studio
• Mixed At – Finnvox
• Mastered At – Finnvox
• Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Finland OY

Credits

• Arranged By – Janne Haavisto, Matti Pitsinki, Mikko Lankinen, Tom Nyman
• Design [Cover], Artwork By – Alvar Gullichsen
• Mastered By – Pauli Saastamoinen
• Mixed By – Janne Haavisto, Risto Hemmi, Tom Nyman
• Producer – Janne Haavisto, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Tom Nyman
• Recorded By – Risto Hemmi
• Recorded By [Additional Recording] – Laika & The Cosmonauts
• Written-By – J. Haavisto* (tracks: 4, 7, 8,), M. Pitsinki* (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9, 12,), M. Lankinen* (tracks: 2, 3, 10, 11), T. Nyman* (tracks: 6, 13)

?From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laika & the Cosmonauts

Origin Finland

Genres

• Surf rock
• instrumental rock
• rautalanka

Years active1987–2008

Labels

• Yep Roc Records (US)
• Grandpop Records (Finland)

Past members

• Mikko Lankinen
• Janne Haavisto
• Matti Pitsinki
• Tom Nyman[1][2]

Laika & the Cosmonauts were a Finnish rock band. They had the same lineup from the time they formed in 1987 until they stopped recording in 2008. The band was named after Laika, a Soviet space dog that died on board Sputnik 2 in 1957. Their sound was usually described as surf rock, but a Boston Globe review noted that the band's sound is "far beyond the limitations of any specific genre."[3] The band relied heavily on the Finnish rautalanka electric guitar tradition.

They toured the United States and Europe several times. Al Jourgensen of Ministry called them "the best f**king band in the world".[4] In an email to the band's mailing list on 23 April 2008, Laika & the Cosmonauts announced they would be drawing their twenty-year career to a close with an American tour through the summer of 2008. The tour ended with shows at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas that fall. A compilation album, Cosmopolis, was released at the start of the tour.[citation needed]

Band members[edit]

• Mikko Lankinen – guitar
• Matti Pitsinki – organ, guitar
• Tom Nyman – bass
• Janne Haavisto – drums

Discography[edit]

• C'mon Do the Laika (1988)
• Surfs You Right (1990)
• Instruments of Terror (1992)[5]
• The Amazing Colossal Band (1995)
• Zero Gravity (US compilation, 1996)
• Absurdistan (1997)
• Laika Sex Machine (live, 2000)[6]
• Local Warming (2004)
• Cosmopolis (compilation, 2008)

References[edit]

^ "Laika & the Cosmonauts: profile and discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015. ^ "Laika & the Cosmonauts". yeproc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021. ^ Tomlinson, Sarah (6 February 2004). "Laika and the Cosmonauts: Local Warming". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 July 2015. ^ "Laika & The Cosmonauts". Yep Roc Records. Retrieved 5 July 2015. ^ "Laika & the Cosmonauts – Instruments of Terror". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021. ^ "Laika and the Cosmonauts – Laika Sex Machine". atomicmag.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

External links[edit]

• 2004 NPR interview
• Laika & the Cosmonauts Allmusic

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