MIKA VAINIO
M.T.V. 15.05.63 Ð 12.04.2017
PTYT 092
9781910467114

RRP £29.99
Release Date 21st June 2019

blastfirstpetite's 'Psychopomp for M.T.V.' a 260 page, full colour, hardback book.

[a psychopomp is a 'guide of souls', whose purpose is to escort deceased souls from Earth to The Afterlife]

A Limited Edition of 1,000 copies containing:

~ A heart-wrenching collection of photographs from the Vainio family archive.

~ A broad range of artistic contributions (text, photographic and visual remembrances) from Mika's artist friends and collaborators.

~ An Updated and exhaustive Mika discography.

~ Jennifer Lucy Allen's unedited transcript for her The Wire magazine 2013 'Invisible Jukebox' ' one of Mika's most animated media responses.

~ A variety of Pansonic ephemera from Paul Smith's own Blast First archives.

+++ an album length exclusive CD of previously unreleased Pansonic performance recordings - 'Turku Moai - live on Rapa Nui'.

WARNING Ð THIS IS NOT A MIKA VAINIO BIOGRAPHY OR MONOGRAPH

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