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Advanced Art
Origin
Poko
Spinoffs
  • Shade Factory
  • Impakt!
    • Spinoff of
    • Authorized Version
    Members
    • Pasi Janhunen
    • Petja Valasvaara
    Past members
    • Petri Huttunen
    • Jarkko Tuohimaa
    • Otto Kuusinen
    • P.W.
    • Reeta-Maria Hällilä
    Websiteadvancedart.bandcamp.com

    Advanced Art was one of the pioneers of

    MTV Europe. The band never toured extensively but concentrated on one-off performances, sometimes in unusual locations.[2]

    History

    In 1985, Pasi Janhunen, Petri Huttunen, and Petja Valasvaara formed a music project named Authorized Version in Tampere, Finland. After producing a couple of demos, the band changed their name in 1988 to "Advanced Art" when it became apparent that local media could not spell the English name "Authorized Version" correctly.[3] The band's first official releases were split releases with Finnish goth band Two Witches.[4]

    The band's early sound was decidedly synthpop in nature,[5] but by the 90s the band honed a style of EBM that was characterized by fast sequences and "unpolished" percussion.[1] Access to better music equipment and technology over time contributed to the turn away from melodic structures and towards a more challenging industrial aesthetic.[4] The band brought on additional members during live shows for percussion using various metal objects specifically to achieve a "harsher" sound.[3]

    After the band's demo and indie vinyl stage Poko Rekords signed Advanced Art in 1991.[1] The collaboration resulted in two maxi singles, "Scar" and "Time," and their first album, Product.[6] After the release of their second CD, Force, the band embarked on a limited promotional tour in Sweden. Prior to that tour the band had played more than 50 shows, but not as part of an organized tour.[3]

    In 1995, VUZ Records released a retrospective compilation including early demo material alongside material from Two Witches. The band effectively ceased activity thereafter.

    In 2015, the band released a pair of anthologies: Darkhive - The Tape And Vinyl Years containing demo material from their pre-Poko Records releases as well as their first 12" "Scar", and a 2 CD set entitled Archive containing 37 live and demo tracks dating back as far as 1987.[7] Archive was released by the EK Product label, which had signed Vince & PW's band, Impackt!, in the 2010s.[1]

    In 2021, Ville Brusi of Neuroactive requested an Advanced Art remix for his Aeronaut V project, resulting in Valasvaara and Janhunen reuniting in the studio to produce a remix for the track "Into Two."[8]

    Personnel

    Past Members & Live Support

    • Petri Huttunen (aka Pete) - machines, live
      percussion
    • Otto Kuusinen (aka Auten, Otto A) - machines, live
      sound engineering
    • Reeta-Maria Hällilä (aka Reeta) - machines, voice
    • Jarkko Tuohimaa (aka Factor) - machines, live percussion
    • P.W. - live percussion

    Petri Huttunen later worked with Shade Factory and Active Media Disease. Jarkko Tuohimaa was as a founding member of Finnish electronic band Neuroactive.

    Discography

    • 1987 CS Abstract
    • 1987 CS Act now Abstr later
    • 1988 CS Advanced Art
    • 1988 7" "Black roses" / "No answers no solutions" (Darklands)
    • 1989 7" "From nothing to nothing" / "Steel" (Darklands)
    • 1990 CS Clandestine
    • 1991 CS Clandestine (mis)take two
    • 1991 12" "Scar" (Poko)
    • 1992 EP Time (Poko)
    • 1993 CD Product (Poko)
    • 1994 CD Force (Poko)
    • 1995 CD Into the Darklands - Early years 1987-89 (VUZ)
    • 2015 LP/Digital Darkhive - The Tape And Vinyl Years (Artoffact Records)
    • 2015 2xCD Archive (EK Product)

    References

    1. ^ a b c d Inferno Sound Diaries (29 Dec 2015). "Advanced Art - Archive". Side-Line. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
    2. ^ "Advanced Art". Bandcamp. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
    3. ^ a b c Weaver, Rodney, ed. (1994). "Interview: Advanced Art". Infectious Substance. 1 (1). Herndon, VA: 51–53.
    4. ^ a b Harriman, Andi (27 June 2017). "Advanced Art's Futurist Legacy". Bandcamp. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
    5. ^ Braeckevelt, Jurgen (10 Jan 2016). "Advanced Art: Archive". Peek a Boo. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
    6. ISSN 1062-449X
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    7. ^ Van Isacker, Bernard (24 Nov 2015). "Cult electro act Advanced Art compiled on 'Archive' – grab a copy here!". Side-Line. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
    8. ^ Van Isacker, Bernard (1 April 2021). "Finnish electro pioneers Advanced Art remix new Aeronaut V single". Side-Line. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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