Pave Maijanen
Pekka Juhani "Pave" Maijanen (3 September 1950 – 16 January 2021)
Career
Pave Maijanen was born in Lappeenranta, and became interested in music at the age of 6, when he started playing the harmonica. In the 1960s, he was already playing in several bands, the most famous of which was Mielikummitus, the background band of singer Kristian. Maijanen's music career continued as the bass player of the famous band Pepe & Paradise and as the vocalist of The Royals. Maijanen also acted as the vocalist on the albums of guitar virtuoso Albert Järvinen. Maijanen's first solo single "Fever" appeared in 1975. In the early 1980s, Maijanen founded the band Pave's Mistakes, which produced two albums. On the second album Pidä huolta Pave composed, wrote and interpreted his first Finnish recordings. The title song of the album became one of the greatest hits of 1981.
The first album to be named after only Maijanen was the solo album Tanssivat kengät, which appeared in 1983 and contained the disco funk hit "Aiaiai", published in the previous year. For the whole 1980s, Pave has produced Finnish rock and pop music on his solo records. Maijanen wrote most of his songs himself, under the pseudonym Maija Paavonen.
Maijanen was also a famous record producer in the 1980s. He produced Smack's final album Radical (1988) and he also produced albums for Hurriganes and Dingo. Maijanen has been called "the sixth Dingo" because he was actively involved in Dingo's activities in the 1980s and the band never went to the studio without him.
In the 1990s, Maijanen's career went into a downfall. His records didn't sell like they used to and a great misfortune was the last place at the
Pave Maijanen has been an employed musician and producer for his whole career, so he always worked in music.
Pave Maijanen has also produced music for the television. For example, the Finnish version of the theme song of the cartoon DuckTales is sung by him.
In September 2020 Maijanen revealed he had been diagnosed with
Pseudonyms
- Maijanen Paavo
- Maijanen Pave
- Maija Paavonen (or M. Paavonen)[4]
Bands
- The Top Cats (1964)
- Ours (1965–1968)
- Kopet (1968–1969)
- Mielikummitus (1969–1970)
- Smoking (1970–1971)
- Pepe & Paradise (1971–1975)
- Wigwam(producer 1975, bass player 2018)
- Lauluyhtye Fyrkka (1974)
- Rock'n'Roll Band (1975 and 2005)
- The Royals (1975–1978)
- Mistakes (1980–1982)
- Hurriganes (1980) (keyboard player and producer)
- Dingo (producer 1984–1994, keyboard player 1993–1994)
- Mestarit (1997–2002)
- Hector& Pave Maijanen Duo (2003)
Solo albums
- Fever / The Seventh Son (single, 1975)
- Tanssivat kengät (1983)
- Maijanen (1984)
- Palava sydän (1985)
- Maailman tuulet (1986)
- Would You (under the artist name Maya, 1987)[5]
- Kuutamolla (1990)
- No joking (1991)
- Sirkus saapuu tivoliin (1994)
- Kohti uutta maailmaa (1998)
- Mustaa valkoisella (2000)
- Kaikessa rauhassa (2010)
- Compilation albums
- Kaikki Nämä Vuodet 1969–2010 (2012)
References
- ^ Vedenpää, Ville (16 January 2021). "Muusikko Pave Maijanen on kuollut". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b Ylimutka, Leena (16 January 2021). "Muusikko Pave Maijanen, 70, on kuollut". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Mettänen, Heli (1 September 2020). "IS: Pave Maijanen sairastaa ALS-tautia – laulaminen ja soittaminen on jäänyt: "Aika huteraa alkaa meno olla"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Maija Paavonen | Discography | Discogs". Discogs.
- ^ Pave Maijanen 70 vuotta – Muusikko muisteli uransa oleellisimpia käänteitä pitkässä Soundi-haastattelussa, Soundi, 3 September 2020 (in Finnish)
External links
- Pave Maijanen – unofficial home page
- Pave Maijanen at Meteli.net
- Pave Maijanen's songs in the 20th century in the Finnish Recording Archive
- Pave Maijanen's compositions in the 20th century in the Finnish Recording Archive
- Pave Maijanen's lyrics in the 20th century in the Finnish Recording Archive
- Pave Maijanen discography at Discogs
- Entries at 45cat.com
- Pave Maijanen at IMDb