4 May 2010 — The Mercury Drinker
"SPACE JUNK — Musical visions beyond time and space, exploring the the strange horizons of music and sound. Space Junk (in Finnish it is Avaruusromua) is a weekly radio show presenting electronic and experimental music from the early electronic heroes to ambient and contemporary works. The show has been going on since 1990, it is broadcasted on the YLE Radio 1 channel of The Finnish Broadcasting Company and it runs uninterrupted for one hour — 60 minutes — every Sunday evening at 22.05–23.05 Finnish time."
As the program is celebrating its 20th birthday, a selected group of 28 Finnish artists have been asked to donate previously unreleased
material for free download
for a period of 30 days. Zoät-Aon contributed a track The Mercury Drinker which has previously been heard only in live
settings.
A complete list of the featured artists: Pekka Airaksinen, Corporate 09, Dystopia, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Hepa Halme,
Koneveljet, Esa Kotilainen, Petri Kuljuntausta, Lackluster, Jussi Lehtisalo, Mac Mavis, Nemesis, Anton Nikkilä,
Ozone Player, Pharaoh Overlord, Rihmasto, Tapani Rinne, Rinneradio, Esa Ruoho, Jarmo Saari, Sigma, Siniaalto,
Niko Skorpio, Mika Vainio, Verde, Winterplanet, Jari Ylämäki, Zoät-Aon.
Avaruusromua main site
Track download
The links are valid until the 4th of July.
21 April 2010 — On MySpace
NOTE: The Zoät-Aon MySpace is no more. In case there appears another one some day it won't be 'official' and therefore no emails etc. should be directed there. Please use the standard email given on these pages.
4 April 2010 — Domo Arigato
Back from Japan. A big thank you to everyone involved!
4 March 2010 — A Secret Assembly
10 February 2010 — Post-Speigas
Thank you to all the people who came to the shows, to the fellow performers and to Arma & company for making the whole thing possible. It was truly a great, inspiring journey.
28 January 2010 — An Interview
A recent interview given for Introspect Webzine in Lithuania can be read here.
15 January 2010 — Lithuanian Live Dates & Japan Update
Zoät-Aon will perform twice in Lithuania in the early February 2010. On the 5th there will be an event in Mulen Ružas, Vilnius involving also the acts Girnų Giesmės, d.n.s. and Oorchach. On the 7th Zoät-Aon will perform at the club Jazz'o Palepe in Kaunas together with Alkis Įšalusiai Aušrai, Ramūnas Jaras and Kiti Matavimai.
…and an update concerning the the upcoming Keränen / Z-A 'mini-tour' in Japan. The
events will be accompanied by the following Japanese artists:
20–3–2010 – Urga, Tokyo
Molester, Cracksteel, Heartland, Kotowari
19–3–2010 – Bears, Osaka
Jojo Hiroshige with Futoshi Okano, Jigokuhen
29 December 2009 — Expanse
Expanse, an official mailinglist providing the latest Zoät-Aon news has been opened. The content is essentially the same as
on the Current and Live sections of this website.
The list allows no further discussion.
Subscribe here.
26 December 2009 — A New Home
As of 26 December 2009, Zoät-Aon resides at a new location, zoat-aon.com.
Please update your links and bookmarks, and more importantly,
do note that the previous email (at helixes.org) will no longer be valid!
8 December 2009 — A Radio Interview
Zoät-Aon was interviewed for
The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) in November 2009 along with Jukka Ruohomäki,
The Kolmas, Niko Skorpio and Pekka Airaksinen. Part 1 of the program Ääniversumi, including also the Z-A
part, can be listened to at YLE's website until December 14th.
Listen: Pimeän Aineen Jäljillä —
Uutta Musiikkia Etsimässä
26 November 2009 - Japan Dates Confirmed
Zoät-Aon, together with the Finnish noise artist Keränen, will play two shows in Japan in March 2010 (Osaka, 19th and Tokyo, 20th). More information about the upcoming mini-tour will follow.
26 October 2009 - Aural Alchemy
Zoät-Aon is currently working on new material; in addition to the upcoming full–length album an exclusive track will appear on Coagula, a compilation on Cathartic Process from USA.
On the 15th of November Zoät-Aon will perform live at Aural Alchemy
held in Tulindberg Concert Hall in Oulu, Finland. Also performing at the concert will be Pekka Airaksinen,
Vladislav Delay and Lasse Marhaug from Oslo.
Two weeks later (November 28), Zoät-Aon will perform in Turku, Finland, opening for the German pioneers of
other-worldly ambient music: INADE.
AURAL ALCHEMY
15.11. - Sunday
Tulindberg Concert Hall, 6 pm
ZOÄT-AON
PEKKA AIRAKSINEN
VLADISLAV DELAY
LASSE MARHAUG
Tickets 12 € / 10 € (students)
Afterparty: 45 Special
PYMATHON
