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 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”.
(THIS IS NOT A MIKA VAINIO BIOGRAPHY OR MONOGRAPH)