What is Pekka Airaksinen?
[[File:Pekka Airaksinen (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Airaksinen in September 2009]] '''Pekka Airaksinen''' (21 August 1945 – 6 May 2019) was a [[Finns|Finnish]] [[composer]] of [[electronic music]]. He started his first band, [[The Sperm (band)|The Sperm]], in the 1960s. The Sperm mixed [[avant-garde music]] with [[Jazz|free jazz]] and [[psychedelic pop]], as well as [[performance art]]. After the band's breakup in the early 1970s, he turned to [[Buddhism]] and stopped making music. He returned to music in the mid-1980s with his album ''Buddhas of Golden Light''. In the 1990s, Airaksinen founded the Dharmakustannus [[record label]]. He was born in [[Helsinki]]. Airaksinen died on 6 May 2019, at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rumba.fi/uutiset/elektronisen-musiikin-saveltaja-ja-muusikko-pekka-airaksinen-on-kuollut/|title=Elektronisen musiikin säveltäjä ja muusikko Pekka Airaksinen on kuollut|last=Fräntilä|first=Jarkko|website=Rumba.fi|language=fi|access-date=9 May 2019|date=6 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Airaksinen, Pekka}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Electronic musicians]] [[Category:Finnish composers]] [[Category:Finnish jazz musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Helsinki]] {{Bio-stub}}