(((Pruttipal)))

(((Pruttipal))) is a current primary alias of Danish/Faroese experimental artist Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, which he's been using since early 2017. Before that, Vester was mainly active as Goodiepal. One of the first mentions of Vester's new moniker was in January 2017, when he received Viggo Jarl's Sculpture Legacy grant of DKK 50,000 (around $6,500) from the Danish artistic association Den Frie Udstilling; the press release referred to the artist as "Goodiepal, who has now changed his name to (((pruttipal)))." In February 2017, (((Pruttipal))) started a podcast series Den Stille Bløde Vej ("The Quiet Soft Road") on Danish online radio The Lake, hosting a five-part interview with a renowned Danish rock journalist and photographer Jan Sneum. In April 2017, a Danish online magazine Passive/Aggressive published Goodiepal's cassette 12369831, which had one of the tracks titled "Embowel The (((Pruttipal)))" and featured Kristian Vester's photo with Bjørn Svin captioned "Never forget Bjørn S. — he has meant a lot to me... says (((Pruttipal)))." In 2018, a Finnish label Fonal Records released 11857057 3xLP with music from Sami Sänpäkkilä's eponymous documentary biopic, listing (((Pruttipal))) for © & ℗ copyright notices. In November 2019, (((Pruttipal)))'s first official release came out, a limited edition 7" lathe cut 23195333 from NYC-based Not Quite Archaic, a "micro-label" subdivision of Baked Tapes. The single was named after Patchblocks, a now-defunct Northern Irish startup that was buiding programmable, open-source, stackable mini-synths between December 2013 and September 2018. The project launched with a successful and highly-publicized Kickstarter campaign, supported by prominent British artists, including Boxcutter, Space Dimension Controller, Kab Driver, Ed Upton from DMX Krew, and Barry Cullen, and praised for developing their technology in a transparent, sustainable and community-driven manner. On his release, (((Pruttipal))) criticized modern Eurorack/modular synth manufacturers for financing anti-immigrant lobbies through their "hyper-capitalist" supply chains, thus using the revenues from artistic endeavours to oppress and induce suffering on thousands of refugees across the EU. In August 2020, (((Pruttipal))) returned to The Lake radio with a 3-hour long "DJ Audio $var #79" show that's available on all major podcasting platforms. As of July 2022, Pruttipal occasionally teaches composition at Bananskolen.