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Artist:
VAINIO, MIKA
Title:
20' To 2000
Label:
RASTER-NOTON (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
R-N 025CD
Tenth release in this monthly series from 1999 "about the cutting edge of the millennium." Miraculously, still available in small quantities -- all other CDs in this series have been out of print for years. 20 minute CD EP.
Mika Vainio
is the other half of
Pan Sonic
, alongside
Ilpo Väisänen
.
Artist:
VAINIO, MIKA
Title:
Onko
Label:
TOUCH (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.50
Catalog #:
TO 034CD
A collection of sound installation pieces by Finland's Mika Vainio, best known for his classic Sähkö recordings and Panasonic membership. The focus here is on pure sound output, variant streams of electronics, amplified hum, abstract hoverings and repetitious clickery. No beats, pure waves, fully essential sounding experimental music aimed for repeat dosage and maximum pleasure. Beautifully packaged too. "It marks a departure from his previous work, more tranquil, symphonic even, but no less intense in its exploration of the post-digital landscape and its quest to reveal the grain of the one/zero life-form. Imagine the sounds that cellular patterns might make as they face the scrutiny of a high-powered microscope. Or the soundtrack to a road movie, filmed in the Arctic Circle in high summer. 'Onko' means 'Is It.'"
Artist:
VAINIO, MIKA
Title:
In The Land Of The Blind The One-Eyed Is King
Label:
TOUCH (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.50
Catalog #:
TO 054CD
"This is Mika Vainio's 3rd solo CD for Touch, after
Kajo
and
Onko
. Best known as one-half of Pan Sonic (Blast First), Mika is from Finland and now lives in Berlin. Generally speaking, contemporary musicians produce too much stuff. It is easy to do. But if you feel like sighing, 'Oh, it's another Mika Vainio CD', then Mr Vainio himself has anticipated such sentiments with the opening track, a 2 minute blast which sounds like an angry animal breaking free of its cage. What follows is probably Vainio's most accomplished work to date, a series of rich soundscapes whose beauty is always on the edge of darkness. Not wanting to bang a drum, anyone who has been invigorated by the work of Mika and Ilpo in Pan Sonic will be keen to hear these more pastoral takes on their more propulsive sound -- in places, being reminiscent of Artemyev's recordings for Tarkovsky films, in others, suggesting sound recordings of frogs and insect life. All framed by the distinct touch of Mika Vainio, who confirms his long?standing reputation as one of the most acute musicians of our times."
Artist:
VAINIO, MIKA
Title:
Behind The Radiators
Label:
TOUCH (UK)
Format:
7"
Price:
$7.00
Catalog #:
TS 006EP
Finland's
Mika Vainio
continues the
Touch Sevens
7" vinyl-only limited edition series with an absolute stunner. The crackle and fire of raw analog used as a voice. This series is a non-digital statement that cannot be applied to digital formats -- the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the A & the B. The label chose not to specify the RPM, encouraging listeners to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. Artwork and photography by
Jon Wozencroft
.
Artist:
VAINIO, MIKA
Title:
Revitty
Label:
WAVETRAP (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
WAV 006CD
"After opening Wavetrap's catalog with his solo album
Ydin
back in the year 1999, Pan Sonic's Mika Vainio comes back with another offering for the label. Entitled
Revitty
('Torn'), the record is as subtle as it is merciless, while remaining deeply musical in Vainio's own unique sense."
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