Mika Vainio - Time examined

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Book, hardcover, 96 p., documenting Mika Vainio's installation and performance works.

All tracks originate from the installation and soundtrack pieces presented in this book. Track 4 was composed for Lars Siltberg's Candleflames Modulated (2007), track 09 for Anu Pennanen's A Monument For The Invisible (2003).

CD2 is a re-issue of the original CD on Noton/Rastermusic, released in 1997.

http://www.discogs.com/release/2010511

pretty cool

  On 11/28/2009 at 1:46 AM, ieafs said:

hmmm... i haven't heard any of his installation music (other than the last track on onko i guess). with him i'd probably think it's the sort of thing that's not really going to work with just the audio component...

 

still, how much is it? i can't find it anywhere.

according to the guy who created the entry on discogs, this is going to be released soon in the future

might be expensive but i really like that track on Onko. anyway i save that for xmas times.

available now https://shop.raster-noton.net/?release=Time%20Examined

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we are proud to announce a christmas pre-sale of the catalogue MIKA VAINIO. TIME EXAMINED on raster-noton online store

 

mika vainio. time examined

 

order#: r-n 109

format: book + 2 CD audio

more information: www.raster-noton.net

now exclusively available as x-mas pre-sale on shop.raster-noton.net

 

 

In the past thirteen years Mika Vainio has exhibited in some of the major art spaces in Europe, and he has collaborated with both a number of important artists and curators. Since his musical work has been in the focus of attention, his installations have never gained the broader recognition they deserve — without good reason. In the present book, an overview will give a clear outline of this segment of his oeuvre. Also his realized soundtracks for other artists, in the genres of video, film and dance are included. Each work is presented with a significant selection of images (installation views, visuals or sketches) and an explanatory text to deliver its basic idea. In the two essays Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Daniela Cascella – longtime companions and collaborators — delicately introduce Vainio’s conceptions to further enlight the reader’s understanding. On the enclosed CDs one can find a selection of tracks created for the respective installations and soundtracks.

 

catalogue + 2 CD audio, 92 pages, colour/monochrome, texts by daniel klemm, daniela cascella and carl michael von hausswolff

 

CD1 - mika vanio. time examined, all tracks originate from the installation and soundtrack pieces presented in the book time examined

 

CD2 - Ø + noto. mikro makro, this is a re-issue of the original CD released on noton/rastermusic in 1997

 

whats the best solo Vainio release that isn't ambient? i really like his earlier minimal techno stuff but the recent stuff i'd heard by him is tiny bit boring

ordered!

  On 12/11/2009 at 7:44 AM, ieafs said:

  On 12/11/2009 at 6:43 AM, Awepittance said:

whats the best solo Vainio release that isn't ambient? i really like his earlier minimal techno stuff but the recent stuff i'd heard by him is tiny bit boring

basically the stuff under his own name is the more ambient textural stuff (most of it on touch). pan sonic is the more hardcore techno material and the Ø stuff is kind the middle ground between the two - still techno but more subdued and atmospheric. all of the Ø records are comparable so if you like one you'll probably like the rest.

 

kantamoinen is kind of like pastoral Ø, there's loads of warmer acoustic sounding instrumentation and even some harmonium or something. kind of split between beatless sketches and things with the standard vainio type percussion but with the warmer palette. this one didn't strike me properly until i listened to the whole thing - it's definitely something that works best listening to the whole thing... it's got this weird nostalgia there that's not really found on anything else he's gone.

 

oleva is his most recent Ø record. kind of sounds like the cathodephase pan sonic record. more digital and 'clunky' sounding? it sounds like he might be using a sampler for the beats or something - less straight 808. the second half is beatless but not really droney or anything. sounds more like soundtrack music - quite dynamic and with kind of '80s synthy parts occasionally.

thanks for the tips, i will be checking these out.

i second oleva and add the happi and ikuinen eps as a good place to start with him. as for this, i think i'll have to pass. i have to really like an artist to be into their installation work as an audio release

it is important to listen to mika vainio whenever one gets the chance.

there's a digital download version of this available on boomkat for those who cant afford the physical copy (mp3/flac).

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=259780

  On 12/11/2009 at 7:44 AM, ieafs said:

 

basically the stuff under his own name is the more ambient textural stuff (most of it on touch). pan sonic is the more hardcore techno material and the Ø stuff is kind the middle ground between the two - still techno but more subdued and atmospheric. all of the Ø records are comparable so if you like one you'll probably like the rest.

 

The recent Vandal EP under his own name is an exception to the rule though...it's quite heavy beat-oriented material.

The book is lovely but I don't think it's worth 20 extra euro.

Yep