Artist : Mika Vainio
Title : Behind The Radiators
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2008
Date : 08/20/2008
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 02
Label : Touch
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 05:51 min
Size : 8,4 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Behind The Radiators 02:52
02.Behind The Radiators 02:59
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05:51 min
From Boomkat:
This latest addition to Touch's always essential 7" series takes the form of two new tracks from Mika
Vainio, recorded a few months back in Berlin. Both productions feel brilliantly tailored to the format, forging
a language out of rich, crackling layers of hum and minimal popping rhythms that flirt with the illusion of
being a particularly beautiful and freakish occurrence of surface noise. The A-side is especially evocative
of this, structured around a stumbling mid-tempo loop and a chilly swell of sustain and airflow tonality. As
with so much of Vainio's best work, this is a recording that's at once clearly rooted in forward-thinking
electronic music, whilst vividly drawing on vintage sonic elements and analogue instability. Flipping over,
the companion piece operates in a similar fashion, although the beat seems to modulate in a fashion that
would have you believe it's straying out of time, attracting micro-rhythms fabricated from crackle textures.
The end result sounds a little like an Alva Noto record that's been pressed up on some mucky, ramshackle
run of vinyl; or perhaps even the first Opto album by Noto and Opiate's Thomas Knak. In any case, Behind
The Radiators is another compelling triumph for Touch's singles club, and it's one which exhibits a real
understanding and love for the format. ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!
Part of the Touch Sevens series. Limited edition of 1000.
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