Twin bleebs

Mika Vainio on varsin tuntematon suomalainen musiikintekijä, mutta silti hänellä on ihailijoita ympäri maailmaa. Björk on useasti sanonut pitävänsä Mika Vainion musiikista, erityisesti kappaleesta Twin bleebs.

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Otteita haastatteluista

Sky international, joulukuu 1995

Björk kertoo mieliasioistaan [sic].

SAHKO

"They're a Finnish techno band - it's comical concept techno. They've got one song which has one bleep which goes at 110 bpm and another bleep which goes at one beat per minute faster so it takes two minutes to meet and another two minutes to slowly go away from each other. That's amazing, isn't it? When I go out in New York I usually seek out new funky techno; here I go out to get completely plastered. Ninety-nine per cent of techno is shit so I'm really picky but techno's probably my biggest thing. My favourites from here are LFO: they're wicked, brilliant, we did a tune together, a B-side called I Go Home. They've got very hardcore accents [Sheffield]. I call them up for chats because I'm a bit of a boffin when I get going."

Elektran kotisivu, 1997

Björk kuvailee Telegramin kappaleita [sic].

Headphones: I'm a massive fan of a techno band from Finland called Metri on a label called Sänko, I just think they're so brilliant, their doing fresh techno which is completely creative but completely simple almost innocent. And I actually asked them to do "Headphones" I thought it would really suit them and they sent it to me and it has become one of my favorites on the album.

Helsingin Sanomat NYT-viikkoliite, 1996-07-12

Islannissa tehty haastattelu.

Kehuessaan suomalaista huumoria Björk alkaa yllättävästi kertoa myös suomalaisesta ambient-musiikista. Islannitar on aikaisemminkin ilmoittautunut pienen, lähinnä eriskummallisia suhinalevyjä julkaisevan Sähkö-levymerkin ihailijaksi. Sähkön kuuluisin humoristi Jimi Tenor ei Björkiä miellytä, mutta Mika Vainion eli Ø:n albumi Metri on sitäkin suurempi suosikki.

"Se on hyvin rohkea levy - siinä on kokonaisia biisejä, joissa on vain kahdenlaista piippausta. Toinen taitaa olla 95 biittiä minuutissa ja toinen 96. Minusta se on valtavan hauskaa. Kuuntelen sitä usein herättyäni ja se saa minut aina nauramaan vatsa kippuralla. Se levy on yksi parhaista kuulemistani vitseistä."

Joep Vermaatin Panasonic-haastattelu, 1997

Mika Vainio kertoo Twin bleebsistä.

BLEEP BLEEP

Why do Panasonic make music which sounds so sparse and bare? What are their thoughts behind tracks consisting of a single tone. Mika: 'It's really hard to explain. We try to express ourselves in sound and you can't put that into words. The emotions and ideas we express are very abstract, there is no plan when we make these sounds. A track can start with a sound and we alter that in a certain situation by turning the knobs, that way the music is made quite intuitive. It's easier to let the music find it's own way, without forcing anything. Sometimes we do have a certain idea or structure in mind, but that is usually a lot harder to realise.' A song like "alkio" (on Vakio) with a tone that become two tones with different frequencies, or beeps going in and out of phase like in "twin bleebs" on the first record by Ø, are those not written beforehand? Mika: 'With "twin bleebs" I did have an idea, I saw the traffic lights in Turku (Mika's former hometown - JV) blinking at night, sometimes they blinked at the same time a few moments later they were out of phase again. That became the basis for that track.'

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