Category Archives: Sound

Outlining Sound Graffiti

1 Political Aspects, Question of Public Space
While sound graffiti might carry resemblance to sound sculptures or installations, its attitude towards public space is similar to the one of visual graffiti. Our auditory space is as much ours to own as is the public architectural space. While many struggle either aesthetically or philosophically for the public [...]

Two Sound Pieces (Hawaiian Rock & Wind In May)

Here are two sound pieces that I made recently.
First one is a comical noise remix of a song by my rock band, Väärät kaverit. The song is called Aika auringossa (”time in the sun”) and I named the reworked piece Hawaiian Rock Remix — the first Finnish rock recording ever was made in 1957 by [...]

Spoken Music

In 2007-2008 I made two “spoken music” pieces for a sound art course by Shinji Kanki. First one, The Funniest Concerto, was made as a interpretation of the theme “Boring Music”. I tried to express the frustration that emerges when one has to wait on the phone and listen to the awkward waiting tunes. The [...]

Wuola: Wuola

Wuola: ”Wuola”
Audio cd, download
Duration 25:51
In December 2007 I composed and recorded an album with the idea of a musical self-portrait. My last name, Wuolio, is an archaic Finnish word for a stream or river. In every place I have lived, there has been at least a small stream nearby. I decided to audialize my personal [...]

Mosaik: Var.IX / Var.XI

Mosaik: Var.IX/Var.XI
(Majaka Origami 01 // 2008)
Lataa (54,5 mb)
1. Laulu Harakoille
2. Puiden tanssi
3. Hän pakeni ikkunasta
4. Neljäs helmikuuta
5. Sade
6. Katonkorjaaja
7. Sametti
8. Kuva vieraan albumista
9. Kirotut tuulimyllyt
10. [...]