"... to use the real creative potential of new media in an
artistic and interactive way to create modern electronic sound art..."
Marko Timlin is a sound artist, composer, musician and inventor of virtual and analogue instruments.
During the last years he has developed his main musical and artistic objective:
the intuitive improvisation and interaction
with new electronic media to create his own unconventional
sound adventures and contemporary electronica
that is challenging the ears and the mind.
His music demonstrates a perfect balance between order and chaos.
Timlin freely breaks the boundaries of composition and improvisation in his non-contradicting
mix of organized
parts and completely messed up blasts of sound. While playing live in concert
the creation of his music
happens in real-time and,
therefore, is as surprising for the audience as it is for the performing artist himself.
He allows the audience to witness a dialog between man and machine.
biography
# Since August 2005 Marko Timlin is based in Helsinki.
# He started his musical career in the 90´s as an active member of the underground electronic
music scene in Berlin
# In Berlin he founded the group tritop with Antye and Jotka of Laub, with whom he released
2 CDs and a Vinyl-maxi on INFRACOM records.
# Collaborations with internationally famous artists like Laub, Tarwater, Jazzanova, Rope,
Foo Fanick and the 17 Hippies.
# October 2001 saw the release of Timlin's solo-album, landing on planet t, distributed world
wide by Intergroove. This resulted in two concert tours through Germany, Austria and
Switzerland and several releases by timlin on various compilations in 2001 and 2002.
# An extended concert tour was undertaken in 2003 with "human sampler" as timlin and
human sampler, playing electronic club music with guitar, bass and drums.
# In autumn 2003 Marko Timlin left Germany for Spain, where he taught electro-acoustic
composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Granada and in several other Spanish cities.
# In Spain he became an official instructor and lecturer for the world wide known music
software companies Steinberg, Native Instruments and Ableton.
# In August 2005 he moved to Helsinki to pursue his Master of Music in Music Technology
at the Sibelius Academy exploring the artistic possibilities of new media.
current collaborations
# since 2007 collaboration with visual artist Merja Nieminen.
# "Zeit_Raum" is a collective arts project together with the visual artist Kristina Frei.
# 2007 collaboration with the Berlin based experimental Double Bass player Klaus Janek.
# "Helsinki Invasion" founded in 2006 is a project including Pink Twins, Petri Kuljuntausta
and Marko Timlin.
# Marko Timlin was a member of the "NewImproMasters", a computer orchestra based
in Helsinki .
movie projects
2008 Neon: video work by Egle Oddo and Marko Timlin, 03_2008
2008 Suudelma: video work by Anu Miettinen and Marko Timlin, 03_2008
2006 Improvisions: documentary about the NewImproMasters, release 11_2006
2006 Zeit_Raum: the creation of visual and sonic art in real time, release 02_2007
releases
2002 Inside03 Compilation with timlin on PoetsClubRecords
2002 MetroOne Collection with timlin on Liquid Space
2002 Somebody else's desire is always a wild cat as timlin
2002 afri cola essentials Compilation with timlin on raum...musik
2002 the love we share Compilation with timlin on Punkt music
2001 landing on planet t as timlin on Punkt Music
1999 rosenwinkel with tritop on INFRACOM
1998 Fast Forward Compilation with tritop on INFRACOM