Mika Vainio - Olento 2LP B2B Hank Mobley was the prototype

Hank Mobley was the prototype of the perfect artist for Blue Note in the 1960s

where earth and fire return to immerse us in the unfathomable and obscure depths of being a Man

‘The Devil Left Dancing’ takes a subtly off centre path

drawing in the infective indicators of video games

” capturing the spirit of DC10’s late 2000s terrace sound

Mika Vainio - Olento 2LP B2B Hank Mobley was the prototypeA resoundingly influential blueprint for electronic minimalism since its original 1996 release, Olento followed the more robust, 4: 4 pulse of 1995s Metri with a sensitively expressive, if still icy, grasp of pure electrical current that has remained a definitive hallmark of Mika Vainios sound. Bookended by shockingly sweet passages of music box melody, the album sees Vainio at his freehand best, coaxing out a spectra of atmospheric tones and rugged