Featured in the documentary Who Killed Nancy alongside KaS Product (whose drummer he was in the early 80s), Thierry Mérigout aka Geins't Naït brings together two artists with whom he has already collaborated.

On the one hand, Laurent Petitgand, his long-time alter ego (and also Wim Wenders' usual accomplice), with whom he has already released three albums on Mind Travels.

On the other hand, Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, a reference in the ambient scene. The result is an intense and immersive album, often cold and mechanical, dark and yet strangely reassuring, haunted by fascinating voices such as that of Gilles Deleuze (Gilles).

"Ola is my attack dog, I've wanted one for a long time": don't be afraid of it, tame it.

Since 2014, when the Mind Travels [Ici, d'ailleurs] series was created, Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand have been working on one project after another with a great deal of sonic experimentation and with an unbroken passion.

It is therefore not surprising to find the fifth album "OLA" from this collaboration on our collection dedicated to "ambient, neo-classical and industrial music "."So Young But So Cold", a feature film about the Nancy Punk/No Wave scene.

For the album "OLA", the GN+LP duo is joined by an artist far from being unknown by ambient and IDM fans, namely Scanner alias Robin Rimbaud, to be pronounced /?r?b.?n/ because, in spite of a French-sounding name, he is English and lives in London.

The Englishman is a virtuoso of sound collage, a sound plastician, one of the most present on the electronic scene since the 90s.

He has produced more than twenty albums on labels as prestigious as Sub Rosa or New electronica.

A fan of collaborations, he has had the opportunity to work with many artists during his career, Kim Cascone or Alva Noto to name but a few.

We can say that this combination: Geins't Nait + LP + Scanner is explosive. From the first track, "MT26", we quickly understand the potential of this trio formula.

After three rather calm introductory minutes, scattered with modified voices and field recor- ding, the track progressively evolves with a rhythmic.

The loops merge and repeat, sometimes disintegrating and filling up with industrial sounds and more or less heavy metals.

This structure can be found on several tracks such as "OLA" or "MOUCHE", two hypnotic tracks of more than seven minutes that could remind us of Autechre or Muslimgauze.

We also discover a tribute to Gilles Deleuze on the track "GILLES" in which GN+LP+Scanner rework the conference of this philosopher "What is the act of creation? Gilles Deleuze is regularly featured in Geins't Nait's work.

More industrial and colder than the previous albums "Je vous dis" or "Like This Maybe Or This", the album "OLA" is diffi- cult to classify.

Some tracks tend towards dark-ambient like "MORPHENG" "9.95MW", others are closer to techno like "BRA".

Dense and complex at first sight, "OLA" is a work to be experienced. Intense and immersive, GN +LP + Scanner's work gives off an atmosphere: a timeless sound space, the perception of a cold, mechanical but strangely reassuring world.

A universe that some might compare to a combination of David Cronenberg's "The Fly" and Wang Bing's "West of the tracks"."Like This Maybe Or This" in 2020, the group that we will call GN+LP is a figure- head of our sub-label and this new release "OLA" reinforces this association.