From his work in electronic pop quartet Bloodgroup, to his output as one-half of FaroeseIcelandic duo Kiasmos, alongside Ólafur Arnalds, Janus Rasmussen knows a thing or two about crafting nuance and restraint. Released via Christian Löffler’s Ki Records, Rasmussen’s solo debut album, Vín, marks a new leap into uncharted territory. It’s a record that finds the producer delving deep to reveal the full scope of his talents. – I often work really quickly and I tend to be drawn to really strange ideas. I have this kind of obsession of finding something that really should not work and make it work. It’s very satisfying – he says. As a whole, Vín is a solo debut that certainly „works”. Recorded in his Reykjavik studio, it’s full testament to Rasmussen following his creative instincts in order to make a record that luminously explores new sound-worlds within the realm of experimental minimal techno.

Janus Rasmussen began writing the majority of Vín in early 2018, though some of it (including lead single Green Wine) goes further back. It wasn’t until he played some of the tracks during his globespanning DJ sets that Rasmussen knew it was time to record. – I had been playing a lot of these songs, and they were working really well – he says. – I didn’t really tell anyone what the songs were, but they were obviously really fitting into the sets, as they’re not too far off from the Kiasmos sound, despite being different. I had never done that before: playing unfinished tracks and just seeing the reaction. It was super fun, actually. You learn a lot about your own music when you do that – adds.