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DELOREAN, aka Sakari Hannula

[WHO?]
Sakari Hannula, aka Delorean/Complex, is a Finnish .MOD composer with a crucial, pioneering role in the Amiga demo and .MOD-scene in the early '90s. Alongside Jugi, perhaps the better-known of the original composers in classic demo-group Complex, he made the music for the seminal Complex music-disc "Book Of Songs", as well as contributing to DCS' amazing "Finlandia" music-disc and the soundtrack to Complex's "Delirium" demo. But he's probably not so well known as other composers of his time, despite the fact his main body of work, from 1990-1993, was amazingly densely-packed melodic funk and synthpop in just 4 channels, alternately Tangerine Dream-esque and slapbass funky in an almost Steely Dan-like way, and a vital influence on many later .MOD composers.

[OUR TOP 5 .MODs?]
1. "In Flight"
[From Complex's seminal "Book Of Songs" music-disc released in 1993, this showcases custom samples alongside mastery of the intricacies of real-time effects, to create a gorgeously textured, soulful funk tune. Pay special attention to the great song structure and the carefully programmed percussion.]
2 . "Snow-runner"
[Actually released as the soundtrack to the "Vectors For All" demo back in 1990 when Delorean was a member of Vertigo, you can tell this is an early tune since it still uses instrument names and the st-xx: prefix. As such, it's amazing far-ahead for the time, with great arrangements and a startlingly syncopated turn about 30 seconds in.]
3 ."A Touch Of Green"
[With shimmering synth cords, string plucks and remarkably good-sounding flute and brass, and all the phrasing and breathing for the leads manually programmed in to sound realistic, another track from "Book Of Songs" which still sounds fresh today, despite the age of the tune.]
4 . "Tweaked 2 Fit In"
[From DCS' amazing "Finlandia" music-disc showcasing the best of Finnish .MOD talent in the early '90s, this light-hearted, funky track hits up some remarkably good saxophone, vocal hits, and a charming middle eight starring some woodwind. The track again showcases Delorean's ability to make naturalistic-sounding lead instruments sound good with clever use of vibrato, volume, and portamento.]
5 . "Deltasleep"
[Another track from "Book Of Songs", this has a great human-sounding wah-wah bassline, alongside improvised-sounding leads and a great production touch. There's a great random-sounding breakdown a couple of minutes from the start, and again, it sounds amazingly professional for such a small and tricky-to-utilise format.]

Download our top 5 Delorean .MODs from here, or the scene.org mirror (653k .ZIP!)


[ALL MODs?]
As well as offering our top 5 picks, we've included another archive with every single Delorean .MOD ever released, for completists and those who want to hear more from the artist in question. Particular favorites of ours from the rest of Delorean's .MOD output include:

- "Curious World" (More great percussion-heavy funk inna chiko-boom-paw style.)
- "Illumination.short" (Intricately plotted bass and piano groove)
- "Mad Hatter" (Super-funky organ chord loping cha cha cha action.)
- "Mellow Pluck" (neato Hammond and brass funking-up scene.)
- "Spacecadet" (Sharp-as-nails percussive w/trumpet synth-action.)

Download Delorean's complete .MOD collection here, or the scene.org mirror (137 tunes, 19.1mb .ZIP!)
[list of included .MODs is here.]

[MISSING .MODs?]
If you have any Delorean .MODs that we're currently missing, please contact us.

These works are licensed under a Creative Commons License with the full permission of Sakari Hannula.