Janne, is best well known as one of
the guitar players in Circle/Pharaoh Overlord. This is his third solo album. I
really loved this first two and he was such a fun and cool entertainer to see
live as well. The first two albums were
pretty stripped down with just Janne and some percussion and a lot of this
record is the same (the way I like it) but he also has drums, and other
instruments played by different folks on several of the tracks this time
around. The opening number is an vocal only track with 4 different vocals
(Janne, Richard, Faith, Sirpa) and interesting lyrics. Very cool and different.
Sick Child is hypno blues number with passionate vocals and simple strummed
guitar and some drums (by Janne, who also plays dulcimer, keyboards and
percussion on some tracks). Run No More is driven by the drums (like Pharaoh
Overlord!) and a bit later the guitar comes in later and gets some heavy
riffing going on. Not usual on his solo records. A bit of keyboard can be heard
as well joining in towards the end. Oh Wind features the dulcimer and is like
an old Irish fold song. Days of Love is a slow moving track with beautiful
guitar and a kick drum with vocals. Janne is digging deep on this one. Side B
starts with a song sung in Finnish (Kuoelman lautturin tytär). Just vocal,
guitar, and simple drum. A bit haunting. Ydinukio is a song written by Circle
and Janne. This one is also quite haunting with a repeated guitar line (should
not be surprising, it is a circle cover!) and drums. IT sort of trys to rock
out! Back to Etcetera sort of sucks you into it’s hypnosis. Janne also plays
some keyboards on this one but it is the lyrics and vocal delivery that grabs
me most. You come from Far is a shorter track with keys and drums and
multilayered vocals. Sirpa helps out as well on this one. The title track ends
this record and features Juho on trombone! I just love his stuff. Please check it out. A
very passionate artist.
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