Oddarrang – Agartha (2016) [ProStudioMasters FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Oddarrang – Agartha (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:40 minutes | 501 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: ProStudioMasters | Front Cover | © Edition Records Ltd.
Recorded and mixed by Jyri Sariola at Mimix Studio May 2016

Experimental Finnish band Oddarrang make a genre-defying sound, influenced by jazz, classical, world music and postmodern rock. They have been compared to the cool but moving expression of Icelanders like Björk and Sigur Rós – a mesmerising and spiritual sonic soundscape. Oddarrang’s debut album won the Finnish equivalent of the Grammies for best Jazz Album of the Year 2007. Oddarrang’s fascinating mix of musical moods, traditions and their unusual instrumentation (trombone, cello, guitar, acoustic bass and drums) are gaining them more fans at every performance. In 2013, they released, In Cinema, their third album, a remarkable album that pushed the band into new worlds. In Sept 2016, they will released Agartha.

Agartha is the fourth studio album by Finnish quintet Oddarrang and their second for the UK label Edition Records. The band is led by eclectic musician and drummer, Olavi Louhivuori.
The album’s title takes its name from the legendary world that is said to reside in the Earth’s core, and Miles Davis’s similarly named album Agharta also derives from this mythological entity.
“Altheia” starts with spacey low droning synthesizers, evoking shades of early-ish Pink Floyd but the mood is suddenly lightened by fast flowing streams of higher register keyboard notes and a dramatic backdrop of choir-like harmonies evolving into a cacophonic melee of sound.
Slow to take off, but when it does the anthemic “Central Sun” verges on, if not exactly heavy rock, then certainly heavy prog, and is enhanced by wordless voices and gutsy trombone and a central labrynthine theme. Louhivuori’s metally-edged drums here become the focal point of the piece.
By sharp contrast to the preceding track, the lugubrious first part of “Mass I-II” is dominated by doleful cello. The second part sees guitars and cello interplay with synthesizers, building-up to the final section with flailing drums and resonant bass leading to a climactic crescendo.
After a taciturn beginning, “Admiral Byrd’s Flight,” transmutes into a showpiece benefitting from a dramatic and memorable riff augmented by haunting vocals, and all ultimately overtaken by synthesizer effects.
The tranquil “Telos” is swathed in rich trombone and cello, an unusual but enlightened instrumental combination. A short bridge of synthesizers leads into the rock-infused title track, dominated by an ostinato bass riff, overlaid guitars, swirling synths, cello, trombone and voices, culminating in an almost liturgical-sounding ending. Oddarrang doesn’t sound like any other band nor does it fit into any particular musical bag, but the music produced is extraordinary. No dragged-out ego-drenched solos here, just a band playing as one complete and harmonious unit. -Roger Farbey, All About Jazz

Tracklist:
1. Aletheia 05:26
2. Central Sun 05:37
3. Mass I-III 09:51
4. Admiral Byrds Flight 06:52
5. Telos / Agartha 11:41
6. Age of Cronos 06:13

Personnel:
Ilmari Pohjola, trombone, synthesizer, vocals
Lasse Sakara, guitars, vocals
Osmo Ikonen, cello, synthesizer, erhu, vocals
Lasse Lindgren, bass, synthesizers, vocals
Olavi Louhivuori, drums, synthesizer, vocals
Guest musician:
Aino Peltomaa, vocals on Aletheia

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