Ektro

Pharaoh Overlord : Zero

Circle : 6000 km/h Part 2

Aavikko : Okeanos

Bensiini : R

Beefed-up, blown-out, and ballsy, the new Finnish supergroup Bensiini finds Circle members Janne Westerlund, Jussi Lehtisalo, and Mika Rättö revisiting their noise-rock roots with help from Sokea Piste guitarist Heikki Hautala and Slussenanalys bassist Eetu Henttonen. Aggressively produced by former Hebosagil drummer and sound-art ace Ilpo Heikkinen, the quintet's debut album tips its grimy hat to macho, Chicago-based meatpackers like the Jesus Lizard as well as to classic Finnish lumberjacks Radiopuhelimet, but with a dash of homegrown Pori-style surrealism. Play loud. Loud as fuck.

Circle : Silta

"SILTA" is a double feature live DVD from Circle (Format: PAL / 16:9 / REGION FREE, plays worldwide on PAL-compatible DVD players), performed on two consecutive nights in two different cities in Southern Finland, 2011. The first gig takes place at Turku (Club Dynamo, Feb 23, 2011) and the second one in Helsinki (YK-Klubi, Feb 24, 2011). As a pair, the two live sets hold up a convincing display of Circle’s merits as a mesmerizing live act. Both shows were recorded live in an uncompromising manner with a multitrack audio-unit + filmed using a special Japanese-imported camera on a tripod. With 'in-your-face' video and audio, “SILTA” brings forth the essence of the band on stage on an amplitude that no 3D glasses or other modern-day gimmicks could possibly push any further. Run time (total): Approx. 170 min.

Pharaoh Overlord : Circle

Pharaoh Overlord’s Circle is bound to annul all expectations you ever held for these once avant-stoners. What’s clear is that Circle marks the fusion of Pharaoh Overlord with the namesake of this album. It is a wild card you foresaw. Their no-nonsense self-referentiality, oddly enough, inverses the paradox of the red queen: with the building blocks standing still, the friction with the ever-accelerating external realities gives the impression of expanding horizons in the standstill of tonal landscapes of the body of music that is Pharaoh Overlord’s Circle. Synthesizers float like nitrous oxide above the serene pastures of laid-back grooves. This is epic synth pop that would vaporize any pulse or mundane logic into the stream of thin air of upper atmosphere. On Circle, Pharaoh Overlord stand among their bling-blinded subjects as a modestly-clad emperor proud of the newly-discovered self-realization by means of merging with their idols and contestants (that is, Circle) into one abstract entity of sonic flesh. There is no sobriety like loss of identity.

Hopeajärvi : Hopeajärvi

black vinyl, insert / limited to 700 copies

Westerlund, Janne : Marshland

Plain Ride : Skeleton kites

Circle : Leviatan

Circle : Panic

Pharaoh Overlord : Horn

Circle : Manner

Rättö ja Lehtisalo : Matematiikkaa

Circle : Tower

Featuring Verde

Rättö ja Lehtisalo : Uu mama

Circle : Guillotine

Circle : Älä kysy vaan ota