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ôIn the Textureö is the third album from Lark Echo of Finland. Lark
Echo is actually P.J. Harkkola, who made this album all by himself:
words, music, vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, sound samples,
sequencer programming, wrapper design and financial calculations :-).
With twelve compositions Lark Echo shows at least two very different
sides of his musical qualities, perhaps even three.
The first one is that of keyboard-driven, classically inspired,
melodious, symphonic and rather solemn musical pieces. Some of them
have a baroque style with many arpeggio, especially the opening track
"Umwerthung" (3:10) and track 4 "When the evening has faded" (4:38).
Nice songs, where the typical vocal sound of P.J. Harkkolo fits in
very well, because it prevents them from sounding too mealy-mouthed.
The latter track also gives us some gliding guitar notes that remind
of Steve Hackett while playing in early Genesis. The ghost of Genesis'
guitar and keyboard sound is also very much present in the highpoint
of the album, the concluding track and longest piece of the album "The
U.S.E. 2019"(8:37). It is a very nice varied piece, where even Keith
EmersonÆs piano and organ sound comes by. Another very good track is
ôWelfareö (3:43), with nice in unison orchestral keyboards and guitar,
pleasant bass runs and an interesting break.
A variation on this style are a few compositions that show a more
progressive touch, like the short "The Nihil" (1:52) and "The darkest
hour" (3:12).
The second and very different style, regarding composition and
performance, shows guitar-driven rock pieces with now and then
screaming vocals, like in "Mind your head" (5:22), a sort of
underground song, and "Production line" (4:52).
I think it's a pity that the styles of the compositions on this album
are so extremely different, especially regarding the vocals. This
makes it very hard to appreciate it as a whole. I very much have the
need to program my CD player so that these tracks are skipped while
playing this album. Perhaps this is done consciously, because Lark
Echo does not want to fit in to the obvious patterns, as he has shown
earlier with his previous albums. Hence probably the title of the
album "In the texture".
Nevertheless Lark Echo shows the potential to make a true progressive
symphonic album and I very much hope that his next release will give
us a more consistent product.
http://www.larkecho.net
Tracks:
01. Umwerthung (3:12)
02. The Prophecy (4:24)
03. Mind Your Head (5:22)
04. When The Evening Has Faded (4:39)
05. Welfare (3:47)
06. Noble (4:27)
07. Crime (4:17)
08. De Nihil (1:54)
09. Texture (4:40)
10. The Darkest Hour (3:10)
11. Production Line (4:52)
12. The U.S.E. 2019 (8:37)
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