General is the twentieth album by Finnish experimental rock

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 band Circle

Circle (band)

Circle is an experimental rock band, founded in Pori, Finland in 1991. Their eclectic style is "ever changing, ever Circular", classified into genres such as progressive, Krautrock, ambient, heavy metal, speed-kraut, and avant-rock, among others...

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It was issued as a limited edition vinyl LP by Kevyt Nostalgia/Super Metsä in 2005. It is a recording of a concert from 12th June 2004 at Voxxx in Chemnitz

Chemnitz

Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Although there are four different songs on the album, they play continuously, and the song Styx is split over the two sides of the LP.

General is one of a series of vinyl-only albums released by Circle which document their often improvised freeform live shows.

Track List:


Side A

Hermes / Styx (22:25)

Side B

Styx (continued) / Metsän Henget / Armo (22:45)


Personnel:


Jussi Lehtisalo

Jussi Lehtisalo

Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1973 is a Finnish bassist. In 1991 he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock...

Tomi Leppänen

Mika Rättö

Janne Westerlund