Hollywood (Circle album)
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Hollywood is the thirty-second album by Finnish experimental rock
band Circle
.
Arguably their most overtly heavy metal
album, it features vocals and guitar from Bruce Duff from the band Jesters of Destiny. The band's relationship with Duff began when Jussi Lehtisalo
re-released Jesters' album Fun at the Funeral on his Ektro Records
label. Following on from Duff's first collaboration with the band, Earthworm
in 2006 (two tracks from that release, Connection and Earthworm, re-appear here), the American performer takes centre stage on Hollywood, which is named after his hometown. Final track Suddenly, part of a three-song suite called Requiem in D Minor, re-uses the music from the track Murheenkryyni which appears on the band's last two albums, Rakennus
and Triumph
.
Track List:
1. Connection (3:43)
2. Mercy And Tuesday (7:53)
3. Earthworm (5:12)
4. Sacrifice (4:03)
5. Spam Folder (8:12)
6. Hard to Realize (4:20)
7. Madman (15:19)
8. Suddenly (11:33)
Personnel:
Bruce Duff
Janne Westerlund
Jussi Lehtisalo
Tomi Leppänen
Mika Rättö
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...
.
Arguably their most overtly heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
album, it features vocals and guitar from Bruce Duff from the band Jesters of Destiny. The band's relationship with Duff began when 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...
re-released Jesters' album Fun at the Funeral on his Ektro Records
Ektro Records
Ektro Records is an independent label based in Pori, Finland. It is operated by Jussi Lehtisalo who also plays on many of the label's releases. Ektro also operate three smaller imprints, Super Metsä and Full Contact and casette-only Ruton music.Releases:...
label. Following on from Duff's first collaboration with the band, Earthworm
Earthworm (album)
Earthworm is the twenty-second album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle.Although it is listed as an album in their discography, at twenty minutes in length, and with just four songs, it is really an EP....
in 2006 (two tracks from that release, Connection and Earthworm, re-appear here), the American performer takes centre stage on Hollywood, which is named after his hometown. Final track Suddenly, part of a three-song suite called Requiem in D Minor, re-uses the music from the track Murheenkryyni which appears on the band's last two albums, Rakennus
Rakennus
Rakennus is the thirtieth album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle.It was issued as a CD by Ektro Records in 2004. It is a recording of a concert from 19th September 2007 at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, Charlottesville, Virginia...
and Triumph
Triumph (Circle album)
Triumph is the thirty-first album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle, released in 2008.It is the second Circle album to be recorded live in session for WFMU, a radio station based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was originally broadcast on 25 September 2007...
.
Track List:
1. Connection (3:43)
2. Mercy And Tuesday (7:53)
3. Earthworm (5:12)
4. Sacrifice (4:03)
5. Spam Folder (8:12)
- Requiem in D Minor:
6. Hard to Realize (4:20)
7. Madman (15:19)
8. Suddenly (11:33)
Personnel:
Bruce Duff
Janne Westerlund
Jussi Lehtisalo
Tomi Leppänen
Mika Rättö