The Blaze Game is the twenty-eighth 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...

. It is a collaboration with American improv collective Sunburned Hand of the Man

Sunburned Hand of the Man

Sunburned Hand of the Man are a band from Massachusetts that formed in 1997 from the remnants of the Boston psychedelic punk trio Shit Spangled Banner....

 and is credited to Sunburned Circle. It was recorded live in Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 on 5th September 2006. The improvised recordings were edited together by Sunburned Hand frontman John Moloney.

Track List:


1. Majava

2. Heinävelho

3. Vuoren valloitus

4. Variksenpelätin

5. Yksi hirvi, miljoona metsästäjää

6. Lentävä linnoitus

7. Tappajahauki

8. Last Song (CD version only)


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...

 – bass, vocals

Tomi Leppänen – drums, synthesizer

Mika Rättö – percussion, synthesizer

Janne Westerlund – guitar

Tuomas Laurila – ambient effects

Michael Flower – Guitar, Reed Horn, Percussion

Phil Franklin – Percussion

Michael Josef K – Sax, Electronics, Vocals

John Moloney – Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Robert Thomas – Bass

Ron Schneiderman – Guitar, Percussion