Mountain (Circle album)
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Mountain is the eighteenth album by Finnish experimental rock
band Circle
.
It was issued as a limited edition vinyl LP by Kevyt Nostalgia/Super Metsä in 2004. It is a recording of a concert from 9th October 2004 at Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
, UK. Circle headlined the bill, which also included Guapo
, whose Daniel O'Sullivan
Circle's Jussi Lehtisalo
has collaborated with in Grumbling Fur
. The set comprised one long improvised piece, dominated by Mika Rättö's electric piano and Janne Westerlund's acoustic guitar. For the album release, the track was named Diamond and split into two parts on either side of the LP.
Mountain is one of a series of vinyl-only albums released by Circle which document their often improvised freeform live shows.
Track List:
Side A / Diamond, pt. 1 (23:39)
Side B / Diamond, pt. 2 (22:49)
Personnel:
Jussi Lehtisalo
Tomi Leppänen
Mika Rättö
Janne Westerlund
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 was issued as a limited edition vinyl LP by Kevyt Nostalgia/Super Metsä in 2004. It is a recording of a concert from 9th October 2004 at Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
Holy Trinity Church , in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is a Church of England Parish Church in the Parish of Leeds City in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds. It was built in 1722–7, but the steeple dates from 1839...
, UK. Circle headlined the bill, which also included Guapo
Guapo (band)
Guapo is a British experimental rock/art rock band formed in the mid 1990s by drummer/percussionist Dave Smith and guitarist/vocalist Matt Thompson...
, whose Daniel O'Sullivan
Daniel O'Sullivan
Daniel O'Sullivan is a multi-instrumentalist/composer from Manchester, England best known for playing in experimental art-rock bands Guapo, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses, Ulver, Æthenor, Miracle and Mothlite....
Circle's 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...
has collaborated with in Grumbling Fur
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...
. The set comprised one long improvised piece, dominated by Mika Rättö's electric piano and Janne Westerlund's acoustic guitar. For the album release, the track was named Diamond and split into two parts on either side of the LP.
Mountain is one of a series of vinyl-only albums released by Circle which document their often improvised freeform live shows.
Track List:
Side A / Diamond, pt. 1 (23:39)
Side B / Diamond, pt. 2 (22:49)
Personnel:
Jussi Lehtisalo
Tomi Leppänen
Mika Rättö
Janne Westerlund