Prospekt is the ninth 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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First released on CD in 2000 by 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:...

, it was later re-released as a double LP by Static Resonance in 2002. The D-side of the re-issue contains the live track "Työläisten laulu" from a show at Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

, 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 September 11th, 2001. It was re-issued again as a CD in 2011 by the Brazilian

Brazilian

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 label Essence Records, including the extra track, and presented in a gatefold

Gatefold

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 sleeve replicating the vinyl version in miniature.

Overall, the album has a tight krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

 sound that shows heavy influence from both Can

Can

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 and Neu!

Neu!

Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s...

. Drawing largely on long improvisations centered around a single riff

RIFF

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 or chord progression

Chord progression

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, the songs have an expansive progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 sound as well, often going past ten minutes, like "Aarre" and "Eripwre."

Of the members in the band at the time of the recording, only Mika Rättö, Tomi Leppänen and founding member 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...

 are still in the band.

Track List:


1. Dedofiktion (8:22)

2. Gericht (6:45)

3. Stimulance (6:53)

4. Aarre (10:17)

5. Varhain (6:55)

6. Eripwre (10:33)

7. Työläisten laulu (encore apocalypse mix 17:40)


Personnel:


Teemu Elo

Pike Kontkanen

Jyrki Laiho

Jussi Lehtisalo

Tomi Leppänen

Teemu Niemelä

Janne Peltomäki

Mika Rättö

Markku Peltola

Markku Peltola

Markku Peltola was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born in Helsinki and grew up there. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere....

Mika Rintala