Paatos - 2002 - Timeloss

Genre: Crossover Prog

Origin: Sweden

Size: 56714 KB

Released: 2002

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Type Mp3 192 Kbps

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The record is rather short, just about 40 minutes, but nevertheless it offers a lot to discover. The general sound contains the typical swedish elements such as melotron and slight folk influences here and again. The influence of "Landberk" can't be overheard. But Paatos are far from being a Landberk clone. Apart from "Tea" and "They are beautiful" the sound is, despite the melancholia, much heavier and contains more jazz ingredients. The opener "Sensor" shows impressively what you can expect from this album. A relaxed and mellow e-piano opens the song before it shifts to a drifty groove with wild drumming and superp bass, not to forget Petronella Nettermalm's intensive voice. After a bombastic part with nice melotron, follows a cracking instrumental part which ends the song, amazing. "Hypnotique" is the highlight of the album. A dreamy ballad with Petronella's voice in the limilight. After a mellow instrumental part the song get's faster and heavier in the end. Some nice flute, melotron of course and again the awesome drumming which adds the jazzy flair. A great song. "Tea" finally offers swedish vocals, a beautiful, quite mellow song with a jazzy feel to it, mainly because of the rythm group. "They are beautiful" reminds me of the last "Landberk" album "Indian Summer". The booklet offers the information that it was also written by Dimle, Fiske and Helje, all (former) members of "Landberk". The last song "Quits" abducts you abruplty to a quite different world, a very modern one. It commences with antsy programmed Drum'n'Bass rythms, downright remembering me of Trip-Hop. In combination with the vocals even bands like "Portished" come to my mind. Some nice e-piano notes carry to an amazing compount of deep bass melodies, wind instrument inputs and the aforesaid programmed "beats" and e-piano. But that's not everything the song has to offer; the end can be described as wild free- jazz with Van der Graaf like Saxophone chunking, truly absorbing. It's a perfect closure.

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Songs / Tracks Listing

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1. Sensor (5:11)

2. Hypnotique (8:32)

3. Téa (5:45)

4. They Are Beautiful (7:44)

5. Quits (12:17)
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Total Time: 39:29

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Line-up / Musicians

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- Stefan Dimle / bass and double bass

- Reine Fiske / electric and acoustic guitars

- Huxflux Nettermalm / drums, congas, percussion, water, saw, triangle, programming

- Petronella Nettermalm / vocals and cello

- John Wall´n / electric piano, Hammond organ, Moog, clavia, Yamaha synths, mellotron, upright piano, Steinway grand piano, harmonium, sampler

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Guests
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- David Wilczewski / flute (2),clarinet, bass clarinet (4)

- Adrian and Maila Dimle / background sounds (4)

- Téa Nettermalm / background sounds (4)

- Jonas Wall / saxophone (5)

- Micke Sörensen / trumpet (5)

- Per Kristensson / trombone

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Enjoy!