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E-MUSIKGRUPPE LUX OHR

Progressive Electronic • Finland


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Founded in Turku, Finland in 2008

E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr (Electronic Music for Cosmic Ears), is a group of Finnish muscians, Ismo Virta, Jaakko Penttinen, Kimi Kärki, and Pertti Grönholm, making Space Rock and Space Ambient, highly influenced by 70's German electronics and other forms of Progressive music. EMLO have so far released three albums, a live album, and one split album with Psych rockers Hisko Detria.

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3.50 | 2 ratings
Kometenbahn
2013
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Spiralo
2014
4.00 | 1 ratings
Non Plus Ultra
2020

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Live at Sibelius Museum
2010
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Live At Roadburn 2014
2016

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Der Planet der Melancholie
2014

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 Non Plus Ultra by E-MUSIKGRUPPE LUX OHR album cover Studio Album, 2020
4.00 | 1 ratings

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Non Plus Ultra
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr Progressive Electronic

Review by Matti
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— First review of this album —
4 stars E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr is an all-Finnish group (despite their use of German language), founded in Turku in 2008. Their instrumental music is -- I'm citing the band page now -- "Space Rock and Space Ambient, highly influenced by 70's German electronics and other forms of progressive rock". Indeed, especially the Berlin school of electronic music is the guiding light for them, and the influences from e.g. TANGERINE DREAM (early years and the Virgin era) and KLAUS SCHULZE are very audible. This new release is a double vinyl consisting of eight tracks, two for each side. The album's launch party will be held at a planetarium near Turku this Saturday -- already sold-out, I heard.

I'm having a promotional CD copy in which the tracks are just slightly edited (from a few seconds to roughly a minute) in order to fit the music in 78 minutes, losing only about four minutes in total. I believe those careful edits don't affect negatively to my listening experience; in fact, I can be carried away by the music without the interruptions of changing the vinyl sides on the turntable. And this really is the kind of album which the listener can sink into completely. Functions best with lights off and with no other activities around!

The soundscapes throughout the album are basically pretty familiar from Tangerine Dream's classic albums such as Rubycon, Ricochet and Stratosfear, or Klaus Schulze's works. I find this no problematic at all, instead I daresay Lux Ohr improves on their influences and crafts each ideally measured piece to sonic and artistic perfection, in a way that honours the original era and the artists. Electric guitar is used too, and it gives more depth to the space rock sound. The beautifully worn-out sound of Mellotron's flute sample on 'Aus dem Kollaps geboren' makes me think of Tarkovsky's Stalker -- the film either had similar sounds in that certain poetic scene or it didn't, but hopefully you get my point. Which is that the listener forms his / her own inner images when listening to this music.

I don't feel it necessary to deal with the individual tracks separately. Most of them are packed with the magical power to transcend one into other worlds. If you wish to find spacey electronic music reminiscent of the classic Tangerine Dream, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr is definitely the best you can get these days.

 Kometenbahn by E-MUSIKGRUPPE LUX OHR album cover Studio Album, 2013
3.50 | 2 ratings

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Kometenbahn
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr Progressive Electronic

Review by admireArt
Prog Reviewer

3 stars Mimic bands, I kind of almost enjoy the term, coined by a fellow PA reviewer, describing the retro look alike sound of contemporary bands doing this kind of early Progressive Music flashbacks in this case Prog-Electronic ones.

I have yet not found a way to enjoy these "tributes" to bands, musicians or even releases I do still enjoy. To me life is too short as to repeat it, in anyway or anykind of time-life span energy consuming, task.

When E-MUSIKGRUPPE LUX OHR's "Kometenbahn", 2013, sounds like themselves, is when I realize how hard it is to have your OWN musical idiom in any music field or sub-genre, but above all how easy it is to undermine it or, even worse, ignore it in favour of comfort.

Great and very creative small, but truly unique, sections do happen, but as told, most of the time it will be almost impossible not to be reminded of Enigma (Michael Cretu's one, in this release's first track) and then Progressive Electronic and Krautrock bands and musicians of yore.

Polished, structured, friendly and promising first release.

***3 PA stars.

 Live At Roadburn 2014 by E-MUSIKGRUPPE LUX OHR album cover Live, 2016
4.00 | 1 ratings

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Live At Roadburn 2014
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr Progressive Electronic

Review by Rivertree
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— First review of this album —
4 stars The title says it all - this has been recorded live, at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Eh ... okay, it's a bit inaccurrate somehow as they also offer a live take from Helsinki 2013 here. But never mind! Who cares? This one completes the fine double vinyl, showing atmospheric trips overall. So here we have four scores, if you will, some are devided in several partitions, which you won't notice though when listening. Each vinyl side develops in one go, where you can sum this up under the label Kosmische Musik at best.

Some distinctive conspicuousness is to remark when it comes to this E-Musikgruppe hailing from Finland. For example they are not reduced on analog and digital synthesizers solely, at least as long as Kimi Kärki uses his electric guitar as well. And he extensively does for sure, even adding a slight acid note in some cases. Besides the band name also the track titles are in German, which might be appointed as a clear reference to their main influence, the almighty Berlin School based electronic music.

And indeed, this partially sounds inspired by Tangerine Dream and Manuel Göttsching related acts in particular. Though equipped with enough distinctiveness to arrouse attention amongst hundreds (thousands?) of acts trying to compose electronic music. Die Suche Nach Dem Horizont is exemplary, provided with a looping beat and ambient/spacey patterns. Synths and guitars are playfully alternating with solo excursions, until the scene changes again into a gorgeous relaxed flow. This album will need more than one go to explore the beauty in total. Recommended!

 Kometenbahn by E-MUSIKGRUPPE LUX OHR album cover Studio Album, 2013
3.50 | 2 ratings

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Kometenbahn
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr Progressive Electronic

Review by Matti
Prog Reviewer

4 stars This is a very retro-styled electronic music group from Turku, Finland. Some of the members are known from other Turku-based bands in the ProgArcives: Ismo virta from folk-oriented KOSMOS and guitarist Kimi Kärki from the eclectic prog act ORNE. Kometenbahn is the first of the two full length studio albums released this far.

All titles are in German, underlining the influence of the 70's "Berlin school", ie. TANGERINE DREAM, KLAUS SCHULZE, ASH RA TEMPEL/ MANUEL GÖTTSCHING and many other Electronic/Krautrock names. Brief 'Prolog im Himmel' features the synthetic narrative, sonically similar to the one in the beginning of TD's 'Bent Cold Sidewalk' (Cyclone, 1978). 'Durch Den Kosmischen Dunst' (11:26) is the longest track, spacey and soft-sounding like the classic SCHULZE stuff, but more economically progressive. Guaranteed to please if you enjoy the mentioned artists.

'Nachtgeist' is built on a bass pulse over which electric guitars and synths weave their deeply atmospheric webs. Slowly evolving 'Sonnenwind' takes more time to impress the listener who has to be patient. But anyone familiar with artists such as Klaus Schulze are that, right? The sixth and final track is titled 'Mythos' after a less known German band. All tracks are filled with fascinating soundscapes, and compared to the Spiralo (2014) that features two 19-minute epics, this is in my opinion the more rewarding album.

This finely crafted music doesn't achieve to surprise the listener, it openly shows the deep respect to the 70's pioneers of Progressive Electronic, and offers a superb listening pleasure in their vein. An excellent addition to the friends of the genre!

Thanks to sheavy for the artist addition. and to Quinino for the last updates

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