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Pi Mezon is a Finnish
progressive rock/metal band from Eastern Finland, from a town called Joensuu.
It was originally founded by guitarist/composer Ilja Koslonen (Serpenthia,
Systematic Sickness Kin) back in 2007 after he has fallen in love with such
bands as Porcupine Tree and Pain of Salvation and their unique way of creating
big emotions in an interesting musical form. At first, Pi Mezon was one man project as Koslonen
tried out new musical ideas that haven't been possible to carry out with his
other bands. It took
him about a year to put the right pieces together and the idea of a concept
album was born.
Years passed and the idea kept
developing in the background while Koslonen was concentrating on other musical
activities.
In spring of 2011 things took a
leap forward when Koslonen needed a singer and drummer for his school project
which consisted of three songs he had written under the name of Pi Mezon. He
decided to ask his friends Jarkko Maula and Sami Ratilainen (Cult of Endtime,
Inharmonic) to this task. Both were excited about the songs and afterwards they
were talks about recording the full-length album that Koslonen had in his mind.
Yet the time wasn't right...
The production of the album
really got started in 2013 when Koslonen began to build the basis by recording
synths and guitars at his home studio. He made some changes to earlier ideas
and added a couple of new songs to complete the concept to it's full potential.
But again, other activities prolonged the process and finally in fall of 2016
the band decided to finish the album by recording the drums, vocals and rest of
the instruments within the next few months.
Koslonen finished the mixing
process late spring of 2017 and the album, 'A Lone' was ready to be released in
July 7th 2017.
'A Lone' has been praised by
it's catchy, melancholic melodies, while the instrumentation and arrangements
offer unconventional viewpoints to curious listeners. Band's lyrical approach
is deeply emotional completing the musical journey that is Pi Mezon.
Right now Pi Mezon is
concentrating to play live shows in Finland, but the main aim is reaching wider
audiences all around the world.
The next album is also almost
written and its production will start sometime in next year.
Listen to 'A Lone' here: https://pimezon.bandcamp.com/releases https://open.spotify.com/artist/4JXTL7kqFQgz3LkybD7ieU?autoplay=true
Official website: http://pimezon.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pimezonband/
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