Reviewer: Roberto Lambooy
Ozone Player: E (2002; Visual Power VP004) 49m
Line up:
Otso Pakarinen - keys, guitars, synth prog, percussion
Esa Hyvonen - vocals on 3, 9
Jouni Halmari - guitar on 4
Kimmo Kivela - reaktor rhythm on 1, liquid piano on 10
Tracks:
1) My name is Bond...Jeeves Bond 6.44@0:30
2) The wobbling wardrobe 5.23
3) Ollism 3.07
4) The runner 6.18@3:30
5) Broken code 4.13
6) Light music for small masses 3.00@1:00
7) Platonaut 4.18
8) Inzekt danz 5.12@1:30
9) Re-ollism 3.59
10) Saurus 6.47
Summary of history:
E is one man band Ozone Player's third album in as many years.
The album:
Ozone Player produced a pretty electronic album. Opener My Name Is Bond is pretty electronic, rhythmic and bouncy, to the point of nearly being dance music. Sort of Jarre or Tangerine Dream mid eighties with some extra non sense, at best. Fortunately, there is some improvement from there: The Wobbling Wardrobe is a bit more experimental, although it does suffer a bit still from melodic attacks and dancy hi-hats. Ollism is dominated by "rom pom pom", not an asset. The Runner is pretty happy and bouncy, once again, Inzekt Danz being pretty awful even, in its happiness. Light Music For Small Masses sounds vibraphone-like, although keyboard. Nice change, as is Re-ollism, with its almost industrial approach.
Conclusion:
Most stuff on this album is highly melodic, mostly happy electronic music, referring to an era that was not the pinnacle for this vein. The second half of the album holds some better material with Light Music For Small Masses and Re-ollism, but at the end of the day, this is not a disc I feel too warm about.