OZONE PLAYER
PLAY OZONER
OH NO! IT’S OTSO!
“E” is not an album for introspection, meditation or chilling out after work. Otso Pakarinen, a.k.a. Ozone Player, has created a deeply interesting, highly entertaining and profoundly different collection of, well, something. That is the best way to describe this. It is something. Otso has gathered his resources and developed some devious mischief. In all his personal humility (or lack thereof – who cares?), he describes his own charm as being “unlike … any (CD) you’ve ever heard.” Otso is certainly correct in that assessment. This is a cross-genre blend of styles and found sounds. There are elements of rock’n’roll, Berlin school electronica, avant-garde dissonance and novelty quirk. “Ollism” and “Re-Ollism” are very clever compositions, indeed. Otso developed these sounds by recording at a construction site and adding sequenced percussion. The entire project is tongue-in-cheek, right down to the photo of the optometrist in the CD sleeve. The photo is, of course, Otso dressed as a doctor with his hair (by his account) “all messed up.” Several authorities have given assurance that his hair is always like that. He does not have “bad hair days.” Otso is having a “bad hair life.”
Jim Brenholts
Tracks Across the Universe