On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, John Branch wrote:
quoted 6 lines I was looking for information about a band called Rinneradio, from> I was looking for information about a band called Rinneradio, from
> Helsinki, who are playing a gig here in Texas w/ Psykosonik and Emergency
> Broadcast Network.
>
> I don't really care about Psykosonik and I've seen EBN, but if Rinneradio
> are cool, then I'm there.
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Are they cool? Actually I don«t know at the moment. I«ve seen them play
live multiple times, as I live in Helsinki too. Originally I liked them
very much. Their second album «Joik« combined sample-heavy ambient-techno
with great sax-playing and ethnic singing (by then-group-member Wimme
Saari, check out his solo «Wimme«) in a way that sounds fresh even today.
Now 2-3 albums later I«m not so convinced anymore. The songs rely more
and more on repetitious beats and long synth-pads (what might have
sounded great in «89, but not now!). It just sounds a little boring to
me. Well, maybe I«m over-critical. They do have a great live setup: very
good lights and clean sound (too clean actually IMHO :)
Trance-y ambient-techno with slow sax-melodies, with a little trip-hop and
jungle thrown in. That«s the best description I can give about their
current sound. They are often claimed to combine techno and jazz, but I
don«t really hear that jazz anywhere.
Teemu