SCAPA FLOW FULL

It may be short at barely thirty four minutes, but each of the seven pieces quickly Prog flavours, and its ample use of flute, organ and symphonic guitars could be warmly received byįans of Camel. Occasionally reminds of Sandrose's self-titled album with its striking female lead over symphonic Plentiful progressive rock elements, making the mix much more approachable than usual. `Uuteen Aikaan' is an ideal album for those not usually interested in folk music, as this adds It showcases the incredible talent all the band had, and it only hints atĭirections they could have headed in, sadly not to be. Male and female voices singing in unison, with spikier saxophone and constant electric guitar Closer `Askel Ylöspäin' is a dizzyingĪnd addictive mix of unhinged drumming, swirling spacy synth effects, frantic acoustic guitars and Strumming feverishly to spirited flute and leaping upfront bass. Instrumental that would have easily fit alongside `Six Ate' off Camel's debut album, acoustic guitars (almost sounding like a demo), it achieves a stark and reflective honesty. `Tuuleen Kaiverretut Portaat' is a melancholic piano ballad sungīy Pia-Maria, and despite it having a noticeably poorer sound quality than the rest of the album

The second side opens just as strong with the title track `Uuteen Aikaan', a soft yet languidĪcoustic guitar and flute lament. Synth runs with wild commanding saxophone outbursts. Vocal piece `Mikä Aamu', a darker interlude in the middle bringing powerful drums and delirious Gorgeous murmuring bass and flute prance through pleasant Guitar and wafting playful flute trills, where lead guitar and synth washes take on beautiful and `Salaisuuksien Satiiniverhot', Ismo's softly crooned voice accompanied by lovely chiming acoustic Runs, with a final ambitious group vocal around organ to close on. `Valmiina Heräämään' springs to life with flighty flute, snappy drumming and soaring electric guitar

SCAPA FLOW FULL

Harmonies and more ambitious progressive instrumental flourishes, and it turns out to be aĬharming and rather special work overall.Īfter a haunting opening of eerie keyboards and Pia-Maria's voice full of wounded longing, The album therefore maintains a good balance between lighter folk qualities, warm Noponen alternating lead vocals, both sounding especially pleasing when singing alongside each. Guitar soloing, with flute and saxophone player Ismo Järvinen and female singer Pia-Maria The band here also incorporated harder rock drumming, constant organ/synth flavours and electric Despite containing plenty of typical acoustic folk characteristics, ::: Bio written by Tuomas Renvall (Passionist), Finland :::įorming in Helsinki, Finland in 1976, prog-folk group Scapa Flow delivered a sole release in 1980, The record is considered to be of very high quality compared to others recorded at the time, but it still did not receive very much attention. The lyrics were all originally written in English, but were then translated into Finnish for the recording by two outside writers, Seppo PARKKINEN and Esko SALERVO.

In 1980 the so far only record ?Uuteen Aikaan? was recorded, and mixed by Lasse RÖNKKÄ. Before the recording of the first and only album of the band, the singer/flautist Pia-Maria NOPONEN also joined the group. Later on KYLLÖNEN was replaced by Leevi LEPPÄNEN (PEKKA POHJOLA GROUP) and JAKSOLA by Eero KOLEHMAINEN. The first solid line-up for the band in 1978 included Timo SEPPÄNEN (guitar), Asko AHONEN (bass), Olavi KYLLÖNEN (drums) and Kari JAKSOLA (keyboards) with JÄRVINEN. The band concentrates very much on singing, as four of all the members would sing together or take turns on the album. A big part of their music is composed folk-rock, though there is always room left for improvisation. SCAPA FLOW would mostly perform their own songs, but also some known compositions from for example J.S.BACH while touring around Finland. It was originally formed in 1976 by the saxophonist/flautist Ismo JÄRVINEN, though some occasional performances had been held under different setups before this time. SCAPA FLOW is a prog-folk band from Helsinki, Finland.

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