A loose-form instrumental hypno-groove-prog-ambient-jazz collective led by Circle-guru Jussi Lehtisalo. Their fast expanding discography seems neatly divided: the more experimental or ambient records are mostly released by labels like Jussi's own Ektro, and Bad Vugum gets the groovier stuff...

Out on Bad Vugum:

Arpeggio CD (Bad-87)

Ah, the whole big band is really letting loose on the big one; six long, deliciously accessible, hypnotically groovy -yet musically ambitious tracks that combine Ektroverde's best traits -- and makes your mind tap along. “For fans of Can, Neu, and Bill Lasswell’s remixes of Miles Davis.” –CMJ New Music Report (USA).




Music For Supermarket MCD (Bad-73)

19 mins. Cheap electronics and frantic beats mostly by a solo J.Lehtisalo. Like a rabid Panasonic with entertaining songs?
"Elektroonista venkoilua, joka ei vierasta jatsia eikä huumoria." -T.V. "Hysteerisen nopealla tempolla nakuttava koneinstrumentaalilätty on toteutettu vinhalla asenteella ja varmalla tyylitajulla." -Soundi.

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