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01. Linear John - Candy Looser
02. Linear John - The Fake Is On!
03. Linear John - Now It Swings, Now It Don't
04. Linear John - A New Illusion
05. Linear John - We're Making Our Way Out From Each Other
06. Linear John - Confessions In Blue (feat. Ben Friendly)
07. Linear John - I Should Be Seeing Somebody Soon
08. Linear John - Some People And The Others
09. Linear John - Everybody's Trying To Get Away With It
10. Linear John - Ringfinger
11. Linear John - You Just Don't Know Me
ARTIST
TITLE
Double Parade
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
AR 109CD AR 109CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/13/2018

Is this still pop music? The new album by the Finnish multi-instrumentalist Linear John presents popular music in a new light. With Double Parade, Markus Holkko, aka Linear John, seamlessly ties in on his first album. The pop-jazz potpourri is mysteriously undefinable; a characterization of all relaxed moody situations one can only imagine. Is this still pop? Yes, because the album is absolutely suitable for the masses -- or maybe not, because it can't be put in a specific box. Sometimes it sounds just like John Coltrane, sometimes just like Kraftwerk. While one is still feeling the Latin-vibes à la Antônio Carlos Jobim, the next track surprises with a horn solo in the style of Richard Wagner. But despite this diversity, it is not an arbitrary sequence of tributes: the Finn understands how to create his songs harmoniously and melodically so forcefully that you inevitably start to feel the groove. Whenever the listener threatens to lean back into a state of in- attention, they are reactivated by new, surprising harmonic or rhythmic changes. The clever arrangements, all written by Linear John himself, offer a coherent listening experience and yet are unpredictable and somehow refreshingly different. Double Parade can't be squeezed into a corset. Clear stylistic classification, proven musical means, and established structures are skillfully expanded here, while the music is equally fascinating to experts and laymen. This is precisely why the record, a refreshing road trip through the colorful landscape of existing jazz and pop flows, is a welcome contrast to the always equal format music.