
Release
Notes
Behind the artist name Luomuhappo is Jere Häkkinen (b. 1982), one
of the original founders of Freakdance ecords. He started his musical
creations in the mid-90's using a tracker software and the legendary
Roland MC-505 groovebox. He released his first self-made CDR demo, titled
"Juotsen Kutsu" in 2001 under the artist name 'Espoon happo
ja luomu'. Mainly created with the MC-505, Juotsen Kutsu had songs ranging
from the combination of psy-trance, breakbeat and electro into ambient
downtempo. Distributed also on the Internet, the cross-genre promo release
caught the attention of many. Häkkinen then changed his artist
name into Luomuhappo, which roughly translated means 'organic acid'
in Finnish. In 2002 he released another promotional CDR, the tracker-made
"Eurogorilla 2002 Transmutation Kit". On this second CDR release
were also included two of Luomuhappo's remixes of Finnish underground
psy-trance artists, Huopatossu Mononen and Omituisten Otusten Kerho
(O.O.K.). Luomuhappo's Eurogorilla 2002 Transmutation Kit was also the
first release under Freakdance Records label name and the album has
later become somewhat a cult classic and a true collector's item due
to the ridiculously small print of about 50 copies. The unique sounds
that formed the musical dentity of Luomuhappo on Eurogorilla 2002 Transmutation
Kit gained Häkkinen a steadily growing fan base of weird music-loving
freaks all around the world, thanks to the age of Internet and MP3's.
Some might describe Luomuhappo's psy-trance/breakbeat/jungle tracks
as "The Prodigy vs. Finnish Schizo-Disco on a nearly lethal dose
of mushrooms" whereas his mellow downtempo tracks are equally as
blissful in their timelessness and serenity.
Continuing where he left off in 2002
with his previous release, Luomuhappo has surely used his Eurogorilla
2002 Transmutation Kit to metamorphose into the brand new Pog-o-matic
Pogómen 3000000 (patent pending). His track and album names might
be getting constantly weirder, but it has to be admitted that the unique
sound of Luomuhappo has now truly evolved to the next level of terrestial
consciousness. The aural range of this album varies from the wild, over
150BPM-paced breakbeat psy-jungle-trance-full power-psychedelia to synthesizzling
dub and shamanistic ambient themes at the end of the album. Briefly
said with no extra pompousness included: Pog-o-matic Pogómen
3000000 is an electronic round-trip through all the different moods
of a human existence. It is the culmination point where the echoes of
our ancient ancestors' songs blend perfectly with the present - and
the far future as well.
This album was originally released
on Finland’s Freakdance Records as a limited edition in late 2004,
and is now made available worldwide by Fearie Dragon Records as a digipak
plus artwork booklet insert.