Awake In A Dream

The debut album by Teemu Elo (Circle, Office Building). Beautiful songs with Syd Barret and J.J. Cale moods with very crafty playing and beautiful arrangements.

Dusted Magazine
Alien Heat’s Awake in a Dream (Fonal) also steers clear of the darker, harsher tendencies that typify many of the aforementioned artists. Joined by cohorts that include Paine’s Veli Nuorsaari, guitarist Teemu Elo (ex-Circle, ex-Ektroverde, ex-Office Building) tries his hand at heartfelt, electric folk rock that pays homage to tradition (especially to the poppy side of Barrett-era Pink Floyd) while evidencing plenty of ingenuity and personality. Crystalline female backing vocals and the odd spot of warped fuzztone or Celtic flute add a customized sparkle to the groovy melodies and comfortably familiar chord progressions. Elo reveals himself as a very capable, sentimental balladeer, seasoning ordinary love-struck texts with fanciful allusions to space, religion and nature (“lord of the royal dragonflies/leader of the parasites,” anyone?). Catchy as hell without being cloying, the results are pure sunshine. music.

Jordan Mamone

Psychtropic Zone

This album have been long awaited with devotion… There has been some whispering from around Pori that this will be the next big thing in Finland. There's not that much info available about the band, but I heard that they were looking for a record company already in 1997, so this is not really a new thing. The main figure of the band is Teemu Elo (Ektroverde, ex-Circle, ex-Office Building), who plays guitars and sings on the album. Veli Nuorsaari, who also plays in Kuusumun Profeetta, plays the drums and percussions. Risto Puukko plays bass, Heikki Uimanen guitar. In addition, there are two female singers and a flute player on the album. Somebody also plays a bit of keyboards on a few occasions. The music of Alien Heat might be categorised as mystical psych-pop-folk. Their music is not overtly psychedelic, though. Some of the tracks are cheerful and more up-tempo, others very melancholic. Acoustic guitars and vocals play the most important role most of the time. The mood is similar to a lot of early 70's folk rock bands, for example Magna Carta comes to mind from time to time. "Midnite St." is a bit faster, poppy song and has some hit potential, also including a nice Hawkwindish "space craft take-off" effect. "Silvery Dream" is a slow and sad track with Celtic mystery and beautiful female singing. A very fine track! "Blinded" is a short and pretty one, reminding me a bit of "Julia Dream" by Pink Floyd. One of the strongest tracks is the very catchy "Lord of The Royal Dragonflies". It also has great lyrics, and that goes for the whole album, in fact. One of the best tracks is also "For a Girl", and it is the heaviest, as well. There are no fillers among the 10 tracks on this CD, and the whole album is extremely pleasant experience, and you can listen to it a lot of times.

Alien Heat - Awake In A Dream (FR-27)

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1.		Alien Heat - Summer's Gone	4m 13s
2.		Alien Heat - Midnight St.	4m 1s
3.		Alien Heat - If You Feel	4m 13s
4.		Alien Heat - Silvery Dream	5m 32s
5.		Alien Heat - Blinded	2m 46s
6.		Alien Heat - Lord of the Royal Dragonflies	6m 12s
7.		Alien Heat - Like a Child	6m 57s
8.		Alien Heat - These Electric Moments	4m 27s
9.		Alien Heat - For a Girl	4m 16s
10.		Alien Heat - Is It Too Late To Pray?	5m 9s

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