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Lackluster

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Spiraling cascades of playful melodies. Lush canopies of layered sound. Ebbing and flowing rhythms. The organic foundations of the music you’re hearing make you inevitably think of Mother Nature herself in her infinite multiplicity and richness. And this sense of naturally born expression is exactly what links Esa Ruoho’s ambient soundscapes, which remind of winter solstice to the wistful, playful tunes of past summer days. This is what makes his music so distinctive, vibrant, and in a word unique.



One of a kind is indeed the expression, which best describes the electronic music auteur Esa Ruoho, regardless whether we are talking about the organic quality of his music under the artist name Lackluster or just the artist himself in his private life. Esa Ruoho is truly an original; a homegrown and uncompromising composer and an eccentric explorer of science and nature, whose artistic career might seem at first glimpse to be just a sum of happy accidents. However, the illusion quickly dissolves after carefully examining his biography. Instead of coincidence, there is only talent and hard work.

Lackluster emerged seemingly out of the blue and stepped directly into the international limelight in the year 2000 with his debut album, Container. While the artist himself remains endlessly surprised by his signing to a real record label, everyone else knew even then that it was just a question of time.
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Cokemachineglow review Esa Ruoho: Places

8 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/lacklust3r

Cokemachineglow Esa Ruoho: Places reviewEsa Ruoho Places (Grundruck; 2008) Rating: 59% Following on from part one of Finland Today it's time to venture into the darker side of...

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