Ogo Dys
"Ohm"
3" CDR
Cosmic Pancake Productions
Genre: prog
Halmstad, Sweden
June 29, 2009 |
Ogo Dys is the
work of beyond-quirky Swede Magnus Lundberg, who treats songs
like full-out musical adventures, often swinging through several
generically and texturally diverse passages within a single
composition. The brief Ohm EP is a titillating nugget from
the unlikely one-man band, and it sounds a little
rougher-around-the-edges than some other material of his, at least
in terms of production values.
"Alien Eggs
Hatching" storms the gate with Danny Elfman inspired
progadelia, wedding progressive guitars and organs with an Oingo
Boingo-esque joviality. "Princess Moondust," meanwhile, rides an
acoustic bass groove into a vicious power-chord assault before
introducing Disney-esque fanfare to the mix. Sounds strange, don't
it? The whimsy continues on the third and last opus, "Temple of the
Soaring Eggplant," which is about as epic a journey you're likely to
get out of a six minute song. Ohm features some very good
material, but I'd recommend you grab Neptune Everywhere, a
more complete release, before picking this one up.
78%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 3 tracks, distributed by
the band,
released 2008] |