Onségen Ensemble to Record New Album in February
I have it on pretty good authority that I wasn’t the only one who really dug the vibe Oulu, Finland’s Onségen Ensemble brought forth on their 2018 self-released sophomore long-player, Duel (review here). The doesn’t-always-do-stuff-but-when-they-do-they-make-it-count collective have exciting news in that they’ll be recording their next full-length in just a couple months’ time with none other than Jamie Gomez Arellano at the helm at Orgone Studios in London.
Not sure what the recording situation will be in terms of how long they’ll be there, how the tracks will be laid down, if Arellano will mix as well (why not?) and who will master, but the thought of Onségen Ensemble pairing with someone who’s a well-established master of capturing depth of tone — Arellano has worked with luminaries across a spectrum from Hexvessel and Myrkur to Orange Goblin and Paradise Lost — is promising to be sure. I have to wonder if perhaps there’s a label announcement in their future as well. Hmm? Now who do we know who might be interested in putting out well-produced progressive heavy rock from Finland? Rhymes with “start”…
Here’s what they had to say:
Recording new album in February!
For the first time we have a truly extraordinary opportunity to work with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano in his Orgone Studios. Can’t wait!
The album will be released in 2020.
BIO:
Onségen Ensemble is a group of northern musicians whose first assemblage was formed in the beginning of the twenty-first century, with it’s musicians drawn from various genres such as jazz, stoner, prog and black metal. During that time the sound of Onségen was sown as a seed to grow slowly but surely.
Onségen Ensemble Generation Twenty-ten has continued with the task of grafting the material into its final form. “Awalaï”, the first opus to be released, is a cinematic selection of varied landscapes: good, bad, and occasionally ugly.
Onségen is about the critical exploration of one’s mind, about broadening of horizons and new discoveries.
Generation MMXVIII – Personnel In DUEL:
Juggis Aalto, Heikki Häkkilä, Esa Juujärvi, Merja Järvelin, Sami Lehtiniemi, Samuli Lindberg, Joni Mäkelä, Jaakko Tuomivaara, Niina Vahtola and Mikko Vuorela.
https://www.facebook.com/onsegenensemble/
https://onsgenensemble.bandcamp.com/
http://www.onsegen.com/
