Club Merano
is a group of 7 musicians from Helsinki, Finland influenced by progressive rock & psychedelic pop formed by a.k.a and his son .
album is an engaging song collection consisting of eleven tracks analogically recorded (analog/digitally mastered) introspective listening experience, delivering moods from progressive rock, psychedelic pop, oriental music, folk, cinematic scores and spaghetti western (pasta nordica).
Uplifting northern melancholia in the spirit of the seventies...
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
After years of exploring through several music styles from funk art-rock (Heads & Bodies) to electronic-discofunk (Accu) songwriter, musician Harpov settles down to his roots introducing the début album - (Exogenic Music Group).
The album was written & composed partly by the lakeside in Finland, in the prairies of Portugal and high mountains of Himalaya, Nepal.
It was recorded in an old pig house farm studio in Kirkkonummi, Finland by and mixed by “The Baron of Sealand”, record maker in Helsinki, Finland 2011. Guitars were recorded by in Hitsville Studios, Finland.
::: Introducing the band:
(vocals, acoustic guitar, moog)
(bass)
(electric guitar)
(organ, moog, piano)
(percussion)
(drums)
Your musical influences
The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Genesis, Rush, Yes, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Kiss, The Police, Todd Rundgren, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin, Trilok Gurtu, Brand X, Screaming Headless Torsos, Wigwam, Kingston Wall, REM, Gentle Giant, Van Morrison, Blue Oyster Cult, Bo Hansson, Radiohead, Mike Oldfield, Supertramp, The Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Soft Machine, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Procol Harum, Roger Waters, Tears for Fears
Anything else?
::: Featuring on :
(trombone)
(accordion)
(cello)
(orchestral percussion)
(acoustic guitar)
