Feuer. Improvised by E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr featuring Petri Kuljuntausta. Excerpts from live performance at Aboagora Festival, Turku 20 August 2021. Recorded, edited and mixed by Pertti Grönholm at Valimo Productions.

Ismo Virta: Memotron; Kimi Kärki: e-guitar, e-bow & effects; Pertti Grönholm: Korg Mono/Poly, Doepfer Dark Energy, Arturia Beat Step Pro, Roland TR-707, Roland SH-101 and effects. Petri Kuljuntausta e-guitar & effects. Sounds of the northern lights and fire place recorded by Petri Kuljuntausta, Lightning and thunder sounds recorded by Pertti Grönholm. All rights reserved.

Feuer

Feuer (Aboagora Live / Excerpts 2021) Feat. Petri Kuljuntausta

Die Schwarze Spiralo is a live rendering/remake of the Side A of Spiralo LP (Svart Records 2014). Composed by Pertti Grönholm and Jaakko Penttinen. Arranged by Pertti Grönholm, Ismo Virta and Kimi Kärki. Played live at Turku City Library at Kaamos Festival in 12 November 2021. Ismo Virta: Memotron & effects, Kimi Kärki: E-Guitar, Ebow and effects; Pertti Grönholm; Roland RS-09 Organ/Strings, Roland SH-101 Synthesizer & effects. Backing track by Pertti Grönholm and Jaakko Penttinen: organ drones, synthesizers, samplers and electronic and acoustic percussion. All rights reserved.

Die Schwarze Spiralo

Die Schwarze Spiralo (Kaamos Live 2021)

Phoenix (excerpt) played live at Back to Space, in Ääniwalli, Helsinki  November 26, 2021. Composed by Pertti Grönholm. Arranged by Pertti Grönholm, Ismo Virta and Kimi Kärki. Ismo Virta: Memotron & effects, Kimi Kärki: E-Guitar, Ebow and effects; Pertti Grönholm; Moog Sub Phatty and Korg Polysix. Backing track by Pertti Grönholm. All rights reserved.

Phoenix

Phoenix (Back To Space Live 2021 Excerpt)

Homage to Vangelis (1943-2022). Includes a cover version of Blade Runner Opening Theme composed by Vangelis (1982) and The Last Encounter composed by Pertti Grönholm (2022). Both tracks played by Pertti Grönholm with Roland RS-505 Paraphonic string machine and effects (Boss RE-20, Boss RE-1000). Recorded live and mastered by Pertti Grönholm. All rights reserved.

Homage to Vangelis

Homage to Vangelis - Blade Runner Opening Theme cover + more (2022)

Leere. Partly composed, partly improvised by E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr and Laura Naukkarinen (Lau Nau). Excerpt from live performance at Aboagora Festival, Turku 23 August 2023. Mixed live and recorded by Pertti Grönholm. Edited and mixed by Pertti Grönholm at Valimo Productions.

Ismo Virta: Memotron; Kimi Kärki: e-guitar, e-bow & effects; Pertti Grönholm: Doepfer Dark Energy synthesizer, Roland SH-101 synthesizer & effects. Laura Naukkarinen: custom modular synthesizer, water bowl & effects. All rights reserved.

Die fünf Ringe

Die fünf Ringe, Teil V: Leere / Die Leere

Leere (Aboagora Live / Excerpt 2023) Feat. Lau Nau

The Man Who Laughs (Dir. Paul Leni, 1928). Live soundtrack for open air movie screening. Excerpts recorded live at Turku Book Café, Turku September 6, 2023. Mixed live and recorded by Pertti Grönholm. Composed by Pertti Grönholm, Ismo Virta and Ami Hassinen. Arranged and performed by EMG Lux Ohr feat. Ashen Simian.

Pertti Grönholm: synthesizers, drum machine, sampler, percussion & effects; Ismo Virta: Memotron & effects; Kimi Kärki: e-guitar, ebow & effects; Ami Hassinen: synthesizers, e-guitar and effects. All rights reserved.

Der lachende Mann

The Man Who Laughs Live Soundtrack

The Man Who Laughs - (Turku Book Café / Excerpts 2023) Feat. Ashen Simian

Excerpts of three unnamed live improvisations by EMG Lux Ohr Feat. Ashen Simian. Mixed and recorded live by Pertti Grönholm and Ami Hassinen. Recorded at the Old Shortwave Station in Pori, Finland in September 8, 2023 from a two-hour performance at Live Ambient Festival organized by Jesaja von Plugi et al.  

All the tracks in this compilation were improvised live by Pertti Grönholm, Ismo Virta and Ami Hassinen. The last excerpt contains a synth sequence composed and pre-recorded by Pertti Grönholm. Arranged by EMG Lux Ohr and Ashen Simian.

Pertti Grönholm: synthesizers, keyboards & effects; Ismo Virta: Memotron & effects; Ami Hassinen: synthesizers, e-guitar and effects. All rights reserved.

Unnamed and unreleased

Live Improvisations (Live Ambient Festival / Excerpts 2023) Feat. Ashen Simian

A track that will be on an upcoming album.

Home Sweet Home

Die vergangene Zukunft Teil II. An unreleased track. Played live at Avaruusromua Live, Turku, Finland in December 2016. Also broadcast Live by YLE 1 (Finnish National Broadcast Company).

Composed by Pertti Grönholm (live intro) and Jaakko Penttinen (DVZ Teil II), arranged by E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr.  Pertti Grönholm, synthesizers; Kimi Kärki, e-guitar & effects; Ismo Virta, Memotron & effects. Backing track: Jaakko Penttinen, synthesizers and sequencers. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pertti Grönholm in 2016/2020. All rights reserved.

Unreleased

Die vergangene Zukunft Pt.2

Die vergangene Zukunft, Teil II (Avaruusromua Live 2016)

E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr vs. Ashen Simian: Winterstrasse. Improvised studio jam in July 2017, Kokkola Finland. Pertti Grönholm: synthesizer and effects; Ismo Virta: e-guitar and effects; Ami Hassinen: synthesizers, sequencer, vocoder and effects. All rights reserved.

Winterstrasse

Winterstrasse (Studio jam 2017) Feat. Ashen Simian

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Elektronische Musik für kosmische Ohren - Electronic music for cosmic ears 

While E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr's quest for cosmic experiences is proudly inspired by German Kosmische Musik of the 1970s, the band also boldly pursues to probe frontiers that have remained unchallenged for four decades. The music of E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr is a journey into organic atmospheres, warm analogue timbres and melodic sequences that bring the sound of the pioneers into the 21st century.

E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr has performed in various venues ranging from rock clubs to art museums, libraries and movie theaters. All music of E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr is made to be played live and also many of the album tracks have evolved in live performances and jam sessions. 

The three space cadets of E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr are: Pertti Grönholm, synthesizers, sequencers and samplers; Kimi Kärki, guitar, e-bow and effects; Ismo Virta, Memotron, guitar and effects. Jaakko Penttinen (synthesizers and sequencers) was a band member from 2008 to 2017. All current and former musicians have been active in various underground music scenes for a long time.

The Man Who Laughs - (Turku Book Café / Excerpts 2023) Feat. Ashen Simian

E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr

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