When you're a fledgling rock band and you get invited to contribute the live accompaniment to a screening of the classic silent horror film Nosferatu, what exactly should you infer from that? In this case, it probably wasn't meant as a reflection of the band's instrumental sound (somewhat dark and sometimes eerie, but hardly evil) or its vocal style (Petronella Nettermalm sounds enough like Björk to drive thoughts of vampirism far from all but the most twisted minds), but maybe as an acknowledgment of its ability to create lush soundscapes that can be put to a variety of uses. On what appears to be their debut album, Paatos explores a strange musical territory somewhere in the borderlands between prog rock, Scandinavian folk-rock, and sort of post-metal experimentalism. Keyboardist Johan Wallen provides lots of vintage Fender Rhodes and Mellotron sounds for the old-schoolers in the audience, but the production by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) keeps the overall sound fresh and modern, both spacious and dark. Highlight tracks include the complex and beautiful "Look at Us" and the vaguely trip-hoppy "Absinthe Minded" (har har). Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
Tracks
Track Title
Composers
Performers
Time
Gasoline
Paatos
Paatos
(5:55)
Holding On
Paatos
Paatos
(5:00)
Happiness
Paatos
Paatos
(5:20)
Absinth Minded
Paatos
Paatos
(4:49)
Look at Us
Paatos
Paatos
(5:25)
Reality
Paatos
Paatos
(7:37)
Stream
Paatos
Paatos
(5:17)
Won't Be Coming Back
Paatos, Reine Fiske
Paatos
(5:32)
In Time
Paatos
Paatos
(6:34)
Credits
Steven Wilson (Mixing), Claes Persson (Mastering), Anders Bergman (Violin), Anders Bergman (Group Member), Paatos (Realization)
Its central idea grew from the rumors of truth drugs that ensured the subservience of every citizen to the state.
Kallocain has been translated in to more than 10 languages, and was adapted into a televisionminiseries in 1981 by Hans Abramson.
Plot
The plot centers around Leo Kall, written in diary form. Leo Kall is a scientist who is incredibly loyal to the government and develops the drug, Kallocain, which is a truth drug. It has the effect that anyone who takes it will reveal anything, even things they weren't consciously aware of.
Major themes include the notion of self in a totalitarian state, the meaning of life, and the power of love.
