LÄHTÖ MATKALLE

Jukka Rissanen moved to Hungary to study Classical Music at the Franz Liszt Academy and he was replaced by then recently disbanded Jupu Group's Jukka Linkola, while original bassist Jarmo Hiekkala returned to the line-up for the sessions of Finnforest's second album ''Lähtö matkalle'' (1976, Love Records).Synth player Pertti Pokki also contributed some keyboard parts in a few tracks, but in this new album the band seems to have lost some of the energy and inspiration of the debut.Not quite what you'd expect by a band now operating with a normal set-up instead of the reduced trio of ''Finnforest''.The tracks became longer and looser and the compact performances are somewhat missing.This is still rich Fusion music with a bit of Mahavishnu Orchestra resemblances in the guitar/electric piano-driven moments, which are the more dynamic as well.There are also plenty of more laid-back passages with jazzier and more restrained atmospheres, while lots of synth layers make the music more up-to- date.Interplays are accurate, solos are pretty solid and the overall taste is more than positive.It just fails to follow parallel lines with ''Finnforest'' and some of its incredible stylistical/executing changes. my personal highlights are "Elvin" and "Alpha". 4.0 stars

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