Lal Lal Lal proudly presents the debut album by Swedish Jacob Olausson’s new project called Renegade Scanners. Olausson has previously reached for more folky atmospheres, especially on his beautiful LP on De Stijl. Some people may also know his work as Joshua Jugband 5. Renegade Scanners is a pure 4-tracker space rock feast with psychedelic bulbing synthesizers and Chrome-ish guitar riffs. But what makes it different from many others, Olausson’s sonic space ship seems to be launched some lightyears before he started to record the music. The sounds are already out there and stay there, with their Hands on Future! The record comes in cooool silk screened covers in an edition of 330.
"He's (Jakob Olausson) also released an odd solo LP of sci-fi instrumentals under the name Renegade Scanners, on Finland's always-hairy Lal Lal Lal label. The title is Hands On Future, and it is not psych folk, falling more on the Jugband side of things and beyond into weird synth-punk territory. I'm gonna call it the third most essential of these Olausson-related albums, mainly just because I think it's a little too enamored with its blooping UFO sounds. They're cool but kind of constant and basic and loud in the mix -- everything else about the record is pretty great, especially when the motorik drumming comes in, and the silk-screen sick-art feel of the sleeve is just right." - Larry "Fuzz-O" Dolman / Blastitude
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