We like to make our experiments as spectacular as possible, and thus have invested quite a lot of time on lighting design. Every song in our live catalog has been enhanced with a light show. We try to underline the story of the song with a matching light sequence. It took quite a lot of … Read more
I’ve tried countless tricks while recording by myself. Often I thought that I was a bad singer, while it was actually about not hearing what I sung. I used to have to record a lot more to get the right takes, but with the combination of a proper headphone mix and using only one half … Read more
Vocal recording sessions tend to be rather long. After recording and going through the vocal takes countless times, you start to lose perspective. This is why breaks are essential in recording. My favorite quality test for recorded vocals is the (notorious) morning test. The idea is simple: first thing in the morning, listen to what … Read more
When recording vocals, it’s essential to actually hear what you’re singing. Recently I switched to a Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface, and even though the monitoring audio quality is fine, I wasn’t able to get enough volume to my headphones while recording. I tried lowering the volume of all other tracks in Ableton Live, but … Read more
One of the early Unzyme songs. When I composed this song, I was really excited about the melody. I think I had gotten really close to my ideal of the perfect melody. I still like the song very much, but production-wise we’ve done a better job on many other songs. Especially now that we’re about … Read more
Unzyme will perform at Lumous Festival (Tampere, Finland) on July 4th. We had planned not to do any more experiments before the release of Override, but because this was such an interesting offer, we decided to take it. Hope to see you in Tampere! Lumous Festival on Facebook Lumous Festival website