Nerve cells is the second single from Unzyme’s upcoming album. Some of our songs have science fiction themes. This is one of two scifi songs on the fourth Unzyme album. As a long-time fan of science fiction movies and games, I always find it fascinating to write about possible futures. Songs like Extinction, Wargame and … Read more
I bicycled to PihkaSound to rehearse a song with the Unzyme producer Lasse Turunen. I was just about to get back home, when I noticed that my bike had a flat tire. I decided to walk back home and shoot some video footage on the way back. Most of the time I was on the … Read more
Misconstructed is one of the less performed tracks from Transplant, along with Incision. Misconstructed is a tough track to play live, because it’s so frantic and misconstrued, like its title. But it was lots of fun to compose. There is a healthy dose of The Prodigy in this track – Keith Flint would’ve had his … Read more
Lie down in debris is so much fun to play live. I’ve always felt that we play rock music, even though the instrumentation and stylistic choices are very much electronic. There’s a good amount of Nirvana in the on/off nature of this song. I was also channeling Pendulum, when writing the song. Lie down in … Read more
Joona explains how the fourth album was named. “It’s all about looking back, trying to figure out how you got to where you are. Forensic investigation of your own past.” Watch the video to learn more about the thoughts behind the upcoming album.
We did a bunch of live songs at the Unzyme Proving Ground. After recording the other songs that we had originally planned to record, we had time for one more. This was shot in one take. The Completionist is definitely one of our favorite songs to play live, as it is very energetic and playful.
The latest Weezer tracks have been suspiciously good and liberated. It feels like they don’t give a damn about how people see them, and that seems to result in some fine music. Weezer is such a productive band, that it’s inevitable to have some variation in the quality of their songs. Personally, I like all … Read more
“Until the guilt is forgiven” was recorded at Unzyme’s band rehearsal at the Unzyme Proving Ground in August 2020. Tech-wise our rehearsals don’t really differ from a proper show, so it’s good to record the state of the band on video, from time to time. This song was released in 2017 on our third album, … Read more
I needed to write music to a trapeze performance of a friend of mine, who lives some 500 kilometres away. I could’ve used the microphone of the laptop, and let it record the stuff from speakers, but that would’ve resulted in lousy audio quality. So, I started looking for a way to get audio from … Read more
Taike (Arts Promotion Centre Finland) has awarded a working grant to me (Joona), which will enable almost two months of compositional work towards the fourth (and possibly portions of the fifth) Unzyme album. I wonder if we should start using the same naming convention as the legendary German pop sensation, Modern Talking, where they always … Read more
Unzyme’s keyboardist, Daniel Lawrence arranged a new song of ours in a rather grandiose way. We’ve always liked strings, but lately that love has actualized in many string-heavy songs, including “Never leave the shipyard”, “Harder to breathe”, “Tension”, “About to explode” and “Dust on the shelves” – all from the upcoming album.
Ville is now busier than ever, finishing his thesis on CRISPR, so we can’t perform or rehearse like we normally do. This led us to think about alternative ways of working, one of which is to write new arrangements for old songs. We did a couple of new arrangements – an acoustic guitar arrangement of … Read more
Our latest music video can now be called award-winning. It won the Wavvy Music Accolades’ Best Music Video award. Whoo! “This sci-fi flick was shot in a real particle accelerator lab, making this video objectively one of the coolest of all time. Where my geeks at? With Neuralink being developed by Elon Musk, the idea … Read more
This song is fantastic. Weezer at their best. I really don’t have anything bad to say about this song – it’s a very powerful pop rock song with relatable lyrics. I don’t know about you, but as a kid, I always wanted to be a superhero. I had a cape and a staff weapon like … Read more
PihkaSound, Dalziel and Mind Waker remixed Nerve cells in unimaginable ways. Releasing a remix Ep has been a new, positive experience for us, and we wish to release more remixes in the near future. Feel free to contact us, if you feel like remixing our upcoming stuff!
In the beginning of the music video, Måns says that the song is a letter to himself as a young boy. That is a lovely idea for a song. On My Way is an irresistible song about trusting yourself and ignoring the naysayers and pessimists. I’ve heard many artists saying the same thing, that they … Read more
Our live streaming schematic looks like this. Yours will be different, but this might help you understand how to route your cables, and how to configure your software. Download the full size image of the audio & video routing schematics. Audio routing In our case, we have audio coming from different sources. The audio signals … Read more
Moby’s discography is versatile and huge. Ever since he got popular enough, he seemed to care less and less about what’s expected of him. Since he rose to popularity, Moby has released a lot of albums that do not aim to please the mainstream. I’ve been following Moby’s career since Play, and lately I haven’t … Read more
Music supervisors often face difficulties in movie production, when they want to use a certain piece of music in a scene, but the rights to use that song haven’t been cleared yet. Sometimes it can take weeks, or even months, to get the rights to use the song. With independent artists, this process of licensing … Read more
Unzyme’s latest music video, Nerve cells, was featured on Electrozombies TV, a monthly list of cool new synthpop music videos.
Don’t accept your fate was the first track to feature a more organic sound. I had been experimenting with semi-authentic string sounds, and came up with this string riff. Finding a new sonic landscapes can inspire a fresh kind of melody. It might seem typical now, but when I first wrote this melody, I thought … Read more
Leo Val, also known as Mind Waker, recently remixed Unzyme’s Nerve cells. In this interview, Leo talks about his ambitious plans of releasing a series of science fiction albums, his inspirations and musical roots. Who are you and what would you like to be known for? I’m Leo Val, 30 something artist I guess. I … Read more