The biggest reason for me to vlog is to make my endeavours, skills, vision and style visible, so that the people who are interested in listening to Unzyme’s music or doing any kind of business with us, know who they’re dealing with. And in the process, hopefully convince some new people that it’s worth their … Read more
For a long time I had this idea of having lyric videos of all of our songs. I had a very specific idea of how the lyric videos should look like, and I didn’t really know how to make such videos. But I know how to make this kind of videos, so I decided to … Read more
God Save the Rave is Sebastian Schilde’s second production with Scooter, and he doesn’t disappoint. The name of the song implies a classic rave sound, and that’s what we get. Of course this sounds more like the 2010’s than the 1990’s, and as there aren’t many other artists doing this kind of music these days, … Read more
This is the first song from the Override era to get dissected. I originally wrote it to my grandpa, who passed away before we released Override. My grandfather was a great inspiration to me – he built a lot of houses and had a very positive outlook on life. He wasn’t afraid of work, and … Read more
I rarely get excited about a Eurovision song entry. It would’ve been nice to see Darude in the ESC2019 final, but as he and Sebastian Rejman had to step aside, my attention moved to the finalists. Sister is a very vocal-centric song, which is not a surprise, because it’s actually a rule in the Eurovision … Read more
What I like about David Guetta‘s Stay, is that it’s actually house music, which is something he used to do when he started out. There are some echoes from the Just A Little More Love era. I suppose that at this point of his career, David Guetta can do pretty much whatever he wants, and … Read more
At the time of writing, I thought that Terracentric was one of the best songs I had written so far. It was one of the last songs that were written for Brainforest. It sounded like a hit song, and I was pretty pumped about it. It does have many of the characteristics that still define … Read more
I got interested in Ellen Allien‘s music when she and Apparat released their collaboration album, Orchestra of Bubbles, which is nothing short of a masterpiece. Ellen Allien’s music is usually quite experimental and progressive, and to me it sounds like some of the tracks aren’t even meant to be beautiful in the first place. Ellen … Read more
This is Unzyme’s only released instrumental track. There are many unreleased instrumentals on my hard drive, waiting for a suitable opportunity to get released. Override was supposed to start off with an instrumental piece, which was heavily influenced by Röyksopp, but the song never got finished. I might still release that at some point. Movement … Read more
I stumbled upon the music of PLGRM via Warner Music Germany’s Facebook page. The snipped they posted was catchy enough for me to seek the song on Spotify. Daylight‘s video is directed by Peter Majarich, and I think it suits the song perfectly. The best videos make the song sound even better, and this is … Read more
I use a MacBook Pro 2018 to write my music, using Ableton Live. Apple does many things right, but cooling the laptop isn’t one of them. Today I noticed a significant decrease in the laptop’s performance. I closed almost all the apps, but the problem wouldn’t go away. Processor clock speed was definitely throttled down … Read more
I’ve listened to Rammstein since Mutter, but at some point I kind of got bored of their music, since it didn’t seem to evolve much. And while these new songs (Deutschland and Radio) have got a very good grip and they’re from the better end of the Rammstein spectrum, they’re still rewriting that same song … Read more
I appreciate melodies that move a lot. This song is full of such melodies. There are nice hooks everywhere, and Ava Max’s vocal performance is spectacular. I actually heard the Majestic Remix of this song first, and while I first thought it was rather boring, because there wasn’t too much movement in the remix, but … Read more
The point of dubstep is to distort and have every sound source so loud that it will start clipping. “Turn Off The Lights” is a very danceable track, and it will surely keep the dance floor on fire. I’m not normally into this kind of music, as it’s mainly sample art and so-called producer music, … Read more
Modern electronic pop songs rarely have big choruses. They only have some cut’n’paste instrumental pieces where the chorus used to live. I think it’s boring! I think artists aren’t trying hard enough. I find it really hard to get excited about such lame excuses for a chorus. I certainly try to write choruses that are … Read more
In 2014, Unzyme’s producer Lasse Turunen recommended Ellie Goulding‘s Figure 8 to me. I had, of course, heard the massive hit Burn from the same album. Burn is a fantastic track with a great arrangement and superb production, and it’s hard to beat. Figure 8, is among Ellie’s best work in my book. The verse … Read more
I like pretty much all of Röyksopp‘s catalogue, so it would be hard for them to disappoint me. I fell in love with Melody A.M. when it came out in 2001. Nobody else was doing that kind of music at the time. That funky groove set them apart from their electronic contemporaries. The Understanding was … Read more
The original version of Electro Panic was released in 2004 on Digital Collusions and Analogue Intrusions compilation. It’s a collaboration between Yahel and Infected Mushroom. It’s a rather minimal trance piece with a heavy emphasis on acid bass synths and distorted, rhythmic synth riffs. The riffs and the energy of the track are the best … Read more
This new Unzyme song explores the misty abandoned playgrounds of Coldplay, Sia, Sigur Ros, a-ha, Florence + The Machine and Poets of the Fall. The video for “Dust on the shelves” was directed and shot by Ville Hoikkala. The script is based on the lyrics of the song. The song, as usual, was produced and … Read more
Insomnia starts with a very cool sound effect hook, which immediately drew my attention to the song. The sound effect is actually quite similar to what we’ve used at the beginning of The Completionist. The effect is definitely from BT’s Stutter Edit (an iZotope sound effect plugin). We should use that more! Anyway… The chorus … Read more
I was drawn to the music of Lost Frequencies a few years ago, probably via his mellow and very unorthodox version of Haddaway‘s classic What is Love. I don’t particularly like that version, but I really liked most of the other songs on the album – In Too Deep and All Or Nothing, just to … Read more