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
I was playing Pet Shop Boys’ Luna Park on the piano, when I got distracted to improvise a new Unzyme tune. For the first demo of the song, I sang some dummy lyrics from Luna Park – “On the shooting range…“, in a different rhythm and melody. Sometimes it’s hard to replace the original demo … Read more
Sometimes a single sound can inspire a whole song. Mother of all bombs started as a sound experiment. I was playing with Omnisphere, and found this epic guitar sound, which just screamed to get onto a song. The guitar sound, along with the gated pad sound, really started to inspire me, and soon I had … Read more
Step outside was one of the first songs to get written for Override. The lyric is about stepping outside of a stale relationship to taste a forbidden affair. But whenever I think about this song, I feel that it’s about actually getting out, breathing fresh air, getting inspired by your surroundings. I have specific forests, … Read more
One of our long-time fans told us to never change the logo, because it’s tattooed in her hand. I never really wanted to change the logo – I admire the bands that have held on to their logo, no matter how unfashionable it may have become in the current aesthetic landscape. My favorite Swedish band, … Read more
According to my last year’s Spotify statistics, my music listening hours were down about 17%. At the same time, I had started listening to a lot of podcasts, mainly on YouTube. Not watching, just listening. I spent as much time with my headphones as before, so it’s clear that the time that I spent listening … Read more
In the Kent song, Beredd på allt, Joakim Berg sings how he likes to travel alone. Jag reser gärna ensamdet har kommit med årenMan blir så trött av allt pratav att tolka språken Translates to something along these lines: “I like to travel aloneit has come with the yearsOne gets so tired of all the … Read more
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
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
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
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
Listening to the Pet Shop Boys’ album, Super, I always go back to my trip in Tallinn in 2016. The album was new, and I listened to it a lot while exploring Tallinn. Now every time I listen to Super, I always think about the tram rides, the massive national library, the old buildings at … Read more
[su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/U9xZa8LfQsg” playlist=”4iADJzARx2w,bpwdTxTYOaE,TseqEgacjg4,RPtRdZAJa2A,GHPYHEsn91E,p2mAE0zW01o,gWLWlKEK4fU,gJFGUhdMndc” width=”1500″ height=”1000″ modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes”] When I first heard Zombie by The Cranberries in mid-nineties, it got stuck in my head for months. Despite of falling in love with the song, I didn’t immediately become a fan, because the rest of their songs didn’t really resemble Zombie. But a few years later, an … Read more
Preparations for Tallinn Music Week 2017 began a few weeks before the conference. Last year I carried a huge, heavy travel case with about 80 promo packages in it – this time I decided to travel a bit lighter, and packed just a few dozen physical albums, and a bunch of redesigned promo packages. I … Read more
Anniversaries has stayed in our live setlist for a long time. Structurally it’s one of those Unzyme songs that start off with relatively small elements and end up in a massive chorus storm. It’s a very dark song about having big dreams and constantly having to put them off. The frustration of not getting any recognition for … Read more
Hellou there! I’m Anniina Saari, a make-up artist and a professional in fashion and clothing. I’m the one responsible for the looks in Unzyme’s brand new music video Extinction. The project started when Unzyme’s manager and music video’s executive producer Suvi Liukkonen contacted me and asked about my interest in co-operating on a cool music video … Read more
Trespassers is one of my more autobiographical songs. Sometimes it’s easy to write, if you just document what you’ve experienced. Musically Trespassers is from the lighter edge of the Unzyme spectrum – something that could be played on a plain piano. I quite like the solos in this song. The story, however, is the most interesting … Read more
Covered clearance is a very special song to me. I like to explore and photograph underground tunnels and abandoned places. These photos are very much present in the album booklet, especially on Override. When I was composing Brainforest, I came across this beautiful photo of a tunnel with a hole in the ceiling. A story started to emerge … Read more
“Crush this relic” was the first Unzyme song to feature guitar. I have written some of Unzyme’s songs on a guitar, but mostly they’re born out of improvised keyboard playing sessions. I tend to write instrumental music first, and sing on top of that. I’m not the greatest keyboardist in the universe, so this workflow lets me … Read more
This song was born in a rather unusual way. We wrote the song together with Ville, using a method that we call “combosing“. In combosing, a team of composers write music into a predefined song structure without hearing each other. Writers are given a song structure, and each section of the song is described in some … Read more
There are some things in the pop star checklist, that feel exceptionally good to get checked. One of them is “people dancing naked to your song”. Our latest experiment at the traditional beach party of Jyväskylä’s sexual equality organization was a great experience in many ways, including a wildly screaming audience and the naked women … Read more