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
I can’t help but like the new Bon Jovi album – This House Is Not For Sale. It’s not an instant classic like These Days, but a fine album nonetheless. Like many recent Bon Jovi albums, this one also features a bit too many misfire tracks (Reunion and New Year’s Day to name a few). … 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
The next Unzyme Experiment will be conducted in Helsinki on November 19th at Club Interface. Experience fresh songs, mind-altering eye stimuli and the new heavy fog expulsionator at near proximity. Collateral damage can most probably not be avoided. You can be one of them, in just two short weeks.
MacBook Pro, late 2016 model seemed pretty exciting at first, but then failed at a few important points. First of all, it’s way too expensive. The maxed out version, which is not that breathtaking in specs, costs 5099 €. Can you even find a laptop that is more expensive than that? Apple seems to be … Read more
Apoptygma Berzerk released a new album, but made it really difficult for fans to actually listen to the music, by releasing the album ONLY on CD, vinyl and cassette. I kind of respect that, though it also makes me sad that it’s so difficult to hear the songs, which are most likely awesome. I will … Read more
Tomorrow we’ll release a new music video called “Until the guilt is forgiven” via Rumba Magazine. I wrote the song to my brother, who died in 2013. The lyric deals with the feeling of guilt that a loved one’s death can cause, if something important was left unsaid or undone. An unexpected death will make you … Read more
I have never really understood why Blue album is so greatly appreciated. The songs aren’t nearly as good as the ones on Pinkerton or Green album. I might be a weird Weezer fan, because I like all of their albums, even the generally loathed Raditude. Well, not all of Raditude, but most of it. Make … Read more
Unzyme will release a new video for a song called Until the guilt is forgiven. The video was directed by Artur Kazmertsuk. Joona tells about the collaboration with Artur: “We were really happy to work with Artur Kazmertsuk, because he really gets what Unzyme is about and his vision is very much compatible with our style. … Read more
Ville injects some beat repeat effects to his biomechanical drum kit. Fabio appears in a cameo role. The system fails us once again. Daniel gets accustomed to the strange ways of the mixer and the anomalies of the MOTU sound card.
A new worm is born (via meiosis). The worm gets a new, lovely violet dress. A balance is found. Lighting system gets a new standard positioning, DMX fixtures are color tagged and their positions mapped. Songs get played.
Our next music video and single release, The Completionist, will be premiered exclusively on Rumba magazine this Friday (May 20th). We got a lot of help from our supporters and friends, who perform on the video. The biggest thanks goes to Eero, who directed and edited the video. His idea was to make The Completionist … Read more
When I heard the news about the next Pet Shop Boys album a few days ago, I got very excited. Suddenly they had released a new song, Inner Sanctum, which I had not anticipated at all. I put it on, and immediately enjoyed the very electronic vibe of the song. Releasing such a song as the first single, is a pretty bold move. It’s not your typical radio single, but more like a club banger with just a few vocal moments. This is experimental Pet Shop Boys, and a very successful experiment indeed. It sounds like they had fun creating it, and weren’t stuck in any predictable PSB format, if there ever was one.
Having heard “Inner Sanctum” I immediately preordered their new album, Super, and booked tickets to a very special PSB show at the Royal Opera House in London on July 20th 2016. I’ve seen some very cool experimental Pet Shop Boys shows before, including Battleship Potemkin in Newcastle in 2006, which was epic and something completely different. This new production at the Royal Opera House sounds like it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the venue itself would be worth the trip to London. When I bought the tickets, there were only a couple of seats remaining, so I expect the tickets to sell out very soon. This will be my third time to fly to the UK to see the Pet Shop Boys. I’ve also seen them in Tallinn, Helsinki (twice) and Pori.
Pet Shop Boys is my biggest musical inspiration, though I do listen to a wide variety of other bands and styles. Listening to “Inner Sanctum” led to a trip of various PSB interviews on YouTube, like their 2014 interview with the “Electric” producer Stuart Price, who has also produced “Super”. Electric was a step to a new direction, as all previous PSB albums have been. Super promises to be a “purely electronic” album, further exploring the energetic dance ethos of Electric.
I got more interested in Stuart Price’s work after reading the news of him producing another Pet Shop Boys album. I was rather surprised that I hadn’t paid much attention to him earlier. Turns out that he’s been working with many other artists that I like very much, including New Order, The Killers, Brandon Flowers, Keane and Hurts. Zoot Woman, one of his projects, has also been recommended to me many times. Now there is a big list of Stuart Price productions on my “check this out” playlist. Seems like I could learn a thing or two from Stuart.
I found this awesome band, Kate Boy, by accident. I was looking for Laura Branigan’s classic hit Self Control on Spotify, and saw this song on the list as well. At first I thought it was a cover version of Branigan’s 80’s hit, but no! It was something much cooler than a cover song. It immediately caught my attention. Could this be my new favorite band? Quite possibly.
I gotta respect the unescapable rhythm and deeply infectious melody of Self Control. And it’s no exception in Kate Boy’s discography. Pretty much all of their songs are melodic and are dressed in very cool rhythmic synths. Energetic power-pop with lyrics that are more interesting than your average radio pop songs.
I highly recommend checking out Kate Boy’s debut album One. Very cool stuff, and might just inspire some new Unzyme songs as well.
Ps. It’s no miracle that they’re based in Sweden.
We played the last show of 2015 at Nanite Club (Lepakkomies Baari). The video is of an old Unzyme song, Excuses ran dry, in its current live incarnation.
We plan to arrange another Nanite Club in collaboration with Rockin’ Hot Mama Agency next Spring.
Bad Black Unicorn has written a review of Unzyme’s last show of the Override Tour in Kulttempel (Oberhausen, Germany). Shows by Pos.:2 and Dynastie are also covered. Check it out. Photo by Simone Hohnhorst.
We are a three-person band playing biomechanical pop. We have live vocals, live keyboards, live drums and a backing track. In addition, we have pre-programmed lighting systems for each song. How is all this put together? Our live system has migrated from a very simple collection of separate sound modules to a more integrated mesh of … Read more
This might just be the best James Bond theme song ever written. I liked Adele’s Skyfall, too, but this composition is more versatile and Sam Smith’s falsetto is just unbelievable. The orchestral arrangement – the horns and the strings make this a really sweet piece of music. The video suits the song perfectly.
I was listening to XPLAIN’s wonderful music, and found Man Without Country through her Facebook page. I had heard many of MWC’s remixes before (Miike Snow and Moby to name a few), but hadn’t realized that Man Without Country is much more than just a remix team. They’re great songwriters too. Today I listened to Man Without Country’s song called “Laws of Motion” and I was blown away. What a melody, and timeless sense of beauty. I strongly recommend getting to know this band. There’s a certain 80’s appreciation in their sound selection, but mostly they sound very contemporary. Seems like I’ll be spending the next few days listening to Man Without Country.
A very talented artist, XPLAIN will join us for two nights of the Override Tour – Leipzig 9.11. and Magdeburg 10.11.
In addition to the Override Tour in Germany, we’ve added a few tour dates in Finland. Continuing our successful partnership with Music Against Drugs, we’ll play in Kajaani and Joensuu. One show in Helsinki in December has also been added. Two other bands will also join us in Helsinki.
Uniting Sound Media made this video for our tour in Germany. We hope to see you there. Check out the Experiments page for details.