Spinoff: “800 Memories Per Second” by taphead now available

Written by Herra Paalanen on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

As some of you may have heard, I’ve been working on a solo album this year, and I’m happy to say it is now available for enjoyment by humans. The album is called 800 Memories Per Second and it’s a collection of mostly live improvisations recorded over a period of two years or so. The [...]

19:38:00 — OUT NOW

Written by Älymystö on Friday, December 25th, 2009

Hey, gang. The split release with And Then You Die and it is now available at least on iTunes Music Store. Spotify should follow soonish. There will be a collectors’ edition 12″ vinyl picture disc of this available on April 1st, at which time we’ll also put up a free download of our half of [...]

Älymystö & ATYD on Tour – Live Industrial Double bill 6-9.1.2010

Written by Älymystö on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Jan 06 2010 Tampere, Vastavirta (FB, Last.fm) Jan 07 2010 Helsinki, Kuudes Linja (FB, Last.fm) Jan 08 2010 Tallinn, Rockstar’s (FB, Last.fm) Jan 09 2010 Riga, Elektra (Älymystö single act + support) (FB, Last.fm) So, after a bit of a pause Älymystö will take on the road again, this time to celebrate the release of [...]

Älymystö / ATYD Split Album Out in 24.12.

Written by Älymystö on Monday, November 9th, 2009

Now it’s finally official: Älymystö / And Then You Die split album titled 19:38:00 will be released in 24th of December as a digital download. The album will be available in iTunes Music Store, Nokia Music Store, Spotify and selected other on-line services right in time to offer you some easy listening for the Christmas [...]

DRMed Music is Designed to Break Down – Tough Luck, Customers

Written by Herra Honkonen on Friday, July 31st, 2009

Every three years the Library of Congress in the States goes through a review, where they grant the right to circumvent DRM in some cases, which is usually forbidden by DMCA. Not surprisingly, at this time you get the silliest and most infuriating spin from the copyright lobby. The winner this time is Steve Metalitz, [...]

In an Age of Piracy, The Music Industry is Thriving

Written by Herra Honkonen on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

If you follow the news about music industry, by now you must already KNOW that the pirates are killing music. Surprise surprise, while the industry is suing single moms for millions, they are also making more money out of paying customers. You don’t have to believe us, you can ask Will Page, who claims that [...]

Älymystö & Burlesque Polaire @ Kuudes Linja TOMORROW

Written by Herra Paalanen on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

So, tomorrow (that’s Thursday the 28th of May) we’ll finally be hitting the stage at Kuudes Linja and we’re happy to tell you the other performers of the evening will be the lovely Burlesque Polaire. Guys in gasmasks and girls in corsets sounds very appropriate to me. Hope to see you there!

Älymystö Live @ Kuudes Linja, 28.5.2009

Written by Herra Paalanen on Friday, May 15th, 2009

In case you’ve been missing seeing us play live lately, you’re in luck: we’ll be playing at Torture Torstai on 28th of May at Kuudes Linja. We’ll be playing a lot of material from the upcoming vinyl, and we’ll have an expanded lineup with Lin on cello. The resident DJ’s are Proteus, aQi and ErilaZ, [...]

Remix us?

Written by Älymystö on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Right, we mentioned this on the Band Camp report, but now we can actually go ahead with this. We’re putting the unmixed tracks for an upcoming tune called Revitty online for remixing. We hesitate to call this a competition, since music is never one, but we’d love to send some swag to the remixes we [...]

Band Camp report, March 2009

Written by Herra Paalanen on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Right, that’s another Band Camp done. Tired reporting follows. First order of business: The master for the split vinyl has now — finally — been handed off to the boys at Skithund Records, and hence we once again broke out the bubbly. We’ll keep you posted on possible release dates and what have you. More [...]