Children Of Bodom : 2 demos, Something Wild (PRM), Hatebreeder (almost forgot the nameof this album PR), HCDR (PR), Trashed,Lost And Strung-out(?) (PR) + plus a great deal of singles, b-sides, covers etc. togehter around 20 separate sesions. All singles and ep have sold Gold in Finland and there might have been some platinum ones there too.
Norther : Mirror Of Madnes (PR), Death Unlimited (PR), Solution 7 (PR), V2 soundtrack songs (PRM)
Twilightning : a few demos, Delirium Veil (PR), Plague-House Puppet Show(PR), drums for the forth coming 3rd studio album(R), some some coversongs. (PRM)
Endstand : I even have no idea how many sessons we have had together so far..and next summer we..ll rock once again :o) (PRM)
Teräsbetoni : 1st album including singles. Album & single went platinum both and one the category of the best metal album of the year.(PRM)
Hanna Pakarinen : 5 songs for the 2nd album of the first finnish Idol..s winner. Went Gold on the first week. (PRM)
P=Produced; R=Recorded; M=Mixed
Our sound is all the time evolving and getting better. The day I think there..s nothing new for me to learn. Then I wll quit, sell studios and start a flower shop.
Albums that have had the biggest affects on me:
-Jason Becker : Perpetual Burn
-Meshuggah : Destroy, Erase, Improve
-Iron Maiden : 7th Son of the 7th Son
-Metallica : Master of Puppets
-Stone : No Anaesthesia
-SleepySleepers : anything they ever made
-GreenDay : American Idiot
-Helloween : Keeper of the 7 keys part I & II
-Madonna : the early material until Ray of Light
If the list shocks you or you happen to start to hate me because of it, I just couldn..t care less. Get a life you narrowminded asswipe :o) ..at this point you might have guessed the amount of my caring about other ppl..s judging opinions. EVVK/DILLIGAF!
How official can I make it? Welcome to my "official" MySpace page (like there ever was an unofficial one!?) blah blah blah blah..
I am a finnish music producer, recording & mixing engineer, arranger, composer, musician.. and a full time punk. I founded Astia-studios in Lappeenranta, a town in east Finland (yes indeed, some 20km from the Russian border), in 1995.
Along the studio stuff I used to tour with COB for many years as their FOH sound engineer but I quit in September 2002 to concentrate fully on the studio work. Lately you might have seen me passing out the road again with Norther & some other bands..
A little something that happened 2001 with COB at the airport of Santiago de Chile. If I recall right, some drinkin might have happened on the previous nite.. We slept mayby one hour and at the airport my batteries run out and I just had to have some sleep there on the floor of the check-in area. Then came the prime-minister of Chile who ordered the local promoter to move our camp out of his sight or he would have us thrown to jail. They put me & the sleepy drummer to a package-trolly and rolled us to the airplane. I have no memory what so ever.. Woke up in a hotel room asking what country and which currency.. anyway.. passed out in Chile, woke up in Brasil. Touring.. isn..t it great :o)
Considering my working schedules it must be obvious to all that I am single, lonely soul who doesn..t smoke or take any other drugs than whiskey.. and those sweet sweet sleepinng pills *drools like Homer*. I make sure not to enjoy them together.
Somewhere there is Zen all around. But can it be found... :o)
I hope there is no certain Astia sound. My approach is to have each band sound like nothing but themselves.. Crazy stuff is usually happening during the sessions but still definitely the goal is to create something personal.
What music do I listen if I listen? Well, it varies by my mood: from Meshuggah to SOAD to Michael Jackson to Britney Spears.. As long as the music sounds good to me and I get the kicks out of it. Lately I have been listening to a 90..s oriented net-radio. Totally cool classics like ArmyOfLovers, Enigma and LondonBeat.. should I be ashamed? If you think so, go f*ck yourself!!! I just couldn..t care less.
Oh yes, my name is Anssi and I am a workaholic. There I said it. Now go check my site www.astiastudio.fi or tell me to piss off. Any bad words are more than welcome..
Blah, blah, blah and yada yada yada.. like anyone ever even reads these. Don..t let the looks fool ya. No, I don..t ride a HD and I am not all metal.. or mayby just some body parts but that is not to be revealed on a page like this ;o)
I will try to add some blogs when / if I find the time (=not likely very soon).
And for those of you who still are reading my mumbling, I really Wish all the very best from the bottom of my heart. Really, I do :o)
In Lappenranra 03.09.2009 -Anssi (modded from time to time as my english gets better or some one else has logged in as me and made the text more readable)
PS: I WILL NOT LISTEN DEMOS, PROMOS etc. I thought I..d have the time but unfortunately at the moment it is not possible. Thanks for understanding. Peace all!
If I still have energy left I like to (surprize surpize) listen some quality music. Lately I..ve gottn kick from the following Artists:
-Andrew WK : I get wet (I never get tried of this)
-Absolute Top40 Hits (1.FM)
-the new Britney Spears album (Hell Yeah. I even went to see her show front row!!!
-Lady Gaga is just awesome with killer songs (check out her acoustic live videos from YouTube)
-the new Pink album has some killer songs. Unfortunately her best track, Boring, is just a bonus on UK release.
Later I will add my personal top10 albums that have had a huge affect on me. But until then : Be scared, be very very scared!!!!!
Its really appreciated! Well we are rocking good over here, I'm in studio with my band and we're trying to sound loud and epic you know haha.. Hope you'll have a heard when it'll comes out!
So great to met you also in myspace! Things here are good: warm and... WARM! Haha. Unfortunatelly we don't know something called "winter".
I'm currently planning next year's hollydays and course the place could not longer be the Europe. Maybe I attend some summers festivals and drop in some places I never traveld when I lived in EU around 2006,'07, mid '08)
Really hope to drop in Finland again (not in winter because is too cold for me.. haha) and see some Rock's concert. That would be great.
Hiya Anssi! It was really nice to meet you in Moscow. How was your and Norther show in Warsaw?
Everything is fine, yesterday we a have a little snow finally, but today weather is as it was before. I think we gonna have 'no-snow new year celebration' and it's strange and sad of course.
Hey thank you for the add:) I have one hell of a hangover hahaha but apart from that I'm good:P Have a great weekend,sending hugs from across the pond...m/ xoxoxoxoxox
(October): U.D.O, METALIUM, SUNDOWN SINDROME, DARK TOWER, DARKSIDE, KRIS KANCLER(Super Star), AT WAR and SOTAHUUTO!
NEWS: THE GATES OF METAL AWARDS OF 2009!
I hope you like it:) / Espero que gostes:) Thank you!!! / Obrigada!!! Wish you a great 2010!/ Desejo-te um grande 2010!
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Hi there. Check out our brand new video of the track "Only
silver" taken from our debutalbum Neolithic, its about a
super depressed werewolf who is trying to kill himself.
Hope you like it. Cheers. Pickles/Mangoo
Sneak peek in to the Baltics before the BIG BANG and grief. We have such things to show you! What happened and to whom? Are they really on the good side? What on earth is this post-soviet area with nuclear missiles!? This time we give you only some questions, soon you'll get the answers:
The documentary starts showing on December 6th 2009 and that's not all. Grotesque Gallery will release some new music at the same time with each episode. The series consists of 9 days and we upload one episode per week, every Sunday beginning on 12/6/2009.
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haha) and see some Rock's concert. That would be great.
