Melancholic Zombie
Art, music and written things by Juho Saari
Melancholic Zombie - Discography
Melancholic Zombie's music can be summed up as something like melancholic pop-rock with weird electronic instruments and lyrics that could be straight outta tumblr. On the other hand it doesn't really fit in to any category or a genre - it's always changing to be weirder and weirder. Originally known as Juho Saari or JuhoSaariMusic, first demos of Melancholic Zombie were recorded so early as in 2007, but it would took few years before first public releases. First single 'Grrooveboogie' was released in 2012, and debut album 'Beginning' would follow in 2013. It included some early instrumental and electronic tracks. In 2014 the follow-up 'Fall' (or 'Fall & Rainy Days') was released, taking music to more pop and rock-oriented direction. Some would even say that 'Fall' sounded like Trent Reznor's early records. Third album, 'Thousand Times' was released secretly in 2017, and focused on guitar-driven, simple rock. Fourth album 'others' was released in 2020 and moved back to instrumental and electronic music. In 2021 'this time another night' followed on this instrumental path, combining heavy rock to robotic synth leads. Along with 5 albums Melancholic Zombie has released numerous EPs and singles.
albums
this time another night
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS019, 2021.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS019, 2021.
Tracks:
1. wake up, zombie (01:16)
2. today has been cancelled (03:39)
3. time traveler at the bus stop (01:18)
4. stars can't shine without darkness (03:39)
5. zombify (or the metamorphosis of juho saari) (04:47)
6. memories (03:48)
7. loneliness wins the war (04:24)
8. this time another night (03:48)
9. please stay (03:59)
10. feedback feelings (02:14)
CD Bonus Track:
11. you said forever (03:07)
Music, recording, mixing, mastering and cover art by Melancholic Zombie.
CD distributed and manufactured by Kunaki.
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others
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS006, 2020.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS005, 2020.
Tracks:
1. nightwalks (03:38)
2. overwinterer (04:03)
3. others (01:56)
4. vista (03:22)
5. space cats (20:46)
i. the arrival of space cats
ii. meow (which translates as ''take us to your leaders'')
iii. cat in the void (it knows what it's doing)
iv. cats around the galaxy
v. space cats' lullaby for humankind (and then they'll party)
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
6. s (01:37)
7. sad symphony (05:17)
8. nightwalks [piano version] (04:19)
Music, recording, mixing, mastering and cover art by Juho Saari.
CD distributed and manufactured by Kunaki.
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Thousand Times
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS005, 2017.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS005 UPC 885007786979, 2019.
Tracks:
1. Place 4 Me (03:36)
2. Light Tonight (02:59)
3. (We Are) Echoes in the Air (02:38)
4. Sea of the Broken Hearts (02:59)
5. Naïve Love (02:58)
6. From the Stars (03:25)
7. I Don't Care! (02:59)
8. Green Eyes (05:18)
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
9. Cliché Girls (02:33)
10. Forever Alone (01:54)
11. One's Who Always Stayed Behind (02:02)
12. Take Me Back Home (03:40)
Music & lyrics: Juho Saari.
Written during 2014–2017, recorded 19.12.2017 at Orange Space Bubble.
Juho Saari: Vocals, guitars, bass, synths & drum programming.
CD distributed and manufactured by Kunaki.
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Fall & Rainy Days
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS004, 2014 & 2021.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS004 2019.
Tracks (Fall & Rainy Days, 2021):
Side A: Fall
1. Storm (00:17)
2. Fall (03:52)
3. Bang Bang Your Heart (02:27)
4. When You Just Can't (04:04)
5. Running to the Sunrise (04:05)
6. Feel Alone (02:08)
7. Turn to Glass (02:57)
8. New Morning (01:01)
9. God Is Dead (03:57)
Side B: Rainy Days
1. Waiting for the Summer (00:34)
2. 17 Seconds of Pure Anger (00:17)
3. Rainy Day Improvisation (01:33)
4. Civilian Service Song (02:48)
5. Ballad of the Little Computer Virus (01:27)
6. Random Red Juice (00:17)
8. The Last Workday (00:17)
9. Broken Crap (01:09)
Tracks (Original JS release, 2014, and CD, 2019):
1. Storm (00:17)
2. Fall (03:52)
3. Bang Bang Your Heart (02:27)
4. When You Just Can't (04:04)
5. Running to the Sunrise (04:05)
6. Feel Alone (02:08)
7. Turn to Glass (02:57)
8. New Morning (01:01)
9. God Is Dead (03:57)
10. Running to the Sunrise [2018 Mix] (03:38)
11. Our House [Demo] (02:50)
12. Don't Give Up - Break the Rules! [Demo] (02:48)
13. Synonym for the Love [Demo] (03:44)
Music & lyrics: Juho Saari.
Samples: Apple.
Recorded during Autumn and Winter of 2014 in various places using iPad and Garageband.
Juho Saari: Vocals, guitars, synths & programming.
Mixing by Juho Saari.
Mastering by LANDR.
CD manufactured and distributed by Kunaki.
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Beginning
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS003, 2013.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS003 UPC 885007787044, 2019.
Tracks:
1. Friday the 13th (02:50)
2. Viventes Inferno (01:08)
3. Grrooveboogie - 2013 Remix (02:51)
4. F.Y.M.F. (02:22)
5. Feel the Pain - Video Cut (04:03)
6. Welcome to the War (05:29)*
7. Spaceboy (00:57)
8. Freedom (03:15)
9. Supersynth (03:42)
10. Antfarm in U'r Head (02:33)
11. Kriegsmachine (04:59)
12. Break the Walls (04:50)
13. Paint It Grey (04:13)
14. Fading Memory (03:36)**
15. Echoes in the Air - Alternative Mix (04:23)**
ReverbNation Special Edition bonus tracks:
14. Fading Memory (03:36)
15. Feel the Pain - JX6 Remix (07:12)
16. Grrooveboogie - JX6 Remix (02:44)
17. Welcome to the War feat. Jeppe Glamster (05:29)
Music: Juho Saari
Samples: Soundation, Image-Line Software.
Written and recorded during 2012–2013, except 'Supersynth' which is from 2008.
Juho Saari: Guitar, Electric Organ, Programming.
Lyrics on 'Welcome to the War' written, performed and recorded by Jeppe Glamster of S.H.O.U.T.
CD manufactured and distributed by Kunaki.
*Original 2013 release had the instrumental version of this song.
**These songs were not on the original 2013 release.
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EPs
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Morning in the Hell
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS015, 2021.
Tracks:
1. Morning in the Hell [2021 Mix] (02:59)
2. Here We Are Still [2021 Mix] (03:00)
3. Cross [2021 Mix] (03:05)
4. Never Dies [2021 Mix] (02:52)
5. Every Face Wears a Mask [2021 Mix] (05:15)
Music & lyrics: Juho Saari.
Vocals, guitars, bass, synths and drum programming: Juho Saari.
Samples: Apple Loop Library.
Mixing & mastering: Juho Saari.
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Alternative Ending
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS012, 2021.
Tracks:
1. Cause of Death: Everything [2021 Mix] (03:58)
2. Out of My Life [2021 Mix] (02:41)
3. Wrong Address [2021 Mix] (03:14)
4. Alternative Ending [2021 Mix] (04:41)
Music & lyrics: Juho Saari.
Vocals, guitars, bass, synths and drum programming: Juho Saari.
Samples: Apple Loop Library.
Mixing & mastering: Juho Saari.
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Kolovoz
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS002, 2013.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS002, 2019.
Tracks:
1. Magical Vertigo (05:18)
2. Feel the Pain (06:57)
3. Kriegsmaschine (04:59)
4. Destination in the Fire (07:41)
Music & lyrics: Juho Saari.
Samples: Soundation, Image-Line Software.
Written and recorded in 2013.
Juho Saari: Programming.
CD manufactured and distributed by Kunaki.
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Antfarm in Ur Head
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS001, 2013.
CD: juhosaarimusic & Kunaki LLC, JSS001, 2019.
Tracks:
1. iNtro (00:43)
2. F.Y.M.F. (02:22)
3. Daydreampartynightmare (03:30)
4. Antfarm in Ur Head (02:33)
Music & lyrics: Juho Saari.
Samples: Image-Line Software.
Written and recorded in 2012–2013.
Juho Saari: Programming.
CD manufactured and distributed by Kunaki.
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singles
Birds I & II
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2021.
Tracks:
1. Birds I & II (05:09)
2. Echo [Demo] (01:44)
3. Project 4 [Demo] (03:20)
Music: Melancholic Zombie.
Sample: 'Relaxing Forest Birds Chirping in the North Woods' by taavhaap.
'Echo' & 'Project 4' are some old demos that I've never finished.
island life
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2021.
Tracks:
1. island life (i never leave my house) (01:20)
2. i spend nights looking at the moon (03:41)
3. feedback feelings (02:14)
Music, mixing & cover art: Juho Saari
s / sad symphony
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2020.
Tracks:
1. s (01:36)
2. sad symphony (05:16)
Music, mixing & cover art: Juho Saari
nightwalks
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2020.
Tracks:
1. nightwalks (03:38)
Music: Juho Saari.
Running to the Sunrise
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2014.
Tracks:
1. Running to the Sunrise (04:05)
2. When You Just Can't (04:04)
Music: Juho Saari.
Closing Time
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2014.
Tracks:
1. Closing Time - Acoustic Semisonic cover (04:24)
Music & lyrics: Dan Wilson.
Jingle Jungle Bells
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Jingle Jungle Bells
Music: Juho Saari.
Friday the 13th
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Friday the 13th (02:50)
2. Jason Voorhees (04:25)
3. Welcome to the War feat. Jeppe Glamster (05:29)
Music: Juho Saari.
Lyrics on track 3: Jeppe Glamster.
Grrooveboogie Remixes
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Grrooveboogie - Original Mix (02:38)
2. Grrooveboogie - 2013 Remix (02:51)
3. Grrooveboogie - JX6 Remix (02:44)
4. Grrooveboogie - Dubstep Remix (02:02)
5. Grrooveboogie - Fuck Drums! Remix (02:38)
Music: Juho Saari.
Feel the Pain
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Feel the Pain (06:57)
2. Feel the Pain - JX6 Remix (07:12)
3. Feel the Pain - Video Cut (04:03)
Music: Juho Saari.
Freedom
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Freedom (03:15)
Music: Juho Saari.
Welcome to the War
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Welcome to the War (05:29)
Music: Juho Saari.
Supersynth
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Supersynth (03:42)
Music: Juho Saari.
Spaceboy
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2013.
Tracks:
1. Spaceboy (00:57)
Music: Juho Saari.
Grrooveboogie
Digital: juhosaarimusic, 2012.
CD (Promo): juhosaarimusic, 2012.
Tracks:
1. Grrooveboogie (02:38)
2. Grrooveboogie - Dubstep Remix (02:02)
Promotional version tracks:
1. Grrooveboogie (02:38)
2. Grrooveboogie - JX6 Remix (02:44)
3. Right Now (02:44)
Music: Juho Saari.
compilations
Bedroom Sessions III: Music From My Funeral
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS010, 2020.
Tracks:
1. Another Sun (03:21)
2. Wasteland (03:32)
3. Through the Dust [Demo] (03:27)
4. World Without Hope [Demo] (05:08)
5. Dance [Demo] (03:48)
6. How We Met [Demo] (04:36)
7. Same Sight Every Night [Demo] (06:01)
8. Damned Shadows (03:14)
9. Ship Unknown (02:43)
10. Madness Goes (02:10)
11. Morning in the Hell (02:16)
12. Here We Are Still (03:01)
13. Blood From Your Veins (01:14)
14. Cross (02:47)
15. Never Dies (02:53)
16. Every Face Wears a Mask (05:15)
Bedroom Sessions III: Music From My Funeral Third installment of the Bedroom Sessions -series is in fact two unfinished album projects from 2017 and 2018, first one being a weird apocalyptic sci-fi adventure and the second one is a time capsule of songs from the beginning of 2010s, recreated in 2018.
Music, vocals, guitars & bass: Juho Saari.
Samples: Garageband.
Recording and mixing: Juho Saari.
Digitally remastered with LANDR.
Cover art photo by Octoptimist, edited by Juho Saari.
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Bedroom Sessions II: City Nights
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS009, 2020.
Tracks:
1. Night-time Playing (00:13)
2. Sima Song (02:37)
3. Modern Age Cowboy (01:29)
4. Don't Give Up (Break the Rules!) [Demo] (02:48)
5. Our House [Demo] (02:50)
6. Synonym for the Love [Demo] (03:44)
7. Out of My Life (02:43)
8. Alternative Ending [Demo] (04:11)
9. Cliché Girls (02:32)
10. Forever Alone (01:54)
11. One's Who Always Stayed Behind (02:01)
12. Take Me Back Home (03:39)
13. Wrong Address [Demo] (03:14)
Bedroom Sessions II: City Nights Second part of the Bedroom Sessions -series takes us through the unfinished album and song projects from 2014-2017, with a few leftover tracks from Thousand Times -sessions.
Music, vocals, guitars, bass & synth programming: Juho Saari.
Samples: Garageband.
Recording and mixing: Juho Saari.
Digitally remastered with LANDR.
Cover art photo by Nextvoyage, edited by Juho Saari.
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Bedroom Sessions I: Visions
Digital: juhosaarimusic, JSS008, 2020.
Tracks:
1. Ineo (00:52)
2. Partyfever (03:16)
3. Partyfever [Dance Remix] (03:12)
4. Grrooveboogie [Original Mix] (02:38)
5. Grrooveboogie [Dubstep Remix] (02:02)
6. Jason Voorhees (04:25)
7. BassBassBass (01:41)
8. Extermination (00:17)
9. Amentia (02:55)
10. Right Now (02:44)
11. Interfectorem (01:23)
12. Fall [Demo] (03:13)
13. Cowboy2700 [Demo] (06:06)
14. Jingle Jungle Bells (02:42)
Bedroom Sessions I: Visions The first part of the Bedroom Sessions -series is a collection of unreleased tracks, b-sides and alternative mixes from 2012-2013.
Music, guitars & synth programming: Juho Saari.
Samples: FL Studio, Soundation.
Recording and mixing: Juho Saari.
Digitally remastered with LANDR.
Cover art photo by Rebecca Swafford, edited by Juho Saari.
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