Neuroactive is a
Synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
,
Futurepop
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,
EBM music group from
Finland
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founded by Jarkko Tuohimaa, Ville Brusi, and Vesa Rainne.
History
Neuroactive was formed in 1991 by Jarkko Tuohimaa (after he left the band
Advanced Art
Advanced Art was one of the pioneers of Finland, Finnish electronic music founded in 1985 by Pasi Janhunen (aka Jana), Petri Huttunen (aka Pete), and Petja Valasvaara (aka Vince) in Tampere, Finland. The band themselves opened their shows claiming ...
), Ville Brusi, and Vesa Rainne. After signing with Cyberware Productions, their first album, ''Morphology'', was released in 1994 and followed by ''Phonic Trace'' in 1997. Shortly thereafter, Brusi and Rainne left the group, and Kimmo Karjalainen came on board to sing for the next two albums, ''Fiber Optic Rhythm'' and ''Transients''. ''Fiber Optic Rhythm'' also featured Geoff Pickney of The Nine on guest vocals.
''Fiber Optic Rhythm'' was a huge breakthrough for Neuroactive, and they gained new fans worldwide. The album's popularity also attracted the attention of U.S. Synthpop record label
A Different Drum
A Different Drum was an independent record label and online store based in Smithfield, Utah, founded in 1996. The label specialized in synthpop and related genres. A Different Drum has released hundreds of albums, singles, and compilations and ...
who signed them in 1998. Neuroactive continued to release material under that label until its closing in 2014, including ''Transients'' in 2001, ''N-Gin'' in 2005, ''Antidote'' in 2009, and ''Electra'' in 2014.
After ''Transients'', life and family obligations took energy away from the band leading vocalist Kimmo Karjalainen to depart and eventually begin his own project, Huminoida.
The albums ''N-Gin'' and ''Antidote'' both included several guest singers, including
Christopher Anton
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(Information Society), Kirk Taylor (The Dignity of Labour), Marcus Fellechner (Rename), and Albert Martinez (Neuropa) among others. ''Electra'' features all female vocals by Sonja Myers.
After a six year hiatus, Neuroactive returned with a new single, "Night Flights", on the Belgian label
Alfa Matrix.
Tuohimaa then brought back former members Karjalainen and Rainne to release a full-length album ''Minor Side-Effects''
and subsequent singles for "Dances" and "In Rust We Trust".
''Minor Side Effects'' also features two songs with guest vocals by John Peverieri of Halo Effect.
Neuroactive has remixed numerous bands over their career including: Aïboforcen, Aghast View, Iris,
B! Machine
B! Machine is a synthpop band from San Francisco, California.
The band was formed in 1996, consisting of the sole founding member, writer and musician, Nathaniel Leigh Nicoll. The current line-up of the band varies but typically consists of Nath ...
, Neuropa, The Nine,
T.O.Y., and
Assemblage 23.
Discography
Albums
* ''Morphology'' (1994)
* ''Phonic Trace'' (1997)
* ''Fiber-Optic Rhythm'' (1999) – #16
CMJ
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RPM Charts U.S.
* ''Neurology 1994-2000'' (2000)
* ''Transients'' (2001)
* ''N-gin'' (2005)
* ''Antidote'' (2009)
* ''Electra'' (2014)
* ''Minor Side-Effects'' (2020)
Singles
* "Neuron" (1995)
* "Parallel Lifeforms" (1998) – #9 CMJ RPM Charts U.S.
* "Put Your Trust In Me" (1999)
* ''Visualise Mixes'' (1999)
* "Play" (2002)
* "Wonders of the World" (2002)
* "Space Divider" (2004)
* "Night Flights" (2020)
* ''Dances Remixes'' (2020)
* "In Rust We Trust" (2021)
References
External links
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Synthpop groups