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So, to cut to the chase: just a few months after the Eye of the Universe album was recorded at Studio Pelto, Markus landed a gig at Tenho Restobar in upper Kallio. I had been at one of his gigs the previous summer and was kicking myself for not recording it, so this time I made sure we captured the show. The venue has its own in-house engineer and a solid setup, and the acoustics are surprisingly good for a club space.
With Markus onboard, we thought: hey, this could make a great live album. The band was on fire, performing several tracks from the EOTU sessions—but in a raw, more energetic, stripped-down form. No effects, no studio polishing—just that unplugged, in-the-moment feeling.
The original plan was to do a lathe-cut edition, since we’re really enjoying those lately. But the performance was simply too good to limit to 50 copies, so we decided on a factory-pressed run of 150 instead. That said, all the DIY aesthetics are fully intact in the packaging: reused sleeves, reused inner jackets with print (including one-sided hole punches they don’t even make anymore), and hand-stamped labels using a lino cut by Gilles Lostalé.
So there you have it—we’re not doing this the easy way, but we know our listeners appreciate the extra effort. 100 copies are individually numbered and available here in the webshop, and 50 are reserved for a few Helsinki shops and for the band.
