Nemesis (electronic music band)
# Nemesis (electronic music band)

Nemesis is a Finnish music group formed in Kokkola in 1987 by Ami Hassinen and Jyrki Kastman. In 1994 they released their debut album Xcelsior, the first Finnish electronic/ambient album to be released internationally. In 1996 Nemesis was commissioned by Finnish national radio YLE to create the long-form work Evolution, and from then on followed a series of critically acclaimed albums, as well as live concerts.

In 2001 the band was expanded with a third member, Joni Virtanen.

The band's music is inspired by astronomy, science fiction, nature, childhood stories about UFOs and ghosts, and also other music artists like Kraftwerk, Can, Tangerine Dream, Neu!, AD2, Jean Michel Jarre, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Hawkwind, Brian Eno, Robert Rich, Steve Roach, and others.

## Discography

This list is organized by release year. Titles are full-length CD albums unless otherwise mentioned.

    Year Title Label Comment 1994 Xcelsior Barramundi 1996 Cyberiad Retroduction Records 1999 Sky Archeology Freeride 2001 Music For Earports Retroduction Records 2002 Kaiku Retroduction Records Soundtrack album for photo portfolio by Jyrki Portin. Music by Nemesis and M. Portin 2005 Xtempora Retroduction Records 2006 Live Archive Vol. 1 1995 - 2001 (Audio Archeology) Retroduction Records CDR with live recordings 2007 Live Archive Vol. 2 1997 - 2004 (Stereofields Forever) Retroduction Records CDR with live recordings 2007 Live Archive Vol. 3 1997-2006 (Trajectory Of Sound) Retroduction Records CDR with live recordings 2010 Gigaherz Origo Sound 2010 1:4:9 Retroduction Records Soundtrack album for sculpture project by Kimmo Heikkilä. 2012 Living Statues Retroduction Records theme album inspired by the life and work of Veijo Rönkkönen. 2014 Xenopus Bandcamp 2016 Nihilo Nihil (Soundtrack) Bandcamp Album dates from 1990, but was never released at the time. 2017 Decades 1 Bandcamp 2017 Decades 2 Bandcamp 2017 Decades 3 Bandcamp
