Sheffield, United Kingdom
Åyusp (pronounced "Oy-usp") is an experimental electronica outfit consisting of two Sheffield based musicians, Graham McElearney (who has previously guested on harp for bands such as Regal Worm, Amorphous Androgynous, In The Nursery, Animat and Reverend & The Makers) and Paul Mills (formally a member of PsychoAcoustic SoundClash and The Weird & The Wonderful). The band was formed in 2016 out of a shared affection for German electronic music of the Seventies. Fusing these influences with an equal passion for ambient, classical, industrial and contemporary dance music, Åyusp blend styles creating their own unique sound.
In addition to working on their self-released debut album, eponymously titled "Åyusp" (released October 2019, in digital download and limited edition cd formats), they have also been doing a bit of audio archaeology along the way, recreating an excerpt from Tangerine Dream's 1975 York Minster gig, which up to now has only existed in low quality bootleg form.