This Empty Flow was formed in 1994 by Jori Sjöroos (voice, guitar, programming) and Niko Skorpio Sirkiä (keyboards, lyrics) in Turku, Finland. They shared history in the seminal funeral-doom metal band Thergothon. Later in the year they were joined by Aku-Tuomas Mattila (bass), the leader of then rising local goth-electro band Sad Parade. The first This Empty Flow demos were recorded without a computer, i.e. Jori played drums live with the keyboard directly to the tape running in a Fostex 4-tracker.
