The band was originally a duo, consisting of DJ Control (guitar, vocals) and
DJ Alimo whose real name is Asmo Soivio (vocals). Alimo and Control started their career as DJs and club promoters. In 2000, they got their own club culture TV show on
Helsinki local television. They became more and more interested in making music, and they made
drum'n'bass music in solo and later
Finnish language music under the name Alimo&Control. The Alimo&Control project's most famous song was "Tarkkaillaan", featuring
Laura Närhi from
Kemopetrol as the vocalist. In 2003, Alimo and Control released an album,
This is... Beats and Styles, whose most famous songs were "Dynamite" and "Girls' Anthem". In 2004, the duo released the album ''
We're Not Ready Yet, whose most famous hit was "Renegades", sung by Michael Monroe and Alimo, as well as "Fire" and "Dance, Dance, Dance". In 2005, they released the album, Everything is Everything'', whose most famous songs included "Invitation to the Dancefloor" and the title song "Everything is Everything", whose
music video was shot in
Prypiat near
Chernobyl. Beats and Styles won a bronze award in the 2005
Muuvi music video competition and a special mention for productive and good quality video work. The group's music has been published in
Sweden,
Germany,
Poland,
Ukraine,
France,
Italy,
United Kingdom,
South Africa and
Australia among other countries, but so far the duo has not achieved a true international breakthrough. Beats and Styles released their fourth album ''Walk, Don't Talk'' on 14 February 2007. The album's first single was "Ocean Wave", featuring guest artist Michael Monroe from
Hanoi Rocks. The video for "Ocean Wave" was shot in
Fuerteventura and was directed by
Kusti Manninen. The group also participated in the Finnish
Eurovision Song Contest selection for the Finnish entry with their song "See the Signs", but got last place. Soon after that Alimo stopped performing at the gigs and doesn't appear at all at the Beats and Styles album
Schizosonics released on 16 September 2009. DJ Control said his departure was caused by musical differences: "Alimo didn't want to join the new album's pop vibes." ==Discography==