tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64184563834686098312024-03-05T03:06:14.686-08:00Of The TwilightE.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-59037675476531004172011-04-11T13:46:00.001-07:002011-04-11T14:01:31.388-07:00GHOST IN THE STATIC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr7HyNSIPZclEnJOFjgEQUD8mCdEMdC7AfOJTHgp-vmy3A7gjiIWL-NwwjZEUOdVpa6VqKYL8LgxdG8sBW9pefurEs1gQ7o1HRpitF3KYVMv1A17zeFz3Tkj2kUALQaorrmZ_fsvrUhzi/s1600/Static.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr7HyNSIPZclEnJOFjgEQUD8mCdEMdC7AfOJTHgp-vmy3A7gjiIWL-NwwjZEUOdVpa6VqKYL8LgxdG8sBW9pefurEs1gQ7o1HRpitF3KYVMv1A17zeFz3Tkj2kUALQaorrmZ_fsvrUhzi/s320/Static.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594430351801546466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Interview with 'Ghost In The Static', 11 Apr '11</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Firstly welcome to '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">OfTheTwilight</span>', please tell us a little about your selves. Who's, who, when did you first form etc?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We formed in the summer of 2009, based around the idea of doing some Industrial Metal as a side project for the other two initial members (Gareth - Guitars, backing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">vox</span> and extra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Synth</span> and Lewis - lead guitar, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">synths</span> and backing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">vox</span>) who were already in a band, and as an outlet for some ideas I had carried for a concept based project for some time. Mike (my brother) joined us as a live bassist towards the end of 2009, and Martin (drums) joined us more recently to complete the line-up. Everyone is now part of the full band, live and creatively as we wanted to expand our influences and ideas as much as possible to stop ourselves writing in too formulaic a fashion.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We sat down together with little or no knowledge of how to make Electronic music, and just plotted out what we wanted to achieve.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had a basic 'plot' for the album, involving tracks which would act as 'scenes' akin to a movie. We started with the intro track 'prophecy' and just started writing. It was actually a very easy and exciting process as we had given ourselves complete musical freedom to get to the end result, and we found that our personalities complimented each other very well.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">How long was it before you started to create the form and sound that you wanted? Plus what were the first initial reactions like. Can you remember you're first live Gig?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think it took 3-4 months before we really started to realise that we were on to something with Ghost In The Static, as I started to improve Vocally, and Gareth and Lewis' other band broke up, meaning they had more time and drive to put behind the project. I think once we had Pursuit, Change and Downer semi-finished, we could see that we were already very different to what was out there, certainly in the local area at least. It was around then we started discussing playing live, and how we would handle both the technical aspects and the show itself.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quite early on we had spoken about putting on a 'show' which is still something that is a bit of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">faux</span> pause in the music scene outside of a few bands, with most going with the Jeans and a band shirt whilst jumping up and down approach.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We realised that with such a different sound, and a grand scheme behind the music we were making, that the only way to compliment that is to ensure we have the visuals to back it up. We spoke about projectors, movies and costumes from very early on, and it was always part of our aim.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the first show, we used a CD player for the backing track as I recall, and we had problems with the CD skipping throughout the gig at key moments, but were able to cover most of them up with some improvisation. I was a pretty rubbish vocalist back then, and we were still finding our feet, but I think the impact in being so different from what people were used to be the important thing, and we learnt a lot from our first gigs.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">The CD player was actually a last minute choice, I remember we were originally going to go with a laptop, but it kept overheating, so we all went into Curries and bought a cheap CD player. The bloody thing was determined to ruin it for us, but we got through it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">'Sands Of Fate', I believe your first official release, what’s the Story behind it creation, and what’s the tale behind its lyrical base. What made you choose the whole Middle Eastern sound, for the opener? </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ironically, Sands Of Fate was the last track we had written before we went on hiatus in early 2010, long after the album was effectively finished, and the first we had written that was made with out a concept or 'scene' in mind.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It stemmed from me trying to incorporate elements of tracks I had heard by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Nitin</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Sawhney</span> and 'Jagged' by Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Numan</span>, without really knowing what I was doing (a familiar theme you will find).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I researched some eastern scales, and built the core melody around them. After that it was simply a case of piecing a song around it. I still remember sitting at my computer, singing what was to become the chorus hook to myself and getting a tingle as I realised that this song was coming along nicely.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I then took it to Gareth and Lewis who took the pieces and made a song out of it. They really excelled themselves in managing to get it sounding as good as it does, and I think it still stands as one of the best examples of what we have achieved.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The lyrics stemmed from a difficult time in my personal life, where I was being forced to choose a path I didn't want to walk, and I lacked the courage at the time to do anything about it. So my frustrations emerged as 'I won't walk these steps to hell, I won't, I can’t. Accept this future you have shown me, I believe in a better tomorrow'</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I never realised the significance of those words until much later when the dust had settled and the problem was solved.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">The whole alternate, Future idea has baffled and intrigued man for many Centuries. Be it the great Science Fiction Writers, or Legendary Movies, such as 'The Terminator', 'Blade Runner', or say 'Ray Bradbury'. Is there any one particular source that has inspired you the most?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Personally, I have always been a Sci <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Fi</span> fan, and fascinated by the future, but I think the 3 biggest things that drove me toward the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">dystopian</span> future theme would be 'The Matrix', 'Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep' by Phillip K Dick and the artwork of '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Giger</span>'.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was something fascinating about all three of these things, wonderfully dark and yet very relevant. All of them had contemporary commentary hidden in their essence, whether it is the dangers of conformity, the arrogance of believing Humanity is the pinnacle of evolution, or how easily the veil of civilisation and morality can drop when our own desires are involved.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is also a little of my political ideals in there, as I see a lot of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">dystopian</span> stories being achievable if people don't take more notice of who they are electing to power.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think I have always looked back, rather than forwards. History, rather than Sci-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">fi</span> was always my main interest, and it gives me a whole different out look on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">dystopian</span> future scene. I think normally, people look to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">dystopian</span> future as the end, the ultimate culmination of the conservative state. I see it more as a phase humanity will go through, just as it has always entered and emerged from darkness throughout it’s time on Earth. For me my influences would be times like the dark ages, and the Black Death. Periods of absolute bleakness for mankind as a whole. How a man deals with these situations will not change on a personal level, regardless of it’s placement in time.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Where would you say you're personal '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Dystopian</span>', ideal fits in? Could you almost bring in say 'Steam Punk', idealistic?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Personally, I see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">dystopian</span> stories in the same way that people see parables in the bible.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They help me focus on living the right way and avoiding a path that can lead to '1984' or 'Equilibrium'. I don't pretend to the most dedicated '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Rivethead</span>', 'Goth' or alternative type, as I don't often dress the part, and I am not strongly aligned with any group of people. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I do hold at my core a belief that apathy is more dangerous than zealousness, and that if people do not take responsibility for those they assign to power, they may find themselves in a 'V for Vendetta' world.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steam punk is an interesting genre, and not one that I pretend to be very knowledgeable about, but I suppose they see the same problems I do, but see a different solution to them.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">When shit hits the fan. Man always wants something to blame. Be it GOD, or is it more 'DARWIN', I.e.: were evolving into bloody idiots. Where do you think were really heading, and is there anything to blame but our selfish selves?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is always a danger in mistaking development with evolution. Evolution is a series of random mutations that happen to be beneficial, and this leads to this trait featuring prominently in future generations due to the increased odds of survival of that phenotype.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where humanity is concerned, we have artificially improved our chances of survival through technology and 'civilisation'.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is no blame to be assigned, as it is in our nature of overpower, dominate and consume and to blame a human for greed or aggression would be like blaming a dog for barking.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The problem lies with the hypocrisy that underlies it. If we are truly 'civilised' and 'enlightened' and hold ourselves to a moral standard, then we should stick to it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is always the way for the existing generation to decry the next, and say that with their ascension, the world is doomed. However in reality, a situation can emerge overnight. Take the recent Middle East revolutions, this time last year, no one would have predicted these events, but all it took was a single spark and their world was alight. One of the biggest factors is chance.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">The World right now is in utter Chaos. The West seems to be the Bully, and we perceive the East, as almost primitive. Yet in hindsight that is the more evolved. We who rely on technology which fails, or an Arab with a sharp twig?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Evolution is relative, I can't breath underwater so am I less evolved than a fish? </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have developed in our own way in different parts of the world, and we are now clashing over what we perceive to be the 'right' way to do things. People need to learn to agree to differ on some things.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">It depends on the situation, drop me in the jungle and I would die of starvation, drop a Jungle Tribesman in the city and the same thing might occur. We are all the kings of our own little bubbles.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Bombs are falling, you're ushered in to a Bunker, you've gathered you're lover. Food isn't a problem. The head Paladin say bring minimal items due to space. You have Space for 30 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">CD's</span>, which 'FIVE' would you consider the most important?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Hmm</span> an interesting setting....</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Numan</span> - Pure (Fave album ever)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Metallica</span> - S&M</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Celldweller</span> - Any of them..</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Skunk <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Anansie</span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Stoosh</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Zeromancer</span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Eurotrash</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Muse – Origin of Symmetry</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Iron Maiden – Brave New World</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Rammstein</span> – Mutter</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Queen – The Greatest Hits</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">And…</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aqua – Aquarium (Because we’ll need evidence of where we went wrong)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">NIN</span> – Pretty Hate Machine</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Metallica</span> – Master Of Puppets</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Celldweller</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Celldweller</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Nightwish</span> – Dark Passion Play</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">You're debut LP has an immense great flowing structure. So many different styles and sounds. Be it METAL, and naturally INDUSTRIAL elements. Yet the voice stirs for me, elements of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">PROG</span>, DOOM, be it like modern 'Anathema', that kind of soft gentle foreboding sound of despair etc ? </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Honestly, I don't listen to a lot of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Prog</span> rock, and the only Doom Metal band I ever really got into would be Paradise Lost. I think it’s because we all have such varied tastes and influences that we can swing between several genres without settling anywhere too long.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vocally I am still learning, and the vocalists that have been the biggest influence on me would probably be Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Numan</span>, Scott <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Stapp</span> (Creed), James <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Hetfield</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Metallica</span>) and James Maynard Keenan (Tool/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">APC</span>).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once again, it is the same thing with me. We all have so many influences in our music that if we settled somewhere for too long, we may find it would get a little boring. There’s nothing quite as dull as the same repetitive crap over and over and over and over…</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">From your perspective, who would you most love to support. I can see you more befitted alongside the naturally more Guitar, driven acts. The Likes, of say 'Midnight Configuration', or even maybe 'Descendants Of Cain', be it the Occult Dark Style, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Nefilim</span>, any band that paints Darkness ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Personally, my dream would be to support Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Numan</span>, but others would include Deviant UK, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Zeromancer</span>, The Prodigy and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Celldweller</span>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I see us as fitting best with high energy Industrial acts, as opposed to the more club based acts. but we are equally at home with melodic metal or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">gothic</span> bands.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">With the debut, would you say, their are particular favourites. be it the fans request particular songs, and what you would say you personally enjoy playing live the most. Really love 'Hope', myself the most, such an awesome chorus line ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hope was pretty special in as much as that from the first time we put all the parts together in a practise room, I think we all knew that chorus would be great. I spend a lot of time on trying to find vocal hooks that do justice to the rest of the song, and I think that and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">SOF</span> were the quickest to come together in that respect.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As for favourites, we all have our own, in fact I think each band member has a different favourite track! Fan favourites vary from 'Change' to 'Sands Of Fate' and more recently we have seen a lot of interest in 'Nihilism II' which led us to making a remix EP based on it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My favourite live track is probably 'Pursuit' at the moment, as it allows me to play some keytar live, and allows me to rock out for a bit.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">For me it would have to be Rammstein, at our heaviest we do take some influence from them, and they have one of the greatest live shows on Earth.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">There would be many bands, I would be so excited to play with Celldweller though… we could fit with quite a few bands due to our diverse sounds though</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">You’re currently under way working on a new and yet Untitled LP, how’s it going. Having heard a new opus 'Not Enough', things seem most promising. OK it's a rough working, at the same time, just bloody awesome?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The new album is being put together in a very different way. We had a lot of song ideas already floating around, and rather than try to force them to fit a concept, we decided to have a free form album and just write songs as they come to us.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This has meant a little more freedom, but a bit less control so we are all interested to see what happens.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Not Enough' is the first track that we have 'finished' (whatever that means) mostly due to its simplicity of purpose. It’s a high energy song that thunders along, and we are working on it to get into the live set as soon as possible.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our production and song writing skills have improved tenfold since the first album, and this next one should be a real humdinger, and we are hoping to have the album out for early 2012 if not before.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">The overall feel is very different, also as the band has expanded from G, Lewis and Steve, to include myself and Martin, there are some new elements in there which while not radically changing the overall ethos of the band, are providing new ideas.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is an interesting one, the writing format is currently taking a different path. Before, it was me, Steve and Lewis sitting in a room together and making music until it was done. This time round we are getting mike and martin involved, and a lot of the music ideas seem to come from us working alone and bringing it to the group before we develop it. Not Enough was one of those moment where we all worked together though. It is an exciting time, and if you liked the first album, this could be very promising!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Thank you Gentlemen.............. Any last Words ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for the opportunity.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The music scene can be what we want it to be, so get out to gigs, buy albums and support your favourite artists!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yeah, thanks for this, and for the readers, keep supporting the music scene!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steve</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mike</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gareth</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /></div>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-63130952955365532282011-04-11T10:42:00.001-07:002011-04-11T11:39:41.668-07:00NINJA SPICE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7NQBr-YJNLoWz3oGHrZXp0d6dCzxZZVP29jlnTYiJGtFmneUik3YeTx_4aapkGFgQYrHO0Pd1gIn39Ivhm5039zUfZuruShrDhAWJKrbmwDqBwqsQIWyW14JIJKgO7K6v8yTybUcaC4l/s1600/SPICE.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7NQBr-YJNLoWz3oGHrZXp0d6dCzxZZVP29jlnTYiJGtFmneUik3YeTx_4aapkGFgQYrHO0Pd1gIn39Ivhm5039zUfZuruShrDhAWJKrbmwDqBwqsQIWyW14JIJKgO7K6v8yTybUcaC4l/s320/SPICE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594386504400320770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Interview with 'Christina Monk' Aka - 'Ninja Spice', 11 Apr '11</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Please tell me a little about yourself. How long have you been writing and creating music ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've been making music to some degree since around 84, when I got into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">electro</span>. stuff like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">afrika</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bambaataa</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">egyptian</span> lover and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">hashim</span>. and early hip-hop. I made hip-hop for quite a while with increasing influences from other types of music, including jazz, funk, reggae, and later on jungle. After hearing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">chu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ishikawa's</span> soundtrack of "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tetsuo</span> II, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">bodyhammer</span>" I got interested in industrial, and as I became increasingly frustrated by the decline of the hip-hop scene from being counter-culture to the lap-dog of capitalism, i started to replace it with industrial more and more.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />The name 'Ninja Spice', is this a cheeky poke at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">thoose</span> vile Girls that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">peaed</span> everyone off in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Ninety's</span> ?</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />No, it's a homage to the musical geniuses who inspired a whole generation in the nineties. particularly ginger spice (Geri <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Halliwell</span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ambassador</span> for the UN if I remember right).<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >How would best describe your musical approach, and writing style. Are you a person who collects from whats around you, or</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > more a book worm, and film buff ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I do use samples from films, and did a film degree, but most of my song meanings come from my reaction to things that happen around me, either locally or nationwide. But some tracks will go more into the realms of fantasy and so might be inspired from ideas in films or TV shows (particularly "Being Human" and "Doctor Who")</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >If you had to Assassinate the 'Spice Girls', but save one. Who would it be, and what demise would the others meet ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's tough. it would be between saving ginger, or sporty. I think ginger, but it would be a close thing.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Prior too 'Ninja Spice', have you worked or been a part of other bands ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Not really, I used other names before, but they were even worse names than Ninja Spice, so I'd rather not say. and it was before the days of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Internet</span>, or me having any proper recording equipment at all, so nothing I did then survives, or probably really would have deserved to anyway.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Where would you say you draw your influences from. Has there been one artist in your life that really drives you ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's changed through the years. at first, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">definitely</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Egyptian</span> lover was a big influence, then early hip-hop like public enemy, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ultra magnetic</span> and overlord x.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Over the last 10 years though, which is probably the most important, my biggest influence by a really long way was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">chu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">ishikawa</span>, who is criminally underrated, but still a legend for many. Lately '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Angelspit</span>' and '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Combichrist</span>' to a very large degree. Also 'BAAL', 'Modulate' and 'Punish Yourself 'are influences. And 'Skinny Puppy.' but it is very hard to emulate them!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Have to mention 'Kill Leona', any one person in particular, or just a Fictional character. What the story behind this, dark track ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Leona Lewis. She won X-factor a few years ago and I got sick of hearing her. One time I was in a pub and she came on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">juke</span>-box and I started spitting blood. I got into a huge row with some guy and said at some point, if i could have her killed I would. or at least give her throat cancer, a few people got quite offended and I very nearly got thrown out. (Anything X-Factor, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">deserves</span> a painful death)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >'<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Kanashibari</span>', or 'Sleep <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Paralysis</span> !!!. What made you write a track around this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">bizarre</span> disease. Is this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">something</span> you've actually witnessed, or even suffered from ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes. I had it for a while about 20 years ago for a long period of about 5 years. At the time it wasn't very well known about (or at least spoken about) in the west so I was quite freaked out, and the only people who I spoke to who knew what I was talking about were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Japanese</span>. so I knew it as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">kanashibari</span> for years before I'd heard the term "sleep paralysis".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >'<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Kirikaeshi</span>', simply a cutting movement used in '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Kendo</span>', is Japanese culture <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">something</span> that really fascinates you. Have you ever visited or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">studied</span> their Culture?</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />I've not visited as I'm penniless and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">passport-less</span>. I really would like to though. to be honest, I think I'd be frustrated just going a few weeks though. I think I'd rather try living there a while if I could. as for the culture, I watch a lot of Japanese films, and listen to Japanese music. For a long while I've been interested in both modern, and traditional <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Japanese</span> culture.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Where would you say you draw your visual side from, again I guess the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">kitch</span>, the kinky and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Fetish</span> culture. Be it the ,'<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Cyber</span> Goth' look, you look bloody amazing ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I tend to mix my image around and go through phases too. I've often had a cyberpunk look even, before I knew what it was. when I was about I wanted to be a punk with pink hair, but my parents wouldn't let me for some reason or other. Even though I only knew one song of theirs, I liked the look of 'Strawberry Switchblade'. for a while I started getting closer and closer to the Japanese <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Lollita</span> look - even before I really knew about the scene. Lately I tend to be going for a sort of cross between Punk <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Lollita</span> and Cyberpunk. My style icon would probably have to be 'Amelia Arsenic' from '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Angelspit</span>'.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >So far there loads of material, between various sites, has there been hard <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">copy's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">available</span>. How long have you been writing, is there a Discography, or official <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">siter</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">availible</span>. Is '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Fukushuu</span>' / 'Revenge', you debut as such ?</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nothing on CD. the place where the most of my tracks are is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">soundclick</span>.<br /><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/ninjaspice"><br /></a><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/ninjaspice">http://www.reverbnation.com/ninjaspice</a><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/ninjaspice"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=502336">http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=502336</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ninjaspiceattacks">http://www.myspace.com/ninjaspiceattacks</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >I see from 'Spineless', you hate the music industry, or certain artists. I have to agree, combination of overpriced music, and ready made crap. Problem is, there's no Soul left, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">everythings</span> dictated, sterile. Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, and American Idol. Really are screwing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">UK's</span> music style ?</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't think it's just music. globalisation, particularly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Americanisation</span> has been detrimental to many forms of media-culture and society - not just in the UK but worldwide. I think we get it worst because of sharing a language. But in the UK for a while we have been known for being able to make good quality music that can be critically acclaimed and still commercially successful. When we put faith in our own musicians and music scenes instead of trying to emulate. What is popular in 'America' we can make world-class music. Like with the 'Brit-Pop scene - whether or not you like them, 'Oasis' were good at what they were doing, and 'Blur'. and then later on '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Gorillaz</span>'. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Recently there was the thing of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">British</span> female singer songwriters - most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">notably</span> 'Amy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Winehouse</span>' and 'Lily Allen', who were making music that was critically acclaimed, that sold <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">shitloads</span> of albums and actually deserving it, and it was a uniquely <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">British</span> sound. There aren't many countries that have a music scene strong enough to create genres that spread around the world. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The UK at it's best can do that - look at Jungle/Drum and Bass. That's everywhere now, and still,</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> a lot of mainstream music, particularly the R&B and what used to be Hip-Hop scene has become all about either sex, or money, and nothing more. It's one thing Hardcore rap, or underground Rock using sex and violence in it's lyrics, but where music is aimed at a child and teen audience then it seems a bit screwed up to me. Like a few months ago, I had the telly on mute with subtitles while something was playing on my computer (Yeah, I'm fucking the environment with waste) and there was '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Rihanna</span>' performing live, followed by '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">JLS</span>'. '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">Rihanna</span>' aimed at probably young adults I'd say, but '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">JLS</span>' 100% at children. both songs were about shagging as many people as you can while drunk and rowdy at a club.</span> </span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Why not Ninja Kill 'Simon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">Cowell</span>', I'd Paid too watch ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't really blame <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">Cowell</span>. He's honest about what he does, and doesn't claim it to be any more than what it is. What's worse is when someone claims to be more, and are in the end just putting out what is fundamentally the same as every other average act. If i could have someone in music killed at the moment, it would be far more likely to be whatever 'Puff Daddy' is calling himself these days, or 'Gaga', or N-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">dubz</span>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >So far you have around over 100, song's to boot. what would you say are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">you're</span> overall favourites. Plus what would you say</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >your fans love the most ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">A lot of the time, annoyingly people will like a track best that I want to forget about, and a track I am expecting will completely blow everyone and everything away will go completely unnoticed. But tracks that seem to have been the most well <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">received</span> lately were...</span> </span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ninja Spice</span> - '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">Fukushuu</span>', 'God's Work', 'I Bloody Love You Guys', '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">Bakemono</span>'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">Haru</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">Yasumi</span></span> - 'Eva <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">Braun's</span> Sex Tips For Girls', 'Ophelia As A Cyborg'</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">I'm</span> particularly proud of specially enhanced 'Silver/Chrome Alloy Battle Chassis'</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Thank you young lady for you time.... any last words ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Goodbye cruel world...<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-7639818651074360802011-04-05T03:16:00.001-07:002011-04-05T03:25:03.390-07:00LIVE 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT710UVOHtkByM5LZsI7lj3dcl_oynbZFmz4aq6urkUmBRJ6z9ZiOYMoJpLfiGkospnLHYRyYYF2jnV2PV_tKuPtdfT3XSzIWhGlBTV27ENw02PtxbXS2FhYGPQRMr9tRIVMuooE9V_lPh/s1600/Inky+Suck.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 336px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oEfhxFGUJ8Egj1jCyoa8DCQCMADO7Z9eGf8mfBhnH_jF91CVuIoTvN99DYB_-QmhxfM_Vi2QHV6Qcgmz2wpgEgd5U5hryKJfETRtUfVWUIEOLQgRyn9O8r__eKjLGt94r0_lw7mUQCKD/s320/Nano.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579558245884425442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Interview with '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Nano</span> Infect', Mar 02 '11.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Dedicated</span> to 'Alex <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Everfield</span>', <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cheer's</span> for the intro Bro !!!.....</span><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Please <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">let</span> the world now, when did you first come into creation. Plus were you part of any other bands prior ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">NI were formed by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Lunarian</span> and myself at the 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">th</span> of April 2008.We wanted to work together since 2004.Back then I was into</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> many projects from Ambient to Black Metal and some strange rave stuff.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lunarian</span> was already into Industrial music with his personal project and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Cybergoat</span> also.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> So that day we decided to start a project together and then NI was born!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >How long was it before, you created a sound that worked for you. Was it an easy affair, did you say right were creating this !, or was it more natural <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">evolvement</span> over time ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It took a long time to create a sound I liked.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Lunarian</span> was into totally different direction from what I was dreaming about NI so at</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> some point i started composing my first NI songs but they sucked <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">haha</span>.At first after we got a sound that worked for us most of the songs</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> were Suicide Commando influenced but after that Dark <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Electro</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">influences</span> were more and more obvious so at that point it was hard for us to</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> combine those styles,but I guess we did it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >How does 'Greece', itself accept the whole 'GOTH / INDUSTRIAL scene, certainly Greece is known for its strong Death And Black Metal.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > Can you point me to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">you're</span> new comers, and any bands we should watch apart from yourselves ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Greece could not deny to accept those bands cause in my opinion all of them kick ass! Every <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Greek</span> band has a small <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">fanbase</span>...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The already famous bands are Siva Six, Virgins Or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Pidgeons</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">PreEmptive</span> Strike 0.1, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Inline</span> Sex Terror but there are new bands also</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> like Hydra Division,Child From The Crypt,Red-Line,<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Technology</span>, Contact Zero, 6.Aborted.6.Fetus.6, Orgasmic Chaos and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Foresin</span>, all of them are</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> great in my opinion although I don't know all of the personally.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Agrotech</span> is a strong word in itself. What are you guys shouting about. What pissing you guys off in these last days of Man ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Every single song is based on a specific event in my life or points of view concerning religion,life and death.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> What pisses me off is definitely backstabbers and bitches,but if they weren't present in my life the songs would not exist</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What would you say are your strongest influence's. What makes you tick, hows do you create <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">you're</span> whole persona ?</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Definitely first and strongest <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">influence</span> is Suicide Commando, also Dawn Of Ashes, God Module, A7IE, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Acylum</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Agonoize</span> etc.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Ok</span> to 'Gas Chambers', aptly named. What we call a UK Curry House. Please tell me more, what can be found on it. Was this an easy affair. Plus <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">naturally</span> is it still around to Purchase ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gas Chambers was our first ever demo.It included the songs "Betrayed,Hell Invaders,The Mark Of Death,Black Combat and Till Death.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> All of them were way different than our <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">present</span> sound.It was self printed in like 30 copies so you could say it's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">extinct</span> I mean I don't</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> even have a copy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">haha</span>.At least you can find the song Black Combat on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">youtube</span>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Due current times after a few line up <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">changes</span>, I understand. The debut LP, is in progress. Do it have a current working title, and are any of the earlier demo tracks going to feature ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Yeap</span> at first as I mentioned earlier NI was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Lunarian</span> and me,afterwards Insomnia-X was added to the band (the only female member so far).</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> The second line-up was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Tanziktator</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Saffer</span>,X-Hazard and me.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I am still in touch with every single one of them.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> At least for now the band is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Tanz</span> and me later on no one knows if anyone will be added or leave,time will tell.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Concerning the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">CD</span> it will be a full-length which will be called "Circuitry Of Blades".There won't be any tracks from the "Gas Chambers" demo</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> but concerning the tracks that are already known such as "Fall Asleep" and "Abortion" are remade and sound even better.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Does the new LP, follow any set path or concepts in its creation. How would you best <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">describe</span> its current sound. Plus are</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> you 100% happy with it's current <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">direction</span> ?</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">As I said before the album follows the concept of a specific period of my life.I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">assure</span> you the lyrics are not happy at all.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> As for the sound I don't think I am the one who can tell since I just compose the songs i can judge them,but I would say that</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> some of them are slow and majestic some are raw and straight to your face and yes I am definitely 100% happy with it's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">direction</span>!</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I really love it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">I've</span> been working this album for like a year and a half before mixing and mastering it so yes I am pretty sure about it!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Last I wish you well, can we expect you on English, soil any time soon, any last words ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I wish we could perform in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">UK</span> soon,I've been there once and it's really beautiful.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I would like to thank you Eddie and also all the people who support NI <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">especially</span> Alex <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Eversfield</span> ;) ...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Spread the infection!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-3848312269472830732011-03-01T02:23:00.000-08:002011-03-03T11:13:12.432-08:00LIVE 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLn6El8A5OePqbZZD_zinNBjWgWOOTaZgnBjXYtoyxB35UJHNOAa1BDc-Cx3f9hX3Zl39grSbzuHx0SkzTHlW9XsMoC_sZgf292k5-2dnAxG5nfSQLM3DXRvi2L2oO7fn6pduAbVm2uia/s1600/Vendemmian+Flyer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Everyone bar Raven have been in bands before!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Please introduce yourselves, who's who, and who plays what ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our current live lineup has: Raven on vocals, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">I'l</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Dottore</span> on Bass Guitar, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Zee</span> on guitar and The Preacher on drums.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >When you first formed, did you have a set initial goal, on your appearance and overall sound ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our influences are vast and we don't like to pin ourselves down to a particular sound, we are continually developing and like to take the experimental approach to what we are working on at any given time.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Who writes your lyrics, and do you have a set pattern and themes. Or more a case of what pops into your head, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >by <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">observation</span> or inspiration ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our original material is always written within the band in a sort of organic process, so yeah I guess there's a certain amount of "what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">pop's</span> into your head" involved but it's not quite that easy! There are no set patters or themes as we wouldn't like to limit ourselves, I think it goes without saying that we do however have a leaning toward all things dark!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >'Victoria', I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">believe</span> was your first song (Please correct me here), what the story behind its creation, I understand it relates to the girl in the video. Is this more a ballad to a girlfriend. Of has a more deeper meaning ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Victoria was indeed our first project, as mentioned earlier <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">NightPorter</span> was initially more of a project/concept than a band and Victoria was the first result of this experimentation... It certainly isn't a ballad to a girlfriend and it was named by the fact that the girl in the video is called "Victoria".... The true meaning is much deeper and is "hinted" at in the video, other than that it has to be left to your imagination!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Have to mention 'The Sickness', a great show <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">stomper</span>. When <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">referring</span> to the 'Sickness' are you <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">referring</span> to dear old 'Humanity', I feel this has a deep and strong message ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We love The Sickness and think it is one of our strongest songs to date, the beauty of the lyrics is that they can be applied to many different scenario's so it can mean one thing to some and something else to others, we feel if applied to society in general then it is currently very topical even though it was written some time ago! </span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Currently is there anywhere to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">purchase</span> your material, Ive found sites with all your current songs, but no way to buy,</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > or download ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We have various web pages with players that live stream our demo's and have a few You Tube releases. We have yet to make a "commercial" release. The original songs in their current form were recorded as Demo's and never intended to "sell" commercially, they were intended as "A Taste of Things to Come" and there are a few promo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">CD's</span> in the hands of various <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">DJ's</span> that are entitled just that.... </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Currently</span> is there a debut under construction, or do intend to continue your touring schedule. Or release an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">EP</span>, to wet our appetites ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We hope appetites have indeed been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">wetted</span> and we are currently recording our, as yet, untitled <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">debut</span> album, some of our original songs have already been re-recorded and we are very pleased with the results, in line with our organic approach the songs have developed with a year or so of rehearsals and gigging, along with some new material we hope the anticipation of our fans will not have been wasted! </span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Your new song 'The Box ', features reference's to 'Clive Barkers', '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Hellraiser</span>'. Do you consider him a major influence, on your bands output, and lyrical idea's ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Box is just one piece of a project that currently consists of a trilogy (including "The Black Lodge" and "The Demon is a Liar") of work called "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Maldine</span> Square Tapes" that may yet continue to grow, fundamentally they are "tribute's" to some of our favourite Movie's, the project is still current and there are several "unfinished" possible additions to the work...</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Lastly what can we expect from you in 2011?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We hope 2011 is going to be a good year for us, we will announce the album release as soon as it's finished and that is very exciting, we are currently hard at work in the studio so not gigging but we intend to go live again soon. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are playing live at the Pray Silence festival in Portugal this summer where we will be sharing the stage with some real great talent including Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Numan</span>, UK Decay, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Xmal</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Deutschland</span> and many many more, hopefully we'll see you all there....</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Regards</span>,</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Raven...</span></span></div>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-6841807131233601832011-01-25T07:53:00.001-08:002011-01-31T02:32:50.534-08:00LIVE 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYwwN3ExGMp3tfLhauQb-WaPHkMrCdQi7T_kQ-KfvaQyfkIA20BdHRvrUhR_wBrsvsql6slPt9kkIZ64rdK81hwFBeJAZcW5DsLtHFFRUt2uFzA_P7XLXyjN6SGD7sVtPz9ks8kSVF73H/s1600/CHAMELEONS+VOX.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >Interview with - 'Diva Suicide', 22 Nov '10</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >Dedicated to 'Siobhan Clarke', my sweet 'Squidgey Goth'. Thanks honey for looking after me SAT !!! xx</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" > Plus also love to 'Sharon', my sweet girl, Carol and Michael as well. Thanks for making me feel like family.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></span><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">From your BIO, it says you first emerged in early '09, after various line up changes. What can you remember from</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> these first days, were you always called 'Diva Suicide'. When would you say you became, what we now know ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DAV</span> - No we started longer ago as '</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Jasmine Cruel' and then changed to 'Diva Suicide,' although no one can remember cause there's no survivor from that line up... Stefano started a cat shelter in Italy, Maxim is now a porn actor and try to keep up with Belle, Benzi is into boxing...maximum weight</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> Yes, and Dav got manic depression and borderline and destroyed all his music equipment, he's now into video games and cooking...</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry</span> - The band constantly mutated throughout '08-'09, the concept started then but it wasn't until the end of '09 that 'Diva Suicide' had formed a stable</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> lineup, and a focus that was shared by each member.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">Who chose the name 'Diva Suicide', does it have any specific meaning to you. Or more a case of summing you up in one ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS- </span>The name was chosen by </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Dav after seeing a photo session I got done, with some white dress stained in blood... one of the pictures became the cover of their first demo, before I joined the band.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">How long was it before you got the adopted sound that you required, was it an easy journey.Were there any releases, such as demos prior too the debut, and how did the differ ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> Yes, there was a demo before relea</span><span style="font-size:100%;">sing the mini album, on the same line as this last. However, it is now that the band is really evolving and adopting a defined personality on the new tunes we are working on. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry</span> – There's also that other earlier demo -XS- mentioned before that is likely circulating the underground and the sound does differ in </span><span style="font-size:100%;">that initially the style was more a goth industrial rock direction and of course with a different vocalist, by the time recording for the debut CD came the sound had become a lot more guitar driven with more punchy.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">OK, as a new band please introduce yourselves to the masses. Who's who. Who's the genius and who's the insane ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> Dav is def the most insane.</span><span style="font-size:100%;">..! Just drives us crazy... but we've learnt to live with it! </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">How would you best describe your approach and sound to new-comers, like my-self ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS- </span>Raunchy guitars and catchy choruses that will make you jump!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">April '10, you release you debut to</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> the world. 'Scars', please us me more, how was it's creation, and what secrets and tales does it hide ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> It was really exciting. We had to record lots of new tunes, decide which artwork were we going to use, etc, and we did not have much time so we were meeting every single day so we learnt to work together under pressure. It was nice to finally see our little baby being finished and released. Anyway, I thin</span><span style="font-size:100%;">k Scars is a more studio approach of the band that has changed after months playing together. The style has evolved into a more energetic live sound reflected on the new tunes. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">Would you say your lyrical themes, are based around life itself, or more around particular set themes and set concepts ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> some of them are based on own experiences</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> that can happen to anyone and some are more based on general life concepts. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">Looking at your advertising, which is just so powerful. Some great imagery, especially the savaged dolls. Is something you enjoy on a rainy 'Bank Holiday', Ooh F*ck thets mutilate Barbie ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> We were looking for som</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e ba</span><span style="font-size:100%;">nd-defining images so we had this shooting done. It was real fun and there was cake and cranberries as well, we always love mixing blood and sugar!</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">Doe's this whole 'Punkish', carry across with your live performances. like an element of Theatre, the visual almost being as important as the music, feeding the crowd ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS- </span>Yeah, live performances are very important cause there's where you really show what you are. If there's a place to do it, that's the one!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry</span> - We like to see it as a whole package, music and image comes all together. The fans want to be entertained not only sonically but visually to and putting on a good show is important to us.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">So far how has the feedback been o</span><span style="font-size:100%;">n 'Scars', are you 101% happy with it. Would you make any changes in approach for the next releases ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry</span> - The feedback has been great from the reviews received from magazines and it has helped to create a buzz about the band, we ar</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e more than happy about that.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> Yeah, we have received very good feedback and indeed very happy about that! However, I believe there's always things to be improved and the personality of the band is not totally reflected in the album as it will be in the new tunes. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">So far I see that the track 'She cries Lullabies', has become something of a cult track amongst the masses. What the story behind it lyrics, and what tale doe's it tell ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dav</span> - Did it really, I am surprised! again don t know... go ask </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dav</span>... I think he wrote it one night he could not sleep...</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> It's about a very very naughty innocent Lil girl! </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">Can you remember your first life performance, and how was the first reactions. How do you feel you music tr</span><span style="font-size:100%;">anslates to a live environment ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dav</span> - no one can...we weren't there...</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> Actually, yeah, Dav was the only one there... the rest weren't part of the band yet...!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">I remember one of the first gigs the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">current line-up played, tho, and it was just great. We had a very cool crowd singing along and had loads of fun. Live music is the best thing ever, either being onstage or in the crowd!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;">Lastly Thanks for your time guy's and Gall's. Will be seeing you shortly in 'Dec'. Any last words ?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-XS-</span> Thanks Edd, see you in Dec! x</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry</span> – Don't miss our next gig!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Out now the killer debut 'Scars'...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Xq3z9t1GRscjymmm_w_RHOhc94A2bK4zKHzPgXSYSJY746sLfsBiVYbi6Payml4aEkNSrJXbKBajl4hFvfptXXOCWFXX4ovnXSlg0bglJ0yLrUz359iJ5diwTTG7zHdygTUNJNAkYBpL/s1600/Scars.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Xq3z9t1GRscjymmm_w_RHOhc94A2bK4zKHzPgXSYSJY746sLfsBiVYbi6Payml4aEkNSrJXbKBajl4hFvfptXXOCWFXX4ovnXSlg0bglJ0yLrUz359iJ5diwTTG7zHdygTUNJNAkYBpL/s320/Scars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542381663854041170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://divasuicide.bigcartel.com/"><br /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://divasuicide.bigcartel.com/">http://divasuicide.bigcartel.com/</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For more info and contact, for this new bouncy class act:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide"><span style="font-style: italic;">http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide"><span style="font-style: italic;">http://www.billboard.com/#/album/diva-suicide/scars/1455762</span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/divasuicide">http://www.reverbnation.com/divasuicide</a></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Diva%20Suicide">http://www.last.fm/music/Diva%20Suicide</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://vampirefreaks.com/divasuicide">http://vampirefreaks.com/divasuicide</a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoPlainText"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></a></span></p><p face="verdana" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></a></span></p><p face="verdana" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/divasuicide"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></a><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p face="verdana" style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-79529062528812098222010-11-09T10:10:00.000-08:002010-11-09T10:58:55.441-08:00HELALYN FLOWERS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxtm1Ot7IkUJUPfhg-aATahvYAxBDlxv7yuWMCidUt5pHbZ_cEDbLO3Snipf_tl16cKSZBQ0fmiH8Z-KXpUxbaob8SdSA3I-6EWar8PsSSwmg4Ajh9YVOu5EpNMm2xDqL4ocwe1DfceyL/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxtm1Ot7IkUJUPfhg-aATahvYAxBDlxv7yuWMCidUt5pHbZ_cEDbLO3Snipf_tl16cKSZBQ0fmiH8Z-KXpUxbaob8SdSA3I-6EWar8PsSSwmg4Ajh9YVOu5EpNMm2xDqL4ocwe1DfceyL/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537625205411902050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Interview with '</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Max</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >', of '</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Helalyn</span> Flowers</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >', 09 Nov 2010</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dedicated</span> to my sweet girl, 'Sharon', my blue eyed angel.<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Photo by 'Mirko Rotondi'...</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >© HF<span lang="it"> 2009</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >When did you first actually form, and who chose the name '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Helalyn</span> Flowers', and does the name itself have any distinct meaning ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max) </span>We began as ‘The Claw’, which was formed back in 2003. Its style was more Goth-Rock-driven and the line-up was the typical 4-pieces band. Noemi and I felt that it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">wasn</span>’t the rightest thing to express our creative needs, so we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">splitt</span> the band in 2004 and started to write new stuff as a duo with the help of sequencers and electronics. That was the very first embryo of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Helalyn</span> Flowers. This name came to my mind like a blaze and both we agreed with using it as the band’s own’s. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">‘<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Helalyn</span>’ is an English Archaic term which stands for something like ‘subconscious’, ‘hidden’, ‘formless’ and so on. The idea of flowers (as symbol of life) growing up from an arid ground exactly reflects us as individuals and as a band. It’s freedom, shouting yourself for what you truly are. Nothing is impossible.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >To Business, as a newcomer to your sounds, please introduce yourselves. Who plays what, and who’s behind the creative lyrical side ? </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Officially, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Helalyn</span> Flowers always has been, is and will be a duo consisting of N0<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">emi</span> Aurora and me. At live shows, Ernst is our live-member behind drums and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">percussion's</span>. All music, lyrics, imagery and everything else is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ideated</span>, done and approved by N0<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">emi</span> Aurora and me. Mainly, N0<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">emi</span> Aurora is responsible of all lyrics, visual, imagery and art, while I am more into production, music and instruments. But these are mainly ‘official’ roles. Actually, we are incessantly exchanging and comparing ideas on ideas. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The first few days, weeks what can you remember of them. Did you have an agenda, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">master plan</span>. Were you surprised by what followed, and what were the first reactions like?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max) </span>It can sound a bit odd, but we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">wern</span>’t much surprised by what followed our first <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Mcd</span>.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I’d say that we were so happy with how things were going. This because we always used to project the main idea and image of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Helalyn</span> Flowers as a non-stop fluid led by our mental energy. The first reactions were wow, also including someone who scorned us! </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well, it’s N0<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">emi</span> Aurora who uses to write down all kind of events, but what she writes only her knows.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >What was the first song you ever wrote as a functioning band, and is it still prominent today ? </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> “Acid Love Code” was the very first song we wrote as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Helalyn</span> Flowers and now we’re going to give it a live visibility. But “Alienate Me” is the song that really was able to increase our popularity immediately after the release of the debut <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Mcd</span>. And we never stopped to play it live.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >2005’s “Disconnection” <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">MCD</span> was your first official release, I believe after six months of being formed. What can you remember of its creation, were these easy times, or as a new band did you struggle at first. Do you think it aided as a building block, for future <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">release's</span> ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Those were really joyful days that we’ll always remember. We got no expectations, just had fun and passion in doing it. We entered the studio only after a few months we started and we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">didn</span>’t care about being in line with specific musical styles; we just wanted to make it our own sound. What I can remember is endless nights with tons of riffs, choruses, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">synthlines</span> in the air… </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Even though its differences with following stuff, of course it’s a super building block, especially for “Stitches Of Eden”. I think our next <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">LP</span> will have resonances and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">reverbs</span> from it.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">It’s an extremely important step for us, so we decided to perform 4/5 of it during our upcoming London show (on 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">th</span> December at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Electrowerkz</span>) as celebrating our first 5 years of life.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >After it's initial release, how did you find the initial feedback. Plus did you find interest outside of Italy, and further afield. How long was it before you began to noticed?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Everyday I see lots of bands struggling to emerge from the deepest underground with very poor results. That <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">wasn</span>’t our case. We planned a massive promotion of “Disconnection” almost like a true label would. Simply we sent Cd’s to everyone: mags, radios, promoters, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">DJ's</span>, websites… We self-managed site, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">myspace</span> and every kind of promo tricks. We got warm responses from a lot of people, especially in the US and in the UK. We drove all this with determination and involvement, so when “E-Race Generation” was released we felt like a bomb was triggered and each step was a strong resonance.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >E-Race Generation, was released. The following year, a huge change in sound feel and tempo. Stripping away the older '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">gothic</span> rock' elements. Bolder, louder and hints of modern industrial. Why such a drastic jump. Was it more a case of breaking the mould, and not just being a 'Goth Rock' band ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Actually, we never cared of really being a Goth Rock act. What you hear is exactly what comes out from our minds and manufactured for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Helalyn</span> Flowers. Of course, we were aware of this strong diversity, but we think that one must consider “Disconnection” as a complete work, in despite of its length-time. There was no reason to enlarge it to a further Mini, single or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Lp</span>. It was perfect in its form. “E-Race Generation” marks our entry into more electronic fields. We wanted it faster, futuristic and frantic. And so it is.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Who would you say are you strongest influences. Do your lyrics and releases follow any set patterns or themes. Such as a particular concept?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> As for the music, each release of ours reflects in some way influences from artists we really enjoy and make’ em our own influences in that specific moment. For example, in “Stitches Of Eden” you can hear references to Killing Joke, Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Numan</span>, Duran Duran, Orgy, Talk Talk, Marilyn Manson, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Siouxsie</span>… but we don’t consider them as sum points. Contrary, we like to play with them and let’ em be filtered by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Helalyn</span> Flowers machine.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >How long was it before you were approached by the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Alfa</span> Matrix' Label, and how have you found them since. To me, they hold certainly some of the most prolific and interesting, Industrial artists in the world. You now being one of them ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> We were contacted by the AM guys back in early 2007, thanks to our ever more increasing popularity among the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Vampirefreaks</span> network. They listened to our “E-Race Generation” that we submitted for the “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Fxxk</span> The Mainstream Vol. 1” and they offered a contract-deal after a couple of days. To be honest, we heard of them but never we imagined us as a band of their roster. We are not the biggest listeners of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">EBM</span> so we expected to sign to a more metal/rock-oriented label. They strongly showed to believe in us and they have a very large distribution channel, so we accepted and signed to them in February 2007. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">They have great acts like Front 242 and Leather Strip, even though it’s not what I listen to every day.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Now being signed to a great label, with proper promotion and backing. Did you find you had to change your approach, or were you allowed 100% creative freedom. ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max) </span>We would not have sign to any label without having our total control on our product.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Fortunately, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Alfa</span> Matrix is a label that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">doesn</span>’t force its own acts to play in a specific way. Otherwise we would have fuck off.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >June 2007 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">EP</span> “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Plaestik</span>”, your debut <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">EP</span>, is released to the world. Now with backing and promotion, from a great Label. How did it fare, and did you feel it bought you the attention that you deserved at the time ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Actually, I think it added what we missed as an unsigned act. They created a big ‘boom’ in the scene with our debut and this brought us at a major exposure. It went good. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The release of the debut-album, “A Voluntary Coincidence” in November 2007, shortly followed. Do you think this was the major turning point, and put you on the Worldwide map?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> I think it really launched out our name even where there <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">wasn</span>’t possible as unsigned act. We had a lot of support from the main press, particularly from Rock Sound UK (as best newcomer), Flash (which featured us on the front-cover) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Orkus</span> (act of the month).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >What can you remember of its initial construction, was it an easy album to put together. Now being a settled band did you find things more fluid and relaxed?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Not really. “A Voluntary Coincidence” was difficult, controversial, critical even in its working of. You can hear it from the harsher moments like “Eye For A Day” to the sweetest like “Tide Line”. Even the most pop-driven tunes were contaminated with a growing sense of anger.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >With each major release, comes a 'Special Edition CD', with exclusive Re-Mix material. Out of everything so far, is there any, that really stand out to you, and make you go wow, any you think is better than your original creation. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >I’m partial to 'Hybrid Moments (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Xelius</span> Project - Remix)' ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> I really love the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Xelius</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">RMX</span>' as well as the ones by Andy (ex-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Bluvertigo</span>) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Neurobash</span>. I think they have the power of going beyond the remix-thing. They are felt interpretations of our songs we really enjoy and yes… make us go wow.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Those ‘special editions’ are within the label’s politics, so it’s something we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">wouldn</span>’t go to do if not ‘forced’ by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Alfa</span> Matrix. I’m not puking on it, be it clear, but we’re much more focused on our own music and see the remix as an extra that could be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">ok</span> for just a bunch of songs, not necessarily for a full-length Cd set.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >One thing also prominent of course, is you artwork on all releases. And also your overall visual look. Is this something you like to pride yourself on ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Everything bound to our imagery (from pictures to artwork and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">symbolisms</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">isn</span>’t made just for fashion or to join this-or-that trend. It’s how we really feel. We don’t do things people can expect. I’d rather stop doing all this. We came from a quite dark album like “A Voluntary Coincidence” and we’re here now with white backgrounds, Cyclops Flowers, Pop/Wave-like aesthetics and with a different sound. Exactly what people <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">didn</span>’t expect. Even we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">didn</span>’t. In 2007 never we imagined to do an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">LP</span> like “Stitches Of Eden”. To me, it’s one of the greatest aspects of being an ‘artist’. I find it exciting.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >'Space Floor Romance', and the second stunning 'Stitches of Eden' soon followed. Do you think each release have brought about certain <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">evolvements</span>, and change in approach. Looking back at the older material, with your new skills and experience</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > would you change anything ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max)</span> Of course, I’d change a lot of things but I think that it’d be stupid. We’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">ve</span> always been sincere in what we do and each song reflects our truest mood and feelings. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Must ask about 'Hybrid Moments', my favourite. What its story, and hidden meanings ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max) </span>Musically, it started two days before we officially began the recordings for “Stitches Of Eden”. Suddenly we felt it was going to be one of our best songs ever so we were much motivated in finishing it and including it in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">Lp</span>. Very fast songwriting I’d say. Probably it was growing inside ourselves and we’re glad of having had faith in us. Lyrics are about us living different moments in our lives as bipolar stages.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Shortly you hit British, shore's, what can we expect to see at a live show. How do you think your sound translates into the live environment?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max) </span>Well I can tell you that you won’t hear songs as they actually play on record. They’re more electro- crushing and entertaining. As usual, tons of sweat, draining make-ups and booming power. No pretentious stuff!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Thanks for your time, see you on the road shortly. Any last words to the masses ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Max) </span>Looking forward to meet you in London at Dark Souls Fest! </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let’s say that it’d be a dream come true to see people becoming individuals living their own lives not being surrogate of outer will and power. Do what do you want and don’t lie to yourselves.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks to you Edd for this pleasant talk...</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >For further info and contact:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.helalynflowers.com/">http://www.helalynflowers.com</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/helalynflowers">http://www.myspace.com/helalynflowers</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/helalynflowers">http://www.facebook.com/helalynflowers</a>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-42538160716280151842010-11-03T11:17:00.000-07:002010-11-03T11:24:42.044-07:00LIVE '10 - '11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAhcx-iWM5bKIbXSIY9GWT8DHX-axABay9xWSDj2A571CZb2cygKzeGLewM-1Oz2ZCZHCZg1kz0EoW-57xlmhS2xSSz26tz7HiYkjVaG8Ss9PKQ6J2ELhgegG3ao0xMgoubp4v4GEdu6O/s1600/DISTORTED+BREED+131110+191010+poster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 193px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczoXLLrjDsq2m8z0RthBPsexGdg59CqpcShgMzrCQIyui2bS-6Ue2Kz9076xmL72auRa3z5bCJqOvgdZE8MxZpsB7RXYOd6kBw5cY01cYlOq2dge8ISh0zhrAkOYthUYURJkBKhlirWy4/s320/PROJEKT+PITCHFORK+150111+031110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535390850702704770" border="0" /></a>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-5095197106671757052010-11-01T05:11:00.000-07:002010-11-03T11:39:04.099-07:00SHIV-R<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvs5vNPFVI1bgm85TwC0v2xlw7AjcSdqDbEF53X-93cvRggbx3Rp8CUdHv5ngGEX4UoxxY6BoYjgAS2Rs1KsTfTbuP7sVTD2iUMsoNgHkWNZSPTSg8in8Sk1e3dia1uXjtfJczmb3DiVk/s1600/m_a4469326f20540b7892733f2bd17e4b2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 448px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvs5vNPFVI1bgm85TwC0v2xlw7AjcSdqDbEF53X-93cvRggbx3Rp8CUdHv5ngGEX4UoxxY6BoYjgAS2Rs1KsTfTbuP7sVTD2iUMsoNgHkWNZSPTSg8in8Sk1e3dia1uXjtfJczmb3DiVk/s320/m_a4469326f20540b7892733f2bd17e4b2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534556922443953074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Interview with '<span style="font-weight: bold;">Shiv-R</span>', 01 Nov 2010.<br />Photo - Mathew Burgess...</span></span></span><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_cpMain_cpMain_ViewImageControl_ucImageView_lblCaption"></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br />Naturally please tell me a little about your selves. When did you first form,and have you both been in any other bands prior ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: We have both had projects before and both contributed to each other’s projects in one way or another for almost the past 10 years. In hindsight, it seems kind of ridiculous that we never really did a full collaboration together until now. That said, it is really a plus that we didn’t fully collaborate until now. I think within electronic music it is especially easy to slip in to writing generic rubbish. Everyone uses the same gear, software, production tricks all pulled from the same websites and magazines. It is surprising that a lot of top acts hide how they do things like ninja secrets, because they sure as fuck ain’t doing it the way you read it on gearslutz.com </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">When I have seen Pete in action in his studio, I’m usually pretty bewildered by how he goes about business, and I daresay he feels the same about how I work in my studio. Put the two bewilderments together, and you get the sweet, sweet sugar known as Shiv-r. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the first weeks and months, did you have a set first set goal, on visual attitude, and the whole initial sound of the music itself. How long was it before you were overall 100% happy ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: The project really just wrote itself out of necessity. It went through a lot of stages in the mechanics writing music between two countries on opposite sides of the globe, but that development is not the kind of thing we ever consciously discussed or tweaked. As the venerable Homer said “it’s just a bunch of stuff that happened”. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I think the thing to remember is that being an active musician is as pragmatic as it is artistic. There are plenty of great artists out there who just never seem to be able to finish a song, let alone an album. Then, if you are lucky enough to find someone to release your music, your life is full of deadlines and other commitments. Shiv-r getting to where it is today has had just as much to do with both Pete and I being able to deliver the goods in a timely manner. That might be an artistic sin to say, but it is the reality and the reason so many greater artists than us will go unrecognized. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, to actually answer the question, from my perspective, there was never much of a goal, other than just getting things done. I don’t think either of us are 100% happy with any of the work we have done for Shiv-r, but if it weren’t for those deadlines and commitments, whether self imposed or slapped there by pimping record label folks with their fur coats and feathers in their caps, there wouldn’t be much of a project.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please tell me about 'Parasite', your début MCD, I believe, or is there any material pre-dating its release, such as demo's etc. ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: We are far too frugal to be throwing out finished tunes. If we write a tune that turns out like shit we just release it under a different name. Why don’t you take a wild guess at what that project’s name is? Go on, take your pick, think of the shittiest faceless industrial act you know…</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">With 'Parasite', how was the first feedback, and are you 100% still happy with it. Do you think the press has treated you well ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: Parasite was never really intended to be a public release, or at least that was the plan when we wrote it. It was a sampler to give out to labels and the like. If you listen to the tunes on the disc you can hear that it is all over the place stylistically. The plan was to throw it out there and see what would happen. We considered making “Fractured Light” the title track, seeing as we didn’t know what kind of sound we wanted to present ourselves as. If we had found ourselves on a label that was pushing for more of the “Fractured Light” kind of sound, Shiv-r might have become a very different kind of project. I’m just too Zen and easily swayed by label folk, what with their fine jewelry and fur coats.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: Parasite was enough to get the interest of Infacted Recordings’ label-boss Torben Schmidt. I handed him a copy at a festival and a week later I got an e-mail from him saying he was interested in us. This was amazing because we had set our sights specifically on signing to Infacted. So our Parasite EP got the absolute ideal result for us! It also got some good feedback from the press in general, but the most important result was Infacted’s interest.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How would you best describe, your lyrical approach, do you tend to favour a particular concept, for each release. Or do you find observation and experiences, and the current climate, more leaning to your way of thinking ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: With Hold My Hand and Parasite, it was entirely internal and a lot of the lyrics were stream-of-consciousness. These were written while I was living in London, which is a city which really forces you to put up a wall around yourself. There’s such an absurd level of belligerent indifference, especially in the poorer areas and it’s confronting to live on a day-to-day basis. So the lyrics are very claustrophobic and internalised, based on how I felt at the time. The lyrics for our new material are turning out a lot more externally influenced, taking in existential and activist tones. So the lyrics are constantly evolving. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modern times and Society always labels, where do you find yourself genre wise. Industrial, is of course the obvious ! . Then there's,Metal, Industrial Percussion, Industrial Rock, IDM, Martial Industrial, New Wave ? Aggrotech, Ambient Industrial, EBM, Electro-Industrial, Industrial ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: You know there are children in Africa with no genres at all? And here we are with a gluttonous gloopity gloop of genres going to waste. Perhaps we could give them a genre we don’t actually like or need, like New-Age Ambient-Dub. If you feel like giving Shiv-r a genre, I ask you to do this… throw the some appropriate words into a hat and pull out a few at random and then put them in a logical order ending in the words “dark electro” or “industrial” . Use the following possible descriptors as examples:</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Fuzzy-Noize-Bunny-Dark-Electro</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Diddles - Your-Skittle-Dark-Eelectro</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ninja-Secrets-Guarded-by-Mysterious-Ronin-Dark-Electro</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Uber-Elite-Dark-Side-Jedi-Synth-Master-Dark-Electro</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">The-World-Needs-More-Noise-Oscillators-Dark-Electro</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">If-More-People-Liked-This-Genre-I-Wouldn’t-Need-a-Day-Job-Dark-Electro<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">You-Could-Substitute-“Dark-Electro”-with-“Industrial”-It-Doesn’t-Make-Much-Difference-Dark-Electro</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />[At last a man with a sense of humour - Editor]<br /><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your début full length, 'Hold My Hand', well tell me more, how was its creation. Is there a set theme running through it, be it a set concept ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: Hold My Hand, as an album and a concept, is an invitation. As most of the lyrics are very internal and the atmospheres of the music are very suffocating, the intention was to get under the listener’s skin. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The video, 'The End', left me intrigued. Seeing a young lady, being converted from, plain 'Jane', to 'Hot Rubberised Fetish Babe' !. When referring to 'The End', what's your initial meaning, be it the end of her life, or her way of life ?<br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Pete Crane</span>: It is the story of one girl who “accepted our invitation”, to come into our world. The girl was drawn to “The End” despite warnings along her path and the transformation is what happens when she arrives. Of course, a lot of people made the comment that they thought she was being “raped” in the filmclip. Well, it’s worth mentioning that her attraction to the world she finds herself in is of her own volition, and that in any major city in the world you can find an underground scene where you can find these torturous activities being acted out on willing participants. Flaying, bloodletting and whipping are done willingly all the time and it’s this kind of dark attraction that is the theme of our filmclip. Sometimes it’s overwhelming to let go…</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your whole feeling is very dark, almost an 'Occult' feel, maybe, is this something that interests you, and who would you say are you major influences ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: I haven’t been interested in the occult since I was a teenager. With Shiv-r, we can actualise the darkest and most esoteric concepts in our music and live it in a real and visceral way. We can create a monster and wear it like a skin – so we have no need to escape into a world of mysticism.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: Russian folk music, Jewish folk music and cute Anime trance. You think I’m joking?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Can you remember your first live show, what was the first reactions like?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lee Bulig</span>: I played trumpet at a primary school war memorial thing. It was followed by post-gig wild prepubescent sex and throwing TVs out hotel windows. I just want to see if you will let “wild prepubescent sex” go on your zine…</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: With Shiv-r, our first gig was only last year in 2009. But of course we’ve been touring for years in our other projects, and have both been playing concerts since we were in school, in jazz ensembles and metal bands for as long as I can remember…</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What can we come to expect, in the coming months, any new material in the pipeline, or live shows planned ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: We have a new EP entitled “Incision” which will be released in December 2010 and is now available for pre-order from www.deathwatchasia.com. This follows the tradition of our “Parasite” EP and includes Virul3nt and Kong mixes of the title track, done by us individually. The EP will also include a collaboration with Preemptive Strike 0.1 on a track called “Zeitgeist” and an all-new Director’s Cut of our filmclip as a data-track. Our next live shows include an Australian tour with Combichrist in December 2010, and a European tour in August/September 2011. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks guys... any last words to the masses ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pete Crane</span>: Keep your eyes level with god…</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">--</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sites:<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.shiv-r.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.shiv-r.com</span></a></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.plaguesequence.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.plaguesequence.com</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.thecrystallineeffect.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.thecrystallineeffect.com</span></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Myspace:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/shiverindustrial"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.myspace.com/shiverindustrial</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/plaguesequence"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.myspace.com/plaguesequence</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/thecrystallineeffect"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.myspace.com/thecrystallineeffect</span></a><br /><br /></span> </div><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Skype:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > Virul3nt </span> </span>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-49962180010235949672010-10-17T02:27:00.000-07:002010-10-17T02:34:49.131-07:00LIVE 2010 - 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM26TY6FdmuouFmCTWqxX9wrNv-vJKbm-WH9MsKgyQpmW_Fb-JZsPZilgFheBVxbYuqUR_v0rR6UV21RZMUE8YFHo2S3RrTCbtSeGRXDY_LqHInirCEdpyhbSQNDG5afB1NFEY3sc8WPR/s1600/HOCICO+061110+270710+RGB+96DPI.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Who's, who and what musical crimes are you responsible for?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: We are CONCRETE LUNG – I’m Ed - Bass/Vocals,</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: I’m William Riever, I play synth, percussion and textures. My first musical dabblings were a bit of musical crime but it’s been up hill for the last few decades.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">When did you first actually form, and are there any releases, prior to your debut, such as a demo, etc?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: I started the project at the end of 2007 - But it wasn’t until the start of 2009 that we went into the rehearsal room for the first time. Yes there was demos/recordings but not much saw the light of day until our first release, Waste of Flesh EP.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: Yeh It’s been about 2 years in the making, with at least a year of that spent sorting out what we were actually trying to achieve.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The first thing I notice about you is the striking visuals, the strong artwork upon your debut. That of a refuse dump. The image's also relating to that of the song titles, would you consider 'Waste of Flesh', as a concept album. It being based around human waste, and the shit we create?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: It wasn’t intended to be a concept album, but it could be seen like that, but yes I was searching for an image that would fit with the music after I wrote the EP. The image I found was perfect straight away, it is by photographer Frank Wright (www.frankwright.co.uk).</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: I’ve always wanted to make a concept album, still not quite sure what it would sound like though.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How was your debut's creation, did you find it a smooth operation. Do you think you’ve learned a lot from its creation, and are you happy with the feedback so far?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: Yes the songs that made it onto Waste of Flesh where incomplete for about a year, until we decided on the direction we wanted to take the music. We then set a deadline of 10 weeks to finish them, it became a little stressful, but we needed a deadline in order to get something done. So yes if I learned anything it is to set a realistic deadline on a release.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: The response we’ve had so far on the EP has massively exceeded our expectations and spurred us on. We are nearly out of copies of the first pressing.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">From the very opening of the MLP, were hit with immense power and almost an onslaught. Do you consider yourselves almost 'Cross Genre', I.e.: a mix of Grind core / Death Metal and traditional Industrial Metal. I almost hear hints of 'Carcass', 'Napalm Death', 'Godflesh' Etc?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: Those bands are defiantly an influence with me from a young age. I listen to a lot of death metal and industrial, so its only natural that I would create something in-between the two genres. I like to think that we could appeal to people’s tastes across the two genres and beyond.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: We are trying to cross the rawness and attitude of Punk with the texture and percussion of Industrial.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Besides the sounds, who would you consider your greatest influences, be it music, poetry or even film?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: Greatest influences are Godflesh, early Pitchshifter, Melvins, Bill Hicks, and punk ethic, Black Flag etc.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: My mum used to take me to an art house cinema when I was kid growing up. It was called the Valhalla. It had great films and that really opened my eyes a lot.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I have to ask about 'Pyre Burns', tell me a little about it. Pretty much a very strong stand out track on its own, blending some great sounds?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Yes the instrumental part of the song was written first, then I passed it on to William who added a lot more atmospheric synths to it and also percussion, I added the vocals on at the end. The song is about the 24 hour tv news doom and gloom.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">When playing live, who do you feel you fit in with the most, be it the UK Industrial / Goth scene, or more the Thrash, Death Metal scene, they both suite you well, I could see you Playing 'Bloodstock', or ‘Gotham’?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: I want to try and move away from playing the Goth scene, we have nothing in common with any of the bands who play on that scene, and too be honest don't have a lot of respect for those 'bands'. It would be interesting to do some gigs on the metal scene but yeah, where too metal for the industrial crowd and too industrial for the metal crowd. Having said that we like to get in peoples faces, if they like us or not!</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: I think we want to play to more of the punk / metal crowd, to see how it goes. The people in the Industrial / Goth scene who have a broad taste in music appreciate us but the fluffy bunny types who only like EBM don’t really get us.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In a few months’ time you hit the stage alongside 'Leather Strip', what can we expect from your live performance, will it be as brutal and dark as the debut?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: Expect to be blown out of the back doors. We intend to come on hard with some new material and give a sneak preview of what is to come us in the next year.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: Yeah, We are hoping to play a couple of new tracks from our full-length album that we are currently writing. They are pretty much a follow on form Waste of Flesh, but more brutal and also more of a mixture of musical styles.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks’ for you time Gentlemen, what can we expect from you in 2011, and any last words?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will</span>: Louder and stronger. Looking forward to getting in peoples faces!</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed</span>: We will be finishing up our follow up to Waste of flesh in the form of a full-length album. Hopefully set for release early 2011. We also have a few more gigs set for the rest of the year:</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">London, Leeds and Manchester.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Check our website for details</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/concretelung">http://www.myspace.com/concretelung</a></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thanks’ Ed</span></span></span><br /></div></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-14066285018227973722010-09-28T08:34:00.000-07:002010-09-28T08:56:54.523-07:00VILE ELECTRODES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMHO34lbTylFbYF0etFmz777gwCnsmuczB_PTCjiL1Ezqq2eR7kbrj9H021d1qRm1c4L09DwqCigGNVVhsg8sjsjlKTtTv803oNtXNEaD-aUNoV8aMeYqK_zAlSiUAlo9WjOvTpLoRfFm/s1600/Vile+%285%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMHO34lbTylFbYF0etFmz777gwCnsmuczB_PTCjiL1Ezqq2eR7kbrj9H021d1qRm1c4L09DwqCigGNVVhsg8sjsjlKTtTv803oNtXNEaD-aUNoV8aMeYqK_zAlSiUAlo9WjOvTpLoRfFm/s320/Vile+%285%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521989889090679282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Interview with 'Vile Electrodes', 28 Sep 2010.<br />Deadicated to my sweet friend, 'Siobhan Clarke', Squidgy Goth.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I understand you first formed around 2008, please tell me a little about the first days and hours. What were your first intentions, and how long was it before, you came up with your particular sound and style ?</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin</span>: We first got together with the intention of creating music for an opera a friend of ours was writing, about a young Michael Faraday falling through a wormhole in time and meeting Anita Pallenberg and Jane Fonda on the set of Barbarella. That's kind of half true. And it WILL happen one day. But seriously, Anais and I first got together LONG before 2008 to play a one-off Burlesque party at the Theatre Museum before it closed (we performed under the name Strange Fruit). Then in 2008 we decided to have a crack at being a "proper" band. Anais had written a whole load of bluesy songs and we kind of adapted them. After a while we realised we were better off writing tracks from scratch rather than trying to shoehorn those songs into a musical space they weren't designed to fit into.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anais</span>: So watch this space for my blues side project!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Did you at first, have a set agenda, or are you a band that likes to evolve. Plus having members, Coming</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >and going, do you think each individual addition made subtle differences, and added a little of themselves behind ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin</span>: We didn't (and don't) really have any agenda, apart from trying to write songs we like. We're just doing what we enjoy doing! Tess LaCoyle and Suki Maverick definitely each brought something unique to what we were doing, but we're all pretty creative people outside music and they both felt they couldn't commit enough time to the band. Since Loz Tronic joined us in May 2010 we've been much more focused and really begun to feel like a proper live band. We've come along leaps and bounds since then and we're still very much developing and evolving.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your strong fetish image,is this a natural general interest, as well as being part of your live shows.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Do have any particular influences, to partucular art, or artist's, be it Burlesque, or a Photographer etc ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin</span>: We all definitely have a whole variety of our own fetishes! Getting dressed up is really important, and the whole power dynamic thing is very interesting, particularly in a live context. We have lots of artistic influences, beyond the musical ones, but i don't think we set out to wear them on our sleeves. I suppose science - both fact and fiction - is as much an influence as art actually. Personally, i have a thing for Expressionism, Dadaism and Surrealism. Retro-futurism, or Atom Punk are probably the closest thing we have to a defining style I guess.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anais</span>: Hmmmm. I love Disney and horror movies. I like to think that's reflected in our music! I'd be really hard pushed to name any specific influences though - it's genuinely not something I think about! Must.... try.... harder.... next.... time.....</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you find the whole visual side, just as important as the music itself. Plus would you say you use an element of theatre within your live performances ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin</span>: The visual side is VERY important - I think as much visually as i do aurally. Whenever we can, we run our own lights, lasers and strobes at our shows, as well as doing videos! Each song has a little abstract video that accompanies it live. Theatre - not as much as we could - i think we're still very much developing our stage shows. Come back and ask that question in a year's time!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anais</span>: At a show recently someone asked why we bothered dressing up and doing visuals as our "music should be able to stand up on its own". For me it's totally the other way round. You're presenting yourself to an audience so why WOULDN'T you dress up and make the biggest effort possible?! Also, I'm a jeans and t-shirt girl a lot of the time, so I LOVE the chance to don a snazzy outfit for stage. It also helps that I work for Lady Lucie Latex which means I have oodles of gorgeous rubberwear that I can borrow for shows.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">The theatre question is an interesting one. I'm still working on the way I present myself on stage and I'd like to be a lot more theatrical. You'll probably refuse to believe me, but I get TERRIBLE stage fright so sometimes just standing behind the mic and singing is pushing it! It's only recently that playing a gig hasn't led to me leaving stage and saying "never again". God, that makes me sound like such a diva...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loz</span>: Personally for me it's a bit of a Clark Kent / Superman thing. It's relief to throw away the glasses and day attire for a few hours!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What started your obsession with the 80's style of music, and old school synths ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin</span>: I've always loved and written music, ever since i was 9 when i started my first band, but being left handed found it really difficult to learn guitar. So i got a little Casio keyboard, and then i was hooked! I AM a bit obsessive though - I have a very addictive personality so my studio just carries on growing. The thing i like about old analogues is that because they have immediate control over the sound, the player can interact with the tone as well as the notes, just like a violinist or a guitarist would. I'm never going to be a great keyboard player, but the knobs and sliders on my allow me to be expressive in a way a lot of modern keyboards don't allow. They're just more rock and roll basically!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Also, if you look at our list of band members you'll see that we list all our ancient analogue synthesizers in addition to the human players. They are so much a part of the band!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">As for the music - I grew up listening to the well-known synthpop stuff. Like a lot of people, hearing 'Are Friends Electric' for the first time was a seminal moment. As i got older discovered some of the more left-field bands and fell in love with it all over again. I've got a really wide taste in music though - everything from Kraftwerk to David Bowie... (laughs)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who would you say are your strongest influences ?</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anais</span>: I genuinely love pretty much all music. You'll find me dancing to pop, indie, 80's cheese, thrash metal, dubstep, electro, hard house - anything really! If it's got a beat then I tend to get caught in it. If you want specifics: more and more over time I realise I ADORE Annie Lennox. What a woman! And Steven Tyler is a God. But, to be honest, my strongest influences are my friends, family and fellow bandmates! They support and inspire me the most.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin</span>: I'd say that there are a few people and bands who have managed to perfect what what i aspire to do, which is to write great pop songs with originality, intelligence and a bit of eccentricity. For me OMD, Kate Bush, The Knife and Portishead are people who do that.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loz</span>: I'm totally with Anais on the Annie Lennox call! I'm a big fan of any style of music, as long as it catches my attention long enough to hold it. I suppose we are victims of what we grew up listening to, in a way, so I have a bit of a penchant for poodle-permed cock-rock. In my teens I was heavily into rock 'n' roll from the 40's, 50's and 60's, and the mod scene. Led Zeppelin are a big influence.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who writes you lyrics, and how would you best describle there creation. Be it observation, or life</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >experiances. Or do you have a set pattern of themes ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >A</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">nais</span>: I currently write 99% of the lyrics, although Martin does inject amazing gems from time to time. Normally what happens is Martin will write a killer hook and it just instantly sparks an idea for a song in my brain. It does seem like a lot of our songs are about love, sex and domination - and from the stories in some of the tracks you can tell I've had my heart broken a few times. Pesky men.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Sometimes the lyrics come from nowhere. I was sat at work once typing a mundane email and the opening line from Second Skin appeared in my head: "Would you like to slip inside me, can I be your second skin". When I told Martin that night he was, like, "What were you DOING at work today?!".</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Loz writes great songs too and we're working on building some of her tracks into the Vile canon!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loz</span>: Thanks!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please tell me a little about the song 'Proximity', great vocals, and great alround upbeat sound. Please explain the meaning the lyrics, id love to learn more ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anais</span>: Ah, possibly my favourite of our songs. It's got arpeggiated synths and is awesome!! Proximity is basically a song describing a desperate need to be close to someone! It centres around powerful emotional and sexual urges over which you have no control. It came to exist after Martin and I watched 'The Island' and 'THX1138' - both films explore worlds where for one reason or another human physical contact is not allowed and where we're controlled to the point that we don't even own our own bodies or minds. I was imagining how I would feel if it were me in that position. It's interesting that you say the song is upbeat - I suppose the jangly synths make it so - but we think it has an underlying brooding atmosphere which was very much inspired by the tone of those films.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Then come's of course 'Empire Of Wolves', a complete change of heart, even almost warlike. tell me more ?</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anais</span>: The honest and simplest answer is that we decided we wanted to write a song that wasn't about sex or heartbreak! At the time of writing the song I was reading Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber' which is full of violent fairy tales. The stories about werewolves were my favourites of the bunch, so throatslashing, bloodlusting, shining fanged world conquering wolves it was! I love some of the imagery in the song - and the heavy breathing at the end as well! We REALLY want to make a video for this track.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Was realy great meeting you guys live, are there any more planned shows within this year ?</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We've got a few more shows planned this year. 30th September and 9th October in London. 5th October in Brighton. 6th November in Sheffield. However, we've said we want to have a bit of a live amnesty until we get some more recording done. Finishing our CD keeps falling by the wayside, and we really need to prioritise that.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lastly you meantioned, that you have a recorded full album, how do people purchase this, and tell us a little abouts it's creation, and what can be found on it ?</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">See above! We have an album and then some of material, but it's not properly recorded or mixed and mastered. We've got a couple of tracks that sound good by happy accident and we sometimes give these out as freebies at shows. But we really need to get the album cut. We're really excited about it!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">-- </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">For more info and contact...</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><a href="www.facebook.com/vileelectrodes">www.facebook.com/vileelectrodes</a></span><br /><a href="soundcloud.com/vile-electrodes"><span style="font-family:verdana;">soundcloud.com/vile-electrodes</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><a href="www.myspace.com/vileelectrodes">www.myspace.com/vileelectrodes</a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><a href="www.youtube.com/user/VileElectrodes">www.youtube.com/user/VileElectrodes</a></span></span>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-78084803821217327972010-09-28T02:42:00.000-07:002010-09-28T02:52:41.671-07:00LIVE 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnVwBZMp9TyHYH5iE7NrjKgtfj3ksFaM1UOJ2zoyOaIslvjyVtVfnJc5nok3YfwPLOjqY1JatMSRsORMLW8lcwPq3OHAwQQ3FjNGNlkpgZyR2SRf6B1Bz61MgfGxSFTFuLkkaNaf9RgdO/s1600/001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 193px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQWFih8tduxZIBREstWXzDKmU0-xGjQ2LRINlb94jSYvmi5at0Fzza5xQePco6yf41ezHAYICFRKeimADhmrU_DXT9BapmwX-vzN9w_Gmd2oihlu_ITt6pY77SksoYI1fEoMgn9GV8GdU/s320/005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521899125461410866" border="0" /></a>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-22600962133073249082010-09-03T15:09:00.000-07:002010-09-03T15:27:34.411-07:00MECHANICAL CABARET<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LAC8eVKRAJaPhhozTjQ1mab_n7qDk8SKdbR8QX6PjQXvdBiTbimUWfiFEnMGau-Ca7PEwgl1itsmD3wiLe8V_DxGOv1rljHVYq9qVjepmXyw5W9MkxMPnLyR8td__oyfbn4fKdw5JnAj/s1600/Mech+Cabaret.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LAC8eVKRAJaPhhozTjQ1mab_n7qDk8SKdbR8QX6PjQXvdBiTbimUWfiFEnMGau-Ca7PEwgl1itsmD3wiLe8V_DxGOv1rljHVYq9qVjepmXyw5W9MkxMPnLyR8td__oyfbn4fKdw5JnAj/s320/Mech+Cabaret.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512814625268340402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Interview with 'Mechanical Cabaret', 03 Sep 2010.<br />Deadicated to my long time 'Industrial', buddy Chris Comber...<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >You first formed I believe in 1999, just before the birth of the new millennium. What can you remember from your very first days, and did you have a strong and tact first agenda?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well, really it was more a case of continuing what I started. I began writing songs in my teenage years. I was in various bands, most notably ‘<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Nekromantik</span>’, before I decided to basically go it alone in the studio and write and record everything myself, and started to use the name Mechanical Cabaret. If I had an 'Agenda' then it would be that I absolutely believe in the right to self-expression and wish to remain an individual, avoiding the pitfalls of crowd mentality or band-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wagoneering</span>, whilst doing my own thing at all times. And, that I only want to speak of the real truth of this life and this world - not just as I see it, but then I can only have my own perspective of course - at the same time coming up with a hopefully interesting, unusual, effective and very electronic based soundtrack to it!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">OK</span>, as a newcomer too you. Please introduce yourselves, who's who, and what band crimes are you responsible for ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It’s basically me who writes the songs, and me on my own in the studio <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">committing</span> all manner of crimes! But Steve Bellamy, from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">'Greenhaus'</span>, who joined the band last year on live <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">synth</span>, is now going to be joining me in the studio for the next recording session, so it will be interesting to see what comes out of that.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">'We Have An Agenda', to me a great killer debut, light punk edge, with a great ambient and vibrant beats. Plus some stonking great tunes.</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What can you remember from it's creation, and what was the vibe like at the time. As debut was it an easy release, or was it more a learning curve, and prototype for the future material ?</span></span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cheers! I like it for what it is, which is essentially what you say, an early prototype! It has it’s own character and atmosphere, due to songs, the equipment I was using and my state of mind at the time. I felt I had something to prove probably, to myself more than anything. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">wasn</span>’t really happy with what I’d been involved in before, and no one was doing the sort of music I wanted to hear, so I tried to do it all myself! For all my Punk angst, and lyrical disdain for certain things, I also like more ‘musical’ things too. Interesting melodies, weird sounds, pop music, dance music in general, especially electronic stuff, and disco, techno, etc. so that all comes out in what I do. Everything is a learning curve really - it’s the journey not the destination.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">With your debut released, can you remember the first reactions, and reviews of the time. Were you happy with the feedback, and if you could change time, would you change anything about it ?</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wouldn</span>’t change a thing. People kept saying I was like a darker version of Soft Cell, like a new Fad Gadget, things like that... very flattering, but don’t believe your own press, as they say! We all like to compare things to what’s gone before, naturally. That said - there could certainly have been worse comparisons!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Can you remember your very first live show, and what was the crowds reaction like, at the time, and was it ever recorded or documented ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I can, yes - it was at the club night Electric Dreams at Gossips on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Meard</span> Street in Soho! It was a pretty good reaction as far as I remember, but it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">wasn</span>’t recorded no, not that I’m aware of. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >2006, a second full length follows 'Product For Your Insecurity' - as a second outing did you find things a lot easier and more relaxed, and what changes were made in your approach if any, and do you think it topped your debut ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I think it was a better overall sound recording, as I had better facilities, and Steve Bellamy helped in the studio with two of the songs. As well as my usual equipment, I started using software synthesizers for the first time on this album. This was definitely a departure from the first album, which was done with just an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Emax</span> 2 sampler, some analogue <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">synths</span>, a few drum machines and effects, and an Atari ST!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >It says in your 'BIO', you are currently banged up in a 'knocking shop' - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">erm</span> would you care to elaborate on this, and iron out the kinks ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well I’m not ‘banged up’ at all actually - I love it there! Where I live and record used to be part of an old Brothel. And I prefer my kinks just the way they are thank you very much!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Who would you say you draw inspirations from, is there any particular one band or person you'd say really made you want to create and write music ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Not one person, but many. Daniel Miller/Mute Records, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Depeche</span> Mode - especially Martin Gore, Fad Gadget/Frank <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Tovey</span>, Johnny Rotten, Soft Cell, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Kraftwerk</span>, Adam Ant, Blancmange, I Start Counting, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Nitzer</span> Ebb, Killing Joke, Throbbing Gristle, Abba, New Order/Joy Division... too many to mention really.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Who would you consider the founding father(s), of the modern 'Industrial', scene. Plus who would you consider to have the largest scene, be it the 'US', or maybe 'Ger' ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Throbbing Gristle invented the term ‘Industrial’ regarding music, in the 1970s with the phrase ‘Industrial Music for Industrial People’ and their own label Industrial Records. Everyone else since them has just joined the production line. I have no idea who has the biggest ‘Industrial scene’ but there is an awful lot of similarity and dross being produced from that production line these days. You can only paint a wall black in so many ways before you run out of paint.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Over the past years the scene has changed rapidly, and has become ever more underground. Have you found you've had to at any point change your style or way of thinking to adapt, to more modern ideals ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do you think I’m thought of as part of that scene then? I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">didn</span>’t think I was really, even though I like lots of the early Industrial bands. ‘Sideline.com’ refer to me as ‘an alien in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">synth</span>-pop land’ which I thought was very funny. I don’t belong anywhere, to any scene, and I only really inhabit ‘the underground’ area of music anyway. I would never adopt some trend or modern ideal to try to become more popular, that’s not why I do music. It <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">wouldn</span>’t be a true expression of myself then would it, if I did that?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Do you find as times have changed, you're becoming ever more engrossed in the new electrical technologies behind creating 'Industrial', music. Plus do you think old school technology still outstrips the modern chuck away society ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All modern music is Industrial really <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">isn</span>’t it? It’s all being produced, re-produced and marketed with basically the same technology! That’s the real irony. Old technology will always have it’s place, and only a fool would think otherwise, but modern technology has a lot to offer as well, so the wisest option would be to use both old and new together, surely?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Your third full length 'Damaged Goods' throws a more lighter <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">dancier</span> edge, again with a little punk edge, is this a hint of things to come, IE: a more vibrant accessible sound, to gather a wider, and more and less picky audience. Would you consider this your milestone piece. It's always been considered in music the third should be the best, or at least the most progressed, or the directional changer ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">To be honest mate, the music just ends up sounding how it ends up sounding, completely by chance/luck/instinct/whatever. It <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">doesn</span>’t matter to me if someone <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">doesn</span>’t like what I do, it’s just not something that I think about, and I’m not going to consciously change a single thing just to attempt to ‘persuade’ anyone that I could be their cup of tea. I think that ‘Damaged Goods’ is my best record so far in lots of ways, but then I would say that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">wouldn</span>’t I?! I like my stuff so far, but it’s bound to change a bit again for the next record I imagine - different times, different energies. Who knows what’s next - not me. And that’s part of the fun!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >'Careful Careless', followed earlier this year, great damned track. Really love it, how's the feedback been, can't wait to here this one live, and what's the story behind it meaning ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks! Me too! There are several experiences of mine which might have inspired this song, but I don’t really think it’s a good idea to talk about what lyrics originally meant to the author - it could spoil someones idea of what the song is about, and what it means to them.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Your currently due to play alongside 'Inertia', have you ever played with these guys before, and what can we expect from your live approach, and are you familiar with there music. As its a 'VS' show, can we expect any stage invasions, covers or dual vocals ?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">ve</span> not played on the same bill before actually, I don’t think, but we’re friends anyway, and have known each other for years! There will be something happening as a surprise, but I can’t tell you about this either - that would spoil it!! Come to the gig and find out!</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Thanks for your time, what can we expect in '2010',any last words ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;">It’s nearly over now, it’s bloody September already. Well, after this show with Inertia on the 10<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">th</span> of September, we’re playing as the sole special guests of Alien Sex Fiend at the Electric Ballroom in London on Halloween! Gigs aside, the next single ‘Ne Plus Ultra’ is out on September 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">th</span>, I’m working on remixes for the single coming up after that at the moment, and have been working on some new material too.<br /><br /><br />Check out this Stunning band at :<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mechcab">http://www.myspace.com/mechcab</a><br /><a href="http://mechanicalcabaret.co.uk/">http://mechanicalcabaret.co.uk/</a><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-77697205843850291162010-08-27T11:18:00.000-07:002010-08-27T11:39:29.962-07:00DEAD EYES OPENED<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHehX84AWo2jaip2wgqrlAYJ8047BFfr87VJRjtGurafh06NFGmRiRmsyITpk3LmeAh0nDWPLd4C-6f1H45Uip_HSZq7ccTq87OYpkpVP-g3CAqJ1zIzTrrjpTY7-qIBW7X55T8q_w6Mf/s1600/Spooks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHehX84AWo2jaip2wgqrlAYJ8047BFfr87VJRjtGurafh06NFGmRiRmsyITpk3LmeAh0nDWPLd4C-6f1H45Uip_HSZq7ccTq87OYpkpVP-g3CAqJ1zIzTrrjpTY7-qIBW7X55T8q_w6Mf/s320/Spooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510159491772684146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Interview with 'Spooks - Dead Eyes Opened', 27 Aug 2010<br />Deadicated too, Sharon and Siobhan Clarke, my new good friends...<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br />Firstly please tell me a little about yourselves, who's, who and when did you first form ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">DEO is a 3 piece from Edinburgh, Scotland formed at the start of 2009 from the ashes of Electro Rockers BYLXI. Line-up is: Spooks - Vox, Dunsy - Guitar and Gash on bass.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Being from 'Scotland', how are you finding the response's, as most 'Goth', bands tend to fair from 'Northern England', or our 'Capital'. Or are you finding a rise within the Scottish scene, or even creating a new one ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />We've not gone out of our way to join any scene as such although obviously we welcome any attention that comes our way. Ironically we have more connections in London than Scotland. That said, we'd welcome a resurgence in the Scottish scene. </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />How would your best describe your musical approach, do you like to fit within a set genre, or being more wilder in approach ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />The agenda was always just to write quality music that we liked ourselves. Anything after that is a bonus. </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Your début 'Submission', starts with a statement about reality. Would you say that your material is based around the worlds current state, and observations from media. Are you a band with a message to the heard ?<br /><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Submission is about the arrogance of religion. Lyrically they're usually about something that has annoyed us - religion, people, stupidity......haha</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >What can<br /><br />you tell me about the creation of 'Submission', how did you find its creation, and are you 100%, happy with it. Do you think as a début, you have learned from it ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Really proud of that ep. It's a statement of intent. No filler. As soon as we wrote the title track we knew it was special. No sooner was that written than Pave the wicked way made us realise we were onto something consistently good. Who died to make you King? was a popular live track so we knew all songs were strong.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >So far how has the feedback been. For me its well crafted little gem, great rock feel and mild touch of industrial. Plus also easy on the ear, and catchy ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Not gonna argue with you. haha. Radio friendly 'Goth Metal'.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Who would you say your main influences are, is there one band or person, that stands out from the crowd to your ears, dead or alive ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dunsy, the guitarist, loves his metal and I'm hugely influenced by the 80s early synth, post punk new romantic sounds and of course, the early Goth scene. As the songwriters it's the clash of these influences that culminate in the unique DEO sound. </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />So far you've been touring, supporting great bands like 'The Eden House', how have you found the response and reaction to you so far ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Brilliant! To be honest I think folk were a little surprised by us. We showed we could pull it off live. Most folk tend to stay at the bar whilst the support is on but we got their attention. haha. The challenge now is to continue to impress.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >You currently have new material on the go, I believe 'My Sanity' and 'To The Devil',Is this material too follow the MCD. Is there a full length in the works, and will it differ from the début material ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Yeah, we've got about 20 new tracks including those. We're going to release another 'EP' before the end of the year with Steve Carey from 'The Eden House' producing. We'll promote that live and then we'll work on a full length release in 2011.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Lastly I wish you all well, and good luck for the future, any last words ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Thanks Ed. Get in touch, see us live, say hello. Cheers...<br /><br /><br />For further contact and info:<br /><br />Debut MCD 'Submission', out now... (A true must have)...<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><div><a title="http://www.myspace.com/deadeyesopeneduk" href="http://www.myspace.com/deadeyesopeneduk" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/<wbr>deadeyesopeneduk</a><br /><br /></div> <div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/pages/Dead-Eyes-Opened/121274207891163" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/home.<wbr>php?#!/pages/Dead-Eyes-Opened/<wbr>121274207891163</a></div></span> </div>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-46583032521619586282010-08-26T10:15:00.001-07:002010-08-26T10:20:33.828-07:00LIVE 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99N8CB2TrEAFTlKZESQf8XCjkLXlN32YZIQNghbDiK6e7Irz8trXhKiEMgKxu6zIq6uf3XNjfzlrp853_0Lc84TRkc2dIgk6e2gyWt5GKkE6y4ijFgNbWr6biMexM64nDVu31OMO-quVZ/s1600/ALIEN+SEX+FIEND+311010++240810+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 297px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindoWtAF_ieaaqCPfyep6mKy-XeYJpi63aAvxvBTb3RsdKbjhdvSv1HzCGaLyHcNqxT4mMDhpqVZBlru-tmfP2-C5RUBd9tqfiILsGGqjEovKmFncFNi7sVZohMMcQPdPZdfSEeI-d2A-m/s320/LeAther+Strip+1010+170610+small+rgb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490360310745716834" border="0" /></a>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-52860243904500170502010-05-23T03:13:00.001-07:002010-05-23T05:39:29.641-07:00LEBENSESSENZ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh989am0a3RxyZVEnGqCwpNbNUT27btDOrWldlbcmjV2AbM3gi_aMYb-Qi24gawn8R8EvNuELu1Ck0tvpqPFeLBE0QYVx7yYjdhelab2v6lWKpzhO-V8YdpXebJWFeDNSyYiA6Fub0vwp5G/s1600/Lebensessenz+%282%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh989am0a3RxyZVEnGqCwpNbNUT27btDOrWldlbcmjV2AbM3gi_aMYb-Qi24gawn8R8EvNuELu1Ck0tvpqPFeLBE0QYVx7yYjdhelab2v6lWKpzhO-V8YdpXebJWFeDNSyYiA6Fub0vwp5G/s320/Lebensessenz+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474406798993432226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Interview with "Newton Schner Jr", "Lebensessennz"</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - 23 May 2010.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">When would you say 'Lebenessenz', actually came into creation, was it something deeply planned out, or more an instant </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">form of creative release, pressed to tape ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ah, that time! It was completely without plans. I remember I was alone at home and decided to improvise some melodies. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">My idea was just to create something to myself that night. Let’s say I was just guided</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> by an impulse, but never imagined </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">that “Lebensessenz” could really correspond to its etymological meaning: the essence of my life. I wrote a text about it, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">saying that I never was “a musician”. I never played in my childhood and never dreamt or felt any sensation or even </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">attraction to music in old times. A curious story. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is a fragment of the text: </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">“Differently of other composers, I started late. Not only this. Later and by myself. Even having a father which was musician,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I followed my own recourses. And slowly, very slowly, I discovered </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">myself with piano. And today there’s nor only one day I </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">do not play it, when I’m at home. There’s no one occasion without asking someone who visits me: ‘Can I play for you a new </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">composition of mine?’ (…) And as a result of indecision. And from the necessity to find something on which I could express </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">myself on that young inquietude, I grow up as a composer”. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">You were just 17' when you first started to create the actual project itself. Before this had you had any formal musical </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">training, I see that art is strong within your family. Were you encouraged, or in hindsight using the music as a form of </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">rebellion, almost a creative shout ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I never had trainings, even in nowadays. I learned to play with an intention to create my own music. When pe</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ople recommend </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">me start to read sheets, I like the idea and get encouraged, but in the same time I say: “Ah, yes… Maybe one day!”. I know </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">it would be better if I could read, but actually it’s not a strong problem for me. My priority is related with the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">instrument. While I can, I’ll keep creating. And I share with the same fidelity that I exposed answering an interview in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2007, with the same words: “I never will split-up the project having all the conditions [to create and] to record. If I </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">split-up one day, it will be certainly because I am in prison (because it’s the destiny of many enemies of system, like </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wagner was in his time), in a sanatorium (the same is valid… never forget that Heidegger, Hamsun and Pound were considered </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">‘mad’ because their thoughts, with the victory of Allies), in a hospital (life sometimes is so uncertain) or in a cemetery </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">if I die…). My music [represents] the steps of my life”.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was quite interesting to see you asking this. My father does not showed any enthusiasm nor liked when I’ve started to </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">play (in the true, I’ve played one or two times in my childhood, because my father wanted to be my own teacher), because </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">in his eyes it was exactly how you’ve described: a rebellion. He was of the conception that could be even an aggression to </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">“compose” without any classical degree or capacity. “You should learn ‘little ball’s music’”, he used to say – in the case, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ironically he referred sheets as “little balls”. But with practice and principally feeling, I started to get better on </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">piano – for me, it’s everything I really needed / need / will need. I had my own beginning. Many people refused to distribute my</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> works in the old times. Mayb</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">e they were right. I remember that once Jorge Luis Borges said that his father said anything </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">related with his own poems, and then Borges thought his father was right to give him the possibility “to commit the own </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">mistakes”. So I’m really patient and I always think I’m just in the beginning, “committing my own mistakes”, even I’m with </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1, 5 or 10 albums, I’ll understand when people say I need to get better and so on. Once more time, Rilke was right: </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"I learn it every day of my life, learn it with pain I am grateful for: patience is everything!"</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Your first work "Einsamkeit, Hass und Dunkelheit sind meine Lebensessenz" (Solitude, Hate and Darkness are the essence of </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">my life). It mentions that sa</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">dly this was lost, during a bout of insomnia, what can you actually remember of them. Did you </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ever sit down and try to re-create them ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In true, it was a work I’ve done in the same process of my first demo. Honestly, I think it could be not </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">necessary to record</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> it again, because the melodies and musical structures were very different. The reader / listener can check by itself to </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">understand what I’m talking about, comparing my first work with what I do on nowadays. If I were talented like Agnes Miegel,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I could re-create like poems written in my childhood (I’ve a song about her “Frühe Gesichte”), but I am </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">not and I my memory </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">is also insufficient to such things.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">What first inspired you to play 'piano', and actually create classical form's of music. I feel through certainly the imagery </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">and feeling you give, your father alsmost is like</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> a spiritual drive for you ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">As I said, I started to play moved by an impulse, but slowly it was connected to a sense of duty, of necessity. Only the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">true necessity made me a composer. A necessity to open myself to what could not be considered only an instrument, but an </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">opened book of things that I don’t tell even to my best friends. A necessity to express my pai</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">n, a good or a bad day, a loss,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the sensations after reading a good book, watching a good film, etc. On my newest album, there’s a song I made like automatically </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">after back from the funeral of my father; another one, after back from the hospital, when my daughter was born.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I apply myself in my work with the same principles the chosen old Hindu castes applied themselves through their biological </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">specificities. In the case, I see my duty in wr</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">iting and making music. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">My father’s life is really an inspiration to me. I know I can be acting exactly like Mel Gibson, but it’s true: he was an </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">example. Certainly he had his own mistakes, but in my view he represents this idea of devotional work: his duty was to cure.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> This was for what he was chosen. And I’m telling you honestly. Do not get my words as “words of a son”. E</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">verywhere I go in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">my city and give my name, people – mostly old ones – like to ask or to start to talk: “Ah, Schner… I remember your father! </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">When no one could cure me, your father saved me!”. When I was on his side on his last days, in his mind he was still working </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and trying to cure people. And he always kept his fidelity to medicine, until his last days. Because of his fidelity and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">courage to fight against the actual medicine sys</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">tem, he suffered boycotts, humiliations and many other things. He was </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">really a great person and I’m </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">glad I’m able to do just a bit of everything he really deserves, always trying to create </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">things in his memory. I’m a follower of the concept that we can be immortal through the art. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do you feel with 'your actual being' almost, wanting your fathers acceptance, or him to say well done son. Is 'Lebenessensz'</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">, well almost your soul in the for</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">m of music ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">That’s very subjective. But based on what his own friends said to me, I think he could be glad of what I’m doing, even I’m </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">not reading his so recommended “little ball’s music” or better, the “holy” sheets. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes, Lebensessenz is really part of my soul, besides of what I [try] to write. Marquês de Maricá, a very important Brazilian</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> writer once wrote his own epitaph: “Here rests the Maricá’s body. If you search his soul, you’ll see it on his books”. Art </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">certainly is a synonym of immortality when its message is universal as well as immortal and there are many cases that after </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ten, fifty or thousands of years the soul of an artist can be discovered. So in this case, I’m lucky to see people giving </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">attention and value </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">to what I do while I’m still alive – many others never had this privilege. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">When creating the actual music itself, do you follow a particular method. Or plan out a</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> set mood or research a particular </span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">event,etc ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">As I’ve always learned by myself and played alone, my method is very particular. To compose a song is the same of a writer</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> who wants to write his own vision of a theme: he w</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ants to do by himself. There’s possibility to play together in a specific</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> song, but the essence of what I do cannot be changed. Sometimes people like to “enter” in what I do and propose how and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">what should I make, but I must say: I have my own way and as Keating proposes on “Dead Poets Society”, I want to keep my own step</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and follow my own voice, even it’s harder. I accept suggestions with opened heart, but not interferences. The same </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">would be valid for a writer. I cannot imagine someone trying to remove the existential cri</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">sis of a Dostoyevsky, saying: “Why</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> don’t you try to write in other way?”. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">About events, I’m starting to look for places to play. At the moment, I’ve played only one time and it was incredible, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">really incredible. I’m trying to send promos to many places and I re</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ally want to get opportunities to play and spread what </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I do. As I only heard good comments about my first event, I think I’m doing a good job. Opportunities to play are everything</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I want, because I really love what I do. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Have you ever placed, written lyrics within your creations, or worked with other musicians ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let’s say there’s a bridge between what I compose and what I write. There are things I am not able to create on keyboards </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and things I cannot describe with words. There’s completeness. But I also wrote things related with songs and texts. “Über </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">die Brücke der Träume” (Over the bridge of dreams) and “Traum und Schuld” (Dream and guilt) were two songs I’ve composed in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">connection of my first written romance. The same i</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">s valid for other texts. If you ask me about any of my songs, I could </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">describe you with details about the circumstances that I made them. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes, I’ve worked with other musicians, but it was not related with piano (I had many projects of di</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">fferent styles and played </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">other instruments and even made vocals in some of them). Even in the time of bands, I kept my piano work as a very personal </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">side. Once some people said: “Hmm… Only a piano? What an empty sound!”, but I really have no plans to play with anyone. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Guest vocals or instruments in a specific song yes, but nothing more. One of my dreams is to write a song such as Niccolai </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gedda did on “Porqoui me réveiller”, on which he wrote about Werther. If I could find someone to make a guest voice, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">certainl</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">y I could write a text and create my first and very particular Opera. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">As you have grown older, do you find that you surprise yourself at times, and the music improves year by year ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the same time I look</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> at myself and think: “Man, how the things have changed during these years!”, I’ve the sensation –</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> perhaps it’s a perfectionist aspect – that I always need to get better. I can create a work exactly today and try to do my </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">best, but tomorrow I’ll hear and think: “No… I think for now I can do better”. Jorge Luis Borges once said that he never saw</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> again the books he wrote. More or less, the same is valid for me: I look at my past works with nostalgia, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">but try to concent</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">rate myself in my own North, having the sensation I never made anything. It’s a bit strange, but in my view it’s positive. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nietzsche also once said that every of his books gave him a sensation of “goodbye”. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Who would you say are your strongest influences, and do you listen to other forms of music ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Particularly I could say my strongest influences are not only related with music. No one composer inspired me so much as did </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">the readings on “The sorrows of young Werther” of Goethe and “The robbers” of Schiller. My inspiration can be divided in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">three points: 1. Personal feelings and experiences; 2. Literature, movies, paintings, etc.; 3. Music. In the case of music, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">there are some few names of composers / projects / bands on </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">which the reader will find a background of influence on my melodies, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">such as: Yann Tiersen, Chopin, Alcest, Wigrid, Philip Glass, Beethoven and many others. But honestly the process of creation </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">is a bit curious, because I never had one strongest influence in terms of music. Once a friend sent me a Yann Tiersen song </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and I really identified myself with his work, the same is valid for Glass, but it never meant that I was one of these fanatics </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">w</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ho really tried to copy them. I guess I heard less than 10 songs of Tiersen and just an album of Glass (The hourglass), but</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> I know their importance for what I do. The same is valid for writers I like, such as Goethe or Thoreau – I never read all of</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> their books, but I know exactly the points I really admire them and apply their values in my personal life. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Certainly I listen to different forms of music. I’m completely moved by nostalgia, so it’s very common for me to listen to </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Abba, for example, feeling the same spirit of my childhood, sit down on piano and create melodies which have anything to do </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">with Abba. There are three different categories of music I listen, in the case of inspiration: Classical, from the influence </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">of my father ; let’s say “common music” made by bands or groups such as Ro</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">xette, Pink Floyd, Brandi Carlie, The cure, etc., </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">from my mother’s side; and some few Melancholic Black Metal (“Black” related with darkness, not with a racial) bands just </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">like Alcest, Wigrid, Gris, Drudkh, Burzum, on which I had a strong relation between 2001 and 2008. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you could resurrect one famous composer from time, who would it be ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Richard Wagner, with no one doubt. This is the first name in my mind. He was not a simple composer, but a complete composer:</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">musician, persecuted revolutionary, true patriot, writer, hero, poet, mystic and why not a god, even his life was constantly</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> full of difficulties which are very human, such as melancholy and economic problems. All these elements put him over the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">simple idea of musical creation. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I agree with the words of Ernst Newman: “Wagner was one of these dynamic personalities that after disappear, make the world </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">be never the same of before”.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">And with Wagner’s rise, we would see again the triumph of classical art over these obscure times on which “everything is art”</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> or “art is relative”, where there’s no sensibility and you classify the agony of a hungry dog as “a beautiful expression of </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">suffering”. A minister of propaganda in Germany said once: “The art without delicacy is like food for pigs”. I agree with him</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">. And also with a rise of Wagner’s virtues, automatically some values of Schopenhauer’s philosophy could be more respected,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> su</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ch as his view on heroism, will, tragedy, health, etc.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Classical composer throughout time, always seem to be either eccentric, or suffer great tragedies, or be political. Do you think </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">there is a key ingredient </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">to the great composers ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes, it’s valid for Wagner and even for myself (please, I’m not trying to compare myself with Wagner, but just using an </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">example of a common situation). After situations I lived, I simply wrote songs like automatically. From the 1st work to the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">4th, I’ve created everything in the same time I was writing, under the effect of personal circumstances. But still today </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">sometimes I record songs with an improvised</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> form, emerged from a specific moment. All these moments I live are like defiance</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> to me, saying: “Let’s see how deep your relation with music is. Can you create now, huh!? If you can, express yourself on </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">this situation!”. On “Letters to a young poet”, Rilke share the same idea: "...ask yourself in the most silent hour of your </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">night: must I write?". </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">As a newcomer to you works, which one album would you say purchase, and which one LP, would you say is the best ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I recommend you the works that I made after “Der Abend des Abschieds” (2005). They are: “Le besoin perpetuel” (2006), “Das </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Drama der Einsamkeit” (2006), “Die Räuber“ (2007), "Die letzten Momente von Werther" (2007), "Introspective Fragments II" </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(20</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">08), "Tu, deorum hominumque tyranne, Amor" (2008) and "Leben und Kunst" (2009).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The best is always the last one. If your favorite book is "The sorrows of young Werther", no doubts that "Die letzten </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Momente von Werther" could be your favorite. The sa</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">me would be valid for “Leben und Kunst” if you want to have a journey in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">the life of my father or “Tu, deorum hominumque tyranne, Amor!” on my own life emerged in personal experiences and a journey</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> on Schopenhauer’s “Love’s Metaphysic”. I could say that after "Le besoin perpetuel", the things are going quite similar. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All the works have an own </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">essence, but slowly in some points I'm getting better in what I do, for example in techniques and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">structures of melodies. The essence still the same. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">How have you found moving from native 'Europe', to 'Brazil'. this must of come as quiet a cultural shock. Do you think it</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> has has a strong effect on your musical creations, and the initial sound ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I’m sorry to say, but I do not move myself from Europe to Brazil. I was born in Brazil and until today I never felt the air </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">of divine Mother Europe, because of questions related with opportunities and so on. Anyway, Europe lives in my heart (as I </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">do with many other parts of world, but in the case of Europe there’s a difference: my </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ancestry is completely European, so </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">“the blood calls”) – this is the most important - and also there’s even a lost part of European spirit where I live. To give</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> you an example, there are many studies of European communities in Brazil that are keeping dialects which were completely </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">disappeared from Europe. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In true, there’s a strong effect in what I do by the fact of having Europe in my heart. Not only as a continent, but as a </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">spirit. It could be more specific for Germany. I created songs and albums about its history, about its places and cultures, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">under the inspiration of many composers, painters and writers, but never touched my foots there. So, my relation with Europe </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and with Germany is also part of my romanticism – naturally, part of my inspiration.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">People could say: “Come on! What a joke! How could someone write these things without even visited Germany?”. But I think </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">romanticism like mine – even if it sounds a bit stupid for many people – is much more positive than the invasion of Europe </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and Germany, when people with bad intentions are trying to impose cultural and religious values, robbing, selling bodies and</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> drugs and fighting for the dissolution of all the nationalisms everywhere. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">How have you found living in 'Brazil' itself. Plus how have you found the musical scene there to be like ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It’s really complex to “introduce” yourself about Brazil because of its vastness. First of all, forget the id</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ea of what you </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">usually watch on television. It’s false and does not represent Brazil. I live in a region which was mostly colonized by </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Europeans and its values and contributions are on practically everywhe</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">re: architecture, culinary, religion, etc. These Europe</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">an immigrants were substitutes of African slaves, when England and its Industrial Revolution imposed to Brazil the idea of </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Abolition. From both sides – mother and father -, my ancestors had a very poor life working on field. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The problem of nowadays in Brazil is like in everywhere: the idea to convert a “positive multiculturalism” in a negative one.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">What I consider as positive or negative? Well, in my region there were ethnics of everywhere. People really learned one with</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> each other in many aspects. My father, for example, a descendant of Germans from Russia, became a great Doctor also because</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> of what he learned with native Indians – and my grandfather teach them to play violin. Old people here – with European </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">heritage or not – usually can speak some words in European dialects in the same time they can speak few words in na</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">tive </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Indian tongues. This is the positive side. But on nowadays, the idea of an international government is trying to promote the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">dissolution of specificities through a “democratic” and silent imposition. Here in Brazil, they defend that you really must </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">follow this or that culture, because it’s “a must”. One example is related with race. The Marxists helped this international </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">government to convert race in a “social construction”. In the same time they really fight against everyone who tries to say </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">that there’s a strong euro-Brazilian community with many contributions (and that should be respected as a part of here), </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">they try to apply Hobsbawm’s theories and say that there’s no identity and “everything was created by a bourgeoisie” and so </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">on; but in the same time, they are the same defending Indians and negroes, saying that they are the true Brazilians a</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">nd that </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">“they must be proud of their race”. The dance of a Ukrainian here is a “creation of bourgeoisie”, but an afro dance is </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">“completely Brazilian and must be followed by everyone”. Not against their dances. I really think they deserve to keep their </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">culture. But the result is that people are losing their identities and trying to follow like robots “what is right” for the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">system. Recently it was celebrated here the 100 years of Japanese </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">immigration. What the television showed? Japanese playing </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">an afro dance, like if saying: “This is the ‘good Japanese’… Someone who biologically, culturally and religiously does not </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">have anything to do with Africa, but because he’s here, he tries to forget everything and accept this silent cultural </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">imposition and absence </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">of your true identity”. People should understand that if Brazil is a multicultural place, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">automatically it does not mean that we’re an African country or that we’ve “the second Africa”. No. In true, we are </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">everything we want to be, because of the so many communities and ethnics we have here. We can be Africa, but we can be </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Europe, Asia or everywhere. I want to be honest and not be confused by interpretations of people who could call me “racist” </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and so on: I am in favor of all the cultures here. In the same time I am not glad seeking Polish-Brazili</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ans losing their </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">identity, I have tears in my eyes seeking native Indians praying for Christ and accepting “humanitarian” impositions </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(like related with Eugenics, when the native Indians should keep their Spartan spirit which is part of their essence). People</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> here should see as richness all what we have here and not to accept these impositions. People should see that we can learn </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">with others and in the same time being what we are, keeping our identities. But well, as I said, it’s a complex subject and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">it’s not my intention to e</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">xpose everything I think about it,because it’s not the appropriate space. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The musical scene here is like a new universe for me. I was emerged in underground scene for years. With classical music is </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">completely different.There are good and bad points on this, but I’m getting closerto my pretensions as someone who really </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">loves to play and create. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Where's the best place to purchase your releases, and have you found interest outside of 'Europe' ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I think in Germany th</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ere are some distros with my works, such as Dunkelheit Produktionen: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.dunkelheit-produktionen.de">www.dunkelheit-produktionen.de</a></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Internet broke all the barriers and I’ve got some listeners of many places. I remember when I sold all my discography to a </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">friend in Japan. There are many listeners in Mexico, United States, Brazil, Chile, Russia, Germany, etc. and indeed I’m </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">really glad. Honestly, my music always open to myself new opportunities to know more about d</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ifferent cultures. Someone on </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mexico discovers my music and then I start to talk about my interests on archaeological registers of Mexico; someone in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">United States gives me opportunities to talk about Emerson or Thoreau, and so on. And other point with a strong meaning for </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">me is to know the human behind the listener. The listener for me is as important as the music I make, like when the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nietzsche’s Zarathustra talks about the objective of a sun. I really knew ver</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">y special people through this bridge called </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">music.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lastly Id like to thank you for your time, and to finally ask you what can we expect from you in 2010 ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thank you very much for your attention, your great questions and your patience. You know, it’s my sin to take a long time to</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> answer your interview, but I really waited a good moment to sit down and write it slowly.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In 2010, certainly it will </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">be recorded and released a new album after “Leben und Kunst”. Perhaps another one, but I don’t </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">know how my conditions will be. About events, I’ll be carried by the wind. I know I’ve one event to play on this year and</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> perhaps to play on a German restaurant and in a fest in German cologne. The things are just beginning for me related with </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">events.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzULyJlrHL64dVX39-Zy2z-MVWjaRKP2RqIX8ie7JR_CzGro976Cwb_C81bnu8rSj7oySMoWAm8TiD1s7frQIL-Dvu44U5DF4K7r4xZYWIkXhwvW11VPavufSCTKsha8s8Or-bkuIlYkc/s1600/Lebensessenz.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzULyJlrHL64dVX39-Zy2z-MVWjaRKP2RqIX8ie7JR_CzGro976Cwb_C81bnu8rSj7oySMoWAm8TiD1s7frQIL-Dvu44U5DF4K7r4xZYWIkXhwvW11VPavufSCTKsha8s8Or-bkuIlYkc/s320/Lebensessenz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474440327160085954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">I wish you all the best with your work!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">People who are interested in what I do, are always certainly welcome to take a look at my website or too write me:</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lebensessenz">http://www.myspace.com/lebensessenz</a><br /><br /><br /></div>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-7939999912708988222010-05-19T15:06:00.000-07:002010-05-19T15:28:52.006-07:00HANNAH FURY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XobCvx0A1D9wymEPss5Q21Wc_SjJWXmJt44jUScdJtXpUvJidSsOEWAhPwWZdyf8OnOWdZfE8y6O2cLgTJfuo5Sp8ra4MZ_QGF2H2UwGdo7BmUfcYF55X0-yqbdfbn1Y9p7TBlr_ddrc/s1600/Hannah+Fury.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XobCvx0A1D9wymEPss5Q21Wc_SjJWXmJt44jUScdJtXpUvJidSsOEWAhPwWZdyf8OnOWdZfE8y6O2cLgTJfuo5Sp8ra4MZ_QGF2H2UwGdo7BmUfcYF55X0-yqbdfbn1Y9p7TBlr_ddrc/s320/Hannah+Fury.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473107891133783394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Interview with 'Hannah Fury', - 19 May 2010</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />You first started to teach your self piano, as young as 16. was there already a strong musical influence within your family. Did you find strong encouragement ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />No one in my family knew that I was learning to play; I learned secretly. I vaguely knew that my grandfather </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">was self-taught on the piano, but I don't recall thinking about that when I started playing. Retroactively, though, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm sure it had an influence in the sense that I must have understood that it was possible.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Your first piece of music I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">believe</span> was entitled 'The Vampire Waltz', what can you remember about this time. How old were you at this point. Has it ever been released, or changed into a current piece that we here today ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was consumed by a boy. My first love. I was 14 when I met him, 16 when I wrote the song, and 19 by the time we had </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">destroyed each other. I wasn't intentionally writing about our relationship at the time. It wasn't until much later that </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">my second love suggested that it was an autobiographical song. It seems so obvious to me now, but when I wrote it I thought </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">it was just a story. There is a very early version of "The Vampire Waltz" that I recorded on a regular tape recorder. And </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">then another version that I recorded on a four-track. That's the one that's on the four-track demo, and it has some </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">background vocals that are similar to the ones that I did later when I recorded it for The Thing That Feels.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />When did you <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">actually</span> first form as 'Hannah Fury', the artist that we hear today, and what were things like for you at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">beginning</span> ?<br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Personality-wise, I have always been exactly what you hear in my songs. But musically, I guess it would be when I first </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">started writing songs. I think in terms of production you evolve according to what equipment you have access to and your </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">resources. Early on, and for the longest time, I had thought that I couldn't record on my own. I thought that I had to </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">have help. But then I heard songs by Daniel Johnston that he had recorded completely by himself on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">boombox</span>. The songs </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">were so beautiful and the lack of "professional" production was so completely irrelevant. He inspired me to do my own</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> recording.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >In the early 90s you produced, I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">believe</span> a four-song demo. Which <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">eventually</span> turned into the '98 'Soul Poison' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">EP</span>. How did you find the process, and do the songs strongly differ from the original demo material ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />It's really hard for me to remember anything about that time. There was only one song on the demo that was also recorded </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">EP</span>. When I recorded Soul Poison I wasn't very confident about the mechanics of recording. I am not very technically </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">inclined, but I think I figured out how to do what I needed to do.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />At the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">beginning</span> of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Millennium</span>, your released your full length debut 'The Thing That Feels', From <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">EP</span>, to album. Did the process change and did you learn from these early <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">recordings</span>. Were you happy with them, and the initial first feedback ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />I think I was happy with them at the time, and I think the songwriting holds up now. I think the singing and playing </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">could be better, but all of those recordings are honest and I can respect what I did. As for the feedback, I was totally </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">surprised when reviewers started calling it "goth," but in retrospect I can see why that makes sense and I think it fits </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">in a lot of ways.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Who would you say are your major influences ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />I listen to hundreds of artists -- different ones at different times in my life. In the last few years I've listened</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> mostly to rap music. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">OutKast</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Eminem</span>, Public Enemy. Or stuff that I can take to the gym. I get very obsessive about </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">certain songs and will listen to one song over and over for an entire week. Right now I'm listening to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Miley</span> Cyrus' </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">"See You Again." I can't really listen to anything else. A while back it was "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Gangsta's</span> Paradise," and before that </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">it was "You're So Gangsta" by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Chromeo</span>, and before that it was "Jump They Say" by David Bowie, and before that it was </span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Sewn" by The Feeling and "Too Little, Too Late" by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">JoJo</span> and "What Goes Around Comes Around" by Justin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Timberlake</span>. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was totally obsessed with "Going On" by Gnarls Barkley -- that is such a great, great song. And "In Your Dreams" </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">OutKast</span> from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Idlewild</span> soundtrack -- I think I listened to that constantly for over two months. In general, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">what I listen to is also part of what inspires me and it is always, always changing.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Do your lyrics follow any specific set pattern or niche ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't think so.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />To a new comer, how would you first describe your brand of music ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Dark, sad, hopeful, pretty and vicious.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >I have to ask as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">I'm</span> addicted, the song 'Girls That Glitter Love The Dark', what can you tell me about it. For me it stands out so strong, and has an amazing emotional strength to it ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Thank you! I really love how that song turned out. I was feeling sad about my destructive nature when I wrote that. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I guess it's an attempt to try to make something good come out of it. I remember that I had all the main vocals recorded </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">on that song, but I felt that something wasn't right about them, so at the very last minute I re-recorded all of them. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">My voice was good that day, so I think the emotion really came through.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >You recently created 'Mellow Traumatic Records', is this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">souly</span> for your releases, or are there other artists to come ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's for my own music.</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />The new LP, 'Through The Gash', <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">See's</span> you sporting a huge line of stitches down your spine. This is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">quite</span> a powerful statement. Is there a major concept to this album, am I right in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">assuming</span> its saying be strong whatever the world throws </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >at you ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Yes, it's just about getting through and making it to the other side.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >I see from various media statements, that you have never played live. Is this something you may consider in the future ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I would consider it.</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Lastly what can we <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">expect</span> from you in 2010 ?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm not sure yet, but hopefully something.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >......Any last Words ?</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Cuttlefish consistently impress me with their intelligence.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For further contact and info:<br /><a href="http://www.mellowtraumatic.com/"><br />http://www.mellowtraumatic.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hannahfury">http://www.myspace.com/hannahfury</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hannah-Fury/29392362931">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hannah-Fury/29392362931</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Fury">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Fury</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></div>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418456383468609831.post-72752141914197933822010-05-16T10:46:00.001-07:002010-05-16T11:01:24.517-07:00LIVE 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1IUmSwnhsKR1VCEVwa-cwCzPOUcXIbHQQHRhaXoDWr-ztgvEmxT2eLEArJw1UhQDyOg_CY4PgVBu7SvJ61wvRkLWolcdAu1h1H0sg2eyl0oX1PjuOB31f9v4tsq0oUYtsYyNyMpzSaBr/s1600/JASON+ROUSSE+A6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGdFdLQG6tpaC5dvyz15tXJMi-sn7QHbSPcv36ZMkh4JdXHSCQtgfqJsU_MxnIsW8VFBHa-shge1LBxFmkzAmSitS29VV8BxcIfW9rKVxjN1yd5P99MdToICwOgtaxPxQRRxKkJLcPeMt/s320/LEGION+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466988698873333058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Legion</span>...<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />The evening starts well, a small <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">smutter</span></span> fills the room. Opening is 'Legion', filling us with their with traditional form of 'UK Gothic Rock', engaging well</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">audience</span>. Plus playing material from t</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">heir current debut </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">'Hereafter', and new alike. Simply a fresh light start to the hours ahead. (6)</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPUdSCmORNN7ShSokLO4R0P1r3S4yE9BXfCphdUVNwHtaQtMG7uhMxowGUahN0cuBldZadgZUrJMaVBC-NNAAoOV1MuqukKWm5nNjp0nNTdFtZFVK59XXZr6UYfN5HRSK3FRApir8yr2N/s1600/UNTIL+IT+WAKES+002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPUdSCmORNN7ShSokLO4R0P1r3S4yE9BXfCphdUVNwHtaQtMG7uhMxowGUahN0cuBldZadgZUrJMaVBC-NNAAoOV1MuqukKWm5nNjp0nNTdFtZFVK59XXZr6UYfN5HRSK3FRApir8yr2N/s320/UNTIL+IT+WAKES+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466988970219387330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Until I Wake... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Next to enter is 'Until I Wake', going</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> straight into 'Empty', assaulting us with stunning <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pressence</span></span>. Plus the vocal range of their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">frontman</span></span>,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">is truly outstanding. The music itself also ranging from trad 'Gothic', to hint of 'Nu Metal.' Like their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">predecessor</span>, another new band, again also treating</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> us to new material. Simply a stunning b</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and (8)</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-V4mFm6Xpr7nhpjc8BpghxKMEML2fyOxjM7eRXcNbYfUYAXM7fmE5R3T1DYGO7VMhCVBD7NElibDqgXsph4aNuU6ca06izH25hX70YLYCJCx6s2RkC9Vzsasu65NpVZwkL3m4Er3LbHoP/s1600/GREENHAUS+002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-V4mFm6Xpr7nhpjc8BpghxKMEML2fyOxjM7eRXcNbYfUYAXM7fmE5R3T1DYGO7VMhCVBD7NElibDqgXsph4aNuU6ca06izH25hX70YLYCJCx6s2RkC9Vzsasu65NpVZwkL3m4Er3LbHoP/s320/GREENHAUS+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466989878518181522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Greenhaus</span>...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Next to enter, maybe the odd ones out. '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Greenhaus</span></span>', open up with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">stunning</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ambiance</span>, their new vocalist '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Phoeix</span></span>', so delicate. Smiling and beaming </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">audience</span>. Dancing and treating us to an aura of stunning vocals. The music it self boarders so many genres. 'You're not alone', sounds</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> just simply amazing in the live environment, plus again new material is aired for the very first time. The set is just simply breathtaking, almost</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ambient at </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">times, I want more (10)</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKKllWTjymQAjCgq5KPzF5psokQafulHieTznHfwO-21VA9IDgdIoUY68hJ3zWcsOPvVVkNFvpwWAxfixfTyMGaxpjePoyEMAvwZDxAr7_-DAJX-0XiBJyCma9HeQ7vgQ3GpzfW1OrT3R/s1600/ALTERRED+001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKKllWTjymQAjCgq5KPzF5psokQafulHieTznHfwO-21VA9IDgdIoUY68hJ3zWcsOPvVVkNFvpwWAxfixfTyMGaxpjePoyEMAvwZDxAr7_-DAJX-0XiBJyCma9HeQ7vgQ3GpzfW1OrT3R/s320/ALTERRED+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466990494650187554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Alterred</span>...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just as the ambiance and calm dies.Creepy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">freaks</span> enter the stage. A young man <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">draped</span> in chains twitches in front of me, a wind up girl <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">waltz's</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">the stage. Maybe theirs drugs in the air, nope its '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Alterred</span></span>', treating us to their '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Batmanesque</span></span>', menace. their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">frontman</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">ironically</span> looking </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">like the 'Joker', well it is 'Gotham', sadly 'Batman' <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">doesn't</span> show. By god were treated to an amazing mix of Goth and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">industrial</span> elements, as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Mr</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> creepy works the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">audience</span> with gusto, like a pro. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Musically</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">visually</span> these guys <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ar</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">e just simply stunning as they finish with </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">'Nothing Less Than Violence', certainly what would of happened if 'Batman' had turned up (8)</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6skD6j4J_cI2nsk6uAD9ZuDLlcd07a0aHJRGBUcQJD92epVk-aDVL6BLeHZBHKnF8ux-9iWXm0KJ8pQchDElvN4OFHM_dlo6GgvCdmMApjVHkqGJwPzevDsq2yiPBusV2VCVLild6wtg/s1600/RHOMBUS+001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6skD6j4J_cI2nsk6uAD9ZuDLlcd07a0aHJRGBUcQJD92epVk-aDVL6BLeHZBHKnF8ux-9iWXm0KJ8pQchDElvN4OFHM_dlo6GgvCdmMApjVHkqGJwPzevDsq2yiPBusV2VCVLild6wtg/s320/RHOMBUS+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466991121578204850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Rhombus...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sadly '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Lilyg</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">un</span></span>', pulled out due to illness.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> So were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">treated</span> to 'Rhombus', looking like the remnants of the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Nephilim</span></span>', sounding like a 'Sisters Of</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Mercy' tribute act. The music is well presented, and clear. but the songs seems to blend into each other, and linger on for to long. The female vocals also </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">become <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">overbearing</span> at times. (6)<br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHTIPtcSDAfKKGGKv1FavH66wsHBWYDA2Zd9LgQzY7m8JXZNNjzUa3kaPfh6roFf6rGThb6BRThalnaM_LGIagUiGxWoWedTz9Eb34lnmr7jl-dYtxRoNyNGSCwp9PNeLQPx9GHFRSGZp/s1600/LAHANNYA+002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHTIPtcSDAfKKGGKv1FavH66wsHBWYDA2Zd9LgQzY7m8JXZNNjzUa3kaPfh6roFf6rGThb6BRThalnaM_LGIagUiGxWoWedTz9Eb34lnmr7jl-dYtxRoNyNGSCwp9PNeLQPx9GHFRSGZp/s320/LAHANNYA+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466992105950529538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Lahannya</span>...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Next comes the teen boy favourite '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Lahannya</span></span>', sporting her mad blue hair, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">decked</span> in more latex than a condom</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> factory. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Then she complains its hot !. The fetish diva treats us to some great songs covering all her material to date. Yet we find great song next to</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">OK</span> song. She kinda lingers, leaving me bored and wanting a pint, enough of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">pseudo</span> eye candy, More <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">befitting</span> for the 'Metal' scene. (6)<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_BM2AZAepKXioiqqflFQeG2byc1le0wn5kqkuZjdFW1zZLaZmkVPiFgTk-SwgoVF97pb6Jxm6Y2Rl1Lgh_mHiTs2W-QjM23R8azhyE9ISMZj_cNUyrS6XHPkuzbL-oilILJEhfMqECQt/s1600/THE+EDEN+HOUSE+001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_BM2AZAepKXioiqqflFQeG2byc1le0wn5kqkuZjdFW1zZLaZmkVPiFgTk-SwgoVF97pb6Jxm6Y2Rl1Lgh_mHiTs2W-QjM23R8azhyE9ISMZj_cNUyrS6XHPkuzbL-oilILJEhfMqECQt/s320/THE+EDEN+HOUSE+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466992610886658082" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekwWnJvBEHvQSbmAynHO08owkS-HxuZE2uAXJpSbna0_zmfnePaGk9oLrG7LxS0FJK2SYjN6NBTxYTbu9aekWQ127B4dyh9Ahw0DAranrMSUHmUhV_ESV3ZNPb7hl0C4A2p4BoqaFZdJ8/s1600/THE+EDEN+HOUSE+002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekwWnJvBEHvQSbmAynHO08owkS-HxuZE2uAXJpSbna0_zmfnePaGk9oLrG7LxS0FJK2SYjN6NBTxYTbu9aekWQ127B4dyh9Ahw0DAranrMSUHmUhV_ESV3ZNPb7hl0C4A2p4BoqaFZdJ8/s320/THE+EDEN+HOUSE+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466993619653494098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >The Eden House...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">What comes next is simply amazing. 'The Eden House', sporting ex members of the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Nephilim</span></span>', and the front woman of 'All About Eve', and also</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> of course Monica from 'Faith And The</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> muse'. Simply a s</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">uper</span> group. Their sound is just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">awe</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">inspiring</span>, mixed with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">separate</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">performances</span> from both</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> girls and also duets together. 'All M y Love', just leaves the crowd going wild. Were also treated to 'God Pride', and most tracks from their debut. probably</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the most emotional set of the night, you can see tears in the girls eyes, as they leave the stage, as the crowd just gos mad. Now filled to</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the roof (10)</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGS5YnhKc7pHfvfAF0bPbl-WLTtzleg-l2g5TzRIhC1ooP_cRAHNwtVD3v7rnZKz6TJhN3oUqSO-ZTiyPBFqtPqUFoUaDWmjXoRH7R8gSqmuktatIn_qIRCMBmjqrDGHc29HxStdgiK52/s1600/CLAN+OF+XYMOX+002.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGS5YnhKc7pHfvfAF0bPbl-WLTtzleg-l2g5TzRIhC1ooP_cRAHNwtVD3v7rnZKz6TJhN3oUqSO-ZTiyPBFqtPqUFoUaDWmjXoRH7R8gSqmuktatIn_qIRCMBmjqrDGHc29HxStdgiK52/s320/CLAN+OF+XYMOX+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466994519929602962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >The Clan Of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Xymox</span>...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lastly the headliners appear to a great roar. Bursting into the title song from their new LP. 'In Love We Trust', the sound is fresh and fuelled with</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> electricity. The band works the stage with precision, injecting the vibe to the crowd below. This is a band that has a massive back <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">catalogue</span>.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Each song is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">greater</span> than the last, airing old and new. Sadly I leave short, as 'Emilie', fills the air with its upbeat vibe. (9)<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>E.Ruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054838680242250099noreply@blogger.com0