Interview du groupe Ass to Mouth

How did the band get formed ? How did you meet yourself ?
Well, there is no big story following it, I met Jarek in our previous, so called “side project”, and we decided that we want to do some grindcore together. We asked our firend Pablo to join us, he brought our first vocalist Sandro with him and that’s it. First rehearsals in December 2004, first shows in May 2005. The rest is history J

Your band name is very ordinary for a grindcore band, is not it ?

Frankly, I never thought about it. It sometimes make some “controversy” at punk rock scene, we are not able to play on every show, on some squats, and so on. I can understand it and I don’t feel offended, although we are not, and never were porn grind, or even gore grind band.

 

Don’t you think your band name complicates research about your band on the internet ?

When I write our name in google the first record is our myspace page, so I don’t think so. If someone is looking for excuses to watch some porn, he will always find it haha J

 

How do you compose your sounds?

We meet on rehearsals, bring our ideas together, and that’s the whole process

 

What do you talk about in your songs ?

Alcohol. We are disgustingly monothematic.

Your band seems to be more influenced by crust/punk than other grindcore bands, is not it ?

I don’t think so, good grind must be punk, and there are dozens of great grindcore bands that are absolutely punk influenced – from Napalm Death to Magrudergrind.

What are your main influences?

Old gxc, punk, hardcore, power violence, thrash, and probably some good groovy goregrind bands, there are few of them only, like for example Regurgitate, but for sure they inspire our groovy part of music.

Could you give me a list of your current favorites tracks ?

If it’s about grindcore I listen mainly to new Phobia’s “Unrelenting” EP, it’s absolutely perfect. Raw,  furious & punk – grindcore the way it suppose to be.

How do you prepare your gigs ?

We do rehearsals and that’s all! We don’t have any figures that we must practice in front of the mirror J

What can we expect of you in the near future?

We are recording new full length now, it should be finished at the beginning of 2011, but I don’t know yet where and when is it going to be released. Before that we should finally release our split 7” with our friends form czech’s Jig-Ai, this winter at Bizarre Leprous Prod.

What do you think of polish grindcore scene ?

It’s quite good and there are many great bands here – Parricide, Suffering Mind, Neuropathia, Dead Infection, Squash Bowels and so on. You should probably know most of them, if not, try to make up for it as soon as possible.

Having played in many different venues, you must have some crazy or embarrassing stories to go with it?

Most of embarrassing stories are connected with alcohol, and being drunk on stage. You know, it’s always fun, but only for band members, so now we try to avoid these situations as much as we can.

If you have some final words to add, please do it here.

Thanks for the interview and hi there to all vehementis readers. Don’t drink too much, otherwise you will soon all be dead!

Interview du groupe Fukpig

Is your band name “Fukpig” an insult to some men who wear blue suit?

Nah its an insult that was thrown at me in my last job, from my boss.





Your music is described as a mix of grindcore, crust and black metal, but your last album is not very « grindy », isn’t it ?

I would have said it was grind.





The video of “Sadism in the name of god” and “The horror is here” are very strange and old-school, where they come from ? Do these videos have special meanings ?

They come from an old 1920s film, i think they have the same feel as we try to create with Fukpig.





How did you meet your label “FETO Records” ?

 Feto is run by my brother Mick Kenney.





How do you compose your music? Is it true that Misery write all the stuff ? What do Migg and Drunk do?

Misery writes it and records it at his Devizes studio, then we take it to Necrodeath and record the vocals and miggs lead guitars, then Migg masters it and then its done. We work quite quickly.



How do you prepare your gigs?

We practise for a few weeks before we play, we have only played 3 gigs so far.



How did the audience reply on your music?

 They seem to really like it.





What do you think of crust scene ?

I think its brilliant, especially the old Extreme noise terror and Disgust.





Have you ever listen bands that play a mix of punk and black metal like yours ?

 I havent heard any yet, i would love to though.



Having played in many different venues, you must have some crazy or embarrassing stories to go with it?

Not really, we have only played 3 gigs as Fukpig so far.




What can we expect of you in the near future? 

A third album, already half written. the vinyl editions of the first 2 albums coming out soon, in fact Belief is the death of intelligence is being posted out this weekend. and a split single or 2.



If you have some final words to add, please do it here.

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Interview de Ptit Ju

Peux-tu te présenter pour ceux qui ne te connaissent pas encore ?

Leptitju membre du label Everydaymusic avec Mck,Ende, United et Wookerz.


Comment t’es rentré dans le rap ?

Au départ j'écrivais mes textes dans mon coin.
A l'époque j'habitais sur Toulouse, il y avait des mecs qui tapaient des freestyles
en bas de chez moi sur la place Arnaud Bernard: Je suis descendu pour écouter et peu à
peu je me suis lancé à faire des impros. J'ai par la suite pris le temps de me poser et
faire de vrais projets qui m'ont amené là où j'en suis.



Comment as-tu rencontré Endé ?  Ce n’est pas compliqué de bosser avec un gars qui n’habite pas dans le même département ?
J'ai rencontré Endé lors d'un concert qu'il donnait avec Charly Greane au 21 sound bar à Paris.
On a bien sympathisé et je l'ai invité en featuring sur ma 1ère tape. On a continué les projets
ensemble depuis cette époque. C'est pas compliqué de bosser avec Endé parce que c'est un mec
super carré qui écrit et enregistre super vite donc on se prévoyait des moment ou il venait
à Toulouse enregistrer. Maintenant qu'on est avec le label Everyday Music on se rejoint tous
au studio en banlieue parisienne pour créer les projets.



Tes influences semblent êtres « dirty » mais peux tu nous en dire plus a ce sujet,
quels sont les artistes qui t’inspirent ou t’influencent ?

J'ai pas mal d'influences que ce soit des groupes de rock comme les Rolling Stones,
Led Zeppelin, des guitaristes comme Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter. En rap français, je dirais
Mc Solaar, Doc Gyneco, Booba, mais également tout ce qui se fait aux Etats Unis, étant très
friands du mouvement dirty south.



Dans tes textes tu t’adresses souvent à des gens qui disent du mal de toi, tu as tant de détracteurs que ça ?


Je ne pense pas avoir plus de détracteurs que les autres. Après je fait mon truc, j'avance
sans demander rien a personne. Ceux qui parlent mal n'ont au final pas grand intérêt a part celui
de faire parler de moi. Comme je suis quelqu'un de susceptible cela doit se ressentir plus que
d'autre dans ma musique.




Comment se passe tes concerts ? Comment le public réagi ?

Lors des récents concerts les choses se sont bien passées, le public était réceptif. j'espère
seulement faire plus de dates a l'avenir .



Quel regard as-tu sur la scène rap toulousaine ?


Il y a de très bon rapeurs sur Toulouse. Je suis le parcours de plusieurs groupes toulousains
comme Booty Love Gang par exemple.



As-tu des projets en cours ?

Il va y avoir la mixtape de mon label Everyday Music "Yes Yes Family Vol. 2" qui est en construction
avec des feats au programme.



Un dernier mot ?

Everyday parce que chaque jour peut être le dernier.

Interview de Drivepilot

Could you please introduce yourself ?

Hey, I'm Drivepilot. I make noise.



Where does your nickname come from? How did you get where you are now ?

The name Drivepilot references "drive" as in gain or distortion, which my music is based pretty heavily around. Before Drivepilot, I was in several bands, and did production work mostly on the Rock/Metal/Alternative side of things. When I started to write music for this project, it naturally had that influence.I love how strongly music has the ability to elicit emotion so I I think a lot of the time a major component in my sound comes from taking a lot of distortion and trying to harness it, but balance it with non-agressive component and navigate between those sounds and basically jump around emotions a bit.



Which tool do you use for producing your sounds ? How do you compose your sounds ?
In the studio I usually use FL Studio for composition, and bounce the final mix into Cubase for mastering. I have been using FL Studio for nearly as long as it's been around and I find that it just works the way my brain does- I don't like fighting DAWs when I'm trying to be creative. I think that finding something you like, and just learning the shit out of it though is the way to go. As far as VST's and that sort of thing, most of the time I use the usual suspects like Native Instruments, Arturia, FXpansion. I like to use a lot of 80's synths and drum machines but run them through a lot of distortion. I do all my mixing/engineering/etc... I like being able to be in full control of the sound from the beginning to end so that way it stays as intended without outside influences.



How do you prepare your gigs ? How did the audience reply on your music ?

My live gig setup is done through Ableton Live.. I have tried many other different programs, CDJ's, etc- and I think that running Live as the core of my live rig has just allowed infinite flexibility, and I don't even use half of what it can do. I try to bring it hard live and so far the response to my music has been overwhelming live and otherwise.




Could you give me a list of your current favorites tracks ?

One of my current favorites is Skrillex - My Name Is Skrillex (Skrillex Remix) -- I love the 'euro-'electro sound he initially had, especially with the original of this cut, but the new dubstep-infused electro stuff he's doing is just unreal. This track has so much energy and is so meticulously produced and engineered it makes me physically ill. His La Roux remix is sick as well.

Some other favorites right now are Crookers - No Security, Daladubz - Pink Elephants VIP, Pance Party - Kim Jong Thrill, Cyberpunkers - OMG, and I never get tired of the classic shit.




How did your met your label TRACTION RECORDS?

I started Traction Records with Yushood Rockmore in Dec of last year.


Why have you chosen to name your last EP : “Savages” ?

We are all savages.


What can we expect of you in the near future?

FUCK YEAH! EP is out October 2010... It's got remixes from The Boomzers, F.O.O.L, The Mastertrons, NEUS, and Noize Generation. It's going to be pretty crazy. Lots more music on the way. Stay tuned.

Interview du groupe Partysmartie

Could you please introduce yourself one by one ?

alfy from Los Angeles California and matt from Austria vienna

Where did the band name come from? Has it a special meaning ?

haha no special meaning just partysmartie

How did you learn to produce trash music ?

well i learned from watching my homie Richard whos also a really talented and dope producer called KRFTKDS and matt well im guessing he just not human haha its in him.

How two Dj can compose an unique sound ? How do you share the work ?

haha our own secret recipe

Which tool do you use for producing your sounds ?

raw heavy material!!

What are your main influences?

girls!! na haaha im not gunna lie krftkds converted me and matt always told me mustard pimp inspired him but between me and you thats a lie matt is a machine haha

Could you give me a list of your current favorites tracks ?

justin bieber hhaah just kidding

How do you prepare your gigs ?

getting drunk! thats what happen last time and time flew by we forgot to play so by the time we were up the pigs rolled up

How did the audience reply on your music?

they left !! hahaah just kidding well i hope they are banging their brains out

How did you meet your label SHAKEYOURASS RECORDS?

on sound cloud

What can we expect of you in the near future?

rich! haha you never know 

What do you think of American trash electro scene?

well my opinion its just getting started over here over there where matts from well i mean like all of like Austria and Italy is where i pretty much think it was born.

I loved it for so long and now its building up over here

its different if u ask me but there is no big artist yet they are all underground foos but to me they should be bigger than the Beatles .

If you have some final words to add, please do it here.

I love you Katy Perry.