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.

Interview du groupe The Anomalys

Could you please introduce yourself one by one ?

Bone - Guitar, vocals and mouth harp

Memme - Drums, eardrums and maracas

Potlood - Guitar, cigarettes, stylophone

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

An anomaly is something strange, unusual or unique. That kind of describes our appearance, characters and our music.

How did the band get formed ? How did you meet yourself ?

We all met in De Diepte, which was a local rock 'n roll / punk / garage bar in the centre of Amsterdam. It was a meeting and drinking place for misfits who loved a certain type of music. Bone and Memme met there first and started The Anomalys as a duo after a year or so i joined the band as a second guitarist.

How do you compose your sounds?

Totally spontaneously, in the practice room. It can start with a guitar riff that sticks in someone's head or a certain drum beat or lyric that someone in the band comes up with, then we just start to jam and see if we can make a song out of it together.

What do you talk about in your songs?

Love and hate

What are your main influences?

Surf, rockabilly, r&b and 60's garage bands with a dark edge, like for example The Sonics mixed with a 70's punk vibe.

A list of current favorite tracks?

If you mean tracks by other bands, i just found out about an American band called Slab City, the name of the track is Milwaukee's Beast.

If you mean tracks from our own new album? Then i'd have to say See Me Bleed, Sorry State, Kiss 'n Run or Rock 'n Roll World. 'They're all good actually ;)

How do you prepare for gigs?

Well stretching some muscles is always smart, cuz we have some acrobatic stage moves. Our drummer always goes jogging around the block just before the gig to get his muscles loosened up.

How do audiences reply to your music?

Most of the time they get really into it They get wild and crazy, like good rock 'n roll should do to a person! We have a lot of up-tempo, fast songs, so sometimes people find it hard to dance to it. But it's always a swinging beat, so I try and show them by dancing while playing guitar on stage.

How did you meet your label?

Memme knew Pete Slovenly from a long time ago and are old friends. In 2006 he released a 45rpm single of The Anomalys and kept bugging us about bringing out a full length album. So after 4 years we finally did it!

What can we expect in the near future?

We're going on USA west coast tour for 3 weeks in august. Alot of shows, alot of cities and a couple of cool festivals. Check our myspace and facebook for the dates.

After that we plan to release another single on Slovenly.

What do you think of the Dutch punk, garage, rock 'n’ roll scene?

It's very small, but there's a couple of really good bands like Sixtyniners, The Works, Local Spastics, T-99, Green Hornet, Low Point Drains and more. I just wish there was more cool places to play.

Crazy story?

Man there's millions... let me tell you one. One time we went all the way to some weird festival in the Czech Republic to play. After a hellish 12 hour drive with constant rain we finally made it. There was heavy drinking in the audience and by the time we had to play, most of the audience members where lying on the floor, completely shitfaced. The festival terrain was literally covered with sleeping, drunk Czechs. After the show Bone decided he wanted to party all night and he brought some herbal speed pills to stay awake on the road. He thought instead of swallowing a pill, that snorting the stuff inside the pill would work faster. So he opened the pill and brown powder came out. He didn't read the ingredients and it had cayenne pepper in it! So right after he took a snort, he started sneezing his head off, jumping from place to place. Before we knew it Memme also took a hit and did the same thing. So there were red-faced, sneezing, jumping Dutch guys on a festival covered with drunk, sleeping Czechs. The Czechs who were still awake, didn't know what they saw!

Last words:

You can buy our new album on http://www.slovenly.com available on LP, CD or digital download. Check out songs, merchandise, photos and tourdates on:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Anomalys/1378073

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or

http://www.myspace.com/theanomalys

Thanks!

Gilian

Interview de Idiot Boyz

D'où viens ton pseudo «Idiot Boyz» ? A t'il une signification particulière ? Étant donné que t'es tout seul pourquoi avoir utilisé  “Boyz” et pas “Boy” 

J'ai un peu décidé ça à l'arrache , j'aime que mon pseudo soit Pourri . Pour moi le talent est plus important que le nom de scène , 
je n'aime pas que l'on me prenne vraiment au sérieux !!!
 

Tu écoutes quoi comme musique ces temps ci ?

Essentiellement du dubstep MOHTERFUCK !!!!!! Drum & Bass BIIIIIIIIIIM !!!!!!!!!!!! Et bien evidemment DE LA FIDGET DE BAIZEEEEE !!!!  
 

Quels sont tes influences ? Old-school ?

JC ( JESUS IN DA PLACE !) Du moment : EXCISION , DATSIK , DOCTOR P , BAR 9 ... ect  Old school : Krs One , DE LA SOUL , Nas et beaucoup d'autres !!!!! :)
 

Comment composes-tu  tes  morceaux ? Quels logiciels utilises-tu ?

Je compose mes morceaux avec Fl studio 9 , j'utilise plusieurs plugins , albino , Sylenth1 , et d'autres plugins de FL Studio ...
 

Comment se passent tes  concerts ? Comment le public réagi ?

Jusqu'à présent tous mes concerts ce sont très bien passés ! Le public réagit plutôt bien !
Je ne suis jamais déçu et toujours très encouragé :) 
 

Comment as tu rencontrés tes différents label ?

Tout d'abord , j'ai été contacté par un blogspot (Mexican jack Mafia) dès le lancement de mon projet puis j'ai pas mal buzzé et puis tout s'est enchainé ...
 

 As-tu  un effort discographique de prévu ?

Oui en Préparation :)
 

As-tu d’autres projets en cours ?

Oui beaucoup d'autres projets en cours , je ne suis pas près de m'arréter là ! CA NE FAIT QUE COMMENCER !!!!!!!
PEACE IDB !
 

Interview du groupe Sofy Major

Pouvez-vous vous présenter individuellement (parcours etc.)? 

Mathieu, je joue de la basse et je chante dans Sofy major depuis 3 ou 4 ans je pense. En dehors des heures passés dans notre local de répétition à écouter un métronome et à fumer des cigarettes, j'habite au Raymond Bar, je participe activement à la vie du lieu. J'organise des concerts depuis 5 ou 6 ans, essentiellement de la Noise, du Hardcore et du Metal indé. A part ça, j'essaye de gagner ma vie (c'est pas gagné) en tant que gérant d'une boîte de location de tourvans et je conduis des groupes en France et en Europe. Sans ça, Seb joue de la guitare, il est charrette et jouait il y a quelques années dans un groupe qui s'appelle Electric Vein (il ne veut pas admettre que c'était un rip-off de Bluetip), et Croate joue de la batterie, il joue aussi dans Radio Maquis interviewé plus bas sur ce même blog.

Pouvez-vous présenter votre groupe ? Comment vous-êtes vous rencontrés ?

Sofy Major existe depuis 4 ou 5 ans, je ne me rappelle plus, tous les musiciens du premier line-up n'y sont plus, je suis arrivé après. On doit approcher la centaine de concerts après 4 tournées dans presque tous les pays européens. Après d'innombrables changements de line-up, tout le monde s'est retrouvé habitant au Raymond Bar, un lieu autogéré primordiale à Clermont-Ferrand, on a logiquement continué à bosser là-bas en formation power trio.

D’où viens le nom du groupe (Sofy Major) ?

Aucune idée, il paraîtrait que je suis arrivé dans le groupe et que j'ai compulsivement viré tout les musiciens d'origine, du coup on ne sait pas.  

Comment composez-vous vos morceaux ?

On a adopté un système qui semble nous correspondre. On boit beaucoup de bières pendant quelques jours, on passe par des phases de bipolarités extrêmes et ensuite la composition peut commencer. Deux à trois fois par semaine pendant 3 heures, on amène des riffs, on se prend énormément la tête sur les structures des morceaux, les breaks... C'est un processus qui me paraît efficace, ça nous permet d'avoir une quinzaine de morceau par an, de les sélectionner pour le live et pour les disques. Ça a été le cas pour cette longue session d'enregistrement que nous avons fait il y a un mois pour notre prochain disque. D'autant plus qu'on jouait gros en sollicitant Andrew Schneider pour le mix (Unsane, Made Out of Babies, etc...) et Nick Zampiello au Master, il fallait vraiment que tout soit nickel. C'est Laurent Saussol un excellent ami qui s'est occupé des prises de son, et je pense que le disque au final est plutôt pas mal. C'est vrai qu'on a pas mal évolué dans le processus de composition, on s'en branlait beaucoup plus il y a quelques années, mais aujourd'hui on essaye de prendre soin de nos morceaux. Ce disque sortira en fin d'année 2010.
Pour les paroles, je ne peux que parler de chansons qui ne sont pas encore en écoute, mais globalement elles ont des volets personnels, sociaux et parfois cosmiques, les trois étant quasiment toujours en corrélation.

Pourquoi donner des nom français a des chansons écrites en anglais ?

 Ha... Aucune explication à ça... Depuis un des line-ups, il s'agit essentiellement de private jokes qui n'ont le moindre sens que pour deux ou trois personnes.

Que pensez vous des chroniques de vos album que l'on peut trouver sur les différents webzines ?

Les deux autres ne savent pas lire, donc ils s'en foutent, mais en ce qui me concerne je suis heureux que les gens apprécient globalement ce que l'on fait. On le fait avec beaucoup de sincérité, mais surtout on essaye de le faire bien.

Vous écoutez quoi comme musique ?

En ce moment ? J'écoute un album de Cursed... Quelle histoire le split de ce groupe n'empêche... Enfin bref, another drama in the scene. Sinon, j'écoute énormément de Metal, de Hardcore et de Noise. Il y a peu j'ai revu Zeni Geva en live, du coup je me refais une partie de leur discographie. Sinon, je suis bercé par Quicksand, Melvins, Godflesh, les Swans, Dead Kennedys et Fugazi, beaucoup la scène Noise Rock de Brooklyn des 90's et pas mal de Black Metal. Ha, si, dernièrement j'ai vu Saviours avec Weedeater et Black Cobra, j'ai trouvé ça mortel.

Comment préparez-vous vos concert ?

On boit également beaucoup de bières, mais généralement on surmultiplie les répètes entre un et deux mois avant le live, tout doit être nickel, les enchaînements de chanson, etc... J'aime vraiment que nos lives soient préparés longtemps à l'avance, je reste persuadé qu'un bon groupe est un groupe qui passionne le public en live, d'une manière ou d'une autre. On part quasiment toujours en concert avec notre lighteux qui élabore toujours un procédé autonome pour avoir des lights sympas lorsqu'on ne joue pas dans de grosses salles, on a la possibilité de le faire, alors on le fait.

Comment le public réagi pendant vos concert ?

Tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, fingerpointing, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant, tête en arrière, tête en avant.

Un dernier mot... 

Oui : Sébastien.

Interview du groupe The Roto Mafia

Pouvez-vous vous présenter individuellement ? Quels sont vos parcours musicaux respectifs ?

Alors pour tout les 2 c'est a peut pres pareil depuis tout petit on écoutait de l'electro vers les 14. 13 ans on c'est interesser au monde de la nuit, ont a toujours eu cette fascination par ceux qui prod ensuite un peut plus tard le duo twocker avec ces nouvelle basse venu d'Angleterre sa nous a carrément lancé à vouloir faire de la prod.

Pouvez-vous présenter votre groupe ? Comment vous êtes vous rencontrés ?

On est 2 gars tranquile un peut je menfoutiste qui ce sont rencontrer en trainant avec les mêmes amis et les centres d'intérêt commun on fait qu'on a fait le groupe ensemble.

D'où viens le nom du groupe ?

De notre gout pour les mafias italiennes et des origines qui vont avec 

Comment composez-vous vos morceaux ? Quels logiciels utilisez-vous?

Dans la chambre de stefane qui nous sert de studio avec FL 9

Comment faites-vous  pour trouver des noms à vos titres ?

Ça viens tout seul comme ça defois c'est plus long on l'explique pas

Quelles sont vos influences ?

Le Hip Hop des année 90 , du reggae et des nom comme Switch , Crookers , Jack Beats , Basement Jaxx , Twocker , Rusko , Prodigy pour la plupart du temps tout ce qui viens d'Angleterre .

Est-ce gênant d’être sans label fixe ?

Non ça vas on se plaint pas on est pour la plupart du temps sur les 2 mêmes labels Bass boom record et slick slaughterhouse où nous venons de finir un ep avec un remix de belzebass ou encore nous venons de faire un remix de Shekel bon dj dub step !

Vous  écoutez  quoi comme musique  ces temps-çi ?

L'album de Rusko ou de sexion d'assaut ouai on varie les plaisirs 
sinon un bon petit remix de jack beats qui tourne en boucle leurs remix de little secrets

Comment préparez-vous vos concerts ?

Tranquilement  le jour même on finit de penser a ce qu'ont veut absolument jouer et puis voila sans pression un petit mcdo avant la soirée et on est content.

Comment se passent vos concerts ? Comment le public réagi ? Quels sont les titres qui marchent le plus en live ?

Le public réagi bien on essaye toujours d'avoir un set cohérent en fonction de ce qu'on aime et de comment le public réagit  je crois que le morceau qui a chaque fois fait réagir c'est where's my money de caspa.

Un dernier mot...

Merci pour ton interview et bonne continuation a ton blog et a bientôt pour de nouvelle fusillade en pleine soirée.

Interview du groupe +\- (plus\minus)

Could you please introduce yourself one by one ? 


Hi there, it's Maksim from +\- (plus\minus)! I'm a bass guitarist and the manager of the band.


How did the band get formed ?  How did you meet yourself ? 


We're from Kiev – the capital of Ukraine. The band was based in spring 2005. Primary line-up consisted of me, Egor, Iliya (present guitarist), another guitarist Yura, who left the band in February 2007 (moved away to study in Europe), and Tolik drummer, he has given himself up to another, more popular music. After it, other several people were playing with us. In the end we understood, that we need not the second guitarist, and cope better with group of 4 men. In spring 2007 we met Slavik (current drummer), and now he plays with us.
It was intersting to start something new in Ukraine which does not exist. Cos initially, we don’t want to engage some kind of thrash, we want to create new audience around us. To gather people with another mentality, not tryin' to swing. From the very beginning, we had a great mind to create our own cult, the cult of people who was listening to the band, the stylistics of which was nothing like it used to be in existent musicial streams in Ukraine.
Nowadays the band cosists of 4 members – Stas (vocal), Iliya (guitar), Slavik (drumms) and me (bass). In primary line-up we had 2 guitarists, but later we understood that we need not the second guitarist, and cope better with group of 4 men. We play experimental mathcore, dilute it with various styles of music – from southern till neogrind. We don’t try to mix all-in-one, joining together maximum quantity of stylistics for the sake of appearance; we try to do it with sense and sensation. Some called it Meshuggah with rock’n’roll, some kind of math’n’roll.


How do you compose your sounds? 

Everything is simple enough. Someone of us brings idea on rehearsal  and everybody starts to arranged it, as much as possible experimenting with  sounding and stylistics. Then we understand mood of a song and I write the text. Frequently it is an integral part of a composition and directly with it is connected. Sometimes ideas are born after a year, sometimes come quickly enough, all depends on mood and inspiration.


What do you talk about in your songs ? 


Well, our debut album has it’s own conception. “Emerald Island” - not just a collection of songs written in different time intervals of the group’s life, but it’s a full story - lyrical, mystical and beautiful. The name of release was borrowed from the ghost island, which was mentioned in the articles of the ship Emerald’s journal dating back to 1821, after whom it was named. This island was supposedly located between Australia and Antarctica, south of the actually existing Macquarie Island.
Most of the texts of the album are closely linked to the main story, which talks about a guy who always walked hand in hand with the girl, but their fates were that the hero was to become a brave captain of the ship, and the heroine - a cynical and deceitful whore. Because of the vicissitudes of fate the hero happens to be on opposite sides of the barricades with his former love. Death almost caught up with him, and mysteriously he gets on the island to safety, but the strange suspicion creeps into his soul.
In fact, the story is much deeper and more interesting, and it can be interpreted differently as a whole as well as its components, anyone can do it themselves after reading the texts.




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

To my mind it’s Mutiny Aboard, Mayday! Mayday!, Tiger Peacock and Nimrod Glarier. I guess it’s new step for us in our evolution in experiments with music styles!



How do you prepare your gigs ? 

We have a lot of long rehearsals) And if you’re interested in some kind of rituals before gigs – well, we don’t have it)


How did the audience reply on your music? 

Unfortunately, in our country people need stereotype. It was caused by absence of access to the music for a long time, there was only TV-sets and Radio as priority. With appearance of the Internet people get that access to the music, but didn’t realise thro and thro how to use it. From the very beginning there was some kind of rush who will listen to music more (and such situation takes place in the present), but all it was so casual. People don’t listen to details, keep in mind only basic stereotypes. Accordingly, when teams was appeared in Ukraine, the listener started looking for this stereotypes on the subconscious level, and not finding it - throw the band back. So that if the band really try to show individuality and uniqueness – it was pulled apart without a peep. On the West things are in another way, cos of listener has already supersaturated with stereotypes, he began to look for something totally new – experimental. That’s why there are such agiotage around us (attendance of myspace was in excess of 20000 in a day) was called by searching of something new in music. So I want a listener to conceive the music not only with sense but with the heart, conceive emotions and their genuineness.



How did you meet your label Moon Records ? 

We just sent the demo which was pleasant to a label. But unfortunately, format ЕР was fresh enough for Moon Records and we long carried on negotiations on an occasion of that to publish a minidisk. But as a result, after two weeks of constant negotiations all of us have signed the contract on release. Signing of the contract for debut album was easier task, but nevertheless. We wished to make really beautiful and pleasant release for the listener, therefore have tried to issue as much as possible colorfully it that too costed some expenses. Moon Records has agreed on all our requests and I think in two weeks at our listener there will be a possibility to take a beautiful debut album in the hands.





What can we expect of you in the nearest future? 


The main event for us –exit of a debut album in two weeks. And tour in support of release at the autumn. Meanwhile we will plan concerts in Ukraine and Russia and I hope that at last we will be touring across Europe with an “Emerald Island”. If someone from those who will read this  interview appear the desire and will have a possibility to help us with gigs in Europe – we will be very grateful to him!



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


Thanks for support and understanding! I wish everybody listen music with the heart, cutting off all stereotypes. Stay smart, support chaos!