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Intervju med Carnival Star

Intervju med Horror Vacui

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Intervju med The Nine Tears

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Interview with Girl Loves Dead Boys

Girl Loves Dead Boys was formed in 2004 Westminster, California USA by Phillip Baxter. After a break for five years they are now back and working on a new cd.

Tell us about your backgrounds and musical influence?

Phillip: I have a wide background of musical influences but where ideas come from for Girl Loves Dead Boys is mostly from my influences by Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Nine Inch Nails and oddly enough, Dr. Dre. I really like the simplicity of hip hop rhythms and the musical structure. It's actually very similar to darkwave from a rhythm standpoint but people don't notice it. You could actually take my vocals out of most of GLDB tracks and replace them with a rap artist and it would work. On the other side, I really enjoy to rock out in a way to employ emotions of angst or anger or even sadness like Nine Inch Nails has done so well and even bands from the past like Led Zeppelin. A great example is the song Kashmir. It's dark but its rock n roll.
So, you will hear more of this style of influence on new GLDB music like the new song "Hourglass Tipping" which will be out soon on YouTube as a single video to predicate the new album.

Is it the same line up today as it was between 2004 - 2008?

Phillip: Yes and No. The main lineup has always just been myself. Kind of like how Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails, Phillip Carl Baxter is Girl Loves Dead Boys. There were inputs from other musicians rarely.


You had a break for five years, what did you do between this time, other bands?

Phillip: I did collaborate and work on other music with a world band but was mostly occupied with being in and out of bad relationships and concentrating on work. I really didn't think much of GLDB during the last 5 years. I just concentrated on finding myself, making peace with the past, gained sobriety in 2010, and found new love. Got married.

Tell us about the name Girl Loves Dead Boys.
How did you find it and is there any deeper meaning or idea behind it?

Phillip: It didn't take much time to find the name. I was sitting in the studio about to work on a new song for ReverbTv and I just had a flash thought of "hey, why don't i do something different". That was the end of ReverbTv right at that moment.
I wanted to do something bringing back my early influences of Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox era. Those  rhythms that engaged me and those simple and atmospheric guitar lines that were just so cool. I knew I had a baritone voice naturally but never really explored the territory. It would be a new step for me but it made me excited about music again. So, I just thought about all my days in the goth dance clubs and pictured it in my head. I never really could afford the coolest goth clothes and never did the crazy hair styles and heavy makeup but I remember that the guys who were the most  "gothic" so to speak, always had the most girls, even though I didn't do too bad, this is what I noticed. Gothic (dead girls) liked the most gothic (dead boys) and I thought of the phrase "dead girls love dead boys" and then just simplified that to work as a band name. Girl Loves Dead Boys. Then I immediately went to work on the rhythm track for the song Girl Loves Dead Boys and 2 hours later I was laying scratch vocal tracks to it. The first song was that one. Its what I was thinking that evening for the band name and titled the song the same and wrote about my thoughts. Just listen to the lyrics. So everything kind of tied together in one spark that evening, the band name, the title song, the lyrics, my thoughts of my club past, and I went with it.

Where do you find your inspiration to make music?

Phillip: All of my songs are thoughts from a third person perspective. It's like a storyteller would do. I put myself in that frame of mind and just begin to tell a story in the context of songwriting rather than storytelling which is more complex. I am naturally a very emotional person, a Scorpio/Scorpio rising, and had a tough childhood emotionally. My love relationships have been extremely dramatic in the past and so I have felt all those highs and lows that accompany love and loss. Darkwave was the only natural choice to explore these emotions and express them to others who have had those feelings. It was the only natural choice to be able to relate this to others.  Goth is similar but the Darkwave sound adds textures and atmospheres that allow many more emotions to be tapped in to and explored. Goth ends up in the news with bad press and arguments too much.

Darkwave is pretty to the ears and emotions and has a lot more to say and allows the songwriter to express themselves as far as imagination can go. Pretty much anywhere. It's a great genre of music that had its day in the 80's only for a few years and surprisingly, in my opinion, didn't become as popular as rock n roll itself. I mean with Darkwave, I can use a hip hop rhythm and sing about any subject matter that may tap an emotional response to love, loss, or even science fictional characters and it's still Darkwave then turn around and use a heavy metal drum track and sing about something else. Add hip hop to a Bauhaus track like Bela Lugosi's Dead and it's no longer Goth. Darkwave has more room for exploration. I would go even as far as to say that the new Sigur Ros song Brennisteinn is Darkwave. But the hipsters are so knee deep in their own beliefs of what is indie that this would be a great argument even to the actual members of Sigur Ros who wrote the song. But in my opinion it's what Darkwave is. It's a certain sound really. I hope to bring attention back to it.

I see that you have played live in Serbia back in time, you picked a Serbian artist who made the front cover for your album, "Dead Faces White and Alone".
I guess you have some connection to Serbia, do Girl Loves Dead Boys have audience in the east?

Phillip: Not really anywhere in particular. It's a long story that will eventually surface. I'm awaiting to see if we can pull a fan base of any kind really.  The whole world is saturated with hipster indie and other genres in my opinion. So there aren't too many looking into darkwave anymore or even goth. It all seems dead.  It's really just a phase for many people. Lucky to see someone get into goth or darkwave and stick with it for more than 2 years then they move on to something else of interest.   I'm even taking a new approach to it in the second chapter of GLDB with bringing back the rock side of it hoping to attract a broader audience. I mean, you even see the new Sigur Ros is taking a darker and heavier rock approach. It seems that floaty and ambient textures aren't the thing right now. Not saying i will not do anything floaty or ambient. I'll just do what comes to mind when I'm in the moment if that makes sense. Right now I'm in a rock mood. I have some things to say that are relevant at the moment. And, some cool storytelling coming as well. I will be using lyrics that discuss the topic of life after death and some science fiction type stuff as well just to break up the monotony of love, loss, anger, and hurt lyrics all the time.

Are you going to play live in the near future?
Phillip: Absolutely. We are looking for invitations to large events and will probably do a small show with a few HD cameras to film it as a sort of "kick off" to the new GLDB thing. That will all come this year. I promise. But mostly just looking for the larger event invitations. We have not received any as of yet.

What is the future, are you going to make any new material, Cd etc?

Phillip: Yes. Of course. Working on it as we speak. The new record "Torn" will be my greatest effort to date. I've brought in the assistance of a real drummer who comes from a metal background but is affluent in many styles and he sees my direction and is easy to work with. You will hear him and see him in the video for the song "Hourglass Tipping" currently a work in progress. Ivana will show up on vocals on the new album as well.  I will be looking for further collaboration efforts as the album progresses with other guitarists from well known underground goth groups. I'll mention them and you will see them in upcoming videos. Lots going on for 2013. I'm giving it a great effort this time. I feel good about songwriting now. No real second guessing anymore. I'm hoping things go well enough to follow with a second 2013 record in time for the holidays. Time will tell.

Is there anything you want to tell the readers?

Phillip: I don't know what to say really because I'm not sure of an existing fan base. Everything is new again. I think we just cracked the 100 Likes barrier on Facebook and VK is going ok so far. I would have to say thank you for reading this interview and for listening to our music but would also say to anyone reading this to please spread the word about Girl Loves Dead Boys if you like us. And if things go well for GLDB its always cool to say you were a part of something at the beginning before it took off. And if nothing happens at least you supported something unique to you. That's what is so cool about music. Discovering.

For more on Girl Loves Dead Boys go to :

www.facebook.com/GirlLovesDeadBoys
http://girllovesdeadboys.bandcamp.com/https://soundcloud.com/t1t0/girl-loves-dead-boys-girl

Intervju med Asrai

Asrai, you started as a band 1985 with only females. Over the time you have changed your lineup several times. Tell us about the way where you are today, have the struggle been hard?

Yes we started in 1985 as an all girl band. At that time there was a lively music diverse squatting scene in Rotterdam and a lot of our friends were playing in a band, but only the guys played the instruments. So it was time to add some girl power to the scene. Nowadays we are the only band still existing from that era , with a steady line up now for almost ten years. And with this line-up we had our break through.

Karin1Sometimes the struggle was hard, we had some line up-changes and it wasn't easy to find people with the right chemistry,( and with all the line ups we played for several years). But when people want to move on you need to let them go. We were lucky with people we found and friends they became. Also the prejudices against women in music struggle was a pain, although it never stopped us playing our music.

Throughout the years it was an exceptional journey starting from playing in squats up until the big venues and touring.

Has there been any moment you felt like the doors opening up for you as a band?

When we signed at Transmission records, the doors really opened up for Asrai. We were signed almost the same day they received our demo. Crazy times followed with a lot of gigs, our album released in Europe ,South America and Asia, a European tour, our clip on MTV and the Box, yes suddenly we reached and touched a lot of people with our music

Manon - KeysYou have worked with music for a long time, what is the different today in the gothic scene from the 80´s or 90´s.

A lot has been chanced, including us ;). But I think the most important thing in the Netherlands is the venues. In the 80’s there were so many more venues, it was much easier to play somewhere. With all the restrictions on sounds, safety and all the things the government could think of to close down as much as possible. The venues have increasingly comercieler programming process since they no longer receive subsidies like before.

In the 80’s it wasn’t called Gothic yet, but I think there was always a people who were ore interested to go to see live bands and a group who prefers the dance parties. But through the years you see the scene develop, and different styles in the scene, think about cyber, steam punk, I think that is nice through the years that in the gothic scene everybody can express their creativity in their own way.

Do you believe we enter a third wave for the gothic rock?

Wasn’t thinking about it like that, but I think you could be right, a new generation and a new era for Gothic Rock.

Margriet-vocalsYou released a cd some months ago, "Pearls in Dirt". Tell us more about this record.

After the release from Touch in the dark, we started to write new material. We wanted Sascha Peath to produce the album and was supposed to be released by Transmission records again. Just before recording the record company went bankrupt. What was a disaster of course, lucky enough we found Season of Mist who wanted to release the album. Another label, another vision and approach.

We recorded Pearls in Dirt in the Excess studio, with Hans Pieters and it became a hot blooded album, with songs about love, losses and all the things called life.

Did it take long time to write the material and finish it?

Some songs formed pretty quick and others took a bit longer to grow on us, they needed some time to turn out the way they are now.

Do you have any upcoming gigs?

March 16 in Brussels, Belgium. It the first edition from an event called Coalescaremonium

What is the most weird experience you had on a concert?

Through the years we had some weird experiences, one of the most funniest was, that we left the stage in London and missing Manon, she couldn’t leave because a fan was hugging her ankles so she couldn’t leave, of course we rescued her… and one of the first times we were playing on a big festival, when a girl showed Martin her sexual capabilities... and he missed some notes ;).

You made a video for your song "All seems so Hollow", tell us more about it. Who made it for you? Did it take long time to make it?

All seems so Hollow was one of the first songs we wrote after Pearls in Dirt. Sascha Peath wanted to be our producer again and we recorded it at The Gate Studio in Germany.

We wanted to have a video clip for this song. And Loes Baijens and Silver shot the video . It was so much fun to do, we found a farm barn (close were we used to live in our youth) where we could record the clip. When we were there for the first time we saw some awesome cars. And they suggested that we could use one of those It became a midnight blue Mustang from the 60’s that was so cool. Everybody was so nice and helped us out it was awesome. Natascha from Studio Mystica helped us out with a lot of details. The recording took all day, I think we played the song for more than a hundred times but it showed off, we’re really happy with the result.

Do you have any other future plans?

Rik2The music business is changing we all know it and still don’t know what direction it’s going. It’s insane to see how many studio’s, labels, venues and festivals went bankrupt

Time changes and we and we think it’s time to get back to our roots, therefore we decided to do everything ourselves again, just to be pure in the process. Following our own vision and believes. At the moment we recorded 5 new songs at the Gate Studio with Sascha Peath again. He knows exactly what we mean and it’s such a pleasure to work with him. Just put All seems so hollow in the air, and our further plans, just to do what we love the most, making and specially playing music.

Is there anything you want to tell the reader, that we forgot to ask?

Keep supporting bands, buy their cd’s and merchandise and go to the gigs. Follow them on social media, give them your support. And thank you for this interview

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Intervju med Neuro Sentence

Neuro -Sentence is a band from Colorado Springs, USA. They describe themself as playing a mix of BloodWave, Goth, Electro, Industrial. When I contacted them they reply me and told me they are in a very busy time to finishing their full-length record.
How is it going? Do you spend much time in the studio?

Count W- Things are hectic at the moment between live shows and putting the finishing touches on the full length. All of the tracks are already recorded and mixed but we're still in the mastering phase. So at this time we're basically wrapping up the album. The countless hours of hanging out at the studio are behind us for the moment.

- Cold and Dry. Yes, in one way or another both of us spend a lot of time in our individual studios. I prefer my creations to reality…



Will the sound of your coming album be the same as the
E.P. "Victims & Virtues", or do you have any new influence?

Count W- Our influences haven't changed. The new tracks have the same atmosphere surrounding them. We think we've covered quite a bit for a debut release, different song structures, the use of guitars, trying to incorporate all of the different sub genres of goth/industrial etc. The only thing that will be different on the full length is the production quality. It will be better than the Victims and Virtues ep.

- Count W and I have further refined the razors edge, and have come very far from where we started in 2009; being total loners -I mean strangers. The influences are the same musically and lyrically: the majesty of isolation, and the sweet miseries of the individual dwelling in the last epoch of mankind.

Will the new record be under any label?

Count W- It's possible, but at this point in time there's nothing set in stone.

- Know any?

Where do you find your inspiration?

Count W- All things dark, depraved, sinister. The two of us grew up listening to black metal. This plays a very important role when we're composing our music. Capturing the dark atmosphere of black metal and fussing it with timelessness of electro goth music is something that sounds very appealing to us. Hopefully the rest of this scene will feel the same way. We'll have to wait and see.

- Reality and our perception of it, crude as it is considering the flesh and the serving of our neuro-sentence.

Neuro-Sentence started 2009, have you guys been in other bands
before?

- Music has been the only constant in my life besides anhedonia.

You play live; do you have anything-special happenings under your concerts?
Any Tesla fireworks ;)

- We hope to drive the audience to ruin their lives for a single night of ecstasy. Dionysus himself is a session live member, so you can infer the rest… And yes, there is some residual energy from Tesla's workings, which were conducted here in Colorado Springs.

How is the gothic scene in Colorado Spring, or the state of Colorado?

- Too much neon, not enough necromancy.

Is there anything you want to tell the reader?

- “If you believe that I’ve something to conceal, lose yourself in a mirror and see how it feels, when pain and shame are the only common bonds between me and you.” Thank you for your interest DJ Valhalla, Farval... OUR DEBUT ALBUM COMING SOON!

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Katabazija Kelija (official video)

Ny musikvideo av det serbiska bandet Katabazija



Intervju med Katabazija

10000 sidvisningar

Idag passerade gothtune- bloggen 10000 sidvisningar, jag har för mig att detta var lite av ett första mål för år 1. Det har inte gått ett år ännu.

Jag tror att blogg- trafiken kommer att öka framöver. Nu i starten har jag inte skrivit så mycket, blogg med endast musik ger inte så mycke i sökmotorerna. Har publicerat den första intervjun med Katabazija från Serbien. Fler intervjuer är på gång.

Har även satt ihop olika mixar av musik på mixcloud. Framöver kommer de även att sändas via en radio-station, tvingades snacka lite på svengelska mellan låtarna. Det är väl strax premiär, återkommer så fort jag vet mer.

Avslutar detta inlägg med att posta en intervju med Justin Sullivan, New Model Army. Ganska kul, i intervjun beskriver han Sverige som en stat med mycke kontroll.

Intervju med Katabazija

När jag hörde Katabazija låt Maldororovo Pevanje första gången så fastnade den i min trumhinna. De sjunger på sitt eget språk vilket är serbiska. För mig gör det inte så mycket då jag accepterar sången som ett verktyg, eller instrument tillsammans med de övriga musiken. Detta är den första intervju´n jag gör för Gothtune- bloggen och jag kommer att behålla den på engelska.

Tell us Katabazija background, the band started 2011?

 Actually, band started few months ago, but, the idea started long,

 long time ago by Ljubisha (lyrics writer and singer) and Dushan (guitars).

 Ljubisha's old friend Fat Zed (Zaa) managed to gather the crew in June this year

 and in bend there's also Sasha (the Scarps) and Dun Gun (Zaa)

What are your backgrounds, members ect, any other bands / projects?

 
Already answered that, but it's  good to mention other bands that Katabazija members

 are involved in.

 Fat Zed is drummer of ska punk band ZAA. Dub Gun on keyborads is also Zaa member

 and he is a producer of both bands. For ljubisha and Dushan this is first project of this kind.

 Ljubisha is also a published poet and has two books published to present and 

 Dushan is a doctor of physical chemistry.

What was the idea to start Katabazija?

I read that Ljubisa Jovanovic (vocalist) is a poet,

have publiced books. Is music a new way to bring out this poetry for you?

  Ljubisha tried this before many times, as a published writer he felt urge to do something

 more with his poetry, and what is better way to do so than music.

 He actually told me that he thinks that his words got real meaning when he sings.

The songs I heard got lyrics in serbian languge, have you or do you

think of to write something in english?

 Maybe in the future, those are songs writen long time ago, and the meaning is not in words,

 but in a way of a music phrase, so we noticed that people who not speaks our language

 have no problem to understand the mood, and that's the only thing that matters.

It says you play Darkwave on your biography, I felt some of your works

sounds very much traditional gothic rock. Where do you find your inspiration from?

 In a dark side of human being as many artist around the world.

 Also there's a inner questioning of number of subjects as religion, fate, love, life...

How is the scen of dark alternative rock in Serbia?

 Not quite good, as everything else in our country, and official Europe still got prejudice 

 about people from here, so it's almost impossible to travel and organize gigs in europe as well.

Have you played live with Katabazija, do you have anything special on stage when you play live?

 Katabazija never played live. The plan is not to play live till we manage to organize a big concert

 in full production of sound, light, and other stage efects. We started on a healthy foot so 

 we want to do everything in that manner. It will cost us some money,

 but we also planing to record first gig live with minimum 3  cameras in system and good quality sound.

 You'll get it for free as soon we done it.

You released two singles? Are you working on a full cd? When will it be done?

  Whole material for full CD is recorded, now it's in process  of mixing and it almost done.

 We'll inform You by the means of internet so don't be lazy and visit our 

 facebook page from time to time. 

Anything you want to tell the readers I have forgot?

 Big cheers from Serbia to all Your readers and keep fighting for good taste and honest life... 


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