Below is an email interview with This Darker Entity. All interviews are published unedited.- Your tracks appear to be heavy (analogue) synth sounds, how would you describe your music?
ANSWER 1- I’m coming from a thrash/death metal background of 80’s bands as POSSESSED, CELTIC FROST, among others,so what always I do, I have them in mind.This Darker entity hunting *the spirit of innovation* and I’ll explain why? All recordings I’ve made created on a 1994 pc with windows 98 on it,a microphone that cost 3 dollars in a pc store and a second hand Yamaha SW60 sound card i bought 30 dollars from a friend,and I download the drivers from the net. As you can see this is a miracle of its own,by creating whole songs with such a poor equipment. Other than that I’m not studied musician I don’t know notes or musical terms, just creating by *ear* hearing the sounds and record piece by piece. If you ask me what DO RE MI FA SO LA SI DO is, I’ll tell you is a pizza or spaghetti….So I call my music ELECTRIC DOOM SYNTHESIS, and this last one is borrowed by BEHERIT/Finland!
- Where would you say your influences come from?
ANSWER 2=I’m influenced by everyone.Mostly the bands I mentioned,plus the whole 80’s Pop bands,but its not obvious.The 89 I *meet* the band I hated Most!!! Depeche Mode!! When I heard Blue Dress,Enjoy The silence, I didn’t wanted to play death metal drums anymore.That was it!!!Now i cant live without the Mode’s.I’m pretty influenced by them but surely its not obvious.Is not fair to copy, but get influenced.For example if you see around the world there’s to many bands playing Like Depeche mode,same sound,same M.L.Gore vocals,and they say are inspired by them.That s wrong.Its not an influence its a copy.They should call them selves tribute DM bands than inspired by them.I’m pretty influenced by Salvador Dali and Pink Floyd,S.P.K……
- On your Myspace page you have listed some live shows in 2010, how important is playing live to you?
ANSWER 3. The shows are mentioned is more private Whiskey/parties than a live shows in a club!!! 17-1 and 5-5- is my little daughters name day and birthday,and 20-2 and 25-3 is mine.There’ll be industrial party for sure!!!
…but,not, there’s not gonna be any live open show.
…but,not, there’s not gonna be any live open show.
- You have also been advertising for a female vocalist, have you found one yet?
ANSWER 4=I was looking for male of female voices only For my covers,not my own songs. I found a couple of females,the one was so far, the second studied,and was as beautiful as Adriana Sklenarikova, and I didn’t wanted another devil and agony in my head!!!!!! Nowadays I’ve found a couple of people to sing some 80s covers I’ve done!!! The most weird thing that happened,is that I live on an island 80.000 of people and I’m the only one that plays extreme music.Just one.All others,plus my friends are into PLACEBO, BOB MARLEY, PETER TOSH and old stuff…I found people outside the island and they re coming soon!
- You have releases going right back to 1986 are there any new ones planned for the near future?
ANSWER 5= I have no future plans, but i have some dreams. I need label to re-release the DESOLATION 7″(my ist band)which was released in only 666 copies in 86 in Germany, The release of the unreleased *This Darker Entity* -*United colors of Nothing/a gathering nocturnal II* 7″EP.Also ive done about 10 covers including, A-HA,VISAGE,BRONSKI BEAT, MADONNA, PRINCE, GENESIS, DEPECHE MODE, BLACK SABBATH,some of them are finished-some are not,to get heard by as much people as possible.Even if nothing’s happen, I’m pretty satisfied,happy and feel blessed that I’ve made what I wanted.
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