strong sci-fi movie... Q: What about the split album with Maurizio Bianchi, then? A: God, that’s really hard…I could tell you what film my split album with Merzbow could be and that is Funeral Parade of Roses from 1969 by Toshio Matsumoto and probably even some of Shinja Tsukamoto’s films. I could easily tell you what the next album could be, though. I recently saw Enter the Void by Gaspar Noé, and found it mesmerising. I am amazed that he was given the funds to make it. Noé has an existentialist approach to reality, which is very raw and violent but at the same time he is a visionary and mixes psychedelic images with ideas on reincarnation culled from The Tibetan Book of the Dead. I would like to try and achieve his intensity both in content and form. Q: Will you be releasing only your own material on your label? A: My original intention is to release only my stuff and collaborative work. Having said that, as I am currently working on new video and audio material I have decided to release a DVD with Japanese artists in the meantime. When I went to Tokyo for the first
time, a friend of mine found a videotape from CCCC with Hiroshi Hasegawa and Mayuko Hino, which is a bondage film with Hasegawa playing that was so visceral and raw that is reset my musical parameters. It was only ever released on VHS in the 80s and I wanted to rerelease it. When we eventually became friends I asked them to send me more material for a DVD that will include a live performance and some of Hasegawa’s stuff as Astro and DFH-M3 (the noise project of Mayuko Hino with Junko from Hijo Kaidan band). Q: You have toured a lot in Japan, how did this come about? A: The first gigs I did in China and Japan were organised by Junky from Torturing Nurse, and Hiroshi Hasegawa (aka Astro). Subsequently, I met other musicians with whom I played who arranged a few dates for me over there. I then returned the favour and set up several concerts for Japanese musicians here in Rome, such as KK Null, Astro, Keiko Higuchi, and Yoko Higashi. I love playing in Asia, as the audience there is attentive and sensitive. Also, in the next few months, Sachiko Fukuoka’s label Musik Atlak should be releasing my new album together with Keiko Higuchi. -Interview: Gianmarco Del Re www.crisx.net https://soundcloud.com/crisex http://crisx-cxrecords.bandcamp.com/
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