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a lot to the good old classics at the moment. For Example: Tears for Fears, Fad Gadget (which I have seen live on stage at one of his last concerts back in the early 2000s in Belgium), Depeche Mode, Front 242, The latest album from Men without Hats (Love in
the age of war) which I like very much, especially the Song «Everybody Knows» and last but not least Soft Cell, just to name a few. For me, all these bands, and lots more of classic stuff in general, fits perfectly the Winter feeling and a soon ending year. I also electronic music with attitude
Never change a running system!
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hat are you both listening to these days? MK: Most of my time I am listening to some new stuff I want to work with, finding lyrics and melodies. This morning in the car I listened to “City and Colours”. KO: Predominantly, I’m listening
listen to brand new stuff, I won’t miss a new favorite band or song of mine.
Screens, crashing Plug-ins and all this sort of funny things. A second thing is, at the moment I’m switching my studio to the brand«Come Closer» peaked in the new Cubase 7 and I’m trying to EBM charts. It wasn’t even a sin- get into it, so that I can start work gle, did you expect it? a.s.a.p.! MK: No. But it’s a good song and MK: These days I am busy with even when it’s not EBM – the peo- Christmas-Stuff, voyages and ple like it. That’s great! other projects. But between two KO: Same here I’m still comple- dates I always write lyrics and tely surprised about it. «Come trying some lines for the songs Closer» is a relative quiet song and ideas, which are waiting for and emotionally a little bit strange. me. As we finished the song, our first idea about this little strange tune Marion, I indeed noticed you have was to offer it to Quentin Taran- been traveling around here and tino as a soundtrack for «Kill Bill there, anything that inspired you Vol.3». But who knows if Quen- for new songs? tin will ever finish the script for MK: I was in Spain where the it and if he would like the song. music of Invisible Limits is still May be, we will never know. But very very famous, the songs are back to issue, I’m very happy that still around in the clubs. I was in a Mari Chrome song peaked the Madrid, performing a new Remix EBM-Radio-Charts. Beside our- of «Golden Dreams». In Valencia selves, our listeners, fans and the I met some very interesting musipeople in front of a stage are the cians and DJs. Their style of music reason for doing all the work. At is different and very special. But I this point a very big thank you to like this open, a bit melancholic all the listeners and the ones who sound of the Valencia-Area. That got «Come Closer» into the Ra- inspires to new melodies and vodio-Charts. cal-lines and also new projects.
you don´t recognize that but after some time (Invisible Limits = 20 years now) you see the difference and a continuous presence. KO: I think that you’re right when you say the attention span is much shorter but I don’t see this as a unsalable problem, because good music and good songs always found the way to its fans and listeners. That has been like this in past and will be like this in the future. Of course, for me Mari Chrome stands for both. By implication for a Band like Mari Chrome that means that it needs more time to reach the people which will like our music. Our songs are not mass-produced goods so each single songs wants and needs to be explored, my opinion is they’re worth to be explored. I think, if an album is disposable or not depends on the listener. If I use music just as a kind of cheap consumer good all music can become disposable. If I take myself the time and really listen into music it can become a pretty nice piece of art. What music in my eyes definitely is.
Are you both Spotify users? If so, what do you think of it? So, what is Mari Chrome up to An album these days is getting an MK: I use it sometimes, only at these days? I guess you are alrea- even shorter attention span than home and private. I often switch dy busy in the studio Kai? compared to 10 years ago. You’d on the artists-radio and discover KO: Yes, we’re working on new almost think that it has become new music I did not know. I like it material. And I can tell you there quite disposable. What is your and for bands it’s a great opportuwill be really kicking ass tunes take on this? nity to present their music. once they will be finished. The MK: Characteristic for these days: KO: Yes, I use and I like Spotify, only secret I really can reveal Music is made fast, songs are pro- it’s an excellent service but right to you all out there is: NEVER grammed very fast in the compu- now many rare scene diamonds CHANGE A RUNNING SYS- ter, vocals are recorded with lots of and many of my all time favorites TEM! I had major problems the effects and distortion: “Throwing are still missing there. So I don’t last weeks with my studio PC so away society” needs “throwing use it too often. May be they will that the work here stuck. I guess away music”. You find this in the work it out in 2013 and I will be everyone who is producing music mainstream and you find this in there more often. I will keep an with DAW’s knows about this ni- the scene. Quality music will stay eye on this. ghtmares. Freezing DAW’s, Blue and grow over the years. First electronic music with attitude
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