Firstly. I would like to say thanks for you my
friend for accepted to make an interview on DECADENCE BLOG. Is a honor for me.
S 1) So tell me more about you
and how did you know the EBM scene?
Emerson Felix: The pleasure is all mine, I'm 45 years old and more than half of my
life is somehow related to alternative music in general, it all started when I
was 17 years old when on a trip with friends and I ended up listening to the
Front 242 album, Front By Front was incredible and since then an incessant
search for more information has never had an end, to the point where I wanted
to express and make my compositions.
2)
There
are many awesome bands around the world,however there are special bands that we love. Then I
would like to know what bands do you like? And tell me 10 brazilians bands and
10 international bands...
Emerson Felix : Well this is a not so easy question because my musical taste
has changed a lot over the years if this question was asked 10 years ago the
answer would be very direct and easy, but let's start it with the national
bands, which will be an injustice because the list is much bigger ...
Morgue, Symbols, Harry, Security Device, Self &
Inhumanoids, Brutal Divergenz, Aghast View, Homicide Division, Anti Aircraft,
City Limits.
HARRY. RIP Johnny Hansen. |
There are some that are fixed and immutable like Project
Pitchfork, Mentallo & The Fixer, Leaether Strip, DVA Clock, Front Line
Assembly, and some that I have heard a lot in recent times like Trust,
Proximate Force, Minuite Machine, Luminance, Detachments
3) In your opinion,what do you think
about Brazilian EBM scene?
Emerson Felix : Well nowadays I live far away from the capital ( São Paulo ) and I do not
follow the nightlife, but if you stop to think that the last electronic music
festival dedicated to national bands was more than 20 years old something is
not going well.
4)
Do you have many contacts in other countries?
And what do they think about your projects?
Emerson Felix : Yes many contacts abroad, and for sure and where I have a
higher return from my work, requests for remixes, participations in
compilations, people wanting more information about my projects
5)
Do you have many projects? And I would like to
know which do you like more and why?
Emerson Felix : Yes I have some projects, but some time I decided to close
some to focus on only two, but they are Signal Operator (EBM), Êlémentaire
(Minimal Wave), and the enclosed, Kapital (Anhalt), Memory Flow (Undefined).
I can not tell which of the two and what I like the most
because they are distinct and the differences are what pleases me they serve as
an escape valve between them and this keeps me active.
6)
In your opinion what do you think about EBM
scene around the world? And what is the best place for it?
Emerson Felix: I think that electronic music is turning into some cases for worse what
attracted me 20 years ago was the innovation and creativity, nowadays I only
see mergers happen in the case of EBM and worse because it seems that everyone
is doing the Same thing, and how do you put EBM and Techno in the blender and
everyone now wants to do it where is the creativity? Where is this innovation?
I love EBM from the 90's but few bands have really done something innovative
and personality.
And
with regard to a place to go in the 90's would be Germany without a second
thought, but nowadays surely I would go to the United States many small bands
doing a great job.
7)
Do you like other styles of music or only
electronic music?
Emerson Felix: I like music, I was able to break many years ago the
limitation of the ideology of being stuck to a certain style or genre
8)
What do you think about new bands around the
world and here in Brazil?
Emerson Felix: I can still get motivated when I listen to a minimal wave
band from Hong Kong, or I see 50-year-olds doing EBM because of course they've
lived the heights of it all and still feel motivated to do their music when I
listen to young people Inspiring artists doing interesting songs not following
a fad or trying to fit in something, when I see a small label throwing totally
obscure bands, or when I see a Brazilian band playing outside the country, this
motivates me a lot.
9)
How is the Substage records and when you will
show the new compilation RECONSTRUCTED DEVICE II?
Emerson Felix : Substage
Rekords was born between 92/93 initially for the distribution of the band Anti
Aircraft and therefore Organic Insight but soon after I was a long time without
activity when I returned with my projects I thought of using it as a channel to
distribute my own material, as I felt that the scenario Local was dispersed I
thought to do the first collection which in my point of view we had a very
satisfactory result, then we are going to volume 2 that is very close to
materialize.
10) Send a message for your fans my friend you are
free for it...
If they exist please send news lol, I believe that I have
great friends united by music, a hug to all of you
CONTACTS:
nice interview, great blog congrats,im promoting my latest ep Brutal Society please have a listen and let me know what you think of it https://soundcloud.com/thekan/sets/brutal-society
ResponderExcluirNice Job mate I will send a message for you on soundcloud....
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