Featuring Andy |from Error Enter Exit Interview by Ruud Dreessen aka ebm-industrial.nl |21 december 2009 14:23
1-For the first question will be - do you know the netherland?
Yes, I was there a few times. It is very nice! I love it! I was in Norwijk, Veluwemeer, Ijsselmeer und Enkhuizen, which is a very nice location!
2- Do you follow the electronic music scene, do you have any other favourite bands?
There a lot of bands I realy love! Not only from this century. Electronic music is the only chance to sit at home and manage a complete orchestra. Otherwise, you have to meet your guys from a rock n roll band two times a week and try to arrange songs. I can do this whenever I want. The list of favourite bands is to long and I fear I miss some if I tell only a few.
3- Greetings Andy could you please shortly introduce our readers your music project Error Enter Exit
Our lyrics tell about heaven and hell in our inner mind. Sometimes we dicribe it directly and sometimes in symbolic stories. The symbolism guides me through my life. So I choosed the 3 as a main line through our work. If you want to change your life, first you have to know that something is wrong. This means ERROR. Then you have to act, move or do something. The is the active part: ENTER. If you do so, you reach the EXIT, the new situation. But have to read for that. Many people live in the ERROR, but they donˇt want to change. Some want to change, but they are in fear for the new situation. Sometimes, they were thrown in this new situation and they mean: this is the hell!
We say: Do it! We have to learn what life means. With our music, we guide them. We got many MAILs about people who said: Thank you! Your song helped me through a bad part of my life! That is the best what can happen! Money is nothing against that! Our LOGO also shows the 3 in many ways.
Please fill also a biographical resume about how,when and where...give us a more background information?
3E was found in 2006. We were on the Meraluna Festival and said, that we want to play here one time. So we started. I was in a Punk and New Wave Band in the 80th. (Andy)
Marko and Jörg are the first time in a band.
4- How did you start to make Electro / Gothic / Indie and what is Electro / Gothic / Indie for you?
We love the same kind of music. Ok, there are some differents, but there is no doubt about the style. Everything is possible in EBM. No limit. The special feeling in this scene is absolute fantastic. Mystical, dark but still dancing. We love it!
5- What and who are some of your influences in Electro / Gothic / Indie?
My first big influence in this kind of music was Diary of dreams. A local radio station played many kinds of dark music. It is a summery of many bands in many directions. And there are also Rockbands and other directions. I cannot say, that there is only one kind of music. I donˇt want to sound like a band I like. I want to include many streams.
6- What are your top ten favorite Electro / Gothic / Indie Club Songs of all time? Who are you influenced by? What would you consider your favorite cd's?
Ok, let me think, but maybe I miss some songs…
Psycoburbia – Dance or die
Beloved – VNV Nation
San Diego – Eternal Afflict
Love me to the end – Deine Lakeien
More – Sisters of mercy
End of flowers – Diary of Dreams
The sparrow and the nightingale – Wolfsheim
Mila Mar – div.
Host of the seraphim-Dead can dance
7- Do you have a favourite track and album?
No, it changes from time to time. Just how I feel…
8- So tell me a bit more about yourself, such as musical?
Musical? You mean musican?
I decided to be a musican as I was 7 years old. I played guitar and started to make music with friends in school. Later, we had a punk and new wave Band called SHIT-HIP.
We had many concerts and were on local samplers. Later, we went our own ways and I continued with homerecording. Had an Amiga PC a DX7, a Roland D10, a YAMAHA RX11 and some Effects and more… and I played guitar. As I found Dark Wave, I changed my music style. Many years later, I started again with new software and new ideas. This was the time, Error Enter Exit was founded. All I did before, is a part of my new work. Maybe you now understand why it is so difficult to talk about my influences.
9- By the way do you like my questions? tell me what you think about it! ;-)
Yes, I like them! They make me think about many things! J
10- What is the main idea, the message you want to leave to people who listens to you? What is your motto?
Music moves your body, lyrics move your brain!
11- What’s the name of your band? What’s the origin of that name? Have you changed the band’s name before?
Our name is ERROR ENTER EXIT.
I spend a lot of time with symbolism, ancient occultism and kabbalistic signs.
First, I chosed the triangle, because the meaning is: You begin your way at the bottom left. The first point . You recognize, that something is wrong. Then, you have to act: Moving. Doing. Not waiting… If you do so, you are on the second point. And automaticly, you are on point three, cause you have a new reality. To describe this three points, I chosed the words ERROR ENTER EXIT. No, we have not changed our name. We have this name from the beginning.
12- Promo-CD -"the sound of sugar and the taste of blood' where did the concept come from? and whats planned now that your album is finished? or anything else you're working on? Tell me why this title,"the sound of sugar and the taste of blood" Tell us a few words about the concept of this?
The Sound of sugar and the taste of blood was our first Promo. After that, we had 3 Albums: Utopia, Demonia and now, we finished Zerberus.
Later, I composed a song called The Sound of Sugar and the Taste of Blood. It is on the Demonia Album. The Promo is no longer available.
The sound of sugar means: Any things sound so nice, but later, you maybe disapointed or hit… then it tasts like blood. Many ways to mean: Friends, Love, job…
13- When's the new album coming out?
Zerberus is finished since September. It is a concept album. The story is:
Someone has to learn more about himself. Two forces try to teach him what life is: One in heaven, the other in the underworld. She wins and he is falling into hell. There, he has to find his way back on earth. He meets his Anima, Soulpirates, Ice vampires and Zerberus.
14-How is the current promotional tour going for supporting this album?
Sorry, we have no tour. We have normal jobs to do. There is not enough time to go on tour. Otherwise, we would change to be musicans, but there is no money to get today…
15- What do you think of a modern Electro / Gothic / Indie and about Gothic scene?
I think, that there are many new bands with realy good music. You donˇt need a practise room today. A computer and a headphone and you can start making music.
What we need is a bigger promotion by network like you or TV.
16- Our usual question - what is music for you?
John Miles said: „Music is my first Love and it would be my last.“ That is it!
17- What was your best live experience so far?
The contact to people who like our music is the best! We sing and dance together. Having a good time together, making a good show with good music and good light.
18- Please list the name, age, school, and respective instrument of each band member
There are: Marko, Jörg and me, Andy. Jörg is over 30. Marko and me are over 40… Marko and Jörg play the Synths. I am the singer and composer.
19-What are your views on the current state of this Electro / Gothic / Indie scene in Germany.in terms of creativity and audiences? And the scene in other countries?
Oh, I donˇt know what in other countries happens… but here, concerts with „little independend bands go low. 30 to 60 people. If this goes on, the live – scene dies, cause the costs are to high.
20- you have very nice albums "utopia" and "demonia" and "zerberus" tell me about lyrical compositions what you can tell about the done work? How does your music creation process work? How do you create a song?
Writing lyrics is a kind of meditation. Like an inner movie… watching and writing…
Delating… songs are babys. They were born. With pain!
21-What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences?
We call it Electronic Dark Wave. Maybe you say: This is EBM or Gothic or another discribing… by the way… everything is ok… The name is not important.
There are no major influences. Oh, yes… there is one: My Life!
22-Since the music industry is more open now to purely electronic music has this made things easier for you?
That does not matter. I do what I want to do. I am free and independend.
23-So what are their main influences as a band at the moment?
Mystic, Girls, Sex, Alcohol, Holy signs, fetish…
24-What is currently inspiring your material as an artist? tell me all about the Electro / Gothic / Indie scene of Germany?
We have many friends through myspace. Around the world in all ages and kinds. That is so fantastic. Myspace is the stage.
25-Do you think that people from the music press didn't expect you to grow up musically?
There is mostly only one person, writing about a band. The people read this and think, that this is a big and prophetic meaning. But it is just one person of many… There are more outside who tell us the different. They love our songs and tell us that their life is bigger with this music. So, who is right? Money is not important. If people feel better, that is realy important!
26-what is the key to making music from Error Enter Exit and what inspires you to keep growing as a musician?
By making music, I learn more about myself. My soul, my mind, my wishes. We grow up and the music is still beside us.
27-How do you see the future of download / Copyright in area of goth-Electro / Gothic / Indie music ? What are the best ways to develop it in your mind ?
People think: Music is for everybody. They wonˇt pay for it. So I think, musicans should get sponsors. The sponsors give money to the bands and the bands give their songs for free. We would prefer Sex shops and beer… That would be a great promotion tour!
28-If there was one thing you want people to know about your band what would that be?
Three things: (what else?) LIGHT, LIFE, LOVE
29-Please let us know about your upcoming plans, some new releases you like to confirm here
Yes, a new album in 2010. And a new video next year. All other things may come…
30-It has been a pleasure to interview you on your musical activity,Well,any last words to your ebm-industrial fans?
Yes: Be as you are! Better standing and dying, than being a servant on your knees.
31-and what is next on Germany agenda?
Getting inspiration. The active phase is over, now we relax. This is normal. I think, there will be new songs up to february…
32-thanks for your time! great work on the albums and good luck with everything.any How can fans-to-be gain access to your music? Do you have a website with sample songs or a demo CD?
33-Were you asked to play or did you have to ask for a slot?
We were asked to play. Many Internet radios play our songs.Drachenherz was also on TV.
Thanx for supporting us! Donˇt forget: If you go to hell, we are there, waiting for you to guide you out!
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