Featuring Solo & Bop & Blazena |from Last Influence of Brain Interview by Ruud Dreessen aka ebm-industrial.nl | 21 december 2009 11:14
1- For the first question will be - do you know the netherland?
Blazena: Do yo know Slovakia?
Bop: Yes, I was once in Amsterdam in coffee shop and I saw concert of SP. You have crooked houses there.
2- What can you tell me about the origin of the name Last Influence of Brain
Solo: there is not much to say. As much as names of our almbums are ussualy just sensual, the name of the band is aswell. We just don’t want to have anything so simple and it should have some sense for us and it must have a good sound. That’s all.
Bop: I think, that we invent it in some kind of other state of flesh and mind.
3- Greetings Solo & Bop & Blazena could you please shortly introduce our readers your music project Last Influence of Brain Please fill also a biographical resume about how,when and where... Last Influence of Brain was founded in ..... give us a more background information?
Solo: After project Samhain, that was our first project from year 1996. L:I:O:B was our second project. These were two project from four project that we had. Me and Blazena, we were a part of all project. Starting of Samhaim project came just like that, we didn’t plan anything. That time we were attending the same school with Blazena and we have similar music feeling, so we were tring, if we were able to produce something together too. When Bob came among us to band things started to go very fast and new projects started to form.
Bop: L.I.O.B was birth 1999, I just realized that its 10 years already :o) Before that, with Samhaim we used to create more less a noise. We were pretty creative that time, so we tried to do something else, something more rhythmical and more dance. Basically, it was a depression of classic industrial scene that time, so we wanted to support it little bit. So we found L.I.O.B. After few demos we release our first album, but it was in year 2003
4-How did you start to make Electro / Industrial / Electronica and what Electro / Industrial / Electronica mean for you?
Solo:Elektro industrial is part of our lifes, its our life style. From that our whole music career starts.
Bop:We started very modestly. We had few cables and piece of synthesizer… important is, that we enjoy this, we were full of it and that piece of us and our feelings is in this music. That’s what electro industrial music mean for me?
5- What and who are some of your influences in Electro / Industrial / Electronica?
Blazena: For me its good old classic from F.L.A,Skinny Puppy,Gridlock including swedish industrial.
Solo: My life has biggest inpact for me, everything around me influenced me and I use it in creating of music. I mostly obey instincts.
Bop: I was inlfuenced by many music genres, not only from electroindustrial, but electroindustrial mostly. From Skinny Puppy, Download, KMFDM hau ruck, brimborium... to Ministry Mentallo & The Fixer and almost all of these canadian american projects, Leaether Strip, Klinik, XMTP..... it is too much to say. I like to name all of them. But Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper Pink Floys... also.
6- What are your top ten favorite Electro / Industrial / Electronica Club tracks of all time? Who are you influenced by? What would you consider your favorite cd's?
Bop: Absolutely SP-too dark park, last rights.... Cyberaktif, Download furnace, Ministry rio grande blood,G.G.F.H. disease, Mentallo & The Fixer revelations 23, Leaether Strip solitary confinement and many many others
7- Tell one secret about Last Influence of Brain that you have never told to anyone?
Solo: I dont have any secrets. Keep on asking me, maybe i will tell you something, that I dont tell to anybody else.
Bop: I do not know notes
8- So tell me a bit more about yourself, such as musical?
Solo: I dont consider myself as a musician, I’m a fanatic who is entertained by a music and music is entertaining me. Its just pure symbiosis.
Bop: Since I dont know notes I cannot be a musician... But I like to twang on every instrument that creates sound, that can be further processed. I can do this for hours...
9- By the way do you like my questions? tell me what you think about it! ;-)
Solo: I dont think anything personal, because I dont know you but questions are fine
Bop: I like them
10- What is the main idea, the message you want to leave to people who listens to you? What is your motto?
Blazea: Our motto is to enjoy our music and if other people like this music, its ok and we are very pleased
Bop: Maybe little bit of our opinions and view of world, interpersonal relationship and so. But we dont impose anything, we just show. Its on everybody if he takes it or leave it.
11-What’s the name of your band? What’s the origin of that name? Have you changed the band’s name before?
Solo:we didn’t change a name, there was no reason to do that and we are satisfied and more than everything, our listeners know us little bit already, so it would not be good to change it.
Bop: If we want a new name for band, we rather create a new project J
12- in 1999. The demo debut "Revolution Countries Evolution" 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 ""Escape"EP Tell us a few words about the concept of this? and this album Illusions and reality .2003. by Black flames records
Solo: Revolution Countries Evolution", was simple a start of something, thing from which we and our close people have enjoy . ESCAPE was completely different thing. It was a song that accompanied us from very beggining of project LIOB. It was on Revolution Countries Evolution album, than on some others, on EP ESCAPE and finally as a bonus track on album Illusion and reality. We just enjoy to work on it over and over again and change something here and there. In one moment, this song have over 11 minutes. It just grow with us. Than came our first album Illusion and reality. We work quite fast and good on the beginning, we had enough material and finally came the offer from Black flames, we like to use it.
Bop: I just add that tho things were connected, our evolution and feelings together with technology. It gaves us more options. That question of yours is too comprehensive and answer will have around 2 pages I think J Illusion and reality was album with wide range. We want to show in this album everything that we want to say during all those years. It was a bg opportunity for us.
13-. When's the new album coming out? and tell me about the remixen from Brain Leisure.Methods to Madnes 2007, remix Grandchaos.In Sedens 2007,and remix Necrotek/back to the grave
Solo: I’m not sure, which album you hav on mind right now. Early in year 2009 we release a Two faces album and we are plannig to release new one sometime during next year. Doing remixes for other bands is relax, change, something new.
Bop: We are just working on new album and I have a feeling, that it will be completely different, but still I dont know how J We dont have any concrete date of release. Remixes is a challenge for us and nice diversification aswell. Its new area in wich we can ourself
l4- How is the current promotional tour going for supporting this album?
Blazena: We dont have any promo tour yet, not even to one of our albums. The question is need to be asked rather to publisher, they have responsibilities about promotion of new CD.
Solo:Blazena basically conveyed , but he forget to tell that he dont have enough free time to go anywhere ha ha ha. Thaat was a joke, reality is that we are for 90 percent fully focused on studio work. We enjoy to have a concert at the most two times in the year to collect a little bit of positive energy from crowd and give them a good show that they can enjoy.
Bop: And to thank the people that attend our concerts. And not a few of their J
15- What do you think of a modern Electro / Industrial / Electronica and about Gothic scene
Bop: Gothic? I dont know.// modern electro scene is also not very known to me. But if somethink reach me that I like, I listen it... but thinks are not how they used to be, but thats maybe because of my age. Im not so much in to it as it used to be J I got those hits of mine fromtime when I was 20 years old. But i like a lot new Informatik and also a Deathstars are excelent.
16- Our usual question - what is Gothic for you?
Solo: what? No, just kidding. Its style that we use to listen
Bop: Just a f***ing lot!!! It goes with us for all the time
17- What was your best live experience so far?
Solo:birth of my daughter
Blazena:birth of my son
Bop: And I was there during the birth of my daughter. So this...
18- Please list the name, age, school, and respective instrument of each band member
Solo: Martin Solcansky, 33, school of life - as everybody, instrument, head and voice
Blazena: Branislav Blasko, 33, drums
Bop: Robert Harman, 31, electric technic, play on nerves
19- What are your views on the current state of this electro scene in Slowakije.in terms of creativity and audiences? And the scene in other countries?
Blazena: Its time of crisis, so its quite a difficult, happenings like that are rare. So as does Batcave, but there are more focuse on gothik rock.
Solo: even Blazena tergiversate on crisis, that is terrible, by the way the electro music scene is still hanging on some level in Slovakia. It nor worse or better as it was before, unfortunately I dont know about any young people who are about that style of music, that pissing me off mostly.
Bop:I think that Ryby from Aliens records and people around him does a lot, according to possible options.... This scene is still alive here and mostly in Trnava, they does a lot of concerts. Band like KIFOTH, DISHARMONY, TERMINAL STATE... they are still operate, they are fixed stars and thats good. Crownd is also still changing and new bunch of people is coming more and more... but, its still underground and hard core underground J
20- you have very nice album "two faces" 2009 by AliensProduction 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?
Solo: Thanks, I'm glad that you like our CD. Just on the beggining of works on this album we have feeling that it will be a good thing.
It was our goal to make it as good as it can be. We are our own critics. Guys evaluate my work. I do the same to them and we were satisfied. Thats why the work on this album was so good, because we gave a maximum to it. Process is still same, I do songs, Bop mix them after that and create an overall arrangementa we finilizes it together and completes it to final form. It takes long hours of listening
Bop: "two faces" has different concept. Its about relationships and mostly about relationship between man and woman. Actually, it was for a first time that song was based on text.
21- What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences?
Solo: I dont know. Till this moment you keep on call us like elektro industrial so stay on it - in fact I dont like those modern names of different music styles. I never limit our style by some name. When we start to do all of this, I was upset everytime when they compare us with other bands of different music styles. I have a feeling that they take away our own face.
I was influenced by Blazena and Bop.
Bop: Its our genre. We are influenced by everything, but I dont know what influenced us most... I geuss its motivation to tell something through our music.
22-. What do you do to chill out? and tell me about the label Black Flames,Vendetta music,Aliens Production
Blazena: Everybody has his own family and job, so we are happy if we met each other and we can create together even its pretty difficult.
Solo: I relax when Iam working, when Iam spending my time with my family and when Iam taking care of my bonsais. What should I tell you about those publishing houses - we make at last one CD with every one of them, thas I think all , taht I WANT to tell you about them.
Bop:Iam with my family, with friends, we are making trips or I just go for a beer.. but there is not enough time. I live 150 kilometers away of Solo and Blazena, so its difficult. Publishers? Every one of them was good, till the CD was released. After that its die. Except Aliens Production. I'm satisfied...
23- So what are their main influences as a band at the moment?
Solo: Lack of time
Bop: Incoming end of the world - world war
24- What is currently inspiring your material as an artist? tell me all about the Electro / Industrial / Electronica scene of Slowakije?
Blazena: There are some more interestind projects in Slovakia nowadays, for example K.I.F.O.T.H, disharmony, terminal state,kultova Lahka muzaor world top in noise industria Einleitungszeit
Bop: its difficult but westill fight. We still doing our stuff and thats the way it is. We have our stars in Slovakia. Blazena says.
25- Do you think that people from the music press didn't expect you to grow up musically?
Solo: I don't get this question
Bop: What media? This style is hardcore underground! In slovakia totally. So there isn't anybody to expect anything.
26-? what is the key to making music from Last Influence of Brain and what inspires you to keep growing as a musician?
Solo: the key to creating the music is the mood, I make music according to my feelings, for me the base is to create a good sound and by additional completing and adding of other sounds the themes are made and after that Iam working with them. If I fail to make something good on the start, it make no sence to continue with that. Thats why it hapens that I have about 40 themes and there is only 10 of them on final album.
Bop; Its simple, we like it. Its the way how to tell something. I got my inspiration from many things. Mostly Solo, when he give me a theme and I can complete it. And Blazena gives it that little extra something ...
27- hudbyHow do you see the future of download / Copyright in area of goth-Electro / Industrial / Electronica music ? What are the best ways to develop it in your mind ?
Solo: in this timecomputer is basic like reading,writing and counting and almost everybody has internet, to get by cleverness and willingness of some jackasses to a huge pile of materials. Against this background I see downloading of music in a good way. I found our last CD on internet two days before official release
Bop: Let them download it. We cant stop that. Or can we? I think that there is no solution...
28- If there was one thing you want people to know about your band what would that be?
Solo: We want that they know about us
Bop: we are her for a long time, we will be here for a long time and we are worthy J
29- Please let us know about your upcoming plans, some new releases you like to confirm here
Solo: we have many plans, we are finishing material for a new CD LIOB, I will give t to Bop and he will start to work on mixes and finalize. We plan to release it next year (2010), but I will not tell you in which publshing it will be, but it will be a new publishing for sure. There is plenty of projects but I pay not enough attention to them no more - me and Blazena just finished new material for a CD of project Samhain and we are looking for publisher. That all Iam working on right now. I leave my personal project name Eclipse for now due tu lack of time
Bop: Yep, LIOB its what Iam working on. Iam curios how things turn out and what will be a result of this... Projects? I'd like to revive Mindscape, that we found with K-head from KIFOTH in 1996. I have lot of themes, but it takes a time...
30- It has been a pleasure to interview you on your musical activity,Well,any last words to your ebm-industrial fans?
Solo: thanks for your interest an interview. Iam not a master of big wise words and special messages. I just want to thank all our fans for their support, that propel us to do music all the time. Because when there is no interest, there will be no us.
Bop: Mainly, I thank to all that keep on reading till this moment. I thank of course thanks to all our fans and I thank to you for pleasant interview. Last words are: Dont be affraid of different music styles, anyway you will find out that our style is the best J
31- and what is next on Slowakije agenda?
Solo: I have on plan to keep on live here
Bop: i don't know, right now Iam living in Czech republik.
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?
Solo: they can get to our music very easy in this times, even that we dont have any homepage. But basic informations and news are on our myspace link
Bop: Fans can find everything on net... Many thanks!!! Let them call on my number +420 602 594 504
33- Were you asked to play or did you have to ask for a slot?
Solo: we never ask for performance, but we will review any interesting offer for sure. Are you intrested? Haha
Bop: We dont ask. If somebody call us, we like to play
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