Featuring Fear X from FearWork Interview by Ruud Dreessen aka ebm-industrial.nl | 27 december 2009 2:04
For the first question will be - do you know the netherland?
" yes of course! it is really a beautiful land! i visit the netherlands a few years ago and it was so cool.the people there are just awesome! i hope i will get a chance to play with FearWork a concert in the netherlands someday."
Do you follow the electronic music scene, do you have any other favourite bands?
"yes i follow the scene now since some years and there are a lot bands i really love! some of them are:
VELVET ACID CHRIST
DISMANTLED
DIARY OF DREAMS
YELWORC
WUMPSCUT
LIFE CRIED
INFECTED INJECTION
CRACKULA
THE LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE
HANIN ELIAS
GRENDEL
ANDROID LUST
CYNICAL MASS
AESTHETIC PERFECTION
YENDRI
THIRD REALM
CHIASM
and many, many more!"
Greetings Fear X could you please shortly introduce our readers your music project FearWork Please fill also a biographical resume about how,when and where...give us a more background information?
"i started with FearWork 1999 in augsburg,germany.since i was a little kid i always wanted to create music.music is my life!
i started to learn how to play guitar at the age of 8.later i had some jamsessions with some friends, but we started up as a band.1995 i visited for the first time a club, where they played dark electronic music and i was so impressed by this kind of sound.it was so deep and full of feelings, like those i felt.i've never really known, what direction my music i wanted to create shall go till that day.one year later me and a friend of mine had the idea to open up an electronicband. so we learned by ourselfs how to work with a musicsoftware.our music sounds like some kind of minimal-industrial.all tracks have been instrumental songs with some moviesampels.really weird stuff : ) we recorded, on our own, the first cd six months later limited on 50 copys.4 months later we split up as bandmates and friends.he recorded with the same bandname another cd and i started to work on my own.1998 the first tape was finished and it sounded a lil more like i wanted it to be.industrial with dark melodys and creepy synths.still without any vocals.in the year 1999 i recorded the first track with my voice and now i needed a new bandname.FearWork was born."
How did you start to make Electro / Industrial / Trash and what is music for you?
"look at question 3. music is my everything!"
What and who are some of your influences in Electro / Industrial / Trash?
"WHAT:fear,my headache,chaos,art,life,death,hate,love,painkillers,politic,war,human cruelty,sex,movies,books,comics,videogames.WHO (musicians):akira yamaoka(silent hill soundtracks),
some movie soundtracks, velvet acid christ (the slow and dark stuff) and lot of different music genres!""
What are your top ten favorite Electro / Industrial / Trash Club Songs of all time? Who are you influenced by? What would you consider your favorite cd's?
"my top ten?hmm,,,
1.Wumpscut: capital punishment
2.Velvet Acid Christ: pretty toy
3.Diary of Dreams: the plague
4.Dismantled: exit
5. Das Ich: tod im kopf
6. Psyclon Nine: better than suicide
7. Infected Injection: nekrophil
8. Interlace: nemesis
9. Agonoize: staatsfeind
10. any FearWork track ; )
favorite cd's?:
ALL Silent Hill soundtracks!
Diary of Dreams: bird without wings
Velvet Acid Christ: calling ov the dead & hexangel:utopia/dystopia
Dismantled: postnuklear
Psyclon Nine: we the fallen
Nessesary Response: the blood dont spills far from the wound
Haus Arafna: children of god
and many, many more! : ) "
Do you have a favourite track and album?
"favourite song: too many ! one of them Akira yamaoka: never forgive me, never forget me
favourite album: also to many!! one of them Diary of Dreams: bird without wings."
So tell me a bit more about yourself, such as musical?
"about myself: i am half-american and half-german, born on october the 1. zodiac: libra musical: FearWork: music,lyrics,vocals, and concept
member in some other bands (stay tuned) ; ) "
livemembers:
R.o.S (frontman of the harshelectro band "Infected Injection": live keys
Utopier X: livetechnic
and two guys from the more as awesome postpunk/blackmetalband: THRÄNENKIND
By the way do you like my questions? tell me what you think about it! ;-)
"i think they are pretty cool ; )"
What is the main idea, the message you want to leave to people who listens to you? What is your motto?
"to think about it,to feel something in it, to realize that it is not just a concept. the inner hell is in all of us.
that some people are not made for this so called "reality".to think about your fears befor they eat your mind and soul"
What’s the name of your band? What’s the origin of that name? Have you changed the band’s name before?
FearWork - it finds his origin in the word artwork
where did the concept come from? and whats planned now that your album is finished? or anything else you're working on? Tell us a few words about the concept of this?
"the concept is my life, my mind, my hell.
When's the new album coming out?
i hope our first ep PHOBIA will come out next year
How is the current promotional tour going for supporting this album?
have none
What do you think of a modern Gothic and about Electro / Industrial / Trash scene?
that it has some outstandig music
Our usual question - what is Electro / Industrial / Trash for you?
music? ; )
What was your best live experience so far?
first concert is comming up
you have very nice numbers`.............. tell me about lyrical compositions what yo u can tell about the done work? How does your music creation process work? How do you create a song?
the lyrics are full of metaphoric-overkills and my sight of life, my life, my/our inner-voice and my/our inner-hell....
the deep abyss of a human mind.action and re-action.nihilistic? hopefull?
i create a song always in the same way. i hear it completely finished in my head and i only have to bring it "alife"
What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences?
"darkelectro-blackindustrial-deathwave ; ) "
from my point right now i have no idea...
Since the music industry is more open now to purely electronic music has this made things easier for you?
NO!
So what are their main influences as a band at the moment?
"every day"
What is currently inspiring your material as an artist? tell me all about the Electro / Industrial / Trash scene of germany?
" i think the most people here in germany listen to the electronicmusic only on the dancefloor and i hope that they try to see that there is more than just that 4onthefloor stuff. dont get me wrong its not a bad thing to dance to the music you like
but dont have sound just like a hard beat...listen to the lyrics and give somthing new a chance even if it don't sound like a pure dancefloorfiller.your brain controls your feet : ) "
Do you think that people from the music press didn't expect you to grow up musically?
"i got no idea!"
what is the key to making music from FearWork and what inspires you to keep growing as a musician?
"my life..."
How do you see the future of download / Copyright in area of goth-Electro / Industrial / Trash music ? What are the best ways to develop it in your mind ?
"right in the moment i dont find the perfect answer for this question...sorry"
If there was one thing you want people to know about your band what would that be?
"it is differnt. take yourself some time and check it out ; ) "
Please let us know about your upcoming plans, some new releases you like to confirm here
new song on our myspace site on january the 13. 2010. end of the year 2010 our first ep PHOBIA.
It has been a pleasure to interview you on your musical activity,Well,any last words to your ebm-industrial fans?
" it was a pleasure for me! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!
LAST WORD:please give new bands no matter what genre you prefer a chance and ask yourself if there is more in electronicmusic then just the dancefloor. the brain controls the feet! think about it ; ) and last but not least: dont steal music! support your bands&musicians!
and last-last-last words:
BLACK-TURNS-INTO-GREY "
and what is next on germany agenda?
working,working,working!
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?
yes. you can find FearWork under:
Were you asked to play or did you have to ask for a slot?
"asked" ; )
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