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ET 1H 46616 USA orging the i> sound through precise evolutonery tacts, Shortly before they embarked on what turned cout to Be a phensomenally successful american Tour with Pront Line Assambly, we spoke with [What's your current line up?} Right now. it's myself and David Collings. [From The Fourth Man.] That's the guy. Slightly off the subject, but what is the status of cM ' “The Fourth Manis sort of on hold forthe moment. | think there's an album in the can that will probably Come out at some point this year, But thant now We're concentrating on the Numb stuff, We've got a how elbum fo do, and we ve been doing European touring and we actually made Tt to Japan last Bocersbor as well, Then afew small things, 100. We've done a track for tha Operation: Beatbox ‘Compilation that’s coming out fon ReCon}, and we just uid d remix for Dive two weeks ago. There have een some other things keeping us busy as wel working together, concentrating an ive stuf, putting Together where the new Numb sound villbe. [How were Europe and Japan?] Incredible. “Especially Japan. It's one of those Places Ive always wanted to go to, and itwas one of those things, You know- get off Instant Culture Shock [How was the response there?] Really good. It was interasting because you're looking off he stage when you're playing, and you'd Start fo recognize faces from previous, shows, People were literally coming on muluplo nights [That's great!) Ws a very interesting situation. in North America ‘and Europe, our audience has been primarily male. maybe 7/30 spite and was compltay reversed ‘overthere. saad Cl . MMMYAQOOO (discography With their new album MMIMMYAQOO and the departure of founding member Myk Jung, Testy establish themselves as a fullfledged band, rather than a TFS side-project. Moses fills us in. [How did Testify come about, and what ig its purpose? Why did you decide to stress the use of guitarso much?) ‘The Very first motivation was creating something different, louder, heavier: The “parents” of Testify were Rascal and Myk.'of TFS. Formerly, Testify was thought to be a kind of side-project, something like a valve for the T'S guys a sort of musical playground to ‘thy things that would not fit into the frames of the classie TFS sounds. Nowadays, Testify is a sincere bandthing, based on the works of Myk doing vocals, progs, & sampling, and M@ses working on guitar, computor and eampler, taking over most of the work that Rascal (who left Testify, in summer‘95) did before. The stress of the guitars, to meyisa very haturalthing, because I've allways been a... metalhead, A shortlistof some of the Very first records that | called my own may give an impression where my love for metal plus electronics is rooted: Kraftwerk, AC/DC, Gary Numan, Judas Priest, Ultravox, KISS. [How did you hook se Fi and ier hase eres = . ‘ait themin the future” | guess that contact came up from our Mig American label, Van Richter, and especially Paul Abramson. . But was it Paul who asked Beno or was it Beno who. ‘asked Paul? Nevertheless, we sent them material from the first album and they did it, They mixed it. Great work guys!i! Isa pity we never met them. afterwards. It-should happen at least this century! to produce the ext Test How did that come. about? How’ closely have you worked: with them? Can youtellus the title] We did not workwith the whole band but with Adam Grossman, theSkrew singer and guitar player, He|had heard Testy before and told our label that he was interested in working with us. Adam came aver to Germany tottake partin the production, " We had prepared a Eollection of 14 or 15 songs before)'so! that he could choose his favorites to work on.” He did a. couple of great things: sometimes prog-additions, sometimes choir-vocals, a little noisy guitar solo, arrangement adjustments and.so on. He really did quite.good work. | had the immpression, that he was, Wary close ta the “spirit” of our music, By the way, | love the, Skrew material. too. And | like Adam as a person- quite anice and cool guy. [What doesthe future hold for Testify?] Of course the new release (I guess in June “96), called MMMYAQQOO, ‘Also live touring in the States if possible, a deal for Germany & Europe, of course touring in Germany and Europe, and maybe some remix work or Collaberation with other acts (nothing fixed yet, justideas). [Tell_us about the | ‘somewhat fairoffor, Beneath.) Hy triad toripus off, mn came to. the. rescue, ‘usa fair_amount of money, Jowing us to keep control of the RAW: Well we just signed f0| records & the new full le Pea Met ces tndioal coneratn aap enty of Head Fide [Any closing: YM: If youre weet Mit society that the Sexism & Homophobia are completely outdated. Those who wish to Perpetuate these uncivilzed acts of fanorance find themsoives more alone isolated than they started out. You can see these resulia from the lowbrow fevel of Talk Shows. (which have become such a circus. that eve, Donahue has given tp, oF been § out) all the way up’ the. in {polftead ladder to 2 noo-N was talking with Jared from smLab & he was making a joke about racts, something like clause that es the lak ‘our "First Born Son* & basically the lachinery contract went that farit! With insurance policy options on band members @ us having to ask. tham permission to play out, Idonttthink its a Feasonable offer. Tinman gaveus 2s big an advance as Machinery wouldve AND ahigherpercentageratet [How has the response been result, domestically and abroad?) YM: Domestically, the press, radio & ublic response has been grest. Weve ‘getting “positive feedback from nto California. The distribution Is jit spotty, but Tinmar’s working on it re & more people are picking up on We're curranty talking with, Finland) "to roloase lation of for Women, Human-Rights for Gays and equal chances for eve ‘censorship for none. These i ‘Speaking altogether louder than all the hand waving & 1 “fear of them! (ala Hitler) that can muster The repression human spirit muststop! POBox 1114 spin general are il ceil Ned Brat, NJ ‘o7e0t: USA sments from the original ‘more. successful ones ys seem f0 cater to both ‘or Metropolis Records, & the head. In oer i ‘gas nore (CISCOGFAPHUY| ee ed coon SOU oun [Good! That's very good to hear] Yeah, The shows were moderate sizo- glubs that hold mayve 200 people. We ddid four shows in Tokyo this time, and ‘we'vebeen askad back or allot 96 [illthe pew album be out before the Stour?) No. fm sort of aiming for... hopefully fall. There's goingto be alive sioum wa recorded in Jepan coming out at some point this surnmer, and Christroeiste' [ustaboutto be relssued, Itiibe out just ‘n time forthe tour. That's beom out of printfors few yearsnowinthe US [With the Bliss single?] Yeah, It’s all turown on to one with Soménew artworkand stuf hike that, [ors you doing lot of rom work now you aise did. Deathlineg Uincornatfonet Yes. We've been doing quite a bit of it actully. | cid something for Christian Death, actually last year. [For Death in Detroit.) I id that. There was a strange one that ‘came up. There was a Canadian sort of 9B bard that got mysell and. Kan (Hiwatt) Marshall do a rembxtor thom, [Who's that?] doubt you know them. They're called Spirit Of The West. No} They're sort of more mainstream, and ‘thoy wanted someone to come in and do a messed up version of ane of their songs. [How diditcome out?) Messed up (al laugh we walked rightin Yo that onel., And it was interesting ‘because here's my litle contribution to the SUBVERSION: i was out of Warner Brothers Canada, So that was kind of funny. [OK. weve got a sort of typical Interview type question. Can "you describe the evolution of Numb over the years, 9s musicians, individuals, fand a3 a band, taking in to account the lineup changes?) fs. actualy quite simple. Tre very earliest ingarnations of Numb were ‘more sort of performance art. Kind of {olf indulgent noico experiments. That ‘grew into...by the imo the rst eassatte Gamo oul, “i had. become more structured, and it seamed tke, ie was ‘going tobe aband, As that dissipated, | ‘alized that | was more interested in having @ stuation where | could bring eople in and out based on the skils that they hed that might ft what Fas tryingto do, Itworks man lan wi wien Rnd ot approach.” I sil rst parson, but In the senee of somebody who 1s more ‘ienated trom society but stil a part of that society." I's a somewnat moro, Yyou wil intellectual Spain Ws somoumat 10 the word. emotional, Where the nextone fs going tobe, stil mepring [Would you consider them Conceptual I's @ word | would want 1 use, but thore's an olomant of that fn fe The Slur are thought of a enties. Ym otealyauatanct damming open Songs and saving. “Here i. Album Or even worse 8 variations of the same sang” An alburh to me hae always been someting tt hos 9 sat and frien evolves through the itmothoth ered ee Genrer ae Yeah, The D.1's dor't like you very ‘much, but atthe end ofthe day, loaves ‘You witha body of work thats got more tito it." My tastes heve never Boon vory gonre specific. Is sort of love and hate Bvorything. | cont say, “Industral fules" and. this is. all that, matter,” Gecaysel dont beheve that thnkthat ifyourre only exposed to one thing. nd thle goes beyond musi, you e80 up with'a rather myopic view that Keeps getting narrower and na Justsortofcannibalizesit {Can ask what the ast recording you poughtwas?] ‘Actually, | Just got that Jarboe CD, Sacrificial Cake." | was really. quits Surprised. |usedtoike ‘he old Swans, thought this CD hasarealy good moodtart [What other artists do you respect oF enjoy? Torte roy han 0 Seams en eee dart esa ara Gone ome inereating tinge {wnat leo nave you worked on We've done some soundtrack work. Over the next year, I definitely want to, roaden the Numb thing into thet area, That's ¢ whole differant style of writing altogether, [Have you ralascad any of that?) No and hors gomothing fd ral ka todo. lean find the, eto compile all th ras been sed in shortfims, and some ther stuf which has been written but ‘ot used. It isnt going to sound! like "Numb," but there will be elements of consistency. its certainly “coming from some emotional void, you: [How ong have you been workin wth bavidey 7 We've been doing studio stuff for about 6 months now. le be handling vocals on the new sibumel a Yup. Andtheysound great. [rmsure they do] Ho's definitely got a vicious edge to howhedalvefethe mater. [Can yougiveus atentative title?) Um, no. We haven't sorted that out vet. That's usually the last thing- 5 ‘ninutas before the artwork Ciera in anny ci Death On The Installment Plan aod Teg DowntimelD.Gordon/C Hunter) Penta The Fourth ManiDavid Collings) on Er Sean) Re ae eer ars [What videos have youmade?] 2 counlc, There's @ “Cash” ‘and, there's another one. for sadinside”.. We've also got one that's nt now. for the sor ere Is algo @ bunch o ‘potagefrom thee repeantour, (Grest. | suppose that’s about i. We t fy spprette you timasand than Noprobiem, it was good talking t you Sndmaybe zee you guysin Now York ‘one son for Ose eae Maseopols Records OB 307 MH: Out of a desire to experienced in our prion, my Rhat we caught. No limits in all roapocta, ‘much so that by 1993's Technological Optimism EF you had enlisted the production skills of SMG mainman Chris Randall. How did that come ‘about, and how did you work together?] MV: We knew Chris from the NY:industrial-club scene, primarily at the Limelight, we got to talking. He had just been signed to WaxTrax & we ‘anxious t6 get into some production work. As we were there atthe time & ‘wanting someone outside to produce. He brought in some of that Woxrtax sound several sessions later he Ep 8 core OF {Around that tim Germany's influer ry label. What caused you to release Celebrate The Enemy on an American labelinstead?) RAW: Well Machinery was trying o get way toe much for way too tte, They wantedtne oxi ightato everyting, Rwasthetypeot contest ou expect ‘rom Capital iH Wih the kind of money youd expect rom...linertinde vanity tabel sUelEeS Toe TFS's deced ng history speaks for itselt, They've pioneered the fusion of guitars and lectronics, and charted numerous hits in their German fatherland. Long betore metal {industrial was in vogue, TFS were paving the way. Now, theyre setting the new standard, [Being the vetrane that you are, how do you feel Stectrome music has dvolved overs tte. past ‘decade? How ‘do’ you Tee! that evolution ties ‘fected your} EBMndustfial History in short terms by dhe TES. Fistonons: all started’ vary Interesting, Blog {och and new and whatave in Cahies ‘nd had s iat grt peakinBe/a7 witieosses ke Front'242, Sty Puppy. ik kepkgn, develop some bruial great raatburstrey and ain fata snipe, ap cpio Sry Ripe ian deren Underground, never reaching the Brgy Teche. brought new infuoncs, at egstconeemin® eur Were Techno stil hig. And bande ike Nish YoVoitledthe whole soxne intone ture ways. (How do you fool TFS hes:gontributed to that etalon feats, the invantors” the ‘Sut more fe eat now ean cerning thet foleinthe history of EBM ncusiral Dark Novae {The tusion of guitar with sactronicshas bedime that even mitanestecatohends have ated find adopted thestie. What are your feelings on ‘issubjeet) Yeah, thie i! the sound (oven iors inrortan) infvence into pure, EBM, staring around 31180 ‘The new ‘nineties. Navy guitar -aesthelios conquered the score which Nd a Gut 1-097 Stent sdutaews “ao 2 aaa ven FLA‘and 242 gave up their pu = ‘ute good, ending Se bork st oll us about Labyrinth, er, more specifica Ce about acer Cea "Wh ar it does. Taneer what ges ae Seatgere teen ae Sil Sabet of oe resent a Tanger represents, i some. speetay the: Ol TFSers! bohiing his’ ever arising and boredom, pushing ime into salon, ting 10 Shange’ cumstances land fang bey, ‘Tha fhvse Furies, Mother Resta ‘Anger and Miss issatishod represent wih lent foo. Frat percewe bearing the fanetions in thei ames, three fundamental emetions of modem five “the whola story wos given tous, by magi ways out tho four, to wart word St how thiogs wil develop 1 maniind does not fran to TFS witch ss demand to go and buy he ‘ful ofcourse) fellusabout 1AM. and your relations with Music raison ongo What Significonce ofthe name rer ser? i ‘Tho rue of TS In stern, ‘What do, you think the planet ernape we wl a ran one mon nay ae ey teeny 3 hare Dt ste yout felings: about television pein es eres Sie ae ah ese opi. pees, cement SO none The House Of Unkinds Par Ea Paani 0 a aed Doe pean Petar eed EEC en ney cols Cerne eee Bled (Myk Jung) Se eee Cerner ian nena PSN fone Records history and interview with mainman Hoger Hanraths Over the year, Vuz Records has unleashed on the world such bands as the already legendary Warn ind reissued classics like Dirk en's Absolute Body Control, but there's a whole lot more to the story. ‘Read on as Hoger brings us from Vas inception ‘over a decad 190, through to his brand new label establishment, Cat's Heaven, and the recent collaberation with america's own Arts industria, {lfm not mistaken, Vuz Records started as @ mall-order service. What compelled you fostartroleasing music?) Actuolly al started o very longtime ago (ca. 1963) vihen | was Involved in the industial {ape seono. ‘Thanks to the internatonsl Iatwork I got hold af tots of interesting tapes hich | cluinbuted and soon sara Tolease tapes of my own musical projects. Bue io wyarious ‘reazons (school, apprenticeship, etc) '" paused for seme {Years Inthe ety 906 I réactiveted the mal der (now under the now name: VUz] and {jute soon {Mou abou releasing borne Shi again. Bun: here in Gormany, the tape s fot aovepted as arepular format so thad to Be'on viny! or CD this time Win the quite Interesting music of DARPA. | found i first artist and we. ploned to release a Cl minialbur, Then heard the frst Wumpscut Gemos and aftr contacting him, Idecided to Telease his debut too. At fst we planned to Tolease a whole series of 8 CD minialbums, Butthon the dee ofthe NFE series was bor: Why noticompile these miniaioums on one Feguiar CO, etfering more_musie for the Toney? From thenon, one came tothe other and thelabel developed and grew. {What do you generally 1ook for in bands that you consider signing?) Fratof of Thave tie the music! | could release anything that T'do not like ‘Another point athe personal contact withthe artat. think tis very important to Rave tho same wavelengthyctherwie it's Quite difficult to work together over period Pisome year, Sobesides toi cutput also have to lke the person(s) behind the music [Can you explain the numerous collaborations Vuz is involved in, mcluding the recent partnership with Arté Industria fverhere inthe US?) Well, we have e lot of contacts from which various collaborations result (rom jot Teleases as the “In The Butchers Backyard Eomplation to distrinution agreements 35 with Ars Industria). When (am in's good, Contact with somebody, try to help witere fan and'it'is also the ther way round, Working with other people alse makes things easier Yeu haves lotrmore eas ane ipa and’ lotof addtional contac. {You seer tbe especiay fond of releasing fli imitedeatons andor wl ‘special packaging. Why shat $b'be Honestet do not lke the normal CO format tog mich. lis easy to hancle and ft matches the.norm, but rom the artistic side Ie erie, Sorting to tne wa onan Something inspecal packaging tosatchy out esthetic demonds, Basides that Tama he of the hunters and colisctors and Special limited editions. So the step to release ‘rimited editions myself was just a Smalfone. [flu bout your now sublabe, Cats ven is nota sublabel but a labo! of iis own. tis dodieated to the more darker Side” of musie, which, includes ituaicte, ambient, trance, “and industria influenced material. [found t necessary to make a cloar Split between ine more elettronie releases eh VUz"and the ‘more industri! fin the sical senso} releases on Cats Heaven {We do not work with bigger distributors, we gr roe 13 experiment ih al sors ot dealing with CD releases and ‘ts sublabels ‘Ghat Noir vinyl, MEW (tape) and Spirit Of Sound Source’ (tape) also “offer other mats hat, does the future hold for Vuz 87 Gniy'so0d things, hope. We have some bi plans, but I-have to"sse how everything Gevelops before | can make any definite Gecisions. VUZistilasmalllabel whichhas ‘hard time surviving in this pool of sharks Called music business. Contact Vu Records Ate Industria (US) 441

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