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. . . . Date: Mo Okt 27, 2003 15:07:46 Europe/Berlin Subject: Re: interviewfragen ROCKERILLA, italien hi giancarlo. agf here. i am in dublin hotel lounge waiting for tarwater to go to common soundcheck got ur questions from annibale and will the next days answer you while travelling i feel pretty tired so forgive my spaced out answers. 1) Whatâs new in your life? Who is AGF today? whats new in my life ??? aehm right now a pair of red addiads wrestling shoes i love to wear because i feel like a feather and ready to fight any moment... really light i like to fight . if its necessary for things but in generell i continue a life as a samurai and believe in things shouldnt be controlled or pushed i like to live in the moment and do this moment right thats not easy. ... sometimes i get distorted and i am worried about the future or about what happend in the past i try not to judge things that makes me more healthy and gives more freedom and free energy to actually do the right think in the right moment but i started cursing instead i am not sure about cursing really it hurts other people. would be cool to have a wireless energy in the air which is automatically turning cursing into a sweet nice melody like butterflies for the world only the actually cursing person is letting out the frustration whats new... i want to produce not only my own music anymore i started working with a cool girl ex drumnbass MC do funny beaty music... 2 step influences and will produce a piano album with craig armstrong hopefully some new german hip hop hopefully much much more.... new laub new girl laptop group called lappetites 2) How did you come to music? How did it all begin? when i was 13 my parents gave me a small accustic guitar i admired john lennon and yoko ono i wanted to be like them i learned first playing there songs when i was 15 i made my own at some point i throw the guitars out... 3) Can you tell me something about your music influences today? What music are you listening to now? And whatâs changed from the beginning to now? i dont want to repat that anomore. this: http://www.poemproducer.com/any.php?id=10 4) Youâre signed to Orthlorng Musork, which is a pretty eclectic label. What decided you to go with them? Whatâs the advantage to being signed to a small label? they just wanted to bring my stuff out without a doubt they believed in me and my work. because of the work and my own qualities not of the possibilty to earn money with it or make any cool thing which its not right now the stream of the time... they dont try to be - they are and because they ARE carrying this energy. they give room for that to really be also they give me freedom. i am really grateful for that apart from that sue and kit are amazing humans they are critical and challenging and also supportive and brave. they dont bullshit and dont suck dick. i like that i guess the advantage of small labels is that they are connected to very visionary special humans which decide to bring out music or fashion or whatever of other people and because they are small they are sooo much connected to that person... if the person gets replaced because of expansion than the character goes away. people get exchangeable every small label has a special spirit and should be careful to maintain it. 5) Is the music industry in its current form giving the fans what they want? well the music industry is pretty much helpless... but thats a good base for new things the fans find what they want. amazing music finds its way through the mass its difficult. nobody should ever decide what anybody wants. its about choices people have to make and you can only offer variety and originality 6) Why do you think youve been so successful with your music? mh. am i ? well i am travelling a lot and i play weird music for weird people or unique music for a very selectivve crowd. what does it mean. popularity ??? success. money. recognition. respect. ability to be ??? i do extrem weird stuff ... probably 0.000000000000000001 persent of the world know my music am i successful ? its your perception that i am. but i am not. i just do my thing. in your eyes i am successful. iu have to expplain me why. 7) What about this new Westernization Completed ? its my new album. which will come out in november its a work which is representing me and my current state of mind dedicated to an international audience. it explains where i come from and what i am looking for Whats special in this album compared with Head Slash Bauch? its different. no manuals and code reading anymore abstract sampling of real life. space. Do you think its your best album? dont know yet. need more distance and beside that its one thing i do 8) What kind of process do you use in the making of a AGFs song? i pretty much sample my ass off i sample stuff in my mpc which i collected and which i like and relate too then i make new sounds out of it and start playing music with it for this record i played most tracks live from mpc into logic and then edited and composed mmusic out of it 9) Are there any other projects youre actively working on? What other works are you working on, besides AGF? i answered that already 10) What was it like working with Laub and Craig Armstrong? What about these experiences? its preciouse life time 11) What are you using when you play live these days? g4 mac with my fav max/ msp patch mic and mpc 2000xl How much equipment are you using today? still the same. a powerbook with logic some sampling softwares and plug ins and max/ msp an mpc sampler. mic / preamp and stuff like that not much more actually... 12) What can we expect from you in the near future? maybe i will play a cyber lady MACBETH in england |