interview date: mo okt 27 2003
http://www.poemproducer.com/any.php?id=14

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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) What‚s 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 what‚s changed from the beginning to now?

i dont want to repat that anomore. this:

http://www.poemproducer.com/any.php?id=10







4) You‚re signed to Orthlorng Musork, which is a pretty eclectic label. What
decided you to go with them? What‚s 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