Kategoriarkiv: Interviews

Indochine 40 and more Swedish connections – Nicola Sirkis and Ludwig Dahlberg interviewed

In 2015 Sebastian Hess and Henrik Wittgren from Release interviewed Nicola Sirkis in Stockholm, which resulted in our ”Indochine – The Swedish Connection” feature. In 2021 Indochine will celebrate 40 years as a band and we got the opportunity to talk to Nicola again. We also talked to Swedish drummer Ludwig Dahlberg to hear how he …

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A different electronic beat – the Orb’s Alex Paterson interviewed

It’s not often, if ever, you get a chance to meet your heroes. So when Alex Paterson, the only ever-present in the collective known as the Orb, pioneer of ambient electronic music, and the creator of the iconic tracks “Little Fluffy Clouds”, and “Blue Room” appears on your radar – even during times of lockdown …

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Julian & Marina – aiming for the timeless – short interview

Julian Brandt has a prolific musical past as a solo artist and in pop bands like Bobby and Lustans Lakejer and Marina Schiptjenko hardly needs an introduction as her contribution to the synthpop scene has been evident since the early eighties. As Julian & Marina the two have created lush electropop with bossanova influences for …

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Music and performances of soaring imagination – Kårp interviewed

Several breakthrough acts are now creating a vibrant new Gothenburgian underground, a scene with and enduring legacy built on bands from a wide range of genres as The Knife, In Flames, José González, Ace of Base, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Mickey Dee, the former drummer in Motörhead. Like those before them, many of …

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Quality electropop, made in Germany – A Spell Inside interviewed

German electropop veterans have blasted back onto the stage with new album ”Masterplan” and a brand new digital and strictly limited vinyl EP called ”Frei sein 2020” – with cover artwork from Emil Schult. Since A Spell Inside’s goth tinted beginnings with ”Return to Grey” (1995) they have continuously released their own brand of dark …

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Industrial metal act Misery Loves Co. restart from “Zero” – interview

Industrial metal band Misery Loves Co. took a 19 year break after their last album. We covered these talaented Swedes in the printed Release in the 90:s, a decade full of raving reviews, a Swedish Grammy award and extensive touring with acts like Paradise Lost, Slayer, Machine Head and Fear Factory. Now they’re back again, …

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A successful EBM and techno (re)union – Empirion interview

Essex band Empirion are creators of quality industrial dance music, and hit the scene back in 1993 with the track “Narcotic Influence”. Since then there have been the highs of being signed to XL (the same label as the Prodigy), and performing on a US tour with the likes of Moby, 808 State and System …

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Melancholy & atmosphere – catching up with Iris

US synthpop duo Iris is back with a new, critically acclaimed album: ”SIX”. At the same time they are digging deep in their archives for a ”Disconnect” performance and remastered rereleases with bonus tracks. Iris is a thorough band. It’s been five years since ”Radiant”, and four years before that ”Blacklight” was released. It’s always worth …

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