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03 : NOV : 06
How did Angelspit form together? ZooG: We were zine fanatics who were listening to too much indie rock and industrial decided to start making music to go with our zines.
Your latest record Krankhaus is out right now. What inspired the concept of the album? Krankhaus is about taking beauty to a grotesque extreme. It's about crossing the line between entertainment and torture, pushing the boundaries of body modification until it becomes fetishised medical experimentation.
You're currently signed to Dancing Ferret Discs - how is that partnership working out for you? Really well! We've always been die-hard indie musicians, but the cool thing about DFD is that they're a die-hard indie record label. Angelspit and DFD are working really well together - they've already put us in contact with a heap of other bands for us to remix.
Do you have any plans for a European Tour? HELL YES. We're moving to Berlin for 12months in March 2007, so we're planning on playing all over Europe in that time.
How would you describe your stage show? "Anger driven by beats like shards of metal and glossy with pvc and sweat." We really love performing live. It's an awesome opportunity to 'let it out'. It's just the two of us onstage - we go all out.
There is a rumour that you guys are moving to Germany next year - is it true? And how do you think you'll adjust to the European culture? Yes…the rumor is truth. We plan of adjusting to European culture with the aid of much alcohol, a few thousand new friends and a HEAP of volume!
The medical imagery that surrounds Krankhaus is a fabulous eye opener into how music and imagery can make a band stand out from the crowd. In your opinion is image an important attribute to a band? And Why? Angelspit is driven by concepts. The main concept behind Krankhaus is "The Beautiful Grotesque" - that is, something that is so beautiful that it becomes grotesque. Then push entertainment and vanity to the absolute extreme, then mix hyper-capitalism, cannibalism, recreational vivisections and drug use. Disguise it as a secret society for people who can buy whatever they want - any pleasure, any person. These concepts spawn the imagery and the music.
Imagery is as important, if not more important, than the music.
In isolation, the music and imagery will stand up on their own.
As a sideline you guys also run Surgeon-x.com? Are many of the items designed by your talented selves? YES! We set up Surgeon-X as a platform to sell
our merch. We also make big hair and insaaane Mohawks for cyber
Goths.
Devolution gave Krankhaus the *must hear* of the issue recently - in your own words - sell the cd to our readers. We spent about 80 hours on every track. The entire
album took about 18 months to complete. There is immense detail
in Krankhaus. There are sounds and lyrical concepts that you will
pick up after several listens. There are melodies and frequencies
are designed to twist your head and body. Some songs have been tuned
to give you nightmares - the instrumental track "Black Wine"
has elements that will disturb you and evoke nightmares. The bass
in "Juicy" and "Scars and Stripes" is tuned
to resonate your rude bits. We've combined the mathematics of frequencies
as they effect the human body, with ideas which shamans used to
evoke demons.
If you guys could pass any law in the world - what would it be and why? Either one of the many important environmental
laws - Environmentalism must become the highest priority of every
citizen on this planet.
If you could play god for one day - who would you make an Angel and who would you send to hell and why? …only a day?
Do you have anything else to add? Any future plans? I’d like to add water and stir. There isn’t
enough stirring going on…everyone’s so fucking NICE.
Shameless plug:
ZooG.
Devolution Magazine |
