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Featuring VoA and Vva from Ad Inferna Interview by Ruud Dreessen aka ebm-industrial.nl 19 december 2009 21:25
1- For the first question will be - do you know the netherland?
Vva: Yes, we have recorded our first album at Rotterdam, in the Excess Studio during one month in 2001. Since this date, we have never been back, probably it will arrived for a show ;-)
2- Do you follow the electronic music scene, do you have any other favourite bands?
Vva: Yes, I’m listening only to electronic music: actually, the bands or project I prefer are SAM, Soman, Colony 5, In Strict Confidence, Camouflage, De/Vision, Mesh, Reaper, Frozen Plasma… and Wizzy Noise.
3- Greetings VoA and Vva could you please shortly introduce our readers your music project Ad Inferna Please fill also a biographical resume about how,when and where...give us a more background information?
VoA: the most boring question is for me! But yes, with pleasure man: Ad Inferna is born in 1998 with L’Empire des Sens, released by a german label called Last Episode then undersigned by Silverdust later. This album had received a lot of good feedbacks, and did permit us to get a kind of respect. During this period, we played a kind of symphonic black metal with a bit of electronics stuffs inside like keyboards and samples. Our main goal was to catch the biggest label and to prove to France that a band is able to grow in a respecting way. We got a rather good success with this album and we made a very long break of 7 years before we decided to start up a new brand album. Our influences had evolved and we did want to mix everything we had on the head. Then, was born TranceNdance, our last album, a kind of tribute to everything we composed, listened and wanted to play during the 7 years of silence. I was during the composition of TnD, able to express everything I wanted, and it was a real pleasure to combine electronic stuffs and some other elements from our past. We found a deal with an Italian music group called Aural Music, and TnD has been released last September. We have got every kind of feedbacks human being could imagine lol, but afterward, we are more than satisfied about this album… last point, Soulfood has planned the German release date of Trance :N: dance the 14th of january 2010.
4- How did you start to make Electronica / Industrial / Gothic and what is Gothic for you?
Vva : Gothic for me, that’s the Sisters of Mercy & the Fields of the Nephilim.
5- What and who are some of your influences in Electronica / Industrial / Gothic?
VoA: We are all influenced by the music we love and we listened, so if it’s also true for me, I love and listen bands like VAC, MIAB, Frontline Assembly, Juno Reactor…Probably….
6- What are your top ten favorite Electronica / Industrial / Gothic Club Songs of all time? Who are you influenced by? What would you consider your favorite cd's?
Vva : without order :
- Neuroticfish: you’re the fool
- Colony 5: It Was Only A Dream
- Apoptygma Berzerk: eclipse
- Camouflage: X-Ray [Tranceformer Single Mix]
- Covenant: Dead Stars
- DeVision: Hear Me Calling (mesh remix)
- Frozen Plasma: lift the veil
- Iris: Sorrow Expert
- Mind in a box: change
- Mesh: You didn't want me (radio version)
If think something in me changed since I’ve heard “Vet for the Insane” of the Fields and “Marian” & “Logic“ of the Sisters….. but if I’ve to choose one CD (it’s so fucking hard !!), it could be “Wish You Were Here” Pink Floyd.
VoA: without order too:
- Apop: Deep Red
- Hocico: Blindfold
- Tumor: Töte Alle
- Mind in a Box: Fear
- Frozen Plasma: Lift the Veil
- Juno Reactor: Goa Head
- Velvet Acid Christ: Mindphlux
- Wizzy Noise: Sea Song
- Ad Inferna: Redemption (Reaper RMX)
- Ad Inferna: Fade to Grey (VS Mick Noise)
About my favourite CD: WASP “The Crimson Idol” lol
7- Do you have a favourite track and album?
Vva: no I like so many bands … Why do I have to choose between Alice in chains, Das Ich or Diorama ? That’s so great to listen to all of that;-)
8- So tell me a bit more about yourself, such as musical?
Vva: It’s hard to explain. I think the better way to understand me is to read the lyrics I’ve written. I’m probably as mad as the words I say !
9- By the way do you like my questions? tell me what you think about it! ;-)
VoA: A bit too general for my taste, but well, we have to begin by something huh?
10- What is the main idea, the message you want to leave to people who listens to you? What is your motto?
Vva: think by yourself, you’re not the only one suffering, get rid of his own demons , reject this capitalist world to concentrate on the real things, fighting for the animal rights, … but whatever you do everything you can, the end will be the same.
11- What’s the name of your band? What’s the origin of that name? Have you changed the band’s name before?
VoA: Ad Inferna. Ad=Hell, Inferna=hell. lol
12- "Trance:N

ance" where did the concept come from? and whats planned now that your album is finished? or anything else you're working on? Tell me why this title,Trance:N

ance" Tell us a few words about the concept of this?
VoA: We are actually working on our next opus with Vasi Vallis (Frozen Plasma, Reaper) as producer. More infos soon! We are as well finalizing an extra album of remixs. Everything will be announced very soon.
13- When's the new album coming out?
VoA: I guess over March / April 2010
14-How is the current promotional tour going for supporting this album?
VoA: we haven’t begun any kind of tour yet, don’t have the time between all those productions we have to released. But for the next one, we’ll appear on some festivals.
15- What do you think of a modern Gothic and about Electronica / Industrial / Gothic scene?
VoA: some very talented new bands, and some shitty ones lol
16- Our usual question - what is Music for you?
VoA: Life
17- What was your best live experience so far?
VoA: In 2000 in Switzerland, it was full of people and no one at security! Unbelievable but amazing!
18- Please list the name, age, school, and respective instrument of each band member
- VOA, 31, keyboards, guitars and programming,
- VVA, 34, vocals
- VNA, 27, live drums
19-What are your views on the current state of this Electronica / Industrial / Gothic scene in Bordeaux, Aquitaine Frankrijk in terms of creativity and audiences? And the scene in other countries?
VoA: We don’t have ANY relations there, and we don’t really know what’s happened.
Vva : It seems to be strange but all our friends playing in band are from Germany, Greece, Sweden, Netherlands, UK, US… but not a lot from our own country!
20- you have very nice numbers`.............. tell me about lyrical compositions what you can tell about the done work? How does your music creation process work? How do you create a song?
VoA: I generally work on an idea and made it growing. I used to compose some guitar riffs before, but since TnD I only compose on keyboards, even if I have to add guitars afterward.
Vva: when Orias is giving me the music is created, all becomes logic... I simply have to write what I feel : we always do like that !
21-What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences?
VoA: A-ha, Depeche Mode and Pink Floyd are our roots.
Vva : we’re creating “a music terribly sad for the tortured hearts, mind & souls”
22-Since the music industry is more open now to purely electronic music has this made things easier for you?
VoA: not really since TnD is not a 100% electronic album. But to answer correctly to your question, it’s not easier for bands, but more difficult at the contrary. Electronic music is easier and faster to compose than progressive metal for example. So, there are more bands, more music to listen, and more shits releasing.
23-So what are their main influences as a band at the moment?
VoA: Ad Inferna?
Vva : our next album… he’s for me an amazing piece of madness & sensibility.. like if someone or something has done this music, this words instead of us taking possession of ourselves.
24-What is currently inspiring your material as an artist? tell me all about the Electronica / Industrial / Gothic scene of Bordeaux, Aquitaine Frankrijk ?
VoA: Alzheimer? lol
25-Do you think that people from the music press didn't expect you to grow up musically?
VoA: why may they think such a thing? It’s always the same, some people like you and believe in you, and some other ones don’t even listen and write you play shit…
Vva: the feed backs are awesome! we don’t expect some much good things about “Trance :N: dance”.
26-what is the key to making music from Ad Inferna and what inspires you to keep growing as a musician?
VoA: Sorry I must go lol
27-How do you see the future of download / Copyright in area of goth-Electronica / Industrial / Gothic music ? What are the best ways to develop it in your mind ?
VoA: Good question! Well, a very very very hard subject. Some bands are fighting against illegal downloads everyday, and some other ones are uploading their stuffs on piracy websites…. I think it depending on how many times and money you spent on making your album. A lot of bands are creating and composing and recording an album in one week without any professional ways. Those bands are the first to upload their album and spreading the piracy websites. Thrust me, if you spend one year to make an album, if you go to a real studio to make the mix / mastering of your music, you really don’t want that people find and download your stuff for free. It’s unbelievable! We are not stopping to fight again those behaviors. But what do you wanna do, nowadays, MP3 are far stronger than CDs, and everyone would prefer a song under MP3 format than burn a CD-R…. it’s not a joke!
28-If there was one thing you want people to know about your band what would that be?
VoA: Please don’t download our albums, we put sometimes free high quality files for downloading. If you still want to listen some good music, let’s buy back CDs instead of downloading its. Thanx.
29-Please let us know about your upcoming plans, some new releases you like to confirm here
VoA: We can’t say nothing more than we are working on two upcoming productions actually, it’s too soon.
Vva : I can just say that our new tracks will be kick ass dark klub bombs… Evil & so dancing !
30-It has been a pleasure to interview you on your musical activity,Well,any last words to your ebm-industrial fans?
VoA: We hope to see you all soon during gothic festivals.
31-and what is next on Bordeaux, Aquitaine Frankrijk agenda?
VoA: drinking, cooking and eating lol
Vva : and listening to Ad Inferna all the time ;-)
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