Interview with Duncan
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Ralph
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siderea
soûl spy
cedarbreed said:Can someone translate it please ???
i sent the guy an email to ask if he still has the english part (it's a bit daft to translate english to dutch to english again, isn't it?) otherwise, there wasn't that much new information for a fan like you in it i think.
what about that interview you did in paris, is it up somewhere?
siderea
soûl spy
so he still had it... here you are
> Well, here are some questions:
>
> - How would you describe Antimatter for people who don't know
anything
> about you?
DP: I dont really have a category to put us in. Maybe dark experimental
rock
with Pink Floyd and electronic influences, I dunno.
> - Maybe you already described it in the first question but, who are
the
> members of Antimatter?
DP: Myself and Mick Moss.
> - For me Antimatter sounds like a cross-over between Anathema and
> Portishead leading to some kind
> of dark loungy atmospheric music. How would you describe the music of
> Antimatter yourself?
DP: Maybe dark experimental rock with Pink Floyd and electronic
influences,
I dunno. Im not a big Portishead fan and theyre not an influence on my
writing. And the Anathema thing, well I may be influenced by myself, if
thats possible.
> - The music gives the listener a lot of feelings and emotions. How
would
> you think people feel when
> they listen to your albums?
DP: Miserable, hopefully.
> - This is maybe a question asked a lot and i dont mind if you dont
answer
> it... but how come you left Anathema
> way back just after they released Alternative 4, in which you played
a big
> part. I ask this cause for the live
> performances you still perform with Danny Cavanagh and Jamie Cavanagh
is a
> guest musician from time to time
> on the Antimatter Albums. And you peform Anathema songs live.
DP: Me leaving Anathema is a long story, but basically I wasnt happy in
the
band. It didnt even seem like a band anyway, just me and Danny writing
songs
and the others doing little else than just playing them. I was in two
minds
of whether to leave or not after Alternative 4, but certain things
happened
and I decided to make a fresh start. Well, I tried to but was held back
for
a while by some spineless bastards but thats another story.
Danny did a few gigs with us last year and Jamie played some extra
percussion on Lights Out. The 'Anathema' songs you mention that we play
live
are songs that I wrote myself.
> - On both "Saviour" and "Lights Out" there are major parts for female
> vocals, but live you dont seem to have incorporated them. How come?
DP: We have just been playing acoustic sets so far when we play live.
Hayley
came to America with us and did some backing vocals and that. Theres no
rules to which way we perform the songs as long as we are content with
it.
Especially as we're playing them in an acoustic format anyway, so its
gonna
be different than the album regardless of who is singing which part.
Obviously when we start playing full live sets we will emulate the
album
tracks closer to the originals.
> - This leads me to my next question. While "Saviour" is more focussed
on
> female vocals "Lights Out" is more about your own vocals. Why is this
so?
> Are you more confident now about your own vocal capacities or?
DP: It just turned out that way. When we write songs we have an idea of
how
we want them to sound. We knew what type of vocals we wanted for each
track.
Mick sings a lot more on Lights Out as certain tracks are more suited
to his
voice.
> - For me the big difference between "Saviour" and "Lights Out" is
that
> "Saviour" is more like a couple of songs put on an album while
"Lights
> Out" is more like a whole. Could you comment on that?
DP: I disagree, I thing both albums are complete albums and theres a
general
theme running through them.
> - The Lyrics of the songs fit very well to the music, is there any
lyrical
> theme on the 2 albums?
DP: Sure, the lyrics are there for everyone to hear and theyre not too
cryptic. So its kinda obvious what its all about, generally speaking
like.
> - In the song "In Stone" of the album "Lights Out" there is a part
where
> you here some kind of a robot reflect on the nature of humans, which
is
> very confronting and makes one think (at least me ). I am very
curious
> where you got that from?
DP: It was a speech that Mick wrote and decided to try that voice
synthesiser and it worked well. It was from some software that I have.
> - Are there any influences or inspiration coming from other bands,
books
or
> art that you put into your music?
DP: Musically, Im influenced by Roger Waters. Apart from that I wanna
do
music that hasnt really been touched on before.
> - Whats your favorite Antimatter song and why?
DP: It depends what mood I'm in. Flowers is an important track for me,
lyrically, as its about the spineless cowards who used my music and
hard
work to make money and feel superior to people. I had to get that
frustration out of my head through this song like.
> - Do you have any plans for a small tour in Holland soon? (or for me
in
> sweden, where i live?)
DP: We will do a German tour at the end of October with Autumnblaze.
> - On the Official Antimatter site of the Benelux i read that you are
> already preparing for a 3rd full length album,
> tentatively due early 2004 and that this one will be fully acoustic.
Any
> comments on this?
DP: Yeah, we will record an acoustic album in February/March or so. We
just
wanna keep things fresh and keep everyone interested, incuding
ourselves.
> - Any extra comments for the readers in holland???
DP: We have a Dutch speaking website now
http://users.pandora.be/antimatter/
if anyone is interested. We will keep updating with new MP3s and stuff.
Cheers
> Well we leave it as it is here then. No more questions from my side!
I
> really hope you can find the time to answer these.
> Thanks a lot in advance!!
>
> Good luck with the tour in Germany and hope to see you live one day!!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rutger
Thanks for the coverage!
Duncan
> Well, here are some questions:
>
> - How would you describe Antimatter for people who don't know
anything
> about you?
DP: I dont really have a category to put us in. Maybe dark experimental
rock
with Pink Floyd and electronic influences, I dunno.
> - Maybe you already described it in the first question but, who are
the
> members of Antimatter?
DP: Myself and Mick Moss.
> - For me Antimatter sounds like a cross-over between Anathema and
> Portishead leading to some kind
> of dark loungy atmospheric music. How would you describe the music of
> Antimatter yourself?
DP: Maybe dark experimental rock with Pink Floyd and electronic
influences,
I dunno. Im not a big Portishead fan and theyre not an influence on my
writing. And the Anathema thing, well I may be influenced by myself, if
thats possible.
> - The music gives the listener a lot of feelings and emotions. How
would
> you think people feel when
> they listen to your albums?
DP: Miserable, hopefully.
> - This is maybe a question asked a lot and i dont mind if you dont
answer
> it... but how come you left Anathema
> way back just after they released Alternative 4, in which you played
a big
> part. I ask this cause for the live
> performances you still perform with Danny Cavanagh and Jamie Cavanagh
is a
> guest musician from time to time
> on the Antimatter Albums. And you peform Anathema songs live.
DP: Me leaving Anathema is a long story, but basically I wasnt happy in
the
band. It didnt even seem like a band anyway, just me and Danny writing
songs
and the others doing little else than just playing them. I was in two
minds
of whether to leave or not after Alternative 4, but certain things
happened
and I decided to make a fresh start. Well, I tried to but was held back
for
a while by some spineless bastards but thats another story.
Danny did a few gigs with us last year and Jamie played some extra
percussion on Lights Out. The 'Anathema' songs you mention that we play
live
are songs that I wrote myself.
> - On both "Saviour" and "Lights Out" there are major parts for female
> vocals, but live you dont seem to have incorporated them. How come?
DP: We have just been playing acoustic sets so far when we play live.
Hayley
came to America with us and did some backing vocals and that. Theres no
rules to which way we perform the songs as long as we are content with
it.
Especially as we're playing them in an acoustic format anyway, so its
gonna
be different than the album regardless of who is singing which part.
Obviously when we start playing full live sets we will emulate the
album
tracks closer to the originals.
> - This leads me to my next question. While "Saviour" is more focussed
on
> female vocals "Lights Out" is more about your own vocals. Why is this
so?
> Are you more confident now about your own vocal capacities or?
DP: It just turned out that way. When we write songs we have an idea of
how
we want them to sound. We knew what type of vocals we wanted for each
track.
Mick sings a lot more on Lights Out as certain tracks are more suited
to his
voice.
> - For me the big difference between "Saviour" and "Lights Out" is
that
> "Saviour" is more like a couple of songs put on an album while
"Lights
> Out" is more like a whole. Could you comment on that?
DP: I disagree, I thing both albums are complete albums and theres a
general
theme running through them.
> - The Lyrics of the songs fit very well to the music, is there any
lyrical
> theme on the 2 albums?
DP: Sure, the lyrics are there for everyone to hear and theyre not too
cryptic. So its kinda obvious what its all about, generally speaking
like.
> - In the song "In Stone" of the album "Lights Out" there is a part
where
> you here some kind of a robot reflect on the nature of humans, which
is
> very confronting and makes one think (at least me
). I am very curious
> where you got that from?
DP: It was a speech that Mick wrote and decided to try that voice
synthesiser and it worked well. It was from some software that I have.
> - Are there any influences or inspiration coming from other bands,
books
or
> art that you put into your music?
DP: Musically, Im influenced by Roger Waters. Apart from that I wanna
do
music that hasnt really been touched on before.
> - Whats your favorite Antimatter song and why?
DP: It depends what mood I'm in. Flowers is an important track for me,
lyrically, as its about the spineless cowards who used my music and
hard
work to make money and feel superior to people. I had to get that
frustration out of my head through this song like.
> - Do you have any plans for a small tour in Holland soon? (or for me
in
> sweden, where i live?)
DP: We will do a German tour at the end of October with Autumnblaze.
> - On the Official Antimatter site of the Benelux i read that you are
> already preparing for a 3rd full length album,
> tentatively due early 2004 and that this one will be fully acoustic.
Any
> comments on this?
DP: Yeah, we will record an acoustic album in February/March or so. We
just
wanna keep things fresh and keep everyone interested, incuding
ourselves.
> - Any extra comments for the readers in holland???
DP: We have a Dutch speaking website now
http://users.pandora.be/antimatter/
if anyone is interested. We will keep updating with new MP3s and stuff.
Cheers
> Well we leave it as it is here then. No more questions from my side!
I
> really hope you can find the time to answer these.
> Thanks a lot in advance!!
>
> Good luck with the tour in Germany and hope to see you live one day!!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rutger
Thanks for the coverage!
Duncan
cedarbreed
Don't mean nothin'
siderea said:so he still had it... here you are
> Well, here are some questions:
>
> - How would you describe Antimatter for people who don't know
anything
> about you?
DP: I dont really have a category to put us in. Maybe dark experimental
rock
with Pink Floyd and electronic influences, I dunno.
> - Maybe you already described it in the first question but, who are
the
> members of Antimatter?
DP: Myself and Mick Moss.
> - For me Antimatter sounds like a cross-over between Anathema and
> Portishead leading to some kind
> of dark loungy atmospheric music. How would you describe the music of
> Antimatter yourself?
DP: Maybe dark experimental rock with Pink Floyd and electronic
influences,
I dunno. Im not a big Portishead fan and theyre not an influence on my
writing. And the Anathema thing, well I may be influenced by myself, if
thats possible.
> - The music gives the listener a lot of feelings and emotions. How
would
> you think people feel when
> they listen to your albums?
DP: Miserable, hopefully.
> - This is maybe a question asked a lot and i dont mind if you dont
answer
> it... but how come you left Anathema
> way back just after they released Alternative 4, in which you played
a big
> part. I ask this cause for the live
> performances you still perform with Danny Cavanagh and Jamie Cavanagh
is a
> guest musician from time to time
> on the Antimatter Albums. And you peform Anathema songs live.
DP: Me leaving Anathema is a long story, but basically I wasnt happy in
the
band. It didnt even seem like a band anyway, just me and Danny writing
songs
and the others doing little else than just playing them. I was in two
minds
of whether to leave or not after Alternative 4, but certain things
happened
and I decided to make a fresh start. Well, I tried to but was held back
for
a while by some spineless bastards but thats another story.
Danny did a few gigs with us last year and Jamie played some extra
percussion on Lights Out. The 'Anathema' songs you mention that we play
live
are songs that I wrote myself.
> - On both "Saviour" and "Lights Out" there are major parts for female
> vocals, but live you dont seem to have incorporated them. How come?
DP: We have just been playing acoustic sets so far when we play live.
Hayley
came to America with us and did some backing vocals and that. Theres no
rules to which way we perform the songs as long as we are content with
it.
Especially as we're playing them in an acoustic format anyway, so its
gonna
be different than the album regardless of who is singing which part.
Obviously when we start playing full live sets we will emulate the
album
tracks closer to the originals.
> - This leads me to my next question. While "Saviour" is more focussed
on
> female vocals "Lights Out" is more about your own vocals. Why is this
so?
> Are you more confident now about your own vocal capacities or?
DP: It just turned out that way. When we write songs we have an idea of
how
we want them to sound. We knew what type of vocals we wanted for each
track.
Mick sings a lot more on Lights Out as certain tracks are more suited
to his
voice.
> - For me the big difference between "Saviour" and "Lights Out" is
that
> "Saviour" is more like a couple of songs put on an album while
"Lights
> Out" is more like a whole. Could you comment on that?
DP: I disagree, I thing both albums are complete albums and theres a
general
theme running through them.
> - The Lyrics of the songs fit very well to the music, is there any
lyrical
> theme on the 2 albums?
DP: Sure, the lyrics are there for everyone to hear and theyre not too
cryptic. So its kinda obvious what its all about, generally speaking
like.
> - In the song "In Stone" of the album "Lights Out" there is a part
where
> you here some kind of a robot reflect on the nature of humans, which
is
> very confronting and makes one think (at least me
curious
> where you got that from?
DP: It was a speech that Mick wrote and decided to try that voice
synthesiser and it worked well. It was from some software that I have.
> - Are there any influences or inspiration coming from other bands,
books
or
> art that you put into your music?
DP: Musically, Im influenced by Roger Waters. Apart from that I wanna
do
music that hasnt really been touched on before.
> - Whats your favorite Antimatter song and why?
DP: It depends what mood I'm in. Flowers is an important track for me,
lyrically, as its about the spineless cowards who used my music and
hard
work to make money and feel superior to people. I had to get that
frustration out of my head through this song like.
> - Do you have any plans for a small tour in Holland soon? (or for me
in
> sweden, where i live?)
DP: We will do a German tour at the end of October with Autumnblaze.
> - On the Official Antimatter site of the Benelux i read that you are
> already preparing for a 3rd full length album,
> tentatively due early 2004 and that this one will be fully acoustic.
Any
> comments on this?
DP: Yeah, we will record an acoustic album in February/March or so. We
just
wanna keep things fresh and keep everyone interested, incuding
ourselves.
> - Any extra comments for the readers in holland???
DP: We have a Dutch speaking website now
http://users.pandora.be/antimatter/
if anyone is interested. We will keep updating with new MP3s and stuff.
Cheers
> Well we leave it as it is here then. No more questions from my side!
I
> really hope you can find the time to answer these.
> Thanks a lot in advance!!
>
> Good luck with the tour in Germany and hope to see you live one day!!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rutger
Thanks for the coverage!
Duncan
Thank you Elisabeth !
cedarbreed
Don't mean nothin'
siderea said:
NO
I sent the cassette to Mehdi for him to transcript it, since I'm crap at understanding Dunc's accent
And I think Mehdi is quite busy right now, but the ITW will be online someday, promised !The funny thing is that, as far as I remember, Dunc gave very different answers to some questions that this Dutch journalist asked too.
