KHAN OF FINLAND AKA CAN ORAL AKA I'M SINGLE ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS ...

1- Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

Khan:

"Well, 3 new Khan Of Finland songs that I’m working on 24/7 but nothing to show yet. So the other 2 that won’t leave my brain at the moment are..."  

Terence Trend D’Arby "Sign Your Name" 

and to add some more pop drama to my dark Berlin winter nights: 

Cyndi Lauper "I Drove All Night" "

2- Last film you watched and actually liked?

Khan:

"RIOT ON!

This documentary exposes what happened when a group of young Finnish hopefuls (like me) attempted to become rich by creating a mobile phone entertainment company that would attract millions of dollars in investment from corporate giants worldwide.

The film also focuses on two people, Jan Wellmann - the charismatic messiah and main man behind the smoke and mirrors of the short-lived Riot Entertainment Ltd, and John Hakalax - his passionate disciple turned betrayer.

Interviews with the founders, former Riot employees, clients and former investors reveals how multi-million dollar mistakes, corporate con tricks and their over-the-top spending lead to the company's downfall. (From Finland, in English and Finnish, English subtitles). Also expect some finnish nudity not only in the sauna. This movie explains my character most." REVIEW HERE

3- Book you are reading? 

Khan:

" "The Rest Is Noise" by Alex Ross.  A pretty thick and difficult to read volume about history and music starting with our dear Teutonics Wagner to Mahler, Debussy, Berg to my fellow Finn Jean Sibelius and so on... There are lots more composers to come.  It tries to explain the vibe of the times and why the compositions sound the way they do in their historical and political backgrounds.  It’s a cool book and if you spend some extra cash you get it with an 8 CD box-set.  I didn’t but, you can get samples on wikipedia or check your grand parents' record collection."

4- Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Khan:

"Paul McCarthy “The Painter”. I feel like this all the time and it makes me laugh!"

5- First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Khan:

"My First cassette tape was Les Humphrey Singers. It could have been the "Mexico" album. I was so into it. First album I ever got was "Darkside Of The Moon" from my brother with my first record player. A yellow-battery-powered-pick-nick-turntable. The first album I bought was "Grapes of Wrath" by Spear of Destiny. They sound so dated now. Damn, but all the more respect to them for Theatre Of Hate."

6- Record labels you miss?

Khan:

" I got my own now (I’m Single Records) and since they don’t pay advances anymore I don’t really give a shit. I miss Lux Interior !!!"

7- What are you working on right now?

Khan:

"As I mentioned before we are working on a couple of Khan Of Finland disco-dub tracks.  We are finishing a 12" soon and will be working on a new live set and album to be released later this year.  I have a project called: "Audio Porn" that deals with pornography leaving the visual part out. Listen to get hard! It definitely has some advantages. Otherwise I study Turkish singing at the Turkish Conservatory here in Berlin and try to walk around more in the fresh air."

8- Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Khan:

"I believe in musicians that keep going until the last breath!"

9- Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Khan:

"I’ve seen a lot of my heroes play live like Fela Kuti, Sceamin’ Jay Hawkins or The Birthday Party. But, I did miss Sun Ra for a week.  So he would be the one!"

10- Favorite song lyrics?

Khan:

"Trio "Da Da Da" ... "Ich lieb dich nicht, Du liebst mich nicht..."

11- Favorite poets?

Khan:

"Lee Perry and Friedrich Hoelderlin"

Echo: Write me anything... a manifesto please.

Khan: There is not only one god !

Echo: Send me anything: a drawing, an image, a photo, a painting, video clip...

Khan: "Excommunication"

Khan:"B-Movie"

KHAN OF FINLAND

I'M SINGLE RECORDS

IN REMEMBRANCE OF PYLON GUITARIST RANDY BEWLEY

"Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley died this afternoon after suffering a heart attack while driving in an Athens neighborhood Monday.

Bewley was driving on Barber Street on Monday evening, and his van drifted off the road and tipped over, bandmate Vanessa Hay said in an e-mail to supporters.

He died shortly before 5 p.m.

Bewley and bassist Michael Lachowski founded Pylon in Athens in 1978, and quickly recruited drummer Curtis Crowe and Hay — then Vanessa Briscoe — as vocalist. The band debuted in 1979, releasing three albums, and disbanded in November 1991 — after a farewell performance at the 40 Watt, according to the All-Music Guide.

The band reunited for a New Year’s Day performance in 2005 and has been playing local dates and touring on and off since then."

Source: Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, February 25, 2009

DAN SKIBRA AKA HUNGRY EYE + MAD AT THE WORLD RECORDS AKA OMEGAS

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

Dan:

"In terms of a playlist..."

Cheap Tragedies- Ain't Dead Yet

Donna Summers- Bad Girls

Rest in Pieces- Keep Your Distance

Modern Jazz Quartet- Concorde (whole album)

Secret Society of the Sonic Six- 9:00

"Though right at this moment, I literally can't get the Revolting

Cocks' version of "Do ya think I'm sexy" out of my head."

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Dan: "I don't watch many movies. Recently watched Christiane F. Can't say I

"liked" it but Bowie was in it, so it was cool.

I saw and liked Slumdog Millionaire. Don't know what that says about

me."

3-Book you are reading?

Dan: "Stephen Stapleton- Kant's Transcendental Arguments; Disciplining Pure

Reason. For review for a journal."

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Dan : "Kafka's short stories are always good for a burst of inspiration."

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Dan: "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 2"

6-Record labels you miss?

Dan: "Oy, I don't know about that one."

7-What are you working on right now?

Dan: "Working with Matt Sims on his current awesome releases, the debut

Cheap Tragedies LP, and the latest Holy Kiss LP.

In terms of my own stuff, my punk band Omegas are about to go into the

studio."

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Dan: "Doesn't exactly answer your question, but it would have been cool to

get a second Germs record.... though maybe not."

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Dan: "Mick Ronson. Are these conditions tied to bringing people back? I

don't know how I'd like being the broker of folks' resurrection."

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Dan: "Bad Brains: "We will not do what they want nor do what they say. Oh no."

Sums it up about right."

11-Favorite poets?

Dan: "I'm more of a prose man, myself, though I can hang with Mallarme,

Baudelaire, Beckett. I won't lie and say we "hang" often, though."

HUNGRY EYE RECORDS

MAD AT THE WORLD RECORDS

OMEGAS

MORE ON DAN SKIBRA : INTERVIEW (SOURCE Nylvi) 

Thank you Dan!!! You rule. 

MT. SIMS FORMERLY MOUNT SIMS NEW MUSIC VIDEO "GRAVE"

"Mt. Sims and Hungry Eye Records just released a  new music video for the staggering song "Grave," which you can find on the albums Happily Ever After as well as on the A Grave EP. It was filmed in the abandoned Spreepark in Berlin (October 2008). Directed by Bart Grieb and Matt Sims' long-time collaborator Echo Danon.

Mt. Sims returns to form after relocating from LA to Berlin with his eagerly anticipated third full length. Now with a new moniker-- "Mt. Sims" replacing "Mount Sims"-- and a full band with Randy Twigg and Andre Lange, Mt. Sims drops 12 new songs that bristle with nervous energy. Merging his signature electronic style with stark post-punk textures as first unveiled on his second album Wild Light, Happily Ever After's songs showcase the new band's versatility. From the cabaret rave-up of "Playing for Keeps" to the melodramatic dirge of "Love's Revenge" and the raging death-disco of "the Bitten Bite Back", the band is flanked by guest appearances of Jessie Evans(Vanishing/ Autonervous) and Toby Dammit (Swans, Iggy Pop). To the delight of his followers, Mt. Sims strays far from the formula of "How We Do", as proved by the earlier release of a single for "Grave" on 12" format. 

Crisp production work done by Thomas Stern of Crime and the City Solution..."

Happily Ever After - Mt. Sims - Hungry Eye Records - EYE 17

VERONICA VASICKA AKA MINIMAL WAVE RECORDS AND 2VM ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS...

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

 Veronica:

"Reassurance Ritual by Das Ding"

"I Never Dance by Crysalis "  VIDEO HERE  

"He Who Wears A Mask by Salaligan"

"Way Out Of Living by Linear Movement"

"On and On by Jesse Saunders"

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Veronica: "Dögkeselyü by Ferenc András"

3-Book you are reading?

Veronica: "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton"

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Veronica: "Fassbinder (always)"

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Veronica: "Madonna s/t cassette"

6-Record labels you miss?

Veronica: "Factory"

7-What are you working on right now?

Veronica: "Design for Das Ding album to be released on MW"

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Veronica: "Deux"

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Veronica: "Don't wanna bring any back!"

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Veronica: 

"We're the devil's dancers

Swinging all the answers
Dance with us

Dance with us"  

(Oppenheimer Analysis)

11-Favorite Poet : 

Veronica: "Baudelaire"

2VM is a minimal electronic music collaboration between Marc Houle and Veronica. Some of their tracks are available on Genetic Music.

Copies of 2VM are still available here

She made the tshirts for 2VM by hand. Want one?

2VM PONIKA VIDEO directed by Tona Ohama

Check out her Radio Show "Minimal-Electronik Plus" here

Minimal-Wave's most recent release Stereo: Somewhere In The Night is quite a  sought after gem according to Scott Mou at Other Music NYC  -"I know the description might sound a bit scary, but Somewhere in the Night actually rules!"

Martin Dupont "It's So" video directed by Veronica Vasicka