FLON: Hi. So first I’d like to ask about the prevalence of Cumbia beats in your work. Though common in a lot of different sounding music from a lot of places in the world, I first found it odd in your kind of atmospheric experimental music. (Maybe that’s just because I’m American and backbeats and […]
FLON: So, you have a new EP coming out on vinyl that’s all inspired by Phillip K. Dick stories. What about his work inspires you and how did you decide to represent it musically? BLAKE: Well it’s actually crossed the 50-minute threshold in its current form, so I guess we’re out of EP territory. And […]
FLON: You’ve been involved in music for quite some time as an artist and as a label owner, and I want to get to all that, but I’d first like to talk about your album Hello Walls, because it was inspired by events that you feel changed by. What was the inspiration, and how did […]
FLON: Hi, so Sea Of Poppies is a new project, right? How is it different than what you’ve done before, and what was the inspiration for exploring a new direction? MZ: Hi there! Yes, a brand new project, I just released my debut tape this June. The differences are quite big, since my last project, […]
FLON: How long has Ratskin Records been around, and what was the impetus for starting a label? MD: Ratskin has been around on and off since the beginning of 2005. The first three to four years were pretty sporadic in terms of releases, but has gradually escalated in terms of frequency of releases. It was […]
All Data Lost is a new music festival in Raleigh, NC focused on experimental, Avant-garde and Noise Music. SPOOKSTINA, one of the founders describes it thus: Charles Ovett (Joules, Dallas Thrasher) and I have played many fests together both in and out of NC over the past couple of years, and we wanted to join […]
FLON: How long have you been making music and what led you to work with synthesizers? MENG QI: I’ve been making music for about 17 years, in fact, I stopped in the middle for quite a long time, then started working with synthesizer. The choice of using synthesizers, from the very beginning, was due to […]
FLON: 您做音乐有多长时间了？是什么让您使用合成器的？ MENG QI: 我做音乐大概17年了，其实中间算是停掉了挺久，再做合成器。一开始选择使用合成器是由于使用合成器可以一个人完成音乐的所有部分，后来被合成器在演奏界面和音色上的丰富可能性一直吸引着。 FLON: 您如何描述您的音乐？是什么激励您创作音乐？ MENG QI: 大概是两种，一种是自然而然的有感而发，另一种是针对某些具体想法的实验（例如使用特定的声音合成技术、演奏界面等）。关于激励，我想是快乐，主观上表达的快乐，和获得实验结果的知识上的快乐。 FLON: 您喜欢现场表演吗？您多久表演一次？ MENG QI: 我喜欢现场表演。目前还没有相对固定的演出时间。不过可以预见的是我会更多的投身到演出之中。 FLON: 您是如何学习制作合成音乐的？您做的第一个合成音乐是什么？ MENG QI:我一开始是尝试制作网上的一些开源电路设计，接下来学了一点模拟电路和 Arduino。我第一个做的电路是一台 APC，而且当时通过读芯片的说明书自己加了个调频输入，还成功了，增长了很多的信心。当时是我媳妇帮我焊的，其乐融融。这个十年前的视频就是这台小机器：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNUIqs_GRiM FLON: 那么，我们期待听到您即将来临的表演和您的新设备。 您可以在以下地址了解更多关于孟奇的合成器和音乐： mengqimusic.com YouTube mengqi.bandcamp.com
FLON: Where did your journey as a musician begin, and what is it about experimental noise that draws you to create it? XYLON; I was named after Genesis P-Orridge from Throbbing Gristle and my parents were both punks who were into Industrial and shit so I started out from the jump with a lot of weird and maximal textures. […]
FLON: What was your first venture into musicianship, and what was the path that led you to experimental improvisation? DAVID: Like many kids, I got involved in music because I was fortunate enough to go to public schools that had good music programs. I started on flute in fourth grade (nobody told me you had […]
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