PREEMPTIVE STRIKE 0.1 “Progeny Of The Technovore” is the seventh opus released by the Greek formation PreEmptive Strike 0.1. Hailing from the beautiful island Crete, singer Dimitrios Argyrakis aka ‘JIM the Blaster’ and George Klontzas set up the band in 2002. Four albums were released by Infacted Recordings while the last three ones got released by Digital World Audio. The new work featuring live member Yiannis Chatzakis is mixing power with elevating choruses. The album takes no break revealing an extremely powerful composition, which I consider as their most accomplished production to date. The sad news is that after the release of the album George Klontzas left the band. But the good news is that PreEmptive Strike 0.1 moves on as a duo. We had a chat with JIM and Yiannis about the new album, the live shows and the future of the band. “Progeny Of The Technovore” is the seventh full length album of PreEmptive Strike 0.1. and I think it also is the best one you’ve ever made! What have been the main ideas and influences to compose this album and what can you tell us about this intriguing album title? JIM: Thank you very much! I agree that “Progeny Of The Technovore” possibly is our strongest work to date and together with “T.A.L.O.S” my favorite albums in the band’s history! About the sound, the main idea was to combine trance, EBM and dark-electro with the general purpose to create something clubby, danceable and fresh at the same time! Lyrical-wise (at least the lyrics I wrote for a few songs) the influences are once again the sci/fi B-movies from the 50’s and for the first time, 2 songs were based upon 2 classic movies of Hammer films! George wrote some lyrics as well, based on more contemporary sci/fi themes. Now about the title, well to be honest it’s just a pun that brings to mind at once sci/fi themes! It seems that you wanted ‘to incorporate a style intrinsically connected in its origins to EBM yet seldom rewired into it: Goa-Trance’. I think that needs a few more details and where do you place this new opus among all the other ones, which were often inspired by the Greek mythology and featuring traditional folk instruments? JIM: I agree for 100% with you; it is a combination of goa-trance influences, but the origins are into EBM and dark-electro! Now in comparison to our older albums, it’s really different than “T.A.L.O.S” and especially “EPOS V”. We generally never release the same sounding www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 4 - album, every new album should be different from the previous one! I think that the fans like this strategy. They never know what to expect from us! YIANNIS: We grew up during the period when goatrance was at its peak meaning mid-late 90’s. I consider it as one of the most danceable styles in electronic music, inspiring and full of energy. I believe it fits perfectly to the basic style of PES0.1 It seems that after the release of the album, George Klontzas has left the band. That’s for sure a milestone in the band’s history so what will be the impact on further releases, live shows and PreEmptive Strike 0.1 properly speaking? JIM: Yes it is true. George Klontzas left the band after the release of the last album. It was his own decision as our relationship was getting worse. I have to admit that he is a great and talented musician and I wish him the best for the future, BUT since the beginning we had completely different priorities both in life and in the band. My first priority was to play live with the band as much as possible instead of just staying in my house writing music to escape from my ordinary life… I found no motivation writing new albums again and again without promoting it properly. You can’t run a band from your living room, the scene demands your physical presence apart from gigs also to events, parties, festivals and the band demands rehearsals and time sacrifices especially when you shoot a video clip, but George never understood all these ‘principles’.
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