COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER Common Eider, King Either is a collective of musicians who’re involved with music and art. San Francisco (California, USA) is the operating basis of this collective who already welcomed multiple members from different projects. The project has been releasing music since 2007 and has worked together with prominent dark-ambient/industrial/experimental labels such as Cold Spring, Cyclic Law, Consouling Sounds, Black Horizons ao. The newest album entitled “Egrégore” released by Cold Spring is a particular concept together with French artist Yan Arexis (Stille Volk, La Breiche, Coume Ouarnède ao). The work features four songs inspired by the spirits of the Pyrenees present during those Dark Moon rituals. The result is a fascinating travel throughout imaginary landscapes accompanied by dark-ambient, ritual and experimental music. I talked about it all with Rob Fisk aka B.S.s. Common Eider, King Eider once started as a collective featuring members from different projects. Numerous productions have been released over the years, but who’s involved today and how do you see the evolution of the project? www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 8 - Today Common Eider, King Eider’s core members are B.S.s. and Andee Connors. Common Eider, King Eider is expressed as this duo, as a solo endeavor by B.S.s., and in collaborative efforts with other contributors/ collaborators interested in the intersection between art/ music/ ritual. You’ve been clearly inspired and driven by a strong humanistic vision and want to be an ‘opposition against the Trump Administration’! How does that work when being involved with music and arts? We think it is a natural state to work within. Art should inspire revolution, or it is not fulfilling its potential. That revolution can happen on a personal level, or wider community level. If art or music doesn’t challenge my thinking or perspective, it is just distraction or background noise. There is already enough of that in the world. A huge amount of artists are clearly opposed to the Trump Administration, but do you think it can make things change? And what does the election of Trump reveal about the USA and the world we’re living in?
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