found a nice groove together and then I got the idea to put some weird vocals in French on it. It was a super nice recording session, good memories! And yes, the NE recordings got the attention of the French Unknown Pleasures label, they loved it and released the CD. “Road To Freedom” is another cool track on that album. Apolo was recorded 4 years later, and it shows a more developed sound. It’s funny starting an interview not being able to answer the first question clearly ! In 2017 you recorded the Protest EP. Even if you are not including any song in this last compilation, I would like to ask you about this side of your work. I know that you are really conscious about the planet/political situation. How do you think that your lyrics can help people get aware of the different problems that we are facing? I don’t delude myself thinking that music makes people more aware but: I always give it a shot. I think it’s part of my identity. It’s just my inner soul speaking for myself and then I hope that anyone will catch it. In today’s “new normal society”the input in peoples brain became so huge,the mind bombing via social media, TV, media etc… that I sometimes wonder whether it is still possible to get inside people’s heads!? Is there any space left there? The world is moving so fast,everything is everywhere,the narratives dominate.Try to compete with that is wishful thinking,I ‘mafraid.But as I said, I always give it a shot! And, also with The Neon Judgement we wanted to warn the people for a certain possible future, so I did not change a lot, I guess… During your career, you have revisited some of your old songs. Do you see your compositions as a work in progress or just want to update the sound of some of them? It was more intended to give the tracks an update.To refresh them for myself, experiment with the melodies and things… In 2018, you met Sanchez, the bass player you have been working with lately. Can you tell us a bit more about this meeting? It was at Burning Man Festival, right? We met during the summer of 2018. I was traveling through the USA, and came across him…And that was at the Burning Man Festival, yes. We talked for a while about music, there was a good connection, and a few days later we jammed - 9 - some acoustic sessions in a friend’s studio. After that, I took the recordings with me to my studio and I started to work on the arrangements and vocals, finalizing the recordings. DD SANCHEZwas born!We released our first digital EPZ in 2019. ”Cities in Dust” comes from your last release HappyGrey recorded with Mexican bass player Sanchez.What can you please tell us about this, your latest album? As one could read in the notes of your web, it’s your happier sounding project, is it just representative of the way you feel at the moment or just a consequence of the collaboration? No, it was from the beginning intended as it should sound less dark. I am most known in the darker music scene, and I found it a challenge to create a kind of music that sounds a bit lighter, a bit more “cheer up”. Of course, it is not a charts total happy pop music thing, but it is different. I chose the title “HappyGrey” to put the finger on that. It doesn’t sound real dark,but not totally happy neither.Let’s say I didmy best! You planned to release a series of singles under your name in 2022, the first ones are found in the new compilation: “King of Fools” and “The Unreal”. Can you please tell us more about these releases? Are you going to continue recording more songs? I am always recording music. It’s my therapy. And digital single releases allowme to stay around all the time. I do not need to think in an album concept. So I think, yes you can expect newmusic fromme. And“Strive”is the unreleased track of the compilation. Can you please tell us a bit about it? We just finished a video for “Strive”.The concept of the album www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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