XTR HUMAN XTR Human is the German electro-industrial project founded by Johannes Stabel. The new XTR album, Schrank is due out on May 17 via Negative Gain Productions. Thanks to Johannes for the interview! Hello and thanks for answering the interview for our blog today. We usually like to start off by asking for a brief background for the readers that might not be familiar with a particular band. Would you kindly do so? I'm Johannes from the Berlin-based band XTR HUMAN. I started the project back in 2012, and since then, we've released four albums and three EPs.Our music combines elements of brutal bass, emotional coldwave, and modernized hardbody EBM beats The new album is ‘Schrank’. Does it revolve around a central theme? Or are the tracks each their own idea? It's not a concept album, but many of my new tracks are www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 16 - inspired by current social and political issues. For example, in 'NEID,' I explore how frighteningly polarized our societies have become,where a normal,constructive discussion seems almost impossible. The title track, 'Schrank,' delves into the German petit bourgeois narrow-mindedness. While the world seems to be falling apart outside our borders, some people retreat into a new era of everyday Biedermeier conformity. Scenario: You are stranded on some island but you had the capability to put a flas drive with three of your most important songs into a sealed bottle and send it out to the world. These are songs that mean the most to you and best represent your legacy. What are they and why did you choose them? Dysfunction was my first single and video with XTR HUMAN, and I'm still very proud of that song. 'Leben Ohne Licht' was important because it marked © Karo Kratochwi - 2023
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