ANDREAS
LANTZ
If I told
you that a musician with name Andreas Lantz exists and plays "exometal",
most of you will consider me as somekind of fool. But don't rush into conculsion,
cause lately Behind The Veil discovered that this mythical person (Andreas
Lantz) really exists and he plays this strange kind of metal. So we didn't
miss the opportunity and interviewed him. So here is the diary of a newcomer
in the metal scene.
1.HI! YOU ARE A NEW ARTIST, SO
FIRST OF ALL TELL US
WHICH ARE YOUR AIMS AS A MUSICIAN
AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO BECOME AN ARTIST.
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My aim is to create a new genre of
heavy rock that people, who want something new instead of the existing
genres, can appreciate. Some people may be looking for hardrock with interesting
rhythms and melodies but without highpitched vocals like prog and power
metal. These people are the ones that I hope to satisfy with my music.I
decided to become an artist since I enjoy perfoming and doing music but
I also wanted to make a personal statement with music that stands out from
the current genres without being hard to listen to for nonmusicians.
2.YOU HAVE RELEASED A DEMO. TELL
US A FEW THINGS
ABOUT IT. WHERE WAS IT RECORDED,
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU, WHO WAS THE PRODUCER, ETC. ARE YOU SATISFIED
BY THE FINAL RESULT OR IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE?
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There are some things I wish to change.
First and foremost the drums but also the general production but it was
recorded very quickly so I can't ask for very much. It was also recorded
on an analog tape which is pretty rare these days. It was produced by Calle
Foldt who is also the Vocalist and bassist in a semifamous band called
Deranged.
3.WHERE ARE YOUR LYRICS REFERRING TO
AND WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO WRITE LYRICS?
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The lyrics are not very serious meant
except for 2040 which is a prophecy of how the future will be. The first
song Monkey Island is a not so serious story about a pirate on an unknown
island. A friend of mine told me that the intromelody sounded like the
music from the Computergame "The Secret of the monkey Island" and that?s
where I got the idea from.The lyrics of Power of Passion and Love Swings
Tonight are meant as jokes by and large. The MTV Songwriters often have
a way to serious approach to lovesong lyrics and I wrote these songs in
the opposite way.
4.YOU HAVE STARTED ALL THIS AS A SOLO
PROJECT. WHY?
WHY DIDN'T YOU LOOK FOR THE RIGHT
PEOPLE FIRST AND
THEN TRY TO RECORD YOUR IDEAS?
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Good question! I tried to form a band
during the past spring but the people I found wasn't very serious in the
first place with one exception. I decided to continue on my own and not
search for the right people.
5.SO, HAVE YOU MANAGED TO FIND MUSICIANS
OR ARE YOU IN A SEARCH? WILL THEY BE SESSIONISTS OR FULL TIME MEMBERS?
WILL THEY HAVE A SAY ON THE COMPOSITIONS?
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I don't have a complete line-up at
this point but I am looking for a guitarist and a drummer there?s no question
about that. I will accept their ideas if they are good. But it?s hard to
make music that fits in the concept if you don't have a feel for it.
6.YOU SAY THAT YOU BELONG TO THE EXOMETAL
GENRE AND IN SPECIFIC THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT PLAYS THIS WAY. DO
YOU WANT TO CLEAR THINGS OUT FOR US? WHAT'S THIS EXOMETAL THING AND WHY
IS IT SO UNIQUE?
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I don't know if it?s 100% unique
I haven?t searched the world for a genre that I might fit in. I wrote a
couple of songs that did not fit into any genres I know of, so I made a
genre for them. The name "exo" comes from exotic and I use melodies that
may sound a bit exotic to most people. The tempochanges and the rhythms
are different from what you usually hear in progressive metal for instance.
7.WHICH IS ACCORDING TO YOU YOUR MOST
RECOGNIZABLE
ELEMENT AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO SOMEONE IN ORDER TO INTRIGUE HIS INTEREST?
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Propably the introduction melodies.
I tend to use samples that sounds like flute and accordion and melodies
that stands out from what you usually hear in Metal bands like Iron Maiden.
8.DID YOU PLAY IN ANY OTHER BANDS IN
THE PAST? IF SO,
PLEASE NAME THEM. DID YOU EVER
PERFORM LIVE OR DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO PERFORM LIVE WITH YOUR OWN PROJECT
WHEN YOU FIND THE REST OF THE BAND MEMBERS?
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Of course! I love to perform live.
I used to be a keyboardist in a powermetal band called Daynight. I wasn't
satisfied with the background position I had as a nonsinging Keyboardist.
I am looking forward to perform with this project and all you people out
there watch out. Your town may be the first one to experience exometal
live!
9.WILL YOU DISTRIBUTE YOUR PROMO TO
ANY LABELS OR
MAGAZINES? ARE YOU IN A SEARCH
OF A RECORD DEAL OR NOT YET? HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK YET? IF YES,
IS IT POSITIVE OR NOT?
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I have recieved very little feedback
since the project is so new. I will send to the labels and magazines
that are interested and want my promocd. I am very open when it comes to
"download music for a fee" sites. It is very possible that I will prefer
that solution compared to regular pressed CD.s
10.IF WE ARE ALL JUST A WORD IN THE
GREAT BOOK OF
CREATION, CAN YOU SAY WHICH WORD
COULD DESCRIBE YOU BETTER? CAN YOU ALSO IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF AUTHOR WOULD
BE THE CREATOR OF THIS BOOK AND WHY?
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The word would propably be something
like jokeseriousity. Someone who can change from serious subjects to joke
in a very unprediktable way. The author would propably be someone like
Douglas Adams who uses humour in a way that very few people before him
thought about.
11.IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, WHAT
WOULD IT BE? IF IT WERE A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
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My music would propably be rebelsanguinity.
A kind of " I don?t care about trends and what people think about me I
just say what I feel like at this very moment". It is not really
an emotion in the tradional sense but my music is not traditional either.
A painting of my music would propably be a mix of serious and depressing
scenarios and persons mixed with surrealistic scenarios in such a way that
not even Salvador Dali on acid could have done it.
12.DO YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS GOD GOT
SO FRIGHTNED FROM WHAT HE CREATED THAT HE MOVED TO HEAVEN IN ORDER TO KEEP
DISTANCE FROM HIS CREATIONS? :))
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Not really! I believe he created all
the laws of physics and started the Big Bang, then he retired way before
life was created by the ongoing formation of matter that he started.
13.LET'S SUPPOSE THAT WE LIVE IN A
WORLD WITHOUT MUSIC. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN SUCH A CASE?
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It depends on if it's a world were
music cannot be created like in space for instance or a world where haven?t
though about creating music. In the later case I would propably stimulate
other people to create music with me. I would try to form an all "humansounds"
band with one singing, another one whistling, a third one clapping, a fourth
one doing the beatbox and me farting. Then we would conquer the world as
"A?capella from hell?"
14.IF YOU WERE A FLY, WHERE WOULD YOU
LIKE TO BE AND
WHY?
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I would propably like to be in the
teleportation machine used in the "The Fly" the horrormovie. If I
did that I would at least have the chance to be a human to some extent
when Jeff Goldblum or someone else steps into the machine. Being a fly
is propably not very funny. Imagine yourself a world looking like a cracked
window and you can barely think or do anything fun at all as we know it.
15.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK
YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
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Yes! How did you come up with the great
idea to interview me?
Nikos "William_Kidd"
Parastatidis
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