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Entrevista a Fil Ok
Leftdance talks with Fil Ok, member of Atomizer, a great electroclash british band.
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Here the interview:
1) When and how was Atomizer born ?
Atomizer was born in the early Naughties. Myself and Jonny Slut met in a seedy club in Brixton, and decided to make some cool, hard electronic music together in my bedroom.
2) What are your main musical influences ?
I'm influenced by many things - films, books, people, nature, traveling, but musically i guess my biggest influence has to be Kate Bush. She is such an original, and so talented and intelligent in her art.
I also am obviously obsessed with electronic music, in all its shapes and forms. I like a bit of indie guitar stuff too, and i love orchestral, and soundtracks, and minimal....loadsa stuff really!
3) Which art, apart from music, do you really love?
Ah, i guess i just answered this! I think probably film is my biggest influence other than music.
I'm very visual, and adore the medium of film...i go to the movies 2 or 3 times a week!
4) About the future of musical industry, do you think the compact disc will be extinct?, only digital version will remain?, record labels could redefine their role?
I totally think CD's are on their way out. I stopped buying them years ago. I just haven't the space!
Yes of course, it's all about downloads these days. But i even think their life expectancy is numbered! I think with things like YouTube and Spotify we're moving away from ownership of music, and just seeing it as something that's there if we want it...for free. Record Companies are definitely on their way out.
But i do think we aren't as bothered about clogging up our flats with CD's/DVD's and computers with mp3's anymore, and nobody is really making money from music anymore (apart from the few marketed ones at 'the top').
5) Which was the first record you bought?, which was the last?
The first record i bought was 'Dance Yourself Dizzy' by Liquid Gold....an absolute disco classic! I never tire of it!
The last CD's i bought were by classical composer Thomas Adès....incredible stuff!
6) Tell me about the backstage production of your last works : Listen to me and Disco Bitch.
There's not much to tell about the backstage production really - i basically do it all alone in my studio in my flat.
I use Logic on my Mac, and work obsessively like a madman until tracks are finished.
'Bitch Disco' was inspired by my old club NagNagNag, and the video features many of my friends who used to come.
I'm working on my second album at the moment, and really enjoying the process. I'm working with a couple of female singers this time - Kate Shortt and Holestar.
7) You were one of the best artists at the great Club night called nag nag nag ,now is there any discoteca such as avant gaard in Londres?
I think things have changed, and people have moved on, but there's still definitely a lot of places to go these days in London. The hotspot now has moved from Soho to the Eastend.
Shoreditch is the famous cool area, with lots to do most nights, and is jam-packed at the weekend, but if you want even more cutting edge, head slightly further up the road to Dalston. There's some great place theres like Vogue Fabrics, Dalston Superstore, and en route is Joiners Arms.
I'm doing club nights at these places - Hot Mess, Bottoms Up and another one called Reproduction at The Doors on City Road.
8) Tell me about the experience of supporting Recoil tour
It was great to support Recoil. Alan Wilder is great - really relaxed and chilled out, and the whole experience was a thrill, and so much fun! Paris is soooo romantic, i lost my heart there!
Entrevista a Fil Ok
Leftdance talks with Fil Ok, member of Atomizer, a great electroclash british band.
I recommend this websites :
Here the interview:
1) When and how was Atomizer born ?
Atomizer was born in the early Naughties. Myself and Jonny Slut met in a seedy club in Brixton, and decided to make some cool, hard electronic music together in my bedroom.
2) What are your main musical influences ?
I'm influenced by many things - films, books, people, nature, traveling, but musically i guess my biggest influence has to be Kate Bush. She is such an original, and so talented and intelligent in her art.
I also am obviously obsessed with electronic music, in all its shapes and forms. I like a bit of indie guitar stuff too, and i love orchestral, and soundtracks, and minimal....loadsa stuff really!
3) Which art, apart from music, do you really love?
Ah, i guess i just answered this! I think probably film is my biggest influence other than music.
I'm very visual, and adore the medium of film...i go to the movies 2 or 3 times a week!
4) About the future of musical industry, do you think the compact disc will be extinct?, only digital version will remain?, record labels could redefine their role?
I totally think CD's are on their way out. I stopped buying them years ago. I just haven't the space!
Yes of course, it's all about downloads these days. But i even think their life expectancy is numbered! I think with things like YouTube and Spotify we're moving away from ownership of music, and just seeing it as something that's there if we want it...for free. Record Companies are definitely on their way out.
But i do think we aren't as bothered about clogging up our flats with CD's/DVD's and computers with mp3's anymore, and nobody is really making money from music anymore (apart from the few marketed ones at 'the top').
5) Which was the first record you bought?, which was the last?
The first record i bought was 'Dance Yourself Dizzy' by Liquid Gold....an absolute disco classic! I never tire of it!
The last CD's i bought were by classical composer Thomas Adès....incredible stuff!
6) Tell me about the backstage production of your last works : Listen to me and Disco Bitch.
There's not much to tell about the backstage production really - i basically do it all alone in my studio in my flat.
I use Logic on my Mac, and work obsessively like a madman until tracks are finished.
'Bitch Disco' was inspired by my old club NagNagNag, and the video features many of my friends who used to come.
I'm working on my second album at the moment, and really enjoying the process. I'm working with a couple of female singers this time - Kate Shortt and Holestar.
7) You were one of the best artists at the great Club night called nag nag nag ,now is there any discoteca such as avant gaard in Londres?
I think things have changed, and people have moved on, but there's still definitely a lot of places to go these days in London. The hotspot now has moved from Soho to the Eastend.
Shoreditch is the famous cool area, with lots to do most nights, and is jam-packed at the weekend, but if you want even more cutting edge, head slightly further up the road to Dalston. There's some great place theres like Vogue Fabrics, Dalston Superstore, and en route is Joiners Arms.
I'm doing club nights at these places - Hot Mess, Bottoms Up and another one called Reproduction at The Doors on City Road.
8) Tell me about the experience of supporting Recoil tour
It was great to support Recoil. Alan Wilder is great - really relaxed and chilled out, and the whole experience was a thrill, and so much fun! Paris is soooo romantic, i lost my heart there!