2 Contents I Eat your Make-up - Interview with Plag 4 Interview with Exces Nocturne - Interview with Corine 8 Interview with Scarlet and the Spooky Spiders 12 Complot (Bronswick) - Interview with Nikolai Ada 15 Danya Yushkov 20 Russian view of post-punk 23 Interview with The GraveyardZ 27 II Clair Obscur - Interview with Christophe Demarthe 30 Tragic Black, Corvid - Interview with vISION 34 Eric Ert Trochu 40 Interview with The Knutz 44 Coldwave - The never existed movement 48 The Strange Walls - Interview with Jon Vomit Worthley 52 III Interview with The Last Days of Jesus 57 Interview with Acid Bats 60 Interview with Bloody Dead Sexy 64 Emmanuel Manu Zorch Ninet 68 Interview with The Spiritual Bat 73 The Spiritual Bat - Through the Shadows review 76 Durnoe Vlijanie - Interview with Sasha Skvortsov 78 Chants of Maldoror - Interview with Loren 82 3 4 g. Interview with Pla m/eymu www.myspace.co Nattsol: I'll begin with rather typical question. Tell Plag: We decided to record five songs in March me how did ‘Eat Your Make-Up’ begin to exist? What 2004 cos we were meeting more and more demands. We was the original idea? Who you were influenced by? chose to release it as an untitled cassette to pay homage And, of course, tell me the story of the name of the band. to the early 80’s medium. We later re-released it in CD- Plag: The idea of creating a band came first to Mac R. Gregor (bass guitar). The first time I saw him was during In the first album, you can find 3 of 5 titles of the a music meeting in ....Dijon.... and he immediately asked demo. Roger was revised for the second album. Also, our me to join as singer. J-F (guitar) and Thib (first drummer) debut album is a kind of digest of the first two years of were already part of the project. The band is officially works. Even if it’s filled with quite different songs, with born in January 2003 and we quickly got on as we had quite different feelings and musical influences, this was the same musical tastes with bands such as Shadow Proj - the way we choose to share with audience two years of ect, Rudimentary peni or David Bowie. music composition. The name « First Dinner » shows My partner, Emilie, who is also part of « Somnilo - exactly the thoughtless state of mind in which we were ques », found the name Eat You Make Up as we were in - by recording it. terested in John Waters’ early films. The band was looking for a name that would be reminiscent of self-de - Nattsol: Now tell me why there aren’t any concert rision and of the way we wanted our music to develop videos of the band? I saw just very strange video of with sarcasm while keeping a glam imagery. “Vegan Hyena” and nothing else. None of amateur shots as well as professional ones…. Nattsol: Tell me more about your first demo and Plag: I believe that you can find an extract of a gig first album. we performed in Marseille. But I think that it is the only 5 available video on the web. However, there is a record- good bands such as « Rosa Crux », « Norma Loy », « ing of each of our concerts, but we’ve never decided to Jacquy Bitch »… and of course those I’ve quoted which broadcast them, through lack of time or of means. The put themselves entirely as music enthusiasts. Vegan Hyena video is part of a few video clips J-F and I made for fun. In this case, it’s made of extracts of video Nattsol: I noticed that style characteristics on your of parties with friends. myspace page tell that your style is ‘punk/new wave/pro- Concerning photographs, as Emilie and I studied gressive’. I wondered because I noticed that every band photography in a Art school , we’ve never thought useful with related sound calls its style ‘post-punk/gothic’, and to ask anyone else to do it. “Eat Your Make-Up” is probably the only exception. So what are the reasons to be this exception? Just those Nattsol: ....France.... avant-garde post-punk scene characteristics are closer to you or there’re some others? always seemed to me one of the most individual and in- Plag: Of course, our music sounds like old school dependent. And for now there’re plenty of absolutely in- deathrock but we never wanted to retreat in any partic- dividual bands with dark and obscure sound. So how can ular style. And we don’t think our music really sounds you characterize this scene? Do you have bands – friends gothic, even if we used to compose in a dark way and to there? mention bad feelings in our songs. That’s finally quite Plag: Yes, we used to play in pubs near our home- superficial to us, we could say we play some kind of « town with my brother’s trash-metal band « Acetylène » international variety » mixed with some dusty cosmetic which helped us a lot at the beginning. We also shared psycho-blues in a punk state of mind. several gig with « Varsovie » with whom members we quickly became friends. We wish we could play with « Nattsol: You took a part in recent Christian Death Castrati » for we’ve been friend with their guitar player 1334 show. As I could understand this show was impor- Brïtz Mila… « Arwen »… ;))) for a long time. tant for you? Tell me more about it. Can you call me And even if France remains a rather refractory other shows with huge importance? country in post - punk styles and that it seems difficult Plag: The best gig ever… amazing… the evening to make live, the French stage is composed with very passed off so quickly. We are very proud of it and it’s 6 still hard to tell you more about it. Otherwise, I don’t re- own influences and her own wishes, she brought a new member any amazing show, not especially one… They vocal dimension thanks to which I could develop in my were all unique. turn. Also, new compositions became richer. Anthony integrated the band in 2004 and replaced Nattsol: After the first album had been released Thib with whom we had recorded the demo tape. you kept silence for rather long period (I’m talking about studio records). What was that? Nattsol: Are there some side-projects of the band Plag: We just decided to take the time to compose members? new songs as ..La Isa.. had fleshed the line up out. As Plag: Yes, I know that J-F started composing songs well as regarding composition, as the mix, the first last year, but I wish he answered by his self. And what album was very raw and not very coherent. We wanted can I tell you about Somniloques… It’s a rather different to work on this point, with the intention of creating an way of working. Emilie, ..La Isa.. and I are painters unit. Also, we had the opportunity of recording and mix- above all. And in this project, we’re using music as ing the new songs over several months. And even if we painting. Music can be a soundtrack to pictorial works have wasted time in searching a label, the reason why and vice versa. we stood silent such a long time is because we decided to take the time. Nattsol: So now let’s speak about the new “Eat Your Make-Up” album “Things As They Should Be”. Nattsol: As I noticed, ..La Isa.. joined the band just Plag: It’s the new one… ;) Darker and uncompro- recently. What were the reasons to add female vocals? mising. It’s our second album how it has to be. Let’s see Were there other changes or replacements in the band? what people think about it. Plag: When ..La Isa.. arrived in the band, we were not especially looking for a female voice or a backing Nattsol: Do you have your favorite “Eat Your singer. It happened that by having a try with her, she Make-Up” songs? quickly managed to merge into the project. All over her Plag: No, not one particularly. They all have a his- 7 tory as well as their own interest in my opinion. Nattsol: Now after the band broke up what’re you going to do? Will you stay close to deathrock or you’re going to try yourself in other things? Plag: Of course, deathrock is, for all of us, a major influence. We had opportunity, with EYMU, to share other influences, to make us mutually discover different styles and to experiment together. Whatever we make in the future, our work will still be influenced by post- punk styles. At least, it is my opinion..... Questions: Pall ‘Nattsol’ Zarutskiy “Grave Jibes Fanzine” 8 e n r u t c o n s e c x e / m o c . e c a p s y m . w w w Interview with Corine (Exces Nocturne) Nattsol: As I know, the band leased the ..12”.., Thierry left the This song eventually became “Il began to exist in 1984. And you band. disait”. And it’s one of my joined two years later. So what favourite! was ‘Exces Nocturne’ in that pe- Nattsol: Now tell me, how did riod? What were the band’s ori- you join the band? Nattsol: Next my question is gins? Corine: It was more like a coïn- common for bands which Corine: It started when Rémy cidence, in fact..