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Interview with Death In June / Douglas P. (Aldo Chimenti for Herz Und Geist) 1.“The Rule Of Thirds” came out after about 7 years from “All Pigs Must Die” and 3 years from “Alarm Agents”. When did you know that it was the right time for a new Death In June album? Words and music kept going through my mind and declaring themselves so I had to take notice. I knew the Muse was gradually stirring after the last World tour in 2005 and it was only a question of…

For you, what does represent Brown Book in Death In June history ? The original Brown Book issued in 1987 represents one of the corner stone albums of Death In June. There’s no escaping that. It came at a hard time for me and I think the work is all the better for that strange,hard time which in part it can’t help but reflect in its own unique way. What brought you to re-release in a separated way this second CD present in the recent Brown Book limited 20th anniversary stone…

We want to say thank you to Death In June, the outlandish icon of the neo-folk world, and Douglas P., for what they have brought to music, during their long history, and for this special interview they gave us. Long live Death In June. 1 – Who is Death in June ? Can you tell us about your past time? And why did you choose the name ‘Death in June’ ? Death In June originally formed in 1981 and whilst recording our first 12″ e.p. ‘Heaven Street’ I misheard something the drummer…

“To limit it to only 10 favourite albums is so few it only results in many people and groups such as Love, Charles Manson, Talking Heads, Joe Meek, Wire, John Carpenter, The Ramones, Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, Pet Shop Boys, Buzzcocks, Dusty Springfield, many Tamla Motown acts from the 1960/70s and even current 93 being left out. There have been so many great recordings that have inspired my Life and Work. So, this must be seen as merely the tip of the iceberg revealed as ‘Zwielicht” comes to an end:…

RUMORE # 225 Ottobre 2010 interview with Vittore Baroni Artists are often annoyed by classifications that define their music, while it seems that you do not have objections to the “neofolk” tag being attached to some of your albums (you even elaborated on it: Post Industrial Neo Folk Toten Pop!) and also being used to describe the work of many musicians who have been influenced by DIJ: what are your feelings towards all these bands and how do you feel for being considered the main originator of a proper “musical…

Source : http://ikonenmagazin.de/interview/Douglas2010.htm Peaceful Snow A conversation with Australian singer-songwriter Douglas Pearce The British-Australian singer-songwriter Douglas Pearce of Death in June has been one of the most widely discussed artists of his kind since 1981. Now he has released a new album that takes a new direction: ‘The Peaceful Snow’… In your recent interviews you have already indicated an era for Di6 would end. You said something about leaving your compositions to other people to interpret them. When did you decide to work on new songs and how did the idea…

DEATH IN JUNE – Douglas P. Questions Obsküre Magazine The last time we spoke (it was for D-Side, for the Rule Of Thirds album I believe), you seemed decided to put Death In June’s live appearances in the fridge. Do you still feel in the same mood nowadays? Is it something programmed as a long-term plan in your mind, something established? When I decided to retire from live performances after the last World tour in 2005 I felt this was a permanent decision. All those reasons that led me to…

Source : http://theendofbeing.com/2010/11/23/death-in-june-interview-with-douglas-p-and-miro-snejdr/ I am very privileged to have had the chance to interview Douglas P. again, this time for the release of the amazing new Death in June album Peaceful Snow. Following this interview you may find out more about Miro Snejdr, the wonderful musician that accompanies Douglas at the piano for the entire album as well as the interpreter of the Death in June songs on the bonus CD Lounge Corps. My sincerest thank you to both of them, and I wish them both much success with this fantastic…

Creative Nausea – Interview with Douglas P., founder of Death In June (2010) Posted by orcsik roland | Interjúk | hétfő 20 december 2010 18:26 endhits: On the cover of the first single from the new album (Peaceful Snow / Maverick Chamber 7”) we can see behind You the “1944 Warsaw Uprising” monument in winter, which evokes Your piece Europa Rising as well. The excellent sculpture (work of Wincenty Kućma and Jacek Budyn) shows the soldiers of Armia Krajowa, who fought against both Germans and Soviets. The sculpture was made…

Tell me a little about the first time you visited Australia. What led you to the decision to move here? The shortened version of a long and complicated story is that back in London in 1980 I fell in love with an Australian who completely altered my way of looking at and appreciating the World. And this came at a time when I was already re-evaluating absolutely everything in my Life as Punk had died, Crisis, my first group had split up in May 1980 after performing with Magazine and…

ASCENSION MAGAZINE No. 26 – INTERVIEW WITH DEATH IN JUNE by Vanessa Venerdì and Gianfranco Santoro December 2010 1) How did you meet pianist Miro Snejdr and decide to leave to him the musical interpretation of “Peaceful Snow”, the new record by Death In June? • In about April 2009 a few fans told me about some instrumental piano versions appearing in videos on the internet of some of the songs from the previous years’ Death In June album ‘The Rule Of Thirds’. I watched and listened to them on…

“Nascosto tra le Rune” is the third Death in June biography: do you think this the right book to understand once and for all the essence and art of Death in June? I think that’s asking a lot of one book! And, I’m not even sure if that is, or should be, the purpose of any book about Death In June. All 3 books have had their own distinct direction and ‘feel’ not simply because they have been written in French, English and now Italian but also because of the…

As the previous album was peculiarly and surprisingly raw and sparse, this new one goes on this path but with a new major instrument : the piano. Is it a way of recreating your own personal « year zero » once again ? In truth I couldn’t see that there would be another Death In June album with me playing the guitar. I didn’t hear it, I didn’t feel it. I didn’t need it. I needed something else. And, more to inspire me and act as a catalyst. I’ve spent the past 10 years…

Here’s an interview I did for an Australian fanzine a couple of months ago. Throughout Peaceful Snow, and indeed the entirety of your recorded output, there are continued allusions toward more ancient and mystical methods of decoding and understanding the world and the universe – runes, Norse mythology, extra-Biblical prophecy etc. Indeed it seems as though Death In June has constructed and woven a micro-mythology around itself by means of appropriation and redeployment of mythical images of the past. To what extent was this conscious? To what extent do you…

What does “SACRIFICE” mean for Death In June? Everything! Death In June has always come first in my Life and has demanded my utmost attention, Love and care over the 32 years it has now existed. That’s a major factor as to why Death In June has been successful and has had so much influence musically, culturally, sartorially etc Worldwide. And continues to! If people don’t have absolute Faith in what they’re doing, and aren’t Willing to Sacrifice everything in the name of that cause, they shouldn’t be doing it….

Online version : http://www.mishkanyc.com/death-in-june-interview Downloadable PDF : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1G09DTX5 My roommate would occasionally find and buy DIJ’s pricy imported CDs, which all had beautiful packaging and design. Death In June’s records are usually expensive but it’s clear where the money’s going. I’m not aware of anyone who puts out more picture discs than Death In June does. When you hold a Death In June album, you get the immediate sense that it’s more real, more permanent than the other albums you own. The first album of DIJ’s that I was aware of was…

Interview for Polish magazine Gothica 1.Hello, Douglas. – it`s Your 30th anniversary with Death In June this year. I`m actually surprised that it`s so quiet around You now – no celebration so far. Is it a silence before the storm? As far as I know you had quite a few plans… Yes, you are correct that as I write this in the middle of 2011 it is the calm before the storm. There are many projects planned for the rest of 2011 which even range outside the usual scope of…

This is a question about that wave of late 70’s and 80’s – you, Mr. Wakeford, Mr. Rice, Mr. Tibet among the many others – what do you think, why there was such an explosion of talented musicians who were oriented to a not so well-known sides of art and culture? How do you see that époque now? It’s an interesting question and something I, too, have thought about. The closest to any explanation I’ve come to is Time itself. If you view the people who were instrumental in starting…

Questions for Douglas Pearce from OpenSpace.ru: 1. What was the thought process behind your decision: to start DIJ’s jubilee tour here, in Russia, after six years of silence? What are your feelings about our country? Offers to tour the World have constantly come in since my retirement from live performances in 2005 but 2011 marks the 30th Anniversary of the foundation of Death In June and it’s first release ‘Heaven Street’ and it’s first live performance. ‘6’ being the number of the month of June I thought these signs were…

1) For DIJ the masks, or better “The Mask” (you encountered in Italy), have always represented an icon, like uniforms. Can you explain us the symbolism of these masks? There is no “symbolism”. There just ‘IS’. It ‘is’ good looking. It ‘is’ different. It ‘is’ now an icon. It ‘is’ instantly recognizable as Death In June. It ‘is’ established and sort after – even to the point of it once being stolen after the Death In June performance in Israel (and since in Italy)! It ‘is’ Magickal and it ‘is’…