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How came the idea to release “Ends!”? A number of factors led to this writing of possibly the final chapter to the story of my first group Crisis. The American release in 2005 of the compilation album called ‘Holocaust Hymns’ was a success and, in turn, it’s led to an invitation to contribute the track ‘UK’79’ to another compilation album being prepared by Rough Trade/V2 that will also feature people like Neil Young, The Beat, Woody Guthrie, The Smiths and The Byrds! It’s very nice to be recognised so many…

You met each other in 1975. How exactly ? Well, if my memory is correct it was on a coach to London from Woking to attend a anti-Fascist event. As neither of us had comb overs or beards i think we kind of gravitated together. As shows « UK79 », chosen for our cd sampler, most of Crisis music was very genuine punk rock. Did you feel close to other punk bands of the time ? Not really. I suppose on the political level it was the The Clash. I think both Doug and…

You met each other in 1975. How exactly ? I think it was about late 1975 at either an anti-fascist demonstration or a meeting of leftist groups in Woking, my home town. By then Tony and I were involved in different Trotskyist groups and we were probably obliged to turn up at these meetings no matter how boring they normally were. Because we were the youngest representatives there of the new far left we got to talking. If my memory serves me well, and it may not, we were also both…

Balladeer of Doom – An interview with Douglas P., Part I Written by Helene Burkholder An interview with Douglas P., Part I Put yourself in my shoes, if you will: I get to do my first interview ever (a nerve-wracking experience in itself), and it happens to be with Douglas P., the man derrière le masque of Death in June. No sweat! … Preparing my questions, I had 517 butterflies (I counted them) in my stomach – I’m a huge fan of Death in June, albeit a more recent one,…

(French version here : http://gonzai.com/death-in-june-interview-jusquici-tout-va-bien/) DEATH IN JUNE (interview for Gonzaï) First, let’s go back to the French tour you tried to do two years ago. Most of the shows had been cancelled, and some of them were cancelled because of the French authorities. When I saw you on stage in Paris (Le Réservoir), I felt a strong angriness. Now with hindsight, two years after, what do you feel about this aborted tour ? The shows that did actually happen in Paris and Brest were, I thought, intense and good so the…

Last December you performed in Budapest again as part of your regular European Tour. What sort of memories do you have of the event? Well, first of all there’s nothing ever truly “regular” about any Death In June tour, wherever it may be. But, outside of that I very rarely ever remember actual performances themselves. Merely fragments of them. I tend to remember more things about a venue or city and I do remember passing you several times in the long, stark corridors of the venue that led from stage…

For someone who writes of the sanctity of solitude, Douglas P. has been very busy putting himself on stage in front of as many people as possible these past three years. In the dying weeks of 2014 he toured the US with The Death of the West Mk III tour, followed by his Giddy Carousel tour of Europe in December. I first met Douglas in 2002 after posting him a copy of one of my Isomer albums in appreciation of his work. A couple of months later he invited me…

Full response to Questions for interview/feature with Creative Loafing, Atlanta​. 24.X.14. Hello Douglas, 1. First, can you please tell me about the material you will be playing when you come to Atlanta? Is it a comprehensive Death In June setlist, or will it stick to a particular era of your songwriting? Will you play any new or unreleased songs? It stretches from the beginning to the present ; Heaven Street thru to Peaceful Snow/The Snow Bunker Tapes. There are no complete new or unreleased songs so they won’t be played. I…

It’s been a while since the “Peaceful Snow” LP came out. Are you going to release a new record in the foreseeable future? What is it going to be like? There are no new recordings at present. Since the release of Peaceful Snow in 2010 and its brother album The Snow Bunker Tapes earlier this year my main thoughts have been performing this material throughout the World. The artistic Muse has not descended for a brand new Death In June album and I’ m quite comfortable with that. There’s always…

INTERVIEW WITH DOUGLAS P./DEATH IN JUNE (Aldo Chimenti for Rockerilla) 1. The new album “The Rule Of Thirds” comes after 3 years from “Alarm Agents” and it marks a change in your songwriting, most acoustic psych-folk orientated between Velvet Underground and Syd Barrett. Is it a new beginning, a new feeling? In truth, I feel it’s the first really brand new Death In June album since ‘All Pigs Must Die’ in 2001. I didn’t write any of the lyrics to ‘Alarm Agents’ as I left that hard task up to…

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…