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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’…

A few years ago you announced that there will be no more Death in June live shows. But fortunately, in 2011 we’re going to have you perform in Moscow. What made you get back on the road? Realistically it’s a culmination of events. 2011 marks the 30th Anniversary of the foundation of Death In June, the release of the group’s first 12” e.p. ‘Heaven Street’ and the first performance in 1981 so coupled with the offers I was getting to perform live again I thought this was as good a…

ARE THERE ANY DEATH IN JUNE RELEASES YOU THINK HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED? I feel all the releases by Death In June got appropriate exposure for their days. The one album that puzzles me though is ‘Burial’ and the amount of exposure and sales it achieved and still does. For me it’s the sound of the group falling to pieces, being pulled in several directions and sounding rough and confused. The runt of the litter. It was touch and go that Death In June would survive that release and the subsequent…