Have you participated, in one way or another to the release of “Ends!” ?
Only in being the skinny speed freak that played on it. This was very much down to Doug’s ideas and hard work.
The fact to release this last concert can let suppose that this
moment of your carreer has kept an importance in your mind. What kind of
remembrance do you keep today from the end of this project, what does
it represent in your soul ?
To be honest even with the nostalgic glow of being slim and dashing
its not a part of my past I have returned to much. Possibly, the fight
at every gig ambiance has something to do with it and the disillusion
with a politics that was the original motivation for the project in the
first place may have something to do with it as well.
That said it sounds a lot better or a lot less worse then I remembered it. Which was a pleasant surprise.
Do you see yourselves like some very different political animals
between the Crisis area and the Death In June one ? Do these entites
represent for you two different manners to see the world ?
Well Crisis was unambiguous in its politics. Death In June had more
to do with ambiguity,obsessions, history and aesthetics then with actual
politics. I of course being a fool of the unwise variety took a self
destructive decision that turned out to be the worst of my life. Even
worse then buying a pair of loon pants or “The Snow Goose” LP by Camel.
So I look back at both groups and have to take the good, the fact that both collaborations with Douglas produced something of worth and try and untangle it from the wreckage of my personal life and decisions. Crisis was a heady mix of speed and socialism. With a very bad come down.
Do you expect to develop some new things around Sol Invictus after
The Triple Tree and the Grey Force Wakeford projects or do you prefer
these days to concentrate yourself on these kinds of collaboration ?
We are hard at work on the new Sol album now. I am working on it with
my producer Reeve Malka. I have signed to Prophecy for my Sol Invictus
work which means I know the back catalog is in safe hands and I can
concentrate on the new material. We are also signing Orchestra Noir to
them so I hope a release from them will appear in the not too distant
future.
I’m also working with Reeve Malka and Susan Mathews on a ambient/video project called “The Gild. Its very early days but shows promise. I have finished a solo album for the Israeli Eastern Front label which Reeve is about to mix. Sol have just returned from a festival in Utrecht which was very good and we now have to rehearse for our London concert in October which cold spring are putting on.