Ephel Duath, ma all'estero :(

uh gli ephel death . piano però, il cantante nn ha voce eh, nemmeno per strillare più di tanto. anche per urlare ci vuole capacità e lui mi sembra "così così".

musicalmente li trovo spossanti, troppo arzigogolati e spesso sensa filo. queste le impressioni live di quando ho sentito l'anno scorso i pezzi nuovi.

Hello all,

here are a few questions we answered Earache some days ago as part of the promotion for the remix album, Pain Remixes the Known. We thought of sharing the whole thing with you so that you get exclusive information.

We hope you guys enjoy it, and as usual dont hesitate to leave feedback!

Ephel Duath

1) Tell us more about the remix album itself - what does it contain and why did you decide to do one?

The way we designed the previous album, Pain Necessary to Know, left room for a lot of new interpretations, or remixes as is the case here. The initial idea came from Earache's Dan Tobin, and it seduced us straight away. We were on tour at the time and therefore had enough spare time on the road to discuss about all this and we all arrived to the conclusion that slowing down the BPM of PNTK to a dubbish rythm would be a slight risk that had the potential to become a thrilling experience.

2) Who started it? What is it all about? Where it was recorded and was it was fun to make?

Two years ago ambient-dub guru Eraldo Bernocchi contacted us just to congratulate us for our work and ended up inviting us to dinner. Eraldo is a guitar player, producer and electronic musician. He's got more than 20 years of musical career and 75 full lenght albums spanning many different audio and visual projects with artists and musicians from all over the world. Some of his partners and collaborators are Bill Laswell, Mick Harris, Toshinori Kondo, Thomas Fehlmann, DJ Disk and Harold Budd. He scored various soundtracks, just to mention a few "Nirvana" and "Denti" of the Oscar Prize winner Gabriele Salvatores. Among his remixes he counts Almamegretta, Prince Paul/Jungle Brothers, WordSound, Robert Miles, AFA, The Maldoror Project and many others ranging from dub to metal and drum and bass. A brilliant artist basically. So Lucio and I went to Tuscany where he lives and a lot of ideas regarding possible collaboration came up that night. After a few months Eraldo asked us to compose a song with him for the 20th anniversary of his band Sigillum S. The song came out real Pink Floydish, with spoken words as well as the typical Ephel Duath appeal added to the ambiant guitar of Eraldo. Some time went by and our friendship developed, and at some point Dan Tobin's idea for the remix album came up and we immediately thought of Eraldo.
The whole album, Pain Remixes the Known, has been composed by Eraldo in his home studio called The Place with the help of collaborator and singer Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari.

3) Can you tell us more about your bassist leaving? What are your future projects (with or without a bassist)?

We asked Fabio to leave the band before our May UK tour. We have reached the maximum of our artistic capacities with him and although we will always cherish the memories shared with him, but it is time for us to move on. We will not look for a substitute and will continue as a trio, for a sole experimental choice. We believe we will gain something out of this loss. Right now we are working hard on the new album, a concept called "Through My Dog's Eyes" and will be recorded beginning of next year. We'll announce the name of our kick-ass producer soon as well as the one of artist who will take care of the artwork. We are beyond excited at the idea of going back to the studio.

4) Finally, why an Ephel Duath fan would enjoy these remixes?

An Ephel Duath fan knows that the band is shapeless. We think that PRTK is an extremely important experiment that can help the band widen the scope of its fanbase and can surprise whoever is used to our sound. Just listen to it and see for yourself.