ELECTROMEDA v2.0 - audio_interviews

Art - no, little, much, always?

Heil// always. Ian// I know Art; he’s a good man, a real closer. Elias// Motherfucker cost me my Cadillac.

<smile> Predominant colours in dubok image/logo/designs are grey and blue. Why?

Heil// I believe it compliments the entirety of what is Dubok. They are colors that can identify with every emotion.
Elias// Yeah, I think the album covers have really just fit our music well. That’s really the only reason we’ve used them. Alan @ eye-lyft (who did the art for Technicolor… our upcoming single for Dense… and our upcoming full-length) is just amazing. He really knows what he’s doing.
Ian// personally I love blue. It’s a great color. But I don't think there is any coincidence. I think it's just how it came to be.

Five words that define Dubok (including an explanation of word dubok - CIA/KGB term for a dead agent, right?)

Ian// Dance U Bastard Or Kill Elias// Yeah, I’m gonna have to agree with Ian here <smile>
Heil// Evolving into something quite different. NO! This agent is very alive and very well. Dubok means dead drop, the exchange of information.

Ian, you said in one interview that you 'cut and paste' your lyrics. How can we find out the meaning of your songs? Should we?

Ian// Most often there is no meaning. The words are generally there to enhance the music. I don't have a political or social agenda. (At least not one I’m willing to wear on my sleeve) Occasionally I may get something off of my chest in a line in a song, but most times the music is there and I just enhance the song with the lyrics. I really have nothing important to say without coming off like a hypocrite.

How do you attain 'clear vision'?

Ian// You have to like yourself.
Elias// Get rid of as much bullshit drama from your life as possible. No need for it!
Heil// Oh, keeping Ian3XLR out of jail for being drunk 'n' disorderly.

From your viewpoint, what are the differences between "Immersed" and "Technicolor"?

Ian// maturity and production quality. Heil// Technicolor: controlled, a bit more dynamic. It leaves room for growth and an uncertainty of what is to come.
Elias// Yeah, “Immersed” really was our first try at recording a ‘professional’ release… And you can tell if was our first CD! <wink/smile> We just matured a lot musically and technically on “Technicolor”.

Will ever industrial/electro music flood the clubs around the world?

Ian// Oh I think there will be times when something accessible crosses over but it will be something that was influenced by the underground sound and someone adds a touch of cheesiness to it like NIN used to
do. I mean without Ministry there would be no Nine Inch Nails or Marilyn Manson. It’s just a theory. I could be wrong.
Heil// Not until technology consumes every human.

Next time you’re in a club and you hear song that has a bit of techno, a touch of acid, smoothness of synth-pop and industrial’s adrenaline – that’s Dubok. What will be your first thought? Memorize it, and later consult Herr Freud. Test results can be submitted to DUBOK@DUBOK.NET

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