LIGHTHOUSE OF PICTURES

Year 2003 has brought forward many new projects, but only several could be noted for leaving significant mark in the scene. Rotersand is one of those few. Quite an impact has been made with their first full-length "Truth Is Fanatic", and that was expected since Rasc, Gun and Krischan are very well known within their respective music scenes. Album received many over-flattering titles like "newcomer of the year", "album of the month" and similar journalistic confectionery that don't mean much else (and shouldn't) but to point to a notable release. Enough at least for an interview. I was mostly intrigued by lyrics, to be honest. Majority of my questions is about that side of Rotersand. The rest is music, and there you're on your own.

Now that world has opened for Rotersand, what would you like to take from it?

Rasc: We really enjoy traveling and touring around and meeting with and talking to people we would never have met without Rotersand - that is the main big thing for us in the moment. The feedback of the people now involved as djs, fans or wherever they came from sharing our reflection of electronics.

What is cohesional force of Rotersand since you three are musically very different?

Rasc: The love for advanced electronic music and selected words.

Do you 'glue' your tracks out of elements created by each of you, or you make songs together as a whole?

Rasc: There is always a first inspiration and than we work it out. The three of us together or sometimes just two in altering combinations.


Frequent in your lyrics are motifs of contact, touch and embrace. Also, picture of dreams plays a significant role. How does that reflect an idea of Rotersand? What those lyrics represent?

R: Maybe a certain and shared need for balance. As we work on our lyrics we most of the time get into the same mood and just follow the flow of our feelings and impressions. Most of the time we are on the move like this.

And the product are descriptive, picturesque lyrics. Please describe your connection to visual arts: painting, film?

R: Yes, most of our lyrics live in inner pictures. Sometimes we are inspired by certain pictures or scenes. The bandname comes from an old black and white documentary about the lighthouse Roter Sand. ‘Merging Oceans’ from the story of an old sailor... (continues on next page)