“On Floating” was the first track I heard by a (to me) back then unknown Ohio-based band called The End of The Ocean. It was the first track on their third release In Excelsis which has now seen a vinyl debut via Post.Recordings featuring a new version of that mighty opener! Reason enough for us to talk with two members of the band.When talking to Wes and Tara it seems as if we are talking to good friends with whom one hasn’t spoken in a while but it easily clicks again - also because they love what they do and they love being a part of The End of the Ocean. The enthusiasm they purvey is totally natural, these are people who are in it for the love of the sound and the music. We talked a lot about In Excelsis, about the new version of On Floating, Tara’s hate for the Bengals and how they survived the pandemic as a band! Picture taken by Bee Gats

“On Floating” was the first track I heard by a (to me) back then unknown Ohio-based band called The End of The Ocean. It was the first track on their third release In Excelsis which has now seen a vinyl debut via Post.Recordings featuring a new version of that mighty opener! Reason enough for us to talk with two members of the band. When talking to Wes and Tara it seems as if we are talking to good friends with whom one hasn’t spoken in a while but it easily clicks again - also because they love what they do and they love being a part of The End of the Ocean. The enthusiasm they purvey is totally natural, these are people who are in it for the love of the sound and the music. We talked a lot about In Excelsis, about the new version of On Floating, Tara’s hate for the Bengals and how they survived the pandemic as a band! Picture taken by Bee Gats

Veil of Sound - Interview #36 - The End Of The Ocean

A few years back it was still unthinkable to combine black metal (or death metal for that matter) with a typical jazz instrument like the Saxophone. Nevertheless, this is 2022 and bands like White Ward, Gold Spire, Rivers of Nihil and Imperial Triumphant have turned it into a musically completely accepted instrument within the realms of hard music. Imperial Triumphant might be the most adventurous of those aforementioned bands because their roots are definitely not metal-only but very wide-spread as is their music. Thus an interview with their singer is a really treat for us.Imperial Triumphant seem to be one of those bands that are able to get away with anything - because they never strife for amazement, but rather for sound and for their artistic vision. Thus a collaboration with Kenny G is only unexpected at first glance; nevertheless, thinking it through, it makes perfect sense! That the band is also highly influenced by their home New York City, by movies, by legends and tales of old and new - all of that and more is part of our interview, so enjoy!

A few years back it was still unthinkable to combine black metal (or death metal for that matter) with a typical jazz instrument like the Saxophone. Nevertheless, this is 2022 and bands like White Ward, Gold Spire, Rivers of Nihil and Imperial Triumphant have turned it into a musically completely accepted instrument within the realms of hard music. Imperial Triumphant might be the most adventurous of those aforementioned bands because their roots are definitely not metal-only but very wide-spread as is their music. Thus an interview with their singer is a really treat for us. Imperial Triumphant seem to be one of those bands that are able to get away with anything - because they never strife for amazement, but rather for sound and for their artistic vision. Thus a collaboration with Kenny G is only unexpected at first glance; nevertheless, thinking it through, it makes perfect sense! That the band is also highly influenced by their home New York City, by movies, by legends and tales of old and new - all of that and more is part of our interview, so enjoy!

Veil of Sound - Interview #35 - Imperial Triumphant

Photo by Caroline Harrison This week’s video-interview is a good symbol for our slogan “Lifting The Veil off Underground Music” - because Brendon Randall-Myers might not be the most famous artist but he for sure is a very versatile and interesting one. We were lucky to have gotten this interview with him, so enjoy him talking about his musical development, noise and metal music and how his latest collaboration album came to life! Brendon has been the last conductor of the famous Glenn Branca Ensemble and has studied composition, but also has a fascination for metal music. His newest project will be unleashed onto this world of ours in a few weeks and it is a very shifty, diverse and atmospheric piece of metal that he worked on with Doug Moore from Pyrrhon. Aveilut might change the listening habits of lots of people because it’s dense and full of atmosphere but it never tries to overpower the listener. Maybe also because of its birthing which surely is not a regular one… if you want to find out more, check out our interview!

Photo by Caroline Harrison This week’s video-interview is a good symbol for our slogan “Lifting The Veil off Underground Music” - because Brendon Randall-Myers might not be the most famous artist but he for sure is a very versatile and interesting one. We were lucky to have gotten this interview with him, so enjoy him talking about his musical development, noise and metal music and how his latest collaboration album came to life! Brendon has been the last conductor of the famous Glenn Branca Ensemble and has studied composition, but also has a fascination for metal music. His newest project will be unleashed onto this world of ours in a few weeks and it is a very shifty, diverse and atmospheric piece of metal that he worked on with Doug Moore from Pyrrhon. Aveilut might change the listening habits of lots of people because it’s dense and full of atmosphere but it never tries to overpower the listener. Maybe also because of its birthing which surely is not a regular one… if you want to find out more, check out our interview!

Veil of Sound - Interview #34 - Brendon Randall-Myers

Zola Jesus

We have had a lot of musical “first’s” other the last couple of weeks here at VoS - just remember Dälek as our first HipHop-act. This week we presented a review of the upcoming record by Zola Jesus named Arkhon - and we were so lucky and happy to get an interview with her! Nika, who has a typically diverse American background from multiple corners of the world and who also relocated from Arizona to Wisconsin, explained why she makes dark pop music, the influence of her circle of friends on her work and why the only good football team is from Wisconsin! Enjoy our podcast-interview!

We have had a lot of musical “first’s” other the last couple of weeks here at VoS - just remember Dälek as our first HipHop-act. This week we presented a review of the upcoming record by Zola Jesus named Arkhon - and we were so lucky and happy to get an interview with her! Nika, who has a typically diverse American background from multiple corners of the world and who also relocated from Arizona to Wisconsin, explained why she makes dark pop music, the influence of her circle of friends on her work and why the only good football team is from Wisconsin! Enjoy our podcast-interview!

Veil of Sound - Interview #33 - Zola Jesus

Jay Gambit

When talking about artists with a wide array of genres they cover with their different projects, one such not forget Jay Gambit from Philadelphia as his projects go from industrial and post-punk to avantgarde and experimental. Just listen to his two maybe most famous projects: Crowhurst and Executioner's Mask - so very different and yet there is one connecting thing: Jay and his voice from the grave. In light of the upcoming album by Executioner's Mask we sat down with him for one of our funniest and most intimate interviews.  Jay is one of those music buffs who seem to know basically anything and everything, so after a very short gap of only 5 months we are having a second interview with him (the first one was at the end of 2021) but now we are, of course, focusing on the new album by EM called Winterlong which will be released next Friday and which at its core is one of the best and most versatile post-punk records of the year. As my friend Ralph always says, post-punk was never gone and when you listen to artists like Jay it also becomes pretty apparent why! This is no Bauhaus- oder Joy Division-cover band but a band pushing the boundaries and giving new impulses to the scene. And all of that because of having been in so many different projects that he now can turn to the joy of making people dance and think at the same time.  And the fact that he did the whole interview in his robe makes it even better - will the robe ever fall? Is this the sexiest interview we'll ever do? Well, you can only find out when watching!

When talking about artists with a wide array of genres they cover with their different projects, one such not forget Jay Gambit from Philadelphia as his projects go from industrial and post-punk to avantgarde and experimental. Just listen to his two maybe most famous projects: Crowhurst and Executioner's Mask - so very different and yet there is one connecting thing: Jay and his voice from the grave. In light of the upcoming album by Executioner's Mask we sat down with him for one of our funniest and most intimate interviews. Jay is one of those music buffs who seem to know basically anything and everything, so after a very short gap of only 5 months we are having a second interview with him (the first one was at the end of 2021) but now we are, of course, focusing on the new album by EM called Winterlong which will be released next Friday and which at its core is one of the best and most versatile post-punk records of the year. As my friend Ralph always says, post-punk was never gone and when you listen to artists like Jay it also becomes pretty apparent why! This is no Bauhaus- oder Joy Division-cover band but a band pushing the boundaries and giving new impulses to the scene. And all of that because of having been in so many different projects that he now can turn to the joy of making people dance and think at the same time.  And the fact that he did the whole interview in his robe makes it even better - will the robe ever fall? Is this the sexiest interview we'll ever do? Well, you can only find out when watching!

Veil of Sound - Interview #32 - Jay Gambit (Executioner's Mask / Crowhurst)

A few weeks ago we already had a short video special when we were talking to Nathan Gray about the problems of marketing. As we said then, we will not do that regularly but every now and then. This week this special became a little longer so we decided to release it as a regular video-episode for you. We spoke to Nate Hall about the sometimes problematic constellation of a musician and a music journalist via the example of Matt Pike from High on Fire or Sleep.  To point it out, we are not okay with misogyny, xenophobia, hate because of sex or gender, fascism and lot more things that shall not all be mentioned here. When Nate published a statement on Facebook a few weeks back this was enough for Thorsten to ask whether we should do an interview on exactly that topic and fortunately Nate agreed. Hope you like it and maybe it makes you think a little bit.

A few weeks ago we already had a short video special when we were talking to Nathan Gray about the problems of marketing. As we said then, we will not do that regularly but every now and then. This week this special became a little longer so we decided to release it as a regular video-episode for you. We spoke to Nate Hall about the sometimes problematic constellation of a musician and a music journalist via the example of Matt Pike from High on Fire or Sleep. To point it out, we are not okay with misogyny, xenophobia, hate because of sex or gender, fascism and lot more things that shall not all be mentioned here. When Nate published a statement on Facebook a few weeks back this was enough for Thorsten to ask whether we should do an interview on exactly that topic and fortunately Nate agreed. Hope you like it and maybe it makes you think a little bit.

Veil of Sound - Interview #31 - Nate Hall

James Romig

“Lifting the veil off underground music” is the slogan and banner under which we are working here for you. That means that we are trying to give you some good knowledge of what is going in our musical realm outside of charts and pop appeal. Our interview guest today is a perfect example for that as James Romig is an experimental composer who has worked together with Mike Scheidt of Yob on an hour-long-single-track-project that will be released via New World Records in four weeks!This interview is one of the most enjoyable as James is an easy to talk to partner who can also explain the differences between concert hall music and metal music from various perspectives or how he and Mike got to know each other, what fascinates him about doom metal and why Mike’s tuning and amp settings were so important for this recording. The project by James and Mike is called The Complexity of Distance and can be purchased from end of June via New World Records And oh, we also got to talk about James got his Pulitzer Price nomination! So enjoy this interview and tell us on our socials how you like the interview!

“Lifting the veil off underground music” is the slogan and banner under which we are working here for you. That means that we are trying to give you some good knowledge of what is going in our musical realm outside of charts and pop appeal. Our interview guest today is a perfect example for that as James Romig is an experimental composer who has worked together with Mike Scheidt of Yob on an hour-long-single-track-project that will be released via New World Records in four weeks! This interview is one of the most enjoyable as James is an easy to talk to partner who can also explain the differences between concert hall music and metal music from various perspectives or how he and Mike got to know each other, what fascinates him about doom metal and why Mike’s tuning and amp settings were so important for this recording. The project by James and Mike is called The Complexity of Distance and can be purchased from end of June via New World Records And oh, we also got to talk about James got his Pulitzer Price nomination! So enjoy this interview and tell us on our socials how you like the interview!

Veil of Sound - Interview #30 - James Romig

Picture by Evgeny Salganik Today is our J G D. Our what? Jeremy Galindo Day! Jonas gave you his review here here and we also spoke to the man behind the record, Jeremy Galindo, whom most of you will know as one of the guys behind TWDY. But beware and follow the instructions please! We wanted you to listen to this track first as it is necessary to know what awaits us when The Introvert’s first full-length will be released via dunk!records on June 2nd. You should know that this is not a project by This Will Destroy You, it’s a project by one of its band members and as such it’s already quite different to one of the most successful post-rock bands. Jeremy is a easy to talk to person and thus talking with him about his love for film scores, ambient music and also the approach he had to making this kind of music was very easy and pleasant. He showed a lot of thoughtfullness and gave some insights on the correlationb between the records and the time when it was conceived, the pandemic. Carry the Bomb, Carry the Power is in a clear way a child of its time with a bright ray of hopefulness on the horizon. Enjoy our video and leave some feedback on our socials!

Picture by Evgeny Salganik Today is our J G D. Our what? Jeremy Galindo Day! Jonas gave you his <a href="https://veilofsound.com/2022/05/22/the_introvert-carry_the_bomb_carry_the_power.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review here</a> here and we also spoke to the man behind the record, Jeremy Galindo, whom most of you will know as one of the guys behind TWDY. But beware and follow the instructions please! We wanted you to listen to this track first as it is necessary to know what awaits us when The Introvert’s first full-length will be released via dunk!records on June 2nd. You should know that this is not a project by This Will Destroy You, it’s a project by one of its band members and as such it’s already quite different to one of the most successful post-rock bands. Jeremy is a easy to talk to person and thus talking with him about his love for film scores, ambient music and also the approach he had to making this kind of music was very easy and pleasant. He showed a lot of thoughtfullness and gave some insights on the correlationb between the records and the time when it was conceived, the pandemic. Carry the Bomb, Carry the Power is in a clear way a child of its time with a bright ray of hopefulness on the horizon. Enjoy our video and leave some feedback on our socials!

Veil of Sound - Interview #29 - Jeremy Galindo [This Will Destroy You / The Introvert]

A few days ago we posted our first HipHop review here on Veil of Sound, a review of Dälek's latest record Precipice - and of course we were happy as f ... when Will Brooks aka MC Dälek agreed to do an interview with us. Therefore - here is our interview with none other than Dälek, enjoy! One basically cannot talk about abstract hiphop without mentioning Dälek, an act that has revolutionized the notion of what hiphop can be by combining hiphop with noise, ambient and sometimes even metal ideas. His conscious rap approach to his lyrics also made Will an icon among those who try to see things from more than one angle within the hiphop community. Thorsten sat up with him and talked about the new record, his wish for hope in his music, his relationship to Ipecac and touring with bands like Jesu and ISIS, but also of course about the political situation in the US and the fact that Dälek is somewhat of an outsider in both genres - hiphop and noise. Sit down and sip up what the man's gotta say!

A few days ago we posted our first HipHop review here on Veil of Sound, a review of Dälek's latest record Precipice - and of course we were happy as f ... when Will Brooks aka MC Dälek agreed to do an interview with us. Therefore - here is our interview with none other than Dälek, enjoy! One basically cannot talk about abstract hiphop without mentioning Dälek, an act that has revolutionized the notion of what hiphop can be by combining hiphop with noise, ambient and sometimes even metal ideas. His conscious rap approach to his lyrics also made Will an icon among those who try to see things from more than one angle within the hiphop community. Thorsten sat up with him and talked about the new record, his wish for hope in his music, his relationship to Ipecac and touring with bands like Jesu and ISIS, but also of course about the political situation in the US and the fact that Dälek is somewhat of an outsider in both genres - hiphop and noise. Sit down and sip up what the man's gotta say!

Veil of Sound - Interview #28 - dälek

Greg Anderson

Picture by Al Overdrive https://www.al-overdrive.com/ Interview-Sunday here on VoS and we are having another really famous guest - Greg Anderson. One half of Southern Lord, one half of SunnO))), member of legendary bands like Thor’s Hammer, Goatsnake or Engine Kid and now The Lord. We were fortunate to talk with Greg about his new record, which he released via Southern Lord on April 23 and which serves as the soundtrack to a movie he scored. We talk about the album, some songs and features on it, the differences between THE LORD and SunnO))), his love for several of the classic horror filmscorers and his general passion for music. It surely was a pleasure talking to Greg and we hope you will enjoy this audio-interview as well:

Picture by Al Overdrive <a href="https://www.al-overdrive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.al-overdrive.com/</a> Interview-Sunday here on VoS and we are having another really famous guest - Greg Anderson. One half of Southern Lord, one half of SunnO))), member of legendary bands like Thor’s Hammer, Goatsnake or Engine Kid and now The Lord. We were fortunate to talk with Greg about his new record, which he released via Southern Lord on April 23 and which serves as the soundtrack to a movie he scored. We talk about the album, some songs and features on it, the differences between THE LORD and SunnO))), his love for several of the classic horror filmscorers and his general passion for music. It surely was a pleasure talking to Greg and we hope you will enjoy this audio-interview as well:

Veil of Sound - Interview #27 - Greg Anderson [The Lord/Sunn O)))]

Our podcast is about music and their makers. We present you interviews with some of our favorite artists in the business.

Interview-Sunday here on VoS and we are having an interview with one of Italy’s finest bands when it comes to heaviness with a knack for melody - UFOMAMMUT! We talked to one of the few European bands on Neurot Recordings and gotten round to talk about their new line-up, their own label and listed a few bands from Italy we should all listen to.For several years now, the band has been releasing on Neurosis’ label and that hasn’t changed - also not now after their line-up change. They have a new drummer and in some ways that is also audible. Another reason to speak with the guys about the new songwriting and sound. Their next record Fenice (Italian for “Phoenix”) will be released this upcoming Friday, May 6th and we can only suggest all of you to listen to it then.

Interview-Sunday here on VoS and we are having an interview with one of Italy’s finest bands when it comes to heaviness with a knack for melody - UFOMAMMUT! We talked to one of the few European bands on Neurot Recordings and gotten round to talk about their new line-up, their own label and listed a few bands from Italy we should all listen to. For several years now, the band has been releasing on Neurosis’ label and that hasn’t changed - also not now after their line-up change. They have a new drummer and in some ways that is also audible. Another reason to speak with the guys about the new songwriting and sound. Their next record Fenice (Italian for “Phoenix”) will be released this upcoming Friday, May 6th and we can only suggest all of you to listen to it then.

Veil of Sound - Interview #26 - Ufomammut

Stephen O'Malley

So, this is the weekend of our first birthday. Veil of Sound was launched on April 23rd and what should we say – we want to party! We gave you premieres (wait n see), we gave you some great reviews and now we want to give you an interview – once in a while on a Saturday. And you might even know the man…… because it is none other than Stephen O’Malley whom you might know from being one of the founders of Southern Lord Recordings, having been in bands like Thor’s Hammer, Burning Witch or a little band that he co-founded with Greg Anderson called Sunn O)))! It was an honor of speaking with Stephen and finding out about when he first got some good gear, how important the band is to him and which role he has in Southern Lord. It was a real pleasure to also find out about the fine humor inherent in Sunn O))) and their songs.

So, this is the weekend of our first birthday. Veil of Sound was launched on April 23rd and what should we say – we want to party! We gave you premieres (wait n see), we gave you some great reviews and now we want to give you an interview – once in a while on a Saturday. And you might even know the man… … because it is none other than Stephen O’Malley whom you might know from being one of the founders of Southern Lord Recordings, having been in bands like Thor’s Hammer, Burning Witch or a little band that he co-founded with Greg Anderson called Sunn O)))! It was an honor of speaking with Stephen and finding out about when he first got some good gear, how important the band is to him and which role he has in Southern Lord. It was a real pleasure to also find out about the fine humor inherent in Sunn O))) and their songs.

Veil of Sound - Interview #25 - Stephen O'Malley [Sunn O)))]

Whoever has listened to Stygian Bough, the side-project of Funeral Doom masterminds Bell Witch has also read the name Erik Moggridge at one point or another. Early this year, Erik released another full-length under his usual stage moniker, Aerial Ruin. It contains many points that should be talked about, amongst them a 21-minute folk-song (!), and thus we did exactly that and are really proud of being able to give you this interesting video interview with him. Enjoy! Loss Seeking Flame (here you can find our review of it) is remarkable in the way it was written and in how the vocals were arranged because very often we do not here ONE Erik, but many Eriks. How? Well, you gotta listen to this interview to find out. And yes, this is a bit outside our usual Post-Rock and Post-Metal realms, but Aerial Ruin also represents perfectly what we are striving for: Shedding light on music one should pay attention to if not wanting to stick to the same same, over and over again. And one thing is for sure: You will be hard-pressed to find a record with a better arrangement of the vocals this year than Loss Seeking Flame. But now - enjoy our conversation with Erik Moggridge aka Aerial Ruin!

Whoever has listened to Stygian Bough, the side-project of Funeral Doom masterminds Bell Witch has also read the name Erik Moggridge at one point or another. Early this year, Erik released another full-length under his usual stage moniker, Aerial Ruin. It contains many points that should be talked about, amongst them a 21-minute folk-song (!), and thus we did exactly that and are really proud of being able to give you this interesting video interview with him. Enjoy! Loss Seeking Flame (here you can find <a href="https://veilofsound.com/2022/04/06/Aerial_Ruin-Loss_Seeking_Flame.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our review</a> of it) is remarkable in the way it was written and in how the vocals were arranged because very often we do not here ONE Erik, but many Eriks. How? Well, you gotta listen to this interview to find out. And yes, this is a bit outside our usual Post-Rock and Post-Metal realms, but Aerial Ruin also represents perfectly what we are striving for: Shedding light on music one should pay attention to if not wanting to stick to the same same, over and over again. And one thing is for sure: You will be hard-pressed to find a record with a better arrangement of the vocals this year than Loss Seeking Flame. But now - enjoy our conversation with Erik Moggridge aka Aerial Ruin!

Veil of Sound - Interview #24 - Aerial Ruin

Christian Bonnesen

Heaviness is important! Really important. Many people would say that Chicago-based sludge/doom/noise band Indian are the heaviest thing they ever heard - if you listen to their records that becomes quite clear. But when listening to Copenhagen’s sludge-maniacs LLNN one has admit, there’s a strong new contender. Just let Unmaker cleanse your ears with corroded pincers and that will become quite apparent! Unmaker (here you can find our review to it) is one of those records which will leave more than a bit of an impression on one’s ears and minds. And therefore we wanted to sit down with LLNN’s singer Christian Bonnesen and talk with him about riffs, sound and heaviness, about song titles, his recent bachelor party and his love for “the Bizkit”! A really enjoyable interview offering lots of knowledge about the band and Christian himself!

Heaviness is important! Really important. Many people would say that Chicago-based sludge/doom/noise band Indian are the heaviest thing they ever heard - if you listen to their records that becomes quite clear. But when listening to Copenhagen’s sludge-maniacs LLNN one has admit, there’s a strong new contender. Just let Unmaker cleanse your ears with corroded pincers and that will become quite apparent! Unmaker (here you can find our review to it) is one of those records which will leave more than a bit of an impression on one’s ears and minds. And therefore we wanted to sit down with LLNN’s singer Christian Bonnesen and talk with him about riffs, sound and heaviness, about song titles, his recent bachelor party and his love for “the Bizkit”! A really enjoyable interview offering lots of knowledge about the band and Christian himself!

Veil of Sound - Interview #23 - Christian Bonnesen [LLNN]

RALPH SCHMIDT

On Friday Ultha released their latest record - AOTY-material if anyone asks me - and it's a record that demands attention for all its glory. And of course we were honored, when Ralph suggested we could do the only video interview for it, one of only two interviews for the record. Not because of exclusive-ness but because the album is great and offers so much we can and must talk about!  All That Has Never Been True is one of those records which come around not too often, and for a band like Ultha to release such an opus magnum after some turbulent years, a near-split, several new projects by the members of the band and of course, in the middle of this pandemic: This is a glorious return to form and there have been several voices who say that this is the band's best record to date. But there is so much more to talk about. So don't worry if your computer is broken, when it says that the length of the interview is over 90 (!) minutes - great things demand for a lot of attention to detail! Enjoy the video-interview or the podcast but most all - enjoy All That Has Never Been True!

On Friday Ultha released their latest record - AOTY-material if anyone asks me - and it's a record that demands attention for all its glory. And of course we were honored, when Ralph suggested we could do the only video interview for it, one of only two interviews for the record. Not because of exclusive-ness but because the album is great and offers so much we can and must talk about! All That Has Never Been True is one of those records which come around not too often, and for a band like Ultha to release such an opus magnum after some turbulent years, a near-split, several new projects by the members of the band and of course, in the middle of this pandemic: This is a glorious return to form and there have been several voices who say that this is the band's best record to date. But there is so much more to talk about. So don't worry if your computer is broken, when it says that the length of the interview is over 90 (!) minutes - great things demand for a lot of attention to detail! Enjoy the video-interview or the podcast but most all - enjoy All That Has Never Been True!

Veil of Sound - Interview #22 - Ralph Schmidt [Ultha]

Nathan Gray

Normally we do not do something like a news segment, because we think that there are much better sites for that. However, this one is somewhat different: a few days ago, Nathan Gray posted a longer text on his socials saying that he has to speak about his inner struggles with the promotion of his last album Rebel Songs and how he has to cope with the inadequacy of the marketing compared to the record. As this is a topic that interests us a lot as well, we met up for a short special interview and talked about it all, from different angles and perspectives and in detail. We consider this short interview one of our best to date. Tell us what you think!  Thorsten sat down with Nathan and they talked about how he thinks that the promotion for the new record did not reflect on the nature of the songs and represented only a small part of Rebel Songs. He also clearly said that it was not about blaming anyone but him as he signed off on those things. They also looked at it from a historical perspective and set the whole discussion into deep and meaningful contexts with Nathan giving us a lot of insight into his inner turmoil and the result of it all. Give this one a good listen and think about the problems of marketing and promoting records in our time and day as this is definitely something to be aware of in a time when one can spent every minute of the day listening to a song from a new record. We wish Nathan all the best for his way and we can only encourage you to listen to the record once again.

Normally we do not do something like a news segment, because we think that there are much better sites for that. However, this one is somewhat different: a few days ago, Nathan Gray posted a longer text on his socials saying that he has to speak about his inner struggles with the promotion of his last album Rebel Songs and how he has to cope with the inadequacy of the marketing compared to the record. As this is a topic that interests us a lot as well, we met up for a short special interview and talked about it all, from different angles and perspectives and in detail. We consider this short interview one of our best to date. Tell us what you think! Thorsten sat down with Nathan and they talked about how he thinks that the promotion for the new record did not reflect on the nature of the songs and represented only a small part of Rebel Songs. He also clearly said that it was not about blaming anyone but him as he signed off on those things. They also looked at it from a historical perspective and set the whole discussion into deep and meaningful contexts with Nathan giving us a lot of insight into his inner turmoil and the result of it all. Give this one a good listen and think about the problems of marketing and promoting records in our time and day as this is definitely something to be aware of in a time when one can spent every minute of the day listening to a song from a new record. We wish Nathan all the best for his way and we can only encourage you to listen to the record once again.

Veil of Sound - Special - Nathan Gray

Frank Zappa had one of the larger discographies with supposedly more than 60 full-lengths and countless live-records and more. Scott Heller aka Dr. Space surely can rival those numbers because his discography is also immeasurable and uncountable. Together with his main project the Øresund Space Collective he has 70 releases under his belt (as counted by Discogs) and thus we had enough to talk about. Enjoy!  When listening to Øresund Space Collective one can totally understand the old saying by Timothy Leary: "Turn on, tune in and drop out" when he was talking about psychedelics and drugs - the Swedish-Danish collective is able to achieve this effect without the need for any narcotics. For me, being a straight-edger for life it has the effect that I can completely get lost in the sounds of Dr. Space and his fellow musicians. All very talented jammers with a perfect understanding of what they want to achieve with each specific jam. Scott talks about how the music is created and much more. So, sit back, turn on and understand.

Frank Zappa had one of the larger discographies with supposedly more than 60 full-lengths and countless live-records and more. Scott Heller aka Dr. Space surely can rival those numbers because his discography is also immeasurable and uncountable. Together with his main project the Øresund Space Collective he has 70 releases under his belt (as counted by Discogs) and thus we had enough to talk about. Enjoy! When listening to Øresund Space Collective one can totally understand the old saying by Timothy Leary: "Turn on, tune in and drop out" when he was talking about psychedelics and drugs - the Swedish-Danish collective is able to achieve this effect without the need for any narcotics. For me, being a straight-edger for life it has the effect that I can completely get lost in the sounds of Dr. Space and his fellow musicians. All very talented jammers with a perfect understanding of what they want to achieve with each specific jam. Scott talks about how the music is created and much more. So, sit back, turn on and understand.

Veil of Sound - Interview #21 - Scott Heller (Dr. Space)

This week's interview is a short one, but it is also a very fun one. Talking to one's favorite bands from back in the day, who are still around, is just an immense pleasure to do. When I had the opportunity to interview Hot Water Music I just had to do it.  You can now listen to to this talk about their music and their new album on YouTube and via your favorite podcast streaming plattform. I really enjoyed talking with these guys even for just the 25 minutes we had. The band had their ups and downs over the years, bu with Feel The Void they have released an incredibly strong album, so were happy to have this talk with them available for you now.

This week's interview is a short one, but it is also a very fun one. Talking to one's favorite bands from back in the day, who are still around, is just an immense pleasure to do. When I had the opportunity to interview Hot Water Music I just had to do it. You can now listen to to this talk about their music and their <a href="https://veilofsound.com/2022/03/18/Hot_Water_Music-Feel_The_Void.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new album</a> on YouTube and via your favorite podcast streaming plattform. I really enjoyed talking with these guys even for just the 25 minutes we had. The band had their ups and downs over the years, bu with Feel The Void they have released an incredibly strong album, so were happy to have this talk with them available for you now.

Veil of Sound - Interview #20 - Hot Water Music

Eugene Robinson

It is always a pleasure to interview people who enjoy that situation and I would say the best interviews are those when humour and reflection meet. That combination is not always given but with Eugene S. Robinson it really always is. This time we interviewed him about the new record by his transcontinental band Buñuel! A few weeks ago we already reviewed Killers Like Us by Buñuel and it got rave reactions by you our readers. We have already hinted at the fact that we interviewed Eugene about the band, their name, the way they write their music! And if you want to find out how Eugene perceived the difference between American and German cops well, here you can find out!

It is always a pleasure to interview people who enjoy that situation and I would say the best interviews are those when humour and reflection meet. That combination is not always given but with Eugene S. Robinson it really always is. This time we interviewed him about the new record by his transcontinental band Buñuel! A few weeks ago we <a href="https://veilofsound.com/2022/02/26/Bunuel-Killers_Like_Us.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">already reviewed</a> Killers Like Us by Buñuel and it got rave reactions by you our readers. We have already hinted at the fact that we interviewed Eugene about the band, their name, the way they write their music! And if you want to find out how Eugene perceived the difference between American and German cops well, here you can find out!

Veil of Sound - Interview #19 - Eugene Robinson [Buñuel]

Nate Newton

Okay, now everyone should have gotten it - we are going for separate video-interviews with every member of the most decisive hardcore band this side of the millennium, Converge. However, we don’t want to focus too much on the band itself, but on other topics related to it or sometimes not. This time we talk to Nate about the question of ethics in hardcore - how important are they and how important is our notion of ethics itself. In the end we arrive at a very differentiated picture of it all.Well, we talked with Jacob about the importance of visual art and then we had Kurt tell us something about the intricacies of production and everything that comes along with it.While we are still hoping to get Ben on the show as well, this third part of our series was with Nate, who also played in several other bands that you might know like Doomriders or Old Man Gloom. So, with Converge’s bass monster we talked about the notion of ethics and morals in hardcore and how those things have changed for him over the decades. A really interesting talk, enjoy!

Okay, now everyone should have gotten it - we are going for separate video-interviews with every member of the most decisive hardcore band this side of the millennium, Converge. However, we don’t want to focus too much on the band itself, but on other topics related to it or sometimes not. This time we talk to Nate about the question of ethics in hardcore - how important are they and how important is our notion of ethics itself. In the end we arrive at a very differentiated picture of it all. Well, we talked with Jacob about the importance of visual art and then we had Kurt tell us something about the intricacies of production and everything that comes along with it. While we are still hoping to get Ben on the show as well, this third part of our series was with Nate, who also played in several other bands that you might know like Doomriders or Old Man Gloom. So, with Converge’s bass monster we talked about the notion of ethics and morals in hardcore and how those things have changed for him over the decades. A really interesting talk, enjoy!

Veil of Sound - Interview #18 - Nate Newton

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