MORPHEUS
MUSIC INTERVIEW - LEMONCHILL
25.12.09 - on release
of Journey Through An Electric Garden.
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| Q:
Can you tell us a bit about how you initially
came to be a musician? |
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Well I became a musician "accidentally",
my sister worked at a music college called: "bpm music"
they teach people sound and how to create electronic music.
She said I have to try it and since I always loved music I
thought this might be a good experience. I finished my study
there at 2005 and two years later released my first album
called: "Sentant".
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How did the Lemonchill project get started? |
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After finishing my studies at
bpm music collage I worked a lot at my home studio to get
more experience until I felt I was good enough to try to release
my songs. The name Lemonchill came to my mind while driving
with a good friend he said: "Why not call yourself "Lemonchill"
it is a liquor that after you drink it you get a good "hi"
sensation but quickly after that "hi" sensation
disappears, so I thought about it and decided this might be
a cool name for me. |
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Q:
Your debut album Sentant preceded the
current Journey Through an Electric Garden – how do
you feel that album was received?
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Well there is an interesting
story behind my first album "Sentant" it was created
after a very intense and a very bad relationship I had with
a girl, so after that I sat at my studio and wanted to "express"
what I felt at that time though music. I guess that is why
I called that album"sentant" which means feelings
in French. After that album was released I got good reactions
from listeners all around the globe.
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What were your goals in beginning the Journey album? |
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My goals? Hmm... well make
this album more successful than the previous one for a start,
and still not to sound commercial at the same time. But
also I wanted to take a different direction; this album
"Journey Through An Electric Garden" is more minimal
more upbeat than the previous album and I am very happy
with the final result. This album has a more "90s"
vibe and it can be related to acts such as: The Orb, Future
Sound of London, Orbital, Banco de Gaia. |
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| Q:
How would you describe the sound of Journey
in comparison to Sentant? |
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I think
the album " Journey Through An Electric Garden "
has a better sound, that is obvious. I used new equipment
on this album and I think people that listened to it can
hear a big difference with the sound compared to my previous
album. |
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What are your recording methods –
how do you go about making your music? |
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Usually I try to "express"
my thoughts and feelings and events in my life through music,
so almost every song I created has a unique atmosphere and
a story behind it.
About my recording methods I like to work alone although for
my new upcoming album I started to work with an artist named
Feel from Greece it is the first time ever I collaborated
with another artist and the result is very good. When I work
in my studio making music I completely "shut" myself
off from the exterior world, I forget what time it is what
day it is I even forget to eat and sleep because I am so into
creating music. |
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| Q:
What is your recording environment like? |
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My home studio
consists of: Adam a6 monitors, rme dhsp sound card, sennheiserr
headphones, monster cables and the nuendo music program I
use. I don't like to buy or get the newest hardware and software
in the market, I think using what you feel makes the best
sound and effects you love are good as long as you know how
to use them to the max. |
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What influences your project –
both sonically and visually?
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Hmm... hard
to describe visually; it can be from a beautiful girl I saw
walking the street to a peaceful park I went to or just by
spending time at the beach.
Sonically I like to hear many music genres from classic music
like Mozart and Bach to now days electronic music, I also
like a lot of 80s music and also 70s. I like the "classic
electronic" sound and artists from Kraftwerk to Jean
Michel Jarre.
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| Q:
You have another album due soon –
what has resulted in this burst of releases in 2009? |
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Well my first
album "Sentant" was originally released in 2007
as a digital release only and only recently released as a
cd too. Since then I worked on the album Journey Through An
Electric Garden and this album has been released a few months
ago.
I am currently working on another remix album set to be released
on Cyberset records too next year. It is also a remix album
but this time consists of more upbeat remixes in the progressive
house and trance genre, and like I mentioned before it has
a first time collaboration between myself and an artist named
Feel from Greece. The album will also feature a singer named
Hideyo Blackmoon from Japan; it is the first time ever I used
a live singer for one of my songs and I like the result.
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Would you mind giving us some insight
into the forthcoming Sleeping With Giants? |
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The new album
called: "Sleeping With Giants" is a remix album
and consists of remixes made for my songs by artists such
as: Zero Cult, Side Liner, Terra Nine, Chronos, Mindwave,
Limbo and Hol Baumann. I only contribute one remix, it is
a new version I made for the track : "Adam and Eve". |
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| Thanks
to Lemonchill and Cyberset for allowing us that interview.
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