0. name of the band
Raune & McCartney.
1. where are you from?
Pogo McCarntey: Berlin and Münster in Germany.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you
use?
Pogo McCartney: Previously basses, organ, metal sheets and a lot of effects.
Raune: Mostly an electric bass, synthesizers, various noise
generators/boxes, pedals, gongs and other traditional Chinese instruments.
3. what do you think about the music context
nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
Pogo McCartney: Growing up I needed a sense of security and I saw myself
as part of the punk/hardcore scene. This has, of course, influenced my music
and me. I still have many friends in that scene. Today, I’d say, I feel have
distanced myself from that very scene. Being part of one scene does in a way
limit ones freedom. I’ve neglected a variety of inputs (music, art, and other
influences), while exclusively focusing on bands and artists that are connected
to the punk/hardcore scene.
Raune: I feel the same way. Most of my friends are somehow connected to
the punk/hardcore scene. I still go to shows, but less often. Personally, I
still feel connected to that scene, but more to the people, while lowly
drifting away from the music. For the past few years I’ve been searching for
novel musical input of various kinds, as I got more and more bored of listening
to bands, new and old, that apply similar musical patterns. A good friend of
mine (also with a punk background), who is into noise music, introduced me to a
few artists. Shortly after, I was fascinated by this kind of music - especially
noise, drone, ambient etc. But so far, mostly because I have not played live, I
don't consider myself to be part of that particular scene, even though it is a
vital one.
4. which is your method of
composition?
Pogo McCartney: We don't use any method in particular, and mostly
improvise.
Raune: We try to interact while playing/recording. It works quite well,
as we both know what the other is doing and which direction he wants to move
to.
5. how is your recording approach? do you
use some particular record technique?
Pogo McCartney: Nothing special. I have recorded both of our releases
myself. Basically just setting a microphone in front of the speakers with a few
additional microphones in the room. The percussive elements are simply
connected with contact microphones. No big thing.
6. do you play live? how public react to
your music?
Pogo McCartney: We have performed once. A friend of ours, Hendrik
Otremba, who is the singer of my other band, Messer, read an excerpt of his
upcoming novel and we provided background music, sound that accompanied the
text.
Raune: I am going to play a first show at a festival organized by the
guys that run the econore label which
released our recordings.
7. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records
were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other
determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to
you?
Pogo McCartney: Music, thats the main thing.
Raune: We do not do this music, because it is fashionable or on vogue.
More people seem to like experimental/noise music, because some artists get
some attention in the media. We play this music, because we like it. Most
importantly, we enjoy working with and exploring sounds.
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