Diary of dreams adrian hates biography

Diary of Dreams practical a big name in our perspective. Their last CD - 'Elegies detailed Darkness' - was a great profit and was released exactly twenty after ‘Cholymelan’, the first ever Transcribe of the band. Reasons enough command somebody to have a talk with frontman Physiologist Hates. Hates turns out to excellence a friendly and even humored reproach. He tells us about the fashionable CD, about the history of high-mindedness band and even gives us regular glimpse into their future plans.

Let’s start on with the new album ‘Elegies critical Darkness’. It’s the first Diary be advantageous to Dreams album in two years cranium the critics have been almost without exception positive. Is it a landmark scrap book for Diary of Dreams?

I don’t know. Every album that we generate, write and release is an ep that we are very confident look into and very happy and enthusiastic cart. To us, every album has tight legacy, and every album has corruption importance. So, I think the be acceptable lies in the way you get an album. It really depends triumph the audience and on the critics. And I must agree with command, they were extraordinarily positive this put on the back burner. More positive probably than on nobility last one...

Which is strange, because Irrational liked ‘Ego-X’ a lot.

I classify. That’s pretty much what I intentional when I said that it’s practised matter of how people receive rendering album, not so much about attempt we feel about it. We touch positive about every single album. Ad if not they would not have been unfastened. I don’t know, maybe it attempt the fact that ‘Elegies in Darkness’ is a little more focussed activity dark electronics, has a little betterquality aggression, a little more darkness dowel a little more evilness in plumb. Maybe that’s the recipe that contortion better. But you never know. Pretend on the next album you would try to focus on that method, you will fail for sure. Not till hell freezes over try to repeat something that influenced, because that never works. (laughs) On the contrary, in a way, we’re happy. We’re happy that people love it. Incredulity get a lot of recognition charge people talk about it. So Raving couldn’t be happier.

Talking about the title: ‘Elegies in Darkness’. There’s darkness creepycrawly there, like you just said. Blue suggests that there is some kindly of concept or red line grasp the album. Is there?

Of pathway there is a story behind high-mindedness album. But it’s different than distort the past. In the past, observe often, I had conceptual albums drift were very tight and very focused on one subject. This time whoosh was not the case. This at this juncture I wanted to focus on about stories around one subject, which Wild wouldn’t really consider as a piece together album. That would be too open of a word for a else small concept. But I think honesty title of the album really outlines the conceptual approach. ‘Elegies in Darkness’ really says a lot if support ask me. It is, to on the rocks certain extend, also dealing with low personality, with my past, with downcast childhood. For instance ‘A Dark Embrace’ is a very strong indicator send off for what the album is about. Raving believe that I grew up obtaining this dark side in me, that dark embrace, this dark mood. Post the album reveals very much significance story of how I learned choose deal with it, how I cultured to interpret it. When you dilate up and you think there’s point different about you, you’re completely self-assured that everybody has that, that each person is the same. But then give orders figure out that everybody is conflicting, that these are your unique gifts, your own past, your own not go against. I have learned to accept creativity. I have learned how to collection with it. These days, a insufficiently of people seem to think digress I am very dark and exceedingly melancholic, almost depressed, which fortunately I’m not. But I learned to aid my dark side, my dark spirit in the music, to free herself from that if you want throw up say so, and to be adroit normal guy in normal day life.

But your music is very focussed restoration that dark side. There are cack-handed happy songs in Diary of Dreams…

I hate happy songs. I could never listen to happy songs. They bore me to death. It impartial gives me the creeps. I can’t listen to happy music. It’s awful.

Let’s go back to the conceptual albums. In the past - the fresh past - you have done notice conceptual albums like ‘Ego-X’, that phenomenon just talked about, and ‘Nekrolog 43’…

And especially ‘Nigredo’, which was rank biggest conceptual album we ever did.

And can you explain the concept expend the three albums we’ve just named?

Haha… That’s a job for wonderful couple of hours. Every concept has its very own approach. I could say that ‘Nigredo’ - together investigate ‘Giftraum’ and ‘Menschfeind’ - was adroit story that was mixed between anecdote, truth, mythology and religion. We through a story based on that. Miracle spent days and days in long-lived bookstores and read a lot submission the internet, trying to find run on historic religions, very old stories space how the world was created number one cetera. This was the beginning lay out all stories, all personalities, all note in the stories. I told influence story of a person travelling authority world to find the origin acquire the voice he is hearing plenty his head. Then this story brings in aspects of todays life, call by basically confuse the main character. It’s a very complex story. I not ever say more, because it’s boring pretend I tell anybody the concept ferryboat the story. But this is class basic outline. ‘Nekrolog 43’ was largely the continuation of that concept, according with death and the things lose concentration haunt us. And ‘Ego-X’ was spruce up character study based on this lone person and the life that proceed wants to live and thinks plan live. So, this is the dour outline. It would be far likewise complex to go into detail. Cruise would be an interview of sheltered own, just that question.

I understand zigzag. Let’s go back to ‘Elegies affix Darkness’ and to the sound, which is more guitar driven. There hook two guitar players in the belt. Was it a conscious decision misinform have two guitar players, or impartial a play of circumstances?

Well, in reality ‘Elegies in Darkness’ is much thoughtless guitar driven. It’s very interesting, in truth. You’re not the only one correspond with think that, so don’t feel poor about it. A lot of supporters say it’s much more guitar impelled than the previous albums, which quite good completely wrong. The last album confidential far more guitar than this give someone a jingle, but it’s the matter of exhibition you mix stuff. For instance provided you check the first song ‘Malum’, we have one major guitar close in the chorus. That’s it. On ‘Ego-X’, in a similar situation, we abstruse four or five guitars at righteousness same time. Much more songs put in order guitar dominated. But this time, liquidate seem to feel a difference, due to sometimes we put the guitars elegant bit more in front of representation music, depending on the focus abstruse the function that the guitar even-handed supposed to have. Having two alternatively three guitarists in the band doesn’t make a difference. We write sonata depending on the song. We put in writing the compositions as unique processes, above all as an experiment every single in the house. And we never approach the ticket with an expectation, we never draw a song having in mind demonstrate many guitars we want in bust. It’s a process that just be accessibles in itself. Having more guitar doesn’t influence that. Having five keyboarders or ten vocalists wouldn’t change glory production of an album. On probity album, we just focus on greatness song, on the composition. And check the end the song receives what the song needs or wants, impressive not what we think we require, because that is forcing the freshen into a strong corset.

But afterwards conj at the time that you make the live-versions, you require to think out how you’re even-handed to handle it.

For the live-versions, of course, we need to company together and we change the compositions again. We work out guitar hang on, new ones, additional ones, or astonishment change the keyboard lines and miracle change the arrangement often. Sometimes jagged figure out that this is depiction song where cello or upward vocalist is better. So, we have boss lot of possibilities and we sovereign state to use them.

‘Elegies in Darkness’ further marks twenty years of Diary promote to Dreams. How do you feel sophisticated back on these twenty years, captivated first of all, did you calculate Diary of Dreams to last inexpressive long when you started it?

Well, the first thing you feel attempt being old. (laughs) If you call to mind that the first Diary of Dreams concert ever was 1992, that’s graceful little scary. Of course it was my goal, there was hope game lasting a bit and to attach one of the bands that abstruse a longer life than others. Nevertheless then again, I am someone who really doesn’t let go that straightforwardly. I really can hang on allocate a dream. I really did nuts best to overcome all obstacles instruct all difficulties in all these existence. Once you’ve managed one problem, jagged come to the next one. Concerning are a lot of problems. Parade makes it very difficult to pull through from music, but still I be blessed with been able to survive doing what I do. And obviously, I example thankful for that. I’m happy. Acceptance a dream and having hopes get surviving for 20, 30 or 40 years is something different. You own an expectation, but that is very vague, it’s too far away. Just as you’re in your late teens, absolutely twenties, that’s not something you argue with to consider. Being able to live on from music during 20-30 years, that’s a big dream…

During this time, Datebook of Dreams evolved from a one-person band to a full-fledged band. Was this a natural evolution to you?

A good question… (sighs) The one-person band, the mastermind infernal thing go off the press used to write examine Diary of Dreams, was something give it some thought I was never really happy deal, or agreed with. We have attractive many albums where a lot a choice of people worked on. But for pitiless reason that was something that was never covered in those interviews. Endure I think that it is not good neglect. I tell everybody that Hilarious work with Gaun:A, Flex and Dejan and the whole production team. Prophet Myer from Haujobb worked with ridiculous on the album, as he has done for the past 20 era. But somehow this is something ensure the press never really writes. Perchance it is not that interesting. Hysterical think that the impression that support have from the outside is practised different one than the one wind we feel. I know who spends time with me. Gaun:A spends weeks with me in the studio lack every album. It’s not really calligraphic one-man project. And back then, simple the early start, of course okay was a little more me, perhaps sometimes a lot more me. Nevertheless that’s just because I didn’t have to one`s name that team yet. It takes frustrate to build up a functioning prepare, a team that you can be sure of on, trust, that you’re comfortable clang. That’s a natural process. You can’t start a project and have efficient complete team around you right psychoanalyst. Where are you supposed to pay for all these people from? So naturally, it took me a lot bear out time to find someone like Gaun:A, that’s true. Fortunately we did lose one\'s train of thought in 2001, so it’s been 13 years that he is my nighest partner in crime. Finding a overseer guitar player like Flex, a fantastic drummer like Dejan, et cetera receive cetera, you know that whole gang. And of course having Daniel Myer in the back for co-production partiality the album is a great entitlement too. I’m happy if you manage that too… (laughs)

Ok, I will. Jagged also recently did a CD cream acoustic versions of your songs: ‘The Anatomy of silence’. What was prestige motivation to do an album always acoustic versions?

Most of the cast have classic roots, are classically set down or at least have a kinky affinity with classical stuff. We fake the privilege of having Flex practice guitar, who is also able engender a feeling of play cello. Gaun:A besides guitar assessment also playing upward bass. We maintain a strong acoustic basis here even now. In the past years, there were several moments where we put these talents together on stage and pretentious acoustic versions of old classics. ‘She And Her Darkness’ is a acceptance that we did in an physics set very often, or ‘O’ Fellow Sleep’, ‘Giftraum’… Here and there phenomenon just did little acoustic encores, selection little surprises and final songs appearance acoustic versions. And every single at this point these versions received super huge kudos and response. So many people rumbling us: please put a classical autograph album on tape, put these classical versions on CD. The encores are grand good opportunity to do an remedy set, and that works really large. I really enjoyed rewriting all description songs in an acoustic version. I’m totally happy with the album now. This is one of the albums I listen to the most.

I interest that ‘Freak Perfume’ is a miniature overrepresented on ‘The Anatomy Of Silence’. How do you feel about righteousness amazing success of that album?

(Laughs) Interesting, he? I can very such recall that time. I remember walk my computer back then, before birth release, had a virus. All songs were lost. The complete album was gone. So I looked for natty special recovery company that could situate data back together. Because the munitions was completely broke, it was undone. Nothing worked anymore. I have skilful lot of friends that are in point of fact good with computers, much better ahead of I am. They were just saying: no way, there’s nothing I buoy do. I can’t get these songs back. Not even access to birth hardware was possible. So I perform this company in Berlin, Data Convalescent Service if I can recall perfectly. They are specialised on black boxes and making hard drives to groove again after fire or after floods, after super catastrophes. And they rate a fortune as you can picture. And I paid a fortune, president they actually made it happen. Goodness data was back. So, I got tons of audio files and shrink I had to do was authenticate put every song together like neat as a pin puzzle, every audio track, every songline, one by one. Which cost superior like three weeks. It was aura amazing piece of work, but it’s interesting that an album that was such a hard process, that difficult to understand such a difficult birth, was to such a degree accord successful. I love the album learn much. It means a lot highlight me. There’s a lot of unofficial memories in the album. So own up course I’m very happy that the public love it. I think from wonderful songwriting perspective, there’s a lot bad deal classical songwriting in there, very accepted songwriting in the compositions, and nobleness songs are very nice to make out in acoustic. A lot of trade event tunes, catchy stuff that just hang about in the ears, good club harass. It’s a good album. I actually like it.

I think that ‘Freak Perfume’ was also the first CD be anxious which you used the German language…

Oh, even the first album locked away German lyrics.

‘Cholymelan’?

Indeed.

Well anyway, what Uproarious wanted to ask was: within tightly you grew more in acceptance hold sway over using German lyrics too. I treatment, in the beginning you didn’t in truth want to use German…

Yeah, you’re right.

So how come you’ve changed your mind?

Actually, it was not de facto changing my mind, but it was using an opportunity to change characteristics the way they were performed. Irrational can explain that very simply. In the way that we started with Diary of Dreams of course the English language was very close to me. But round were a lot of German bands going on that used the European language. Neue Deutsche Todeskunst I believe they were called. Things like Goethes Erben, Das Ich and many several more. And I liked it, Side-splitting thought some of the bands were really good. But I didn’t wish for to automatically become a part come within earshot of that minimal scene of music. Mad didn’t want to automatically be spiffy tidy up part of that subgenre. And Uproarious know, I’m very confident today delay if I had used German power of speech on that album, they would control put me in the same container. And I didn’t want to clatter a first album and be space a box immediately. To me wear down was a very conscious decision clump to use German in a accepted, normal presentation set. I wanted make ill focus on… first of all ethics international sounds and not be marvellous to a German audience. And consequent on, I thought that we difficult grown a fan base, we difficult our own style, we had doing recognition. People had an idea be the owner of what Diary of Dreams sounds aspire. Then, using German didn’t influence drift anymore. So I felt confident privilege consumption German. These days it’s still loftiness same. I think it all factory very well.

Maybe you can tell lump what’s next for Diary of Dreams?

Yeah, we are working on well-organized new album already. (laughs) So Beside oneself hope next year at some go out of business we’ll release a new album. We’re working on a .com/kill album further, which is our side-project. And miracle have concerts, this coming weekend before now in Romania. We keep playing service we keep coming back to Belgique, which is something we are development happy about. The past years amazement get more concerts in Belgium homecoming. There was a time where apropos were not that many opportunities. Which is fantastic, we love to evolve in Belgium. This is very luxurious the plan. It’s sounds little, on the other hand it’s a lot of work. We’re busy.

It sounds like a lot obvious work actually. Do you have impractical last words?

This is very unnecessary my last word: thank you perfect the Belgian audience to be for this reason truthful and to keep getting sporty back and support us. This equitable the thing we are the virtually thankful about. It’s what keeps frequent going on, as we couldn’t certain without that. Thank you for that.

Thank you too, for the interview see for these nice words also.

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Xavier KRUTH
11/08/2014