"This DerDRAKOS Interview is something that
you will love or you will just hate. It is more than just music and style, this is Western
neo-Pagan/Satanic/Atheist spiritual warfare, raising industrial music to a much more
powerful and dangerous level. No compromise. Either you're there or not. And even trying
to label us would be useless: we are not an 'alternative band' or a 'satanic band' or
anything 'cool' like that. We do have precise instincts. As Nietzsche said long time ago,
people has not yet learned to use ideologies, instead of being their dumb
apostles and victims." - DerDRAKOS
1. Hi, and thanks for
your time! First of all, please introduce your project to the readers who are not familiar
with it.
DerDRAKOS: We are Alex Drakos and S.J.Drakos. We create
and produce high energy electronic music tracks. We have founded our band in early 2005.
Our plan is to create wild power to blast in your cars, clubs, homes, raves and individual
wars.
2. Since you
are a father-son project, I am pretty curious to know the answer on this question: how did
things get started with DerDrakos?
DerDRAKOS: The younger one, Alex Drakos was born with Atari's, Sega's and
Playstations in his hands. The older one, S.J.Drakos was playing bass and guitar
showing his son how the computer programs and drum machines were working. We
soon realized that we both liked the powerful hammering base of techno music,
but were laughing at the silly sounds and nonsense vocals they usually put over
it. So we started our experiments of hard electronica with hard guitars (which is
still anathema for both the techno and the metal scenes, but we don't give a damn and
just do what we want). Then we decided to: 1) build our own tracks, 2)
invite our best friend, artist SuzyMG to cast the spell of her special voice on the
track lines, and also do her amazing graphics for our covers, 3) produce
and propagate our CD's.
3. What are
your main influences? And how would you describe your music?
DerDRAKOS: Our music is called Industrial Techno. It is made of sheer
power, as simple and brutal as the animal instinct and intelligence:
they work through the connections of nerves in our brain and body that convey the
electricity of movements and of decisions. This is also how the mediums or any
persons involved in psychic practices call the spirits: electricity with will. And
the Moon is a huge magnet, lightnings are electric blasts, etc. As artists, we elaborate
this cosmic strength that flows in our veins through the machines that we have
at our disposal. About the influences from other musicians in our sound we don't
know what to say exactly, you may just guess it by yourself.
4. How do you
guys create your songs?
DerDRAKOS: By burning our minds on the
keyboards searching for the best lines, sounds, arrangements, lyrics, singing, mixing and
recording of every track. We hate everything that tastes of fucking 'Goodness', we
like to shoot our mind's iron on this world through our hard kicks, our visions and
our writings.
5. Now lets
talk about your album. It came out this year, and got various good critics from DJs and
zines all over the world. But, how do you look upon the "Lust for Chaos" CD
yourself? And did you expect these great responses?
DerDRAKOS: It's interesting to see the
reactions from different people: they dance to DerDRAKOS and have their own
sensations and points of view on every song, this is great, they email us
thoughts on how they feel about us. The support that we are getting from many
DJs, radios, magazines and our Fans, is super. "Lust for Chaos" is the
first release of our art and sound, we just started, there’s much more under
construction.
6. What is your favourite song of the album, and
why?
S.J.DRAKOS: Maybe "Out Of Control" for the
matching of guitars and techno that we did in full hot summertime, or
"Dictator Girls Rule" which is my taste about ladies.
Alex Drakos: "Joy Thru Fury" because I made it in less than one
month, ha ha. But I like the whole CD, specially the cover with my face on it.
SuzyMG: "Lust For Chaos", it's pure
energy, the lyrics I sing are also a tribute to the 1960 movie "The
Mask Of Satan" ("Come closer, look into my eyes" of awesome British actress
Barbara Steele).
7. The album sounds really agressive and Satanic,
while the lyrics are really supportive to this. Are you guys Satanists yourselves, and how
do you look upon this world?
S.J.DRAKOS: Everyone knows that 'God' does not exist,
is a typical middle-Eastern hoax. Instead, we can feel very well the presence
of mighty energies from the abyss of Nature, which we can evocate and unleash
through the powers of art and technology: they are our great ancient
Demons. This is the very essence, the roots of our European culture
and identity. All those revolting monotheistic fairy tales are nothing but
alien tyranny, they have nothing to do with the free spirit of us Europeans: we are
wild and ironic just like our own eternal Demons. And we are still deeply Pagan,
Diabolical, Atheists, Magic, Rational and possess much sense of humour even after
centuries of alien mind-repression. It's a force that we have under our skin, we
must learn to use it again. The fast rage that we are releasing through our
DerDRAKOS tracks is no teenage whining: it's the fury that comes from
thousands years of alienation from our own original nature. Our industrial music
is bringing our Western Demons back (we will never call them 'Gods' again, because
that word has been poisoned forever by the miserable lonely-God)... You ask us if
we're Satanists: if by the word Satan you mean Dionysos, the fierce Hellenic spirit
of joy, then our answer is Hell Yes! But there's much more that fuels our
instinctive scorn and total riot. We look around us and what do we see everywhere?
Politicians from the 'left' to the 'right' who are all the same comedians with their lousy
little 'values', sociologists and psychologists (that sort of fashionable
brain-priests telling everyone 'what is wrong in you') and smiling preachers of
a pathetic 'world brotherhood', holy teachers of 'tolerance', morality mothers
castrating you 'for your own good' (that's their typical phrase),
cheap sharks who became saints of the blessed market, vicars of old stupid
religions and their ass-licking hysterical nutters, effeminate musicians who squeak for
the 'love of mankind', plus all the clownish press, tv and media bullshit thrown
in our face every single day. All these buffoons will never lift one finger for you,
but they demand for you to be 'good' and 'correct'. They need you to be weak, half-ill,
afraid to call things with their real name, full of guilt, remorse, forgiveness,
compassion and other wholesale idiocies, so you will be their fat 'buyer'. They are all
preaching your submission to nothingness, your comfortable annihilation... Now what can
you do to free yourself from this global squalor? First, a healthy laugh. Never
forget that we are the descendants of very cruel warriors and witches. We can masticate
those poor fucks. Stand strong and proud in your own world, and create. You have the
Devils inside, it's your own fire. Our wise Pagan ancestors used to say
that freedom lies on the edge of your sword, so you better stay powerful!
8. Are you doing
live shows as well? If no, are you planning on doing them in the future? And if yes: what
can a stranger expect when he visits a live show of you?
DerDRAKOS: Yes we play live. It's a release of vital energy for everyone.
9. To me,
Czech Republic is mostly known for their excellent grindcore and death metal scene. But
how is the industrial scene in Czech Republic? And what are your personal experiences when
it comes to the Czech people and your music?
DerDRAKOS: We come from Greek/Italian families. CZ is just
great. However, we are more into the worldwide scene than just a local one. And people is
sick everywhere, the whole planet looks like is going to enter into a new world war
pretty soon, many bands are laying down the soundtrack for the big show. We'll see.
10. What can
we expect of DerDrakos in the future?
DerDRAKOS: We keep burning new tracks all the
time, trying to go deeper into the storms of our minds. With
new she-Wolf lyrics too, as the female element of superior charm is very
important for us.
11. The interview ends here, thanks a lot. If you have
some final words to add, please do it here.
DerDRAKOS: Use our tracks to be young and strong, boys
and girls. We love to see your eyes Devil-red with joy thru fury.
Astrology lines:
Alex Drakos: Capricorn 2nd decade ascendant Aquarius.
Steve J.Drakos: Cancer 2nd decade ascendant Capricorn.
Interview Copyright 2006 DerDRAKOS.net. All rights reserved
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