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At
the front of the "New Breed"
movement, Allied Vision have been
my favourite Artist and music project
for some years now. They impressed
me when I heard "Demon Sect",
and since then I bought the other
two albums "Unburied"
and "MMBO". |
I
always liked them more than others because
they took the sound of EBM and made
it sound more extreme and intense than
any other acts around. There are other
acts similair like DISMANTLED, but Allied
Vision is determined to push the musical
envelope. With the imminent release
of "O.S. Bandwidth", Which
I have to say is already one of my favourite
albums of all time, I finally got the
chance to Interview my friend Oscar
Storm....
1)
Why did you form ALLIED VISION and what
were your goals and aims to do with
the project ?
I
think one of the aims of AV is the mistery
and the experimentation of the senses
with all the elements available in this
world of technology. I want to bring
something that takes you away, mixing
and creating sounds, melodies, basslines,
samples and pounding rhythms and anything
sounds interesting for me, may be it
is not a commercial kind of music, but
I prefer to bring something unexpected
and deeply dislocating that touches
my soul, I like to go extreme or mysterious
music , rather than simple dancefloor
music, I always have enjoyed this kind
of music and that´s why I decide
to make my own pulsating vision, so
my passion to electronic disorder brought
me to make my own project and here we
are.
2)
What equipment do you use to create
your futuristic music with?
I
have gone to a lot gear through the
years. I think the gear is important,
at least for me, because it is the key
to make everything possible. How you
use it is important but when knowledge
and technology get together the results
can go further, to make some sounds
you need that gear and I want those
heavy sounds in Allied Vision. my first
synth was a Roland D10. It was expensive
at that time and limited compared to
the current gear,hopefully I could change
it for a Roland JUPITER 6 ,which was
the first good synth I had in this non
electronic scene where I live. I started
to buy monophonic, analog synths in
the UK, like the Sequential Pro 1, Korg
MS20 ,MS10 , but then sold them because
I prefer to have analog with Midi ,
so now I have things like Oberheim OBMX,
Waldorf Microwave , Alesis Andromeda
(mainly used to make the new album with
a lot of new sounds for the new album)
, The Studio Electronics Omega is the
latest synth I got sounds so warm and
so good picture old analog sound. Also,
I have a Yamaha TG77. Many sounds from
Unburied and MMBO came from this one,
and some others I had in the past but
no longer use them. It is remarkable
that I don´t use any virtual or
analog modeling synths at the moment.
I used a Virus on a couple of tracks
on MMBO but then it I sold it , also
I remember the nice Oberheim OB12 used
on "HIDDEN" , for me the OB12
is the best analog modeling synth ever
seen , for samplers I trust in my Akai
S1100 fully expanded to 32MB , connected
to SCSI ZIP drives, and of course my
complete set of Eventide processors
connected to a MACKIE 24.8 mixer. Of
course these high tech toys are important
but it's also in how you use them. Without
the right direction and coordination
when using them, you don´t get
anything interesting.
I
want to bring something that takes
you away, mixing and creating
sounds, melodies, basslines, samples
and pounding rhythms.
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3)
Will other acts ever appear on your
own label Intracraneal possesion or
is it just for Allied Vision?
No
plans at the moment but we´ll
see what happens though. We´ll
be releasing a
Remix album with many bands from many
countries appearing in the album, so
this will be an interesting remix album
as I chose the people I liked to work
with.
4)
You are releasing a new album this year
? What does the new album sound like
and how is it different from the other
two albums ?
I
think this album has a new mixing approach
on the last songs. It has evolved
from the start to something very polished
and pulsating. I think the basslines
have gone further in this album and
the mixing is also different , as well
as sound details , it has some distorting
sounds but they are different kind of
distortion, the vocals havent not been
recorded yet but I will try to make
them sound a bit different, I think
the evolution of this album has been
very interesting. Unlike my other albums,
this one has a climax.
5)
Do you have a tracklist for the new
album ?
1.
Clockwork life
2. Selfthinking
3. Oxide paradise
4. Coaxial hardware
5. Xenon viewer
6. Vivid scape
7. Aftermath
8. Deliver us from evil
9. Alienate
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Something
is happening because bands are
losing the spirit of making
something ARTISTIC and VALUABLE,
to make something softer to
be more consumer friendly.
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6)
How do you see the future for ALLIED
VISION and where this project fits in
the EBM/industrial scene?
I
don´t know where it´ll go,
but I hope it goes ahead and succeeds
where it should. Here in Spain I don´t
see a future for Allied Vision , but
it should succeed in Europe. I don´t
know exactly where it fits; I think
that´s something the listener
should decide. I like the mystery and
the climax , so where ever the senses
can flow and touch and elevate your
soul. We could say in in a sentence
like this. "ART is the language
of souls and EBM is its voice".
7)
What is your opinion on the current
state of the EBM/industrial scene?
The
scene has grown a lot since years, but
only in quantity not in quality. There
a only a few innovative things coming
out now. There are more things that
are easy going in order to catch more
people, but i don´t share that
idea. I make music that really pleases
myself rather than a commercial market.
I think the scene was smalller before
but was more open 10 years ago. I could
go to the disco and listen to electronic
bands back then. Something is happening
because bands are losing the spirit
of making something ARTISTIC and VALUABLE,
to make something softer to be more
consumer friendly. That's what it looks
like to me.
8)
What are your future plans for doing
Allied Vision live and will you ever
tour with other bands ?
I
have something being prepared in Germany
, but it is not confirmed yet. I would
like to tour, but that depends on organizers
and agencies which are very hard to
get. We are kind of hidden band, but
we will show up with our releases anyway
this summer.
Interview
by;
C'tan Worldkiller (Some editing done
by Mister Bill.)
