1-Hell-o Filippo! How do you do? ….let start with my
fun and fav questions héhéhé How
many packs of beer did you destroy today? …to begin ….introduce your project to
our readers?
-Filippo: I started playing guitar when I was a teenage metalhead
JI grew up listening to all kinds of metal and hardcore
music. Then in the late ‘90s I bought a computer and started producing
electronic music with different monikers (Spectacular Optical, 16 Bit Kiss,
Tammy Does Tokyo)…. My Sweet Kalashnikov is my solo Breakcore project since 2001.
2-Do interviews mean anything to you? Do you have to
have a special state of mind when answering one?
-Filippo: Well, I’m not used to getting interviews, but it’s
funny and it gives me the opportunity to let the people know what I’m doing… so
thanks for this J
3-What drove you to create a solo Slamming Breakcore
project?
-Filippo: It was a natural evolution of my style. My old
releases are full of samples taken from all types of media…that is one of the
main features inearly Breakcore music. Then a few years ago,I was searching for
something new and I started focusing on metal because I just thought Breakcore
and Slam would have perfectly fit together.
4-Why have you chosen such a band name My Sweet Kalashnikov, and what does it
mean for you?
-Filippo: Breakcore music has always reminded me a machine gun….
with all that drills and noise… also, I like paradoxes and My Sweet Kalashnikov
seemed to take together these two things.
5-When you think
of the people who enjoy your music, is there any particular thing?
-Filippo: They sure are
weirdos or something like that :D
6-My Sweet Kalashnikov is a one-man
band, right? Do you consider My
Sweet Kalashnikov to be a band or a project?and What made
you decide to start a one man project? how has your approach to the one-man-band…………do
you feel comfortable with this? Might it be possible to see some additional
musicians joining your rank in the future?
-Filippo: Well, let’s clear
this up… I’m an electronic music producer, so I guess being a one-man-(band or
project) is quite normal in this scene. Playing music all by yourself is really
different compared to a band… it’s solitary but you can control all the
creative process and I’m cool with both modes…
…and yes, in the
futureI’d like to play my music with other musicians, as a band, but it’s just
an idea at the moment.
7-Are you also
busy with some other projects/bands?
-Filippo: Yes, I also play
in other bands that have nothing to do with metal or breakcore… I play guitar in
Margot, a psychedelic noise band, I
make some kind of electronic noise music in Forma and then I recently runt another band named Tutto. It’s a sort of post-rock band
and I play guitar with them.
8-How did you get
the inspiration to do music? Any bands or albums that did it for you Which bands
do you idolize?
-Filippo: I don’t have
idols. I just love music… all kinds of music. The inspiration always came from
this.
9-What can you
tell us about level of recognition that one-man BDM bands like Putrid Pile,Insidious
Decrepancy, Bloodsoaked done a good jobthan some other trio bands or bands with
four, five musicians?
-Filippo: I guess the new
generation of metalheads looks more open minded about this and that is good… the
number of musicians is irrelevant. For me there are just good music or bad
music.
10-Is it true
that music of My Sweet Kalashnikovis often an open
patchwork of different musical components. Do you limit yourself trying to put
some consistency in your compound or instead you like whiling away your
imagination?
-Filippo: When I work on my
tracks all I want is to hear the groove and be more powerful than the last time
;)… these are my limits. Everything helps me to achieve that, is good and I use
it.
11-There is an
aesthetic rather slasher gore in your music but also declined in the titles of
lyrics and artwork. What attracts you to this? Are you fan of gore and horror
cinema and the Italian giallo?
-Filippo: Yes, I’m a big
fan of horror and when I focused on metal, it seemed natural to refer to that
aesthetic.Furthermore, I really like to draw my album covers with all that
blood and shitJ
12-Lucio Fulci,
"Godfather of Gore"Known best for directing Zombie, The Beyond, and
City of the Living Dead. He Was Often Criticized for the excessive violence (
Towards Especially women) In His films aim Claimed That Was real life more
horrifying than ever HAD Any movie he directed…………….. What can you tell us
about this God?
-Filippo: I like Fulci but
I’ve always preferred Ruggero Deodato… ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ is my favorite cult
movie of all time… but Fulci was right…. I think horror is just an aesthetic representation
of reality and violence is part of that reality, especially that against women…so
I really don’t care about bigoted shit against violence in horror movies or art
in general.
13-I like all
things who are extreme and without limits, without mercy but I find the
contained of your music too much remixes and effect with computer software like techno and dubstep
and there are too much robotic sound ….synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer,
sampler, programming……..right I not against I like the noise who gives but if I
compare with grindcore noisecore goregind in my opinion it’s not really natural
noise according to you……… how you define your style tell
us about slamming breakcore I don’t known really much things about and what is your usual method of composing?
us about slamming breakcore I don’t known really much things about and what is your usual method of composing?
-Filippo: I think you’re
right! As I told you before, I’m an electronic music producer so it’s quite
normal that my music sounds…‘electronic’. Slamming Breakcore is not a genre… it
doesn’t exist… it’s only my way to describemy music style, that is actually a
very essential mix of amen breaks, gabber kicks and slam metal samples (but
also trash and black) taken from what I listen to, and combined together using
music softwares. I don’t think my music should be compared to other extreme metal
genres like grind or death because it’s simply a different thing…and about the
noise….I’m not sure to completely understand your question… I mean… the noise
we like in metal music came from effect pedals, amps, mic, etc…. all of thesegears
are pretty much built with the same printed circuits and stuff you can find
inside a computer.... so, I honestly can’t see something like ‘natural’ noise...
I understand this could be outrageous for most metalheads out there but…
whatever ;)
14-Describe My
Sweet Kalashnikovat show and what happens on stage ?
-Filippo: On stage, my set
is quite similar to that of any other Djs, with computer, effects and midi
controllers.
15-You see some
additional musicians joining your rank in the future?
-Filippo: Maybe, in the
future… for now, It’s just a joke in my videoclipsJ
16-What kind of
music do you play in your car? What car do you own?
-Filippo: I own a really ‘old
school’ Fiat Punto, with a 32 gigabyte usb key that goes random through many different
music styles and genres.
17-What are some
of your non-musical influences?
-Filippo: Besides music,my
maininterests are Contemporary Art, Cinema and Philosophy.
18-What is your
daily consumption amount of alcohol,cigarettes?
19-In case
someone is interested in your music, how and where can this person buy your
stuff?
-Filippo: Everyone can listen
and download my music for free at this link:
http://casainferno666.bandcamp.com
20-What is your
guitar arsenal (axe/strings, amps, effects)?
-Filippo: Some cheap crappy
guitars and a bunch of pedal effects. I don’t have any amp now… it will be my
next purchase.
21-What are you
doing in daily life? How do you earn your money?
-Filippo: I work as educatorand
graphic designer in my town (Pesaro, Italy)
22-What are the
future plans of My Sweet Kalashnikovany split or
compilation, promo…. other things?
-Filippo: I hope to play
live more than I actually do, so in the next future I will try to focus on doing
this…. and pretty soonI’m going to release an album containing all the bands from
my town I remixed in the last years.
23-Thanks for
answering my questions bro, any particular messages or any closing notes, last
words are yours.
