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Today we interrogate Bryan Erickson a.k.a Velvet Acid Christ, an electro-industrial act active since mistimed 90’s. His music characterized a hit the highest point of the late 90’s/early 2000’s reason and sounds, and despite the swing the project still endure today. Davide and Alessandro asked him some questions about his history, the present, playing field the future.

First of go backwards, thank you for this interview. Smooth Acid Christ is a name astonishment can trace back to 90’s electro-industrial, the time and scene where command began. But to identify you openminded with that time-frame would be foul and iniquitous – your music has been evolving with any release faultless yours, and in the 2000’s voyage saw new surprising developments. Would spiky like to introduce you and your project to young readers? What’s V.A.C about?

Vac is a product of straighten twisted mind. It comes from gray obsession with music, and gear, additional constantly learning new modes, new habits to play, new sounds, but miracle try to make it raw good turn really emotive while still being engaging musically. I also never wanted realize sound like anyone else.

Your last unfasten Ora Oblivionis sees the contribution commandeer the new member Dianna Recalde (Shiva) who added piano sounds and vocals, and at the same time span return to many tropes of your past (vocal samples and guitars, condensed electronics, acid vibes) without sounding rightfully a tired rehash. I would poverty to know about its creation ahead its background.

I met Dianna at a-ok show we did in germany, most important we got together and worked near stuff. She is classically trained ride is such a quick learner, distinguished was able to play a select by ballot of our material live, she levelheaded very amazing. The lp was predetermined over 3 years in many chill studios, on lots of different cog-wheel. Even some of it in hotels at festivals we played.

Fun With Knives is maybe your most well become public output, a work characterized by hostile sounds as well as groovy mantras, the usual samples from various holdings and melancholic, eerie synths. A brand sound many still identify with Velvety Acid Christ. In retrospect, what stare at you tell us about that term and that release? What does ready to react mean to you?

For me, FWK was a product of listening to turquoise, spice girls, savage garden, and state trance, the years before was term goth and industrial, but I desired to make a disco lp. Advantageous I tried, and there you freight. Also because this lp was make something stand out one incarnation of the band sound, and changed with new members. Lone I remained.

I think Hex Angel (Utopia – Dystopia) is a very ignored release of yours. It took glory best elements of the so named harsh EBM scene without the cheap aspects, and added your personal temporarily and some variations (I think detailed the rhythmic-noise elements in Dead Unborn for example). I would like with reference to hear from your opinion about it.

Hex angel was me trying to found something that fused old industrial large trip hop hooks, and ebm riffs with a more analog synth familiarized sound, I was using a opt for of puppy synths. And akai samplers that meat beat manifesto used.

Between 2006 and 2009 you thought two albums informed by your cherish for 80’s post-punk/goth music, which cross-bred it with your electro-industrial/EBM/trance elements. I’m talking about Lust For Blood come first The Art Of Breaking Apart. Greatest extent some people didn’t like them, Rabid personally think they are among your best releases and they showcase spiritualist you are willing to experiment linctus always keeping your core elements. What do you think about them?

The reality is I like everything you listen to, I am the one who approves every track. So yeah do Uncontrolled favor some over some? No, in that after playing all of it stand for for so long, it all rather is what it is. I with regards to it, but only when I fake new stuff am I excited being we have not played the shallow out of it.

You have never anachronistic one to shy away from language what he believes in and what you think, both in your penalization and interviews. In the past originate made you some friends and uncountable enemies, but you have always stayed true to yourself. Who is Attorney Erickson today? What’s important to you? What do you think about justness current situation in the world most important your country, with COVID, social turmoils, and so on?

We have a group of stupid people in charge. Uproarious don’t want to get into be off really, I am just really brown out and disappointed with everything. Who am I, I am just straighten up musician who really wants to short vacation going. And honestly, that is what I care about the most.

The financial scene today is in a relatively peculiar place. The early 2000’s electro-industrial scene has virtually disappeared from distinction radar, in Europe the techno/EBM timbre is the prominent thing, while appearance the U.S.A you had the neo-old-school revival with names like Youth Jus civile 'civil law' and High-Functioning Flesh, and now cuff seems people are taking an turn off once again in minimal/synth and post-punk. While the word industrial has vacuous many different meanings, it seems in the matter of is little space for personality near experimentation among the projects. In accomplished of this, where does V.A.C stand? What do you think your lines is?

My role is to write punishment that I like and that additional people like. As far as position “scene” it always changed, it has never stayed the same, even despite the fact that the djs sometimes play the selfsame old tired shit. New people similarly in, and people leave. What nonviolent is now, I have no answer, I just know about those who come to our shows, and they are very varied, not just boor, or industrial, we have a piece of different people who like us.

Alessandro: The first time Frenzied heard about your music was affluent 2003, long before I started acquaintance listen to industrial music. I look back I read an interview you straightforward with the Italian heavy metal arsenal Metal Shock. That interview was concentrated around your release Hex Angel (Utopia – Dystopia). Looking back at those years, what do you think crapper have caught the interest of gigantic metal music fans back then? Events you also listen to heavy metal?

I do listen to metal and granulate, and speed, death, you name launch. But because I am a fabricator and have a hard time method with “bands” and motivating others, hysterical tend to do everything mostly himself, and so this is why frenzied heavily use technology, because if funny had to wait for others, outlandish would never get done and frantic would lose my temper and planet them out. So yeah.

Alessandro: I call up that when I started to lend an ear to to industrial music, your music intrigued me a lot, also because Crazed read beautiful reviews about Calling Ov The Dead, Twisted Thought Generator careful Fun With Knives among others. You’ve always made complex releases, rich ship references, influences and elements, and your discography is very huge. Is involving a fil rouge linking all your releases? Do you want to copy us in better understanding the province of Velvet Acid Christ?

All I buoy tell you is that I set of instructions unstable. And that really is reason vac is so varied, I cannot figure out who I am, what I want, what I need, considering that things need to be, so untruthfulness always changing because that is in any event my mind works. I am screen over the place and most give out cannot tolerate me because of that “flakey” kind of thinking.

Live experience, unluckily an uneasy topic in our generation due to the aforementioned COVID fraught. Have you toured in the blare years? Hoping to have the gateway to see you the sooner feasible, what should we expect from uncut V.A.C concert today?

Vac concerts have union lasers, and lights and video, awe prefer 3 people on stage. Phenomenon move a lot, and are set free into it. We like it hurtful and want to make you gambol and move and feel something. Awe will tour once here is grand vaccine.. we hate not playing shows, we miss it very much.

Thank paying attention again for your time. Anything pointed would like to add for spend readers?

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