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<lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:30:45 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>Full Moon Pictures</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-11-16T02:53:14+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-165</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-165</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just a few impressions from a beautiful full moon&rsquo;s stroll that <a href="http://web.mac.com/ayuma" rel="external">Ayuma</a> and me did just a few days ago. The pictures were taken in our village and in a nearby little town called Herzogenaurach.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://homepage.mac.com/antichrisis/BannerZest/bzLoader.js"></script><noscript><p style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;padding:1em;">Ihr Browser unterst&uuml;tzt kein JavaScript oder JavaScript ist deaktiviert.</p></noscript><div id="SWBZ2D09E42FBCFE40CEB4EC"></div><div id="LKBZ2D09E42FBCFE40CEB4EC"></div><br /><br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Omnisphere is here</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-10-30T00:22:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-164</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-164</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Spectrasonics, one of my favourite software companies, has recently released their new virtual instrument Omnisphere, which is really some kind of monster in a very positive way: It is one of the most inspiring and genuine software instruments I&rsquo;ve ever come across, and in just a few days time it has become almost indispensable for my musical work. <br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Omni" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry164-omni.jpg" width="264" height="249"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Omnisphere comes with a vast core library of over 40 GB with thousands of sounds that can be tweaked, combined and manipulated in any way you want. The sounds are not just your average workstation core library sounds, instead some of them are entering spectacular new territories like f. e. the burning piano, which is - as you might have guessed - the sound of a piano being set on fire (which is exactly what those weirdos at Spectrasonics did to achive that special sound). Also the integrated arpeggiator is just brilliant and very easy to handle, the FX-Rack contains everyt bloody effect section you ever wanted and sound browser is simply amazing, because it allows you to actually find the sounds that you&rsquo;re looking for, which is something that can&rsquo;t be said for many similar virtual instruments.<br /><br />You see, I&rsquo;m really excited about Omnisphere, and so I can only recommend it to every songwriter, producer or musician around. Check out Spectrasonics&rsquo; website for more information <a href="http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/omnisphere.html" rel="external">here</a>.<br /><br />By the way: G-Force have released a new version of their famous <a href="http://www.gforcesoftware.com/ins_mtronpro.php" rel="external">M-Tron</a>, which is a very great and useful virtual instrument, too. It is my favourite secret weapon&ldquo; for those moments, when most digital sounds are sounding a bit too clean: those old Mellotron soundbanks add exactly the kind of vintage dirt that will make your songs breathe!<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="MTRONPRO1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry164-mtronpro1.jpg" width="248" height="166"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Next thing I&rsquo;m looking forward too is Camel Audio&rsquo;s new synthesizer <a href="http://www.camelaudio.com/Alchemy.php" rel="external">Alchemy</a>: it&rsquo;s not released yet, but the teasers on their website do sound amazing.<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Alchemy1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry164-alchemy1.jpg" width="246" height="208"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Tracks</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-09-05T21:33:41+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-163</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As promised a few weeks ago I just added two very early Antichrisis-tracks (demo versions of 'Nevermore' and  'Nightswan') from the archive. Strange stuff, indeed - but for more infos you&rsquo;d better click <a href="Songs/page8.html" rel="self" title="Music">here</a>.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Nevermore" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry163-Nevermore.jpg" width="159" height="325"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Back from our Honeymoon</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-08-23T19:35:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-162</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-162</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://web.mac.com/jumapost" rel="external">Ayuma</a> and me had a really wonderful wedding in Nuremberg (strange enough it took place on Lammas with a New Moon and a Solar Eclipse - that&rsquo;s what I call Good Omens!) with an amazing party the day after (thanks to all our friends and acquaintances for making our wedding party such a great and beautiful event) as well as a more than brilliant Honeymoon in the Swabian Highlands (special thanks to Franky&rsquo;s in Tuebingen for providing a splendid and hilaious evening). <br /><br />As soon as we&rsquo;ve returned from our honeymoon I&rsquo;ve started working on some new tracks: one of them is called ˮCrossing the Line&ldquo; and can be found on this website&rsquo;s Music-section - hope you&rsquo;ll like it (even if its lyrics don&rsquo;t deal with the subject of marriage at all).<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Marriage" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/Marriage.jpg" width="210" height="443"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Handfasting</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-07-27T21:29:37+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-161</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-161</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been pretty busy during the last weeks working on lots of new songs and preparing things for our wedding day. Yes, <a href="http://web.mac.com/jumapost" rel="external">Ayuma</a> and me are getting married on Lammas, and I'm really looking forward to the ceremony as well as to our wedding festivity the next day... and of course to making this noble woman, entrancing inamorata and faithful friend my wife!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Jutta4" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry161_1.jpg" width="335" height="278"/><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">I&rsquo;ve also started digitalizing all my old tapes, which means that heaps of previously unreleased material still has to make its transition from ye good ole analogue tape to the digital shelves of my Mac. As soon as everything&rsquo;s indexed, transformed into mp3 (Sorry for that, Harry: I know you would have preferred Ogg Vorbis for some strange reasons, although I think you just love to have audio data with a file extension that bears resemblance to the name of a mad Klingon high priest!) and thoroughly inspected in terms of aural tolerance, I&rsquo;ll be putting a reasonable amount of Antichrisis&rsquo; early stuff on this website.<br /><br />In the meantime I&rsquo;ve received some very nice and interesting emails from Arseny from Moscow and Robert Negut from Bucharest which I haven&rsquo;t replied to yet: Just a little more patience, guys - as soon as Ayuma and me have returned from our honeymoon, I&rsquo;ll be returning to you, too.<br /><br />I&rsquo;ve also had a few requests for my current top ten which accidently turned into a bloated top sixteen - but that&rsquo;s personal charting for you:<br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br />Soko - I&rsquo;ll Kill Her<br />The Killers - When You Were Young<br />Royksopp: What Else Is there?<br />Silver Jews: Suffering Jukebox<br />Flooging Molly - Punch Drunk Grinning Soul<br />Attila the Stockbroker - And I Wont&rsquo; Run Away<br />The Raveonettes: The Christmas Song<br />Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away<br />Jens Lekman - Black Cab<br />Santogold: Say Aha<br />Midnight Choir - The Train<br />Bruce Springsteen - Long Walk Home<br />The Pack: King Of Kings<br />The Monks: He Went Down To The Sea<br />The Thermals: An Ear For Baby<br />The Mountain Goats: Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">And one last thing: Next month we&rsquo;ll be proceeding with the recording sessions to 'The Legacy Remains' with Steffi, our new singer, so this long postponed album will be on its way, too.<br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><br /></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Free Tibet</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-03-15T15:33:14+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-160</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-160</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The only answer to China's oppression of the Tibetean people would be:<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;">1. Cessation of all trade relations between Europe and China<br />2. Boykott of the Olympic Games 2008 in Peking<br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />It's time for any European politician to show which side we're on: either support a nation's struggle for self-determination and democracy, or forget about freedom and democracy in the name of market globalisation!<br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="Tibet" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry160_1.jpg" width="405" height="409"/><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">Please support campaigns for Free Tibet at <a href="http://www.freetibet.org/" rel="external" title="Free Tibet">http://www.freetibet.org/</a> or <a href="http://www.tibet.org/" rel="external" title="Tibet">http://www.tibet.org/</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Track</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2008-02-18T21:14:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-159</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-159</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We've published a new track in our "Music" section: It's called "Ocean's too Wide", and it's from the pre-production of our forthcoming album "The Legacy Remains". For more infos click <a href="Songs/page8.html" rel="self" title="Music">here</a>.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Sea Live 2" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry159_1.jpg" width="192" height="398"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>News&#x2c; January 2008</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2008-01-11T22:38:10+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-157</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/index.html#unique-entry-id-157</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Finally we've found a new female vocalist for Antichrisis: Her name is Steffi Breiting, and we are most delighted to have her in the band. Steffi is an experienced singer and has worked with a lot of bands, her latest project being "Moods of Ally" (see also <a href="http://www.myspace.com/moodsofally" rel="external" title="Moods Of Ally">http://www.myspace.com/moodsofally</a>). Steffi's entry means that we will at last be able to proceed with the recording sessions of our forthcoming and long anticipated album "The Legacy Remains", hence I am confident that this album (which got delayed several times due to the changes in Antichrisis' line-up in the past) will see its definite release this year.<br /><br />Endlich haben wir eine neue S&auml;ngerin f&uuml;r Antichrisis gefunden: Es ist Steffi Breiting, und wir sind hocherfreut, sie mit an Bord zu haben. Steffi ist eine erfahrene S&auml;ngerin, die bereits in vielen unterschiedlichen Projekten und Bands mitgewirkt hat, unter anderem auch bei "Moods of Ally" (mehr Informationen dazu unter <a href="http://www.myspace.com/moodsofally" rel="external" title="Moods Of Ally">http://www.myspace.com/moodsofally</a>). Dank Steffi k&ouml;nnen wir die Aufnahmen zu unserem bevorstehenden Album "The Legacy Remains" endlich fortsetzen, weshalb ich auch zuversichtlich bin, da&szlig; dieses lang erwartete Album, dessen Ver&ouml;ffentlichung sich aufgrund der Besetzungswechsel in der Vergangenheit immer wieder verz&ouml;gert hat, in diesem Jahr endlich fertiggestellt werden wird. <span style="font:14px Times, Georgia, Courier, serif; "><br /><br /></span><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Steffi2" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry157_1.jpg" width="216" height="352"/><br /></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Free Burma</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2007-10-04T05:27:04+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-156</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-156</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">Please visit this <a href="http://free-burma.org/index.php" rel="external">website</a> and support the people in Burma!<br /><br /><!-- Free Burma! Image --><br /><a href="http://www.free-burma.org" target="_blank"><img src="http://freeburma.s3.amazonaws.com/free_burma_03.jpg" alt="Free Burma!" border="0" /></a><br /><!-- End Free Burma! Image --><br /><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="Free Burma 041.JPG auf Flickr - Fotosharing!" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry156_1.jpg" width="500" height="332"/><br /><br /><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="1480047492_5b9d07af05" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry156_2.jpg" width="500" height="376"/><br /><br /><br /></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Female Vocalist?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>About Antichrisis</category><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2007-08-24T13:46:01+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-155</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-155</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: I've noticed that Katja doesn't appear on your website any more. Did she leave the band and does that mean that Antichrisis is without a female vocalist again? If so, have you already found a new vocalist or will the new album be without female vocals?</span><br /><br />Sid: Yes, Katja has left the band a few weeks ago for personal and musical reasons, but without any hard feelings. We're still good friends and she's focusing on her work with <a href="http://www.gaia-returns.de/" rel="external">Gaia Returns</a> now, thus we've started looking for a new female vocalist, as the interplay of male and female characters has somehow become indispensable for capturing the spirit of many of our songs. Luckily a friend of a friend (big thanks to Markus Eck for his procurement) recommended someone he was sure to be just the right replacement, which is why I'm already in contact with the possibly new Antichrisis songstress - but we'll let you know as soon as everything's wrapped up. Anyway, "The Legacy Remains" will definitely contain female vocals...<br /><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="art1reindeer" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry155_1.jpg" width="257" height="173"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Schlosshof-Festival 2007</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2007-08-21T20:59:19+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-154</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-154</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Meines Wissens war das <a href="http://www.schlosshof-festival.de/" rel="external">Schlosshof-Festival</a> die erste Veranstaltung dieser Art in H&ouml;chstadt an der Aisch, so dass diesem Mittelalterfest zwangsl&auml;ufig die Professionalit&auml;t der etablierten Festivals abging: Alles war eine Nummer kleiner, &uuml;berschaubarer und famili&auml;rer - doch daf&uuml;r brachte man dort erstaunlicherweise einen wesentlich besseren Sound zustande, als dies auf den Festivals in Abenberg und Veldenstein der Fall gewesen war.<br /><br />Wie immer trudelten meine S&uuml;&szlig;e und ich mit etwas Versp&auml;tung ein, so dass wie den Opener <a href="http://www.nachtgeschrei.de" rel="external">Nachtgeschrei</a> verpasst hatten. Als wir den Schlosshof betraten, waren <a href="http://www.merlons.de/news/index.html" rel="external">Merlons Lichter</a> bereits auf der B&uuml;hne und gaben sich redlich M&uuml;he, liessen das Publikum jedoch weitestgehend kalt, was an der leicht verungl&uuml;ckten Performance der Band lag: Da S&auml;nger und Drehleierspieler PG ist nicht gerade der mitreissendste Frontmann aller Zeiten ist und die Restlichter - mit Ausnahme der S&auml;ngerin - so verloren wie bei Stromausfall im Proberaum agierten, wollte der Funke nicht richtig &uuml;berspringen. Da halfen auch die hilflosen Tanzeinlagen der S&auml;ngerin nichts, die dank ihres peinlichen silbernen Fl&uuml;gel-Umhangs des &Ouml;fteren wie eine orientierungslos herumtaumelnde Alufolien-Fledermaus wirkte... Eigentlich schade, denn die Musik dieser Erlanger Combo setzte sich ansonsten wohltuend vom &uuml;blichen In-Subway-Extremo-Corvus-Sound anderer Mittelalter-Bands ab, doch infolge der farblosen Darbietung verpuffte deren Wirkung g&auml;nzlich!<br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Feuerschwanz1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry154_1.jpg" width="302" height="178"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Diesbez&uuml;glich sah es <a href="http://www.feuerschwanz.de" rel="external">Feuerschwanz</a>, die auf Merlons Lichter folgten, gleich eine ganze Ecke anders aus: Schon beim Soundcheck sorgten sie f&uuml;r mehr Stimmung im Publikum, als die Merlons w&auml;hrend ihres gesamten Auftritts erzeugten. Zugegebenerma&szlig;en ist eine Band mit einem Motto wie "Met & Miezen" in diskursiver Hinsicht mehr als nur peinlich; wer Schandmauls "Herren der Winde" zur n&auml;chstliegenden Flatulenz-Ballade umfunktioniert und dar&uuml;ber hinaus den Gro&szlig;teil des eigenen lyrischen Oeuvres deutlich unterhalb der mittelalterlichen G&uuml;rtellinie ansiedelt, sollte eigentlich gnadenlos gedisst werden - doch seien wir mal ehrlich: AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Mot&ouml;rhead oder ZZ Top sind auch nicht gerade literarische Sch&ouml;ngeister und werden dennoch toleriert und anerkannt - und Feuerschwanz verbreiteten trotz ihres Schl&uuml;pfrigkeitsfaktors von +10 auf der nach oben offenen Debilit&auml;tsskala derma&szlig;en gute Laune, dass man sich dem einfach nicht entziehen konnte: Also hinfort mit allen D&uuml;nkeln und hehren Ansp&uuml;chen, dem fr&ouml;hlich gr&ouml;hlenden Nachbarn zugeprostet und abtanzen, bis der Medicus kommt!<br /><br />Feuerschwanz machten jedenfalls alles richtig, was Merlons Lichter zuvor falsch gemacht hatten: Die ganze Band ging gnadenlos nach vorne und spielte f&uuml;r das Publikum, das im Gegenzug begeistert auf dieses Powerplay reagierte - und wenn Feuerschwanz so weitermachen, werden sie bei den Festivals der n&auml;chsten Jahre wom&ouml;glich noch Headliner-Status bekommen!<br /><br />Danach war <a href="http://www.ericfish.de/" rel="external">Eric Fish</a> dran, der mir solo wesentlich besser gef&auml;llt als mit Subway to Sally: Eigentlich macht er astreinen Liedermacher-Folk, bei dem er meistenteils englischsprachigen Songs sozialkritische deutsche Texte verpasst: Das hat zwar rein gar nix mit Mittelalter zu tun, doch weil er eben der Subway to Sally-Frontmann ist, h&ouml;rt ihm das Gothic-Publikum aufmerksam zu, das die Originalversionen solcher St&uuml;cke wie "Summer in the City" oder "Rocking in the Free World" vermutlich noch nie zuvor geh&ouml;rt hat und jeden langhaarigen Stra&szlig;enmusiker, der dieselben Songs mit der gleichen Inbrunst vortr&auml;gt, vermutlich kaltl&auml;chelnd ignorieren w&uuml;rde...<br /><br />Jedenfalls war es genau die richtige musikalische Untermalung, um sich mit Freunden zu unterhalten und ein Bierchen zu trinken; vom Schauwert her ging diese Art der Darbietung auf der Festivalb&uuml;hne leider ein wenig unter, denn ein akustischer Set dieser Art ist nun mal eher f&uuml;r kleine verr&auml;ucherte Musik-Clubs oder Kneipen geeignet, wo dann auch die entsprechende Stimmung aufkommen kann - vielleicht sollte Eric gelegentlich einfach mal im Strohalm in Erlangen vorbeischauen?<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Schlosshof" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry154_2.jpg" width="244" height="179"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Nach einer kleineren Umbaupause waren dann <a href="http://www.saltatio-mortis.com/" rel="external">Saltatio Mortis</a> angesagt: Diese hatten mich schon auf dem Veldensteiner Festival einige Wochen zuvor genervt, und obwohl deren S&auml;nger heute besser bei Stimme war, hinterliessen sie auch diesmal wieder den Eindruck einer Band, die nur dem Trend hinterherl&auml;uft und g&auml;ngigen Klischees zu entsprechen versucht, anstatt etwas Neuartiges zu kreieren oder Eigenst&auml;ndigkeit an den Tag zu legen. So boten Saltatio Mortis auch an diesem Abend wieder ein buntes Potpourri musikalischer Beliebigkeiten, das sie jedoch durch eine gigantische flackernde Lightshow aufzuwerten versuchten, bei der jedoch derma&szlig;en hektisch zu Werke gegangen wurde, dass man f&uuml;r die etwaigen Epileptiker unter den Zuschauern nur beten konnte und sich unweigerlich fragte, welche Drogen der Mann am Lichtmixer wohl eingeworfen hatte.<br /><br />Da es mittlerweile recht k&uuml;hl geworden war, beschlossen wir, vorzeitig nach Hause zu fahren und bekamen daher von den Headlinern des Abends, <a href="http://www.fiddlers.de/" rel="external">Fiddler's Green</a>, nichts mehr mit - aber mit dieser Band ist es sowieso so eine Sache: W&uuml;rde man Bands die The Pogues, die Whisky Priests, The Men They Couldn't Hang, die Oysterband oder auch die Dropkick Murphys nicht kennen - ja, dann w&uuml;rde man Fiddler's Green h&ouml;chstwahrscheinlich richtig gut finden... doch da man dummerweise all dieses Bands kennt, beschleicht einen bei Fiddler's Green das gleiche Gef&uuml;hl als wenn man beim Fr&uuml;hst&uuml;ck statt Nutella einen NoName- Haselnuss-Schoko-Brotaufstrich vorgesetzt bekommt: Egal, wie dick man ihn auf aufstreicht oder was alles auf dem Glas steht - er kommt einfach nicht ans Original heran!<br /><br />Fazit: Es war trotz allem ein sehr sch&ouml;nes und intimes Festival, das n&auml;chstes Jahr hoffentlich wieder eine Fortsetzung findet -  uns hat es jedenfalls verdammt gut gefallen!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Veldensteiner Festival 2007</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2007-07-22T05:43:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-153</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-153</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Und wieder ging es auf ein Mittelalter-Festival: Diesmal war <a href="http://www.feuertanz-festival.de/veldenstein2007/fotos_veldensteiner_festival_2007/" rel="external">Burg Veldenstein in Neuhaus an der Pegnitz</a> angesagt, wo es zwar ein wenig kleiner und intimer zuging als auf dem Abenberger Feuertanz-Festival vor ein paar Wochen, doch nichtsdestotrotz herrschte auch hier eine &auml;u&szlig;erst angenehme Atmosph&auml;re.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Jutta1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry153_1.jpg" width="234" height="198"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Wie &uuml;blich waren meine S&uuml;&szlig;e und ich etwas zu sp&auml;t dran, so da&szlig; wir - nachdem wir unser Lager auf dem Festival-Campingplatz aufgeschlagen hatten - nur noch das Ende des Auftritts von <a href="http://www.letzte-instanz.de/" rel="external">Letzte Instanz</a> mitbekamen. Aus diesem Grund kann ich nicht viel &uuml;ber die Band sagen, doch wer derart beherzt fortw&auml;hrend &ldquo;The Lion Sleeps Tonight&rdquo; zitiert und zu guter letzt auch noch den definitiv besten Kiss-Song aller Zeiten - n&auml;mlich &ldquo;I Was Made For Loving You&rdquo; - in einer mehr als akzeptablen Version darbietet, kann so schlecht nicht sein... <br /><br />Die danach auftretenden <a href="http://www.saltatio-mortis.com/index.php" rel="external">Saltatio Mortis</a> hingegen brachten nichts, was man nicht schon tausendmal zuvor geh&ouml;rt h&auml;tte: Harte Metal-Riffs, mittelalterliche Dudels&auml;cke sowie farblose Vocals - und alles ohne den geringsten Funken von Originalit&auml;t oder Wiedererkennungswert. Daher liessen wir uns lieber ein gutes Bier schmecken, anstatt weiter vor der B&uuml;hne herumzulungern - dort tauchten wir n&auml;mlich erst wieder auf, als es Zeit f&uuml;r meine ehemaligen Label-Kollegen (remember Ars Metalli?) <a href="http://www.reitermania.de/" rel="external">Die Apokalyptischen Reiter</a> war, und obwohl deren Musik nach wie vor nicht unbedingt meine Baustelle ist, spielten sie einen beeindruckenden Set, bei dem vor allem die Gesangsleistung des S&auml;ngers sowie das perfekte Timing der Band hervorstachen! Zwar verbreitete so manches ihrer Publikumsspielchen eher den Flair einer grenzdebilen Teenager-Geburtstagsparty, aber alles in allem war es ein &auml;u&szlig;erst unterhaltsamer Gig, der durchaus das Pr&auml;dikat wertvoll verdiente.<br /><br />Nun waren <a href="http://www.schelmish.de/all.htm" rel="external">Schelmish</a> an der Reihe, und obwohl sich der Mann am Mischpult jeglich erdenkbare M&uuml;he gab, den Sound der Band zu verunstalten, war dieser Haufen f&uuml;r mich wie auch f&uuml;r meine Freundin eindeutig das Highlight des Festivals, denn obwohl auch Schelmish mitunter einer musikalischen &ldquo;In-Extremo-fizierung&rdquo; unterlagen und die eine oder andere Nummer am Start hatten, die zu sehr auf die &uuml;blichen Mittelalter-meets-Metal-Klischees setzte, brillierte die Band mit einer derartigen Spielfreude und gnadenlosem Powerplay, da&szlig; ihr auch der offenbar v&ouml;llig taube und von allen guten Geistern verlassene Mixer nichts anhaben konnte.<br /><br />Schelmish legten all das an den Tag, woran es Bands wie Saltatio Mortis mangelt: Originelle Rhythmen, einpr&auml;gsame Songstrukturen, abwechslungsreiche Dudelsack-Melodien etc. Zwar sind auch bei dieser Band keine Gesangsvirtuosen am Start, doch w&auml;ren Schelmish die Ersten, die dies auch zugeben w&uuml;rden - und dieses Manko machten sie durch jede Menge einfallsreicher und m&auml;chtig ins Tanzbein gehender Instrumental-St&uuml;cke wett; alles in allem eine tolle und mitreissende Performance, f&uuml;r die die Band v&ouml;llig zu recht von einem hellauf begeisterten Publikum abgefeiert wurde!<br /><br />Bevor daraufhin die Headliner <a href="http://www.subwaytosally.de/start.html" rel="external">Subway to Sally</a> die B&uuml;hne betraten, ging eine l&auml;ngere Umbaupause voraus, w&auml;hrend der sich das Wetter deutlich verschlechterte - m&ouml;glicherweise hatte es schon geahnt, was sich gleich in musikalischer Hinsicht abspielen w&uuml;rde... <br /><br />Wieso Subway to Sally &uuml;ber eine solch gro&szlig;e Fangemeinde verf&uuml;gen, werde ich nie begreifen: Vermutlich hat sich das jahrelange Touren der Band bezahlt gemacht, und man kann auch keinesfalls behaupten, da&szlig; die beteiligten Musiker und Musikerinnen ihr Handwerk nicht verstehen w&uuml;rden. Doch das Aufregendste am Auftritt dieser Band blieb die effektvoll in Szene gesetzte Lightshow, wohingegen die Musik so aufregend war wie eine Nacht am Oer-Erkenschwicker Hauptbahnhof: Es war schlichtweg die komprimierteste Form musikalischer Langeweile, die ich seit langem erlebt hatte - und mit einem Mal w&uuml;nschte ich mir nichts sehnlicher, als da&szlig; ich meinen iPod mitgenommen h&auml;tte... <br /><br />Daher zogen wir uns nach der H&auml;lfte der Show und mit dem pl&ouml;tzlichen Einsetzen heftiger Regeng&uuml;sse unter den Poffertjes-Stand zur&uuml;ck und kamen wenig sp&auml;ter v&ouml;llig durchn&auml;sst, aber mit einer Flasche Holunderbeerwein bewaffnet an unserem Nachtlager an, wo wir zu den Kl&auml;nger der zuvor frisch erworbenen Schelmish-CD dem Regen lauschten und uns dabei den Wein schmecken liessen...<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Sid1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry153_2.jpg" width="241" height="181"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Fazit: Trotz des Wetterumschwungs am sp&auml;ten Abend war es ein &auml;u&szlig;erst gelungenes und gut organisiertes Festival, bei dem wir uns lediglich einen anderen Headliner gew&uuml;nscht h&auml;tten.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Serves them jolly well right</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><dc:date>2007-07-13T19:11:35+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-152</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-152</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Year after year people think it's big fun to be cruel to animals - just like in Pamplona, where bulls are being driven through the streets to end up as sacrifice on the altar of machismo in the arena afterwards.<br /><br />And year after year, something like this happens:<br /><p style="text-align:center;">"Several men have been badly hurt in the San Fermin<br />bull-running festival in Pamplona, northern Spain.<br /><br />The men are in hospital suffering from concussion and bruising after <br />being trampled on Friday.<br /><br />Doctors said all casualties were in a serious condition in hospital; festival officials said they were injured when they fell under the hooves of stampeding bulls while running with the herd during a nine-minute dash through city streets to the Pamplona bullring.<br />Each year thousands of people flee bulls and steers in the nine-day festival."<br /><br /><strong>In my opinion: Well done, bulls! <br /></strong><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="Bulls" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry152_1.jpg" width="367" height="264"/><br /><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="Dead Toreador (1864)-1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry152_2.jpg" width="444" height="218"/><br /><br /></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Will there be a new Antichrisis album?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2007-07-11T17:27:00+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-151</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-151</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: I checked your website, but I couldn't find any information about a new album with new songs. Are you planning to release such an album and will it be available in Poland?</span><span style="font:16px AppleGaramond-Book; color:#0000DF;"><br /></span><span style="font:16px AppleGaramond-Book; "><br /></span>Sid: Yes, we will be releasing our new album "The Legacy remains" as soon as possible. Although there have been some serious drawbacks in the past few months, we're still confident that everything will be ready and done just in time. Besides, our new distributor Twilight will take care that all future releases will be available worldwide as well.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Hand2" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry151_1.jpg" width="162" height="236"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bruce Springsteen&#x27;s New Album</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2007-07-07T17:07:00+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-150</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-150</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bruce Springsteen's new live album "Live in Dublin" is simply amazing: I just watched the DVD-version and I'm still flabbergasted by the spirited cast and the professional performance of this bunch of brilliant musicians: Must be a dream to have a backing band like that!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Bruce Springsteen06(1)" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry150_1.jpg" width="241" height="160"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br />Bruce does a few new versions of some old classics like "Further on up the Road" and "If I should fall behind", but although these versions are very different from the originals, they're nevertheless fantastic. It's also great to hear and see that the musicians on stage really seem to enjoy themselves - and no wonder, because Bruce never pretends to be "The Boss" (which is anyway a rather unfitting nickname for an unpretentious musician like him!), as he invites every member of the band to show his/her skills! All in all an album/DVD that can't be recommended too much! I just wished I had been at one of these gigs!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Feuertanz-Festival 2007</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2007-06-24T18:57:08+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-149</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-149</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Am Samstag waren wir auf dem <a href="http://www.feuertanz-festival.de/feuertanz2007/fotos_feuertanz_festival_07/" rel="external">Feuertanz-Festival auf Burg Abenberg</a>, einer idyllisch gelegenen H&uuml;gelburg im mittelfr&auml;nkischen Landkreis Roth. Da wir uns bei der Anfahrt etwas Zeit gelassen hatten, bekamen wir von <a href="http://www.faune.de/web2007/index.html" rel="external">Faun</a> und <a href="http://www.corvuscorax.de/start.php?lang=DE" rel="external">Corvus Corax</a> so gut wie nichts mehr mit, doch Katja, die bereits vor uns eingetroffen war, versicherte uns Stein auf Bein, da&szlig; Faun wirklich gut gewesen seien.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry149_1.jpg" width="164" height="233"/><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">Meine S&uuml;&szlig;e und ich bummelten nach unserer Ankunft erst mal &uuml;ber den Mittelaltermarkt und bestiegen den Burgturm, bevor wir uns zu <a href="http://www.thetalesofasp.com/de/index.html" rel="external">ASP</a> vor der B&uuml;hne einfanden, und obwohl ich nicht allzuviele Songs dieser Band kannte, war ich von der ASP ziemlich beeindruckt: Sie spielten einen druckvollen und spannungsgeladenen Set, der m&auml;chtig ins Tanzbein ging, und konnten aufgrund ihrer sympathischen Performance trotz der f&uuml;r eine Gothic-Band ungew&ouml;hnlichen Lichtverh&auml;ltnisse (die Sonne stand noch am Himmel!) und des miesen Sounds, der ihnen verpasst wurde (und der wie im weiteren Verlauf des Festivals zu h&ouml;ren war, sich sehr wohl besser gestalten liess!), das Publikum begeistern. Uns hat's jedenfalls so gut gefallen, da&szlig; wir uns ASP gerne nochmal am 15. November in N&uuml;rnberg im "<a href="http://www.der-hirsch.de/" rel="external">Hirsch</a>" unter hoffentlich besseren akustischen Voraussetzungen anschauen werden.<br /><br />Nach ASP waren <a href="http://www.tanzwut.com/" rel="external">Tanzwut</a> dran, die eine &auml;u&szlig;erst professionelle und ebenfalls zum Tanzen animierende Show boten: Seltsamerweise war deren Sound deutlich besser als der von ASP, obwohl Tanzwut definitiv schwerer abzumischen sind - ein Schweinehund, wer Schlechtes dabei denkt! Nichtsdestotrotz gingen Tanzwut ziemlich gut ab, doch die mangelnden stimmlichen Qualit&auml;ten von S&auml;nger Teufel, der zwar ein guter Entertainer sein mag, in punkto Gesang jedoch eher nach rostiger Gie&szlig;kanne klingt, liessen den Set auf Dauer etwas eint&ouml;nig werden: Mit einem besseren S&auml;nger w&uuml;rden die Songs von Tanzwut erheblich dazugewinnen!<br /><br />Am sp&auml;ten Abend traten dann <a href="http://www.schandmaul.de/" rel="external">Schandmaul</a>, die Headliner des Festivals, auf: Mittlerweile war es proppenvoll geworden, und so bekamen wir nur noch einen Platz am Seitenrand der B&uuml;hne. Spieltechnisch sind Schandmaul &uuml;ber jeden Zweifel erhaben: Da wackelt nichts, und es gibt keine schiefen T&ouml;ne - doch mit ihrem Songmaterial geht es mir genau so wie mit Blackmore's Night: Eine halbe Stunde lang klingt alles ganz nett, aber genau wie bei Zuckerwatte verpufft die anf&auml;ngliche Begeisterung ziemlich schnel! Am Besten gefiel mir im Verlauf des Sets "Die T&uuml;r in mir", wohingegen "Walpurgisnacht" g&auml;nzlich verpuffte. Bei aller Kritik muss ich Schandmaul jedoch zugute halten, da&szlig; sie einen eigenst&auml;ndigen Sound kreiert haben, der sie deutlich von anderen Bands dieses Genres unterscheidet und &uuml;ber einen hohen Wiedererkennungswert verf&uuml;gt.<br /><br />Da wir nach dem Auftritt von Schandmaul noch keinerlei Lust versp&uuml;rten, das Festival zu verlassen, fanden wir uns auf dem Burghof ein, wo <a href="http://www.feuerschwanz.de/spgm/index.php?spgmGal=Feuerschwanz%20unterwegs%202007/Feuertanz%20Festival%20-%20Abenberg%20(23.06.07)&spgmFilters=" rel="external">Feuerschwanz</a> aufspielten und dabei von Feuerschluckern und Gauklern begleitet wurden. Dabei &uuml;berraschten mich Feuerschwanz positiv, denn noch vor 2 Jahren auf dem Veldensteiner Burgfestival ging mir diese Band tierisch auf die N&uuml;sse - doch hier, im kleinen Rahmen des fackelbeschienenen Burghofs, rissen Feuerschwanz das Publikum mit ihrem stimmungsvollen Mittelalter-Set richtiggehend mit, wof&uuml;r sie auch v&ouml;llig zu Recht mit "Flughafen"- und "Gorgonzola"-Rufen abgefeiert wurden!<br /><br />Nachdem Feuerschwanz und die Gaukler sich in den wohlverdienten Feierabend bzw. Feiermorgen verabschiedet hatten, wollten wir uns noch Eric Fish anschauen, der bereits im Festsaal der Burg zu spielen angefangen hatte, doch da im Saal keinen Platz mehr gab, setzten wir uns kurzerhand drau&szlig;en vor dem Fenster auf eine Bank und lauschten dem K&uuml;nstler von dort aus. Ich hatte Eric Fish solo zuvor noch nie geh&ouml;rt und mir eigentlich nichts besonderes erwartet, daher war ich ziemlich erstaunt, als mir da ein traditioneller aber nichtsdestotrotz souver&auml;n vorgetragener Folk-Set zu Ohren kam. Leider bekamen wir nur noch den letzten Teil des Auftritts mit, der mit einer Cover-Version des unverw&uuml;stlichen Neil Young-Klassikers "Rockin' in the Free World" endete, und nach einem weiteren Spaziergang diurch die mondbeschienene Nacht begaben wir uns schliesslich zu unserem mobilen Schlafplatz am Fu&szlig; der Burg.<br /><br />Fazit: Ein sehr sch&ouml;n gestaltetes Festival mit jeder Menge Schauwert und einem musikalisch durchaus abwechslungsreichen Programm, wobei meiner Favoriten eindeutig ASP und Feuerschwanz waren.<br /></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Reartone&#x27;s New Release</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2007-07-04T06:11:10+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-148</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-148</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our label Reartone has just released Fjoergyn's long awaited and highly recommended new album "Sade et Masoch": Check it out <a href="http://www.reartone.com/en/3_artists/fjoergyn/fjoergyn.html" rel="external">here</a>.<br /><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><img class="imageStyle" alt="reartone_banner" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry148_1.jpg" width="468" height="60"/><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;">"An aural psychosis of doom, downfall and demise blended with an interstellar Dark Metal overdrive from terrifying outer space! Lyrically arousing as well as of abysmal artistic profoundity, "Sade et Masoch" is an opus magnum of hypnotic powers that no-one can elude! An indispensable chest of treasures for fans of Eisregen, Dornenreich and Type O Negative"&nbsp;<br /></p><p style="text-align:right;">(Markus Eck/Sonic Seducer)</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Where can I purchase &#x22;A Legacy Of Love Mark II&#x22;?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2007-04-09T16:30:05+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-147</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBD6F;">Question: I live in Brazil and I can't find "A Legacy Of Love Mark II" anywhere in the record stores here. Is there a way to get it via mail order from Germany?</span><br /><br />Sid : Of course - "A Legacy Of Love Mark II" is distributed world wide by Playbaker. You'll find the reasonably priced album at Playbaker's online store <a href="http://www.playbaker.com/s/content.cgi?store=cd&category=16&menu=3&cd=1111&action=cd" rel="external" title="Playbaker">here</a>.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="s110366716525508" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry147_1.jpg" width="204" height="184"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Moonshadow</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2006-04-16T10:19:41+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-146</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-146</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Ich habe in einer alten Rezension des Orkus-Magazins gelesen, dass "Moonshadow" gestorben sei &ndash; so weit ich informiert bin, hast du dieses Pseudonym lediglich abgelegt. Und wenn "Moonshadow" ein Pseudonym war, warum hast du dich dann davon gel&ouml;st und was hat es fr&uuml;her f&uuml;r dich bedeutet?</span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /><br />Sid: Ich spielte "Cantara Anachoreta" noch unter dem Pseudonym "Moonshadow" ein, doch kurz vor Ver&ouml;ffentlichung des Albums kam es zur Trennung von meiner damaligen Freundin, mit der ich zu diesem Zeitpunkt 7 Jahre zusammengelebt hatte. Ich brach v&ouml;llig zusammen und landete nach einem Selbstmordversuch f&uuml;r 3 Monate in der geschlossenen Abteilung einer psychiatrischen Klinik. Dadurch verlor ich meinen Job, meine Wohnung, und musste v&ouml;llig neu anfangen, den alle Verbindungen zu meinem alten Leben hatten sich aufgel&ouml;st - und somit war im &uuml;bertragenen Sinne auch mein altes Ich gestorben; "Moonshadow" hatte zu existieren aufgeh&ouml;rt.<br /><br />Diese symbolische Wandlung wurde von einigen Magazinen f&auml;lschlicherweise als konkrete Todesmeldung interpretiert... ich fand es in diesem Zusammenhang nur etwas belustigend, dass diejenigen, die glaubten, Moonshadow w&auml;re tats&auml;chlich gestorben und durch Sid ersetzt worden, nicht merkten, dass sich der S&auml;nger auf "A Legacy of Love" genau so anh&ouml;rt wie der auf "Cantara Anachoreta".<br /><br />Moonshadow war zugegebenerma&szlig;en ein etwas pr&auml;tenti&ouml;ser K&uuml;nstlername, den ich mir seinerzeit allerdings aus v&ouml;llig unspektakul&auml;ren Gr&uuml;nden zulegte: Es gibt einen gleichnamigen Song von Cat Stevens, der mir sowohl vom Text als auch von der Musik her schon immer ausgesprochen gut gefiel und daher fand ich, dass dieser Name gut zu mir und zu dem, was ich mit Antichrisis zum Ausdruck bringen wollte, passen w&uuml;rde.<br /><br /></span><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="moonshadow" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry146_1.jpg" width="202" height="185"/><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /></span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Botschaft</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2006-04-21T11:14:20+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-145</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-145</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Gibt es ein k&uuml;nstlerisches Ziel deiner Arbeit und Kompositionen? Willst du etwas mit deiner Musik beim H&ouml;rer erreichen? Oder gibt es gar eine Botschaft, die du in die Welt hinaus tragen m&ouml;chtest?</span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /><br />Sid: Mein k&uuml;nstlerisches Ziel ist vermutlich das gleiche, das jeder Musiker hat: Die st&auml;ndige und vergebliche Suche nach dem perfekten Song. Dieses Ziel wird man wahrscheinlich nie erreichen, aber man kann ihm manchmal zumindest recht nahe kommen... Auf diesem Weg m&ouml;chte ich stets offen f&uuml;r Neues bleiben; au&szlig;erdem m&ouml;chte ich mich nicht wiederholen, weshalb ich mir auch das Ziel gesetzt habe, dass jedes Antichrisis-Album anders als sein Vorg&auml;nger klingen soll.<br /><br />Beim H&ouml;rer m&ouml;chte ich eigentlich nur Eines erreichen: Dass ihn die Musik ber&uuml;hrt und ihm in den dunklen Momenten des Lebens Hoffnung und Zuversicht gibt. Ich m&ouml;chte keinesfalls Musik machen, die den H&ouml;rer "runterzieht", selbst in meinen traurigsten Songs versuche ich immer wieder, einen Silberstreif am Horizont durchschimmern zu lassen, denn Trauer ohne einen Funken Zuversicht hinterl&auml;sst nur ein tiefes schwarzes Loch in der Seele.<br /><br /></span><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="perfection" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry145_1.jpg" width="207" height="213"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neue Wege</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2006-04-18T19:08:16+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-144</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-144</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Nach deiner ersten Ver&ouml;ffentlichung hast du dich ja deutlich h&ouml;rbar vom Metal wegbewegt und mehr Kraft in den Folk, Pop oder auch Melodien gelegt. Warum hast du da neue Pfade gesucht?</span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /><br />Sid: Naja, die Melodien waren auch schon auf "Cantara Anachoreta" enthalten, doch konnte mal sie unter all den verzerrten Gitarren nur schwer heraush&ouml;ren *gg*...<br /><br />"Cantara Anachoreta" entstand in einer Zeit, als ich meinen Gef&uuml;hle am Besten durch schwere E-Gitarren-Riffs und aggressivem Gesang Ausdruck verleihen konnte; denn damals waren Wut, Ohnmacht und Verzweiflung &uuml;ber eine sich abzeichnende Trennung die bei mir vorherrschenden Gef&uuml;hle... Doch mit jedem neuen Album versuche ich, meinen Gef&uuml;hlen einen differenzierteren Ausdruck zu verleihen und z. B. auch den sch&ouml;nen Seiten der Liebe mehr Raum zu geben. Jeder, der schon mal geliebt hat, kennt vermutlich all die emotionalen Stadien, die man nach einer Trennung durchl&auml;uft: Trauer und Zorn; die qu&auml;lende Frage, was man falsch gemacht hat; die Erinnerung an die sch&ouml;nen Zeiten; die Tr&auml;nen, wenn man sich alte Fotos anschaut... man durchl&auml;uft so viele unterschiedliche und extreme Gef&uuml;hlszust&auml;nde, und all diesen Facetten versuche ich in meinen Songs Form zu verleihen, weshalb z. B. Songs wie "Nightswan" und "Planet Kyrah" ein v&ouml;llig positives Gef&uuml;hl vermitteln, da ich bei diesen St&uuml;cken in den Erinnerungen an die guten Zeiten schwelge, w&auml;hrend in Tracks wie "Trying not to Breathe" oder "The Farewell" die Raserei bzw. das Gef&uuml;hl des Aufgebens und der Kapitulation den Grundton pr&auml;gen.<br /><br />Die vielf&auml;ltigen Schattierungen in der Musik von Antichrisis r&uuml;hren auch daher, da&szlig; ich beim Verfassen eines Songs niemals einer bestimmten Vorgabe folge: Manchmal bin ich selbst &uuml;berrascht, in welche Richtung sich ein St&uuml;ck entwickelt. Jeder Song w&auml;hlt sich seinen eigenen Weg, indem sich der Inhalt die passende Form sucht - diese "Arbeitsweise" verhindert, da&szlig; Antichrisis auf eine fest umrissene Stilrichtung festglegt werden kann. Zwar finden sich in unserer Musik sowohl Elemente von Gothic, Dark Wave, Folk, Metal, Electronica usw., dennoch kann sie nicht auf nur eine dieser Spielarten reduziert werden, und sie ist auch weit davon entfernt, lediglich einen Crossover darzustellen, weil jedes dieser Elemente nur dann zum Einsatz kommt, wenn es die Geschichte, die ich in dem jeweiligen Song erz&auml;hlen will, erfordert... Das mag jetzt vielleicht ein wenig kopflastig klingen, doch im Grunde genommen ist es ein v&ouml;llig organischer Proze&szlig;, der ganz von selbst abl&auml;uft und es mir erlaubt, mich eines &auml;u&szlig;erst breiten Spektrums unterschiedlichster Stilistiken zu bedienen. <br /><br /></span><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="_40528829_6_eden_project" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry144_1.jpg" width="240" height="196"/>	</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Verwechslungsgefahr</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>About Antichrisis</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2006-09-17T05:59:16+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-143</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-143</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Hat euer Bandname schonmal f&uuml;r evtl. Verwirrung/Verwechslung mit Black Metal&nbsp; gesorgt?</span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; ">Sid: Ja, es kommt schon gelegentlich vor, dass die Leute Antichrisis irgendwie mit Antichrist in Verbindung bringen - doch damit hat der Bandname gar nichts zu tun: Antichrisis ist ein griechisches Anagramm, das sich mit "Heilige T&auml;nze zu Ehren der Isis" &uuml;bersetzen l&auml;sst. Au&szlig;erdem gef&auml;llt mir die daraus resultierende Doppelbedeutung des Bandnamens, denn Antichrisis k&ouml;nnte ja genau so gut f&uuml;r "Anti-crisis" - also "gegen die Krise" - stehen... <br /><br /></span><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="busbahnhof-bonn" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry143_1.jpg" width="205" height="154"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Experiment</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Music</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2005-05-24T05:48:05+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2005#unique-entry-id-142</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2005#unique-entry-id-142</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Ich muss zugeben, dass ich zwar eure ersten beiden Alben besitze, mir bis vor einigen Monaten jedoch gar nicht bekannt war, dass 2001 mit &bdquo;Perfume&ldquo; eine weitere Scheibe ver&ouml;ffentlicht wurde. Nun mag das zwar auch an mir selbst liegen, dass diese Ver&ouml;ffentlichung an mir vor&uuml;ber ging, dennoch bin ich mal so vermessen, die &bdquo;Schuld&ldquo; daran an anderer Stelle zu suchen &ndash; k&ouml;nnte es sein, dass in Sachen Promotion in der Vergangenheit m&ouml;glicherweise auch einiges im Argen lag? </span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /><br />Sid: "Perfume" erschien zu einem Zeitpunkt, als es zu den bereits erw&auml;hnten Scherereien mit Napalm gekommen war, weshalb von Seiten des Labels auch kein Interesse mehr Bestand, dieses Album noch in irgendeiner Form effektiv zu promoten. Napalm warf uns ja sogar vor, dass Antichrisis auf dem Album wie Tic Tac Toe klingen w&uuml;rden, worauf ich entgegenete, dass ich &uuml;berhaupt nichts dagegen einzuwenden h&auml;tte, wenn Napalm von "Perfume" ebenso viele Einheiten wie Tic Tac Toe verkaufen w&uuml;rde.<br /><br />Ich glaube, wir sind eine der wenigen Bands in der Musikgeschichte, die sich von Seiten der eigenen Plattenfirma den Vorwurf anh&ouml;ren musste, das sie "zu kommerziell" sei...<br /><br />Daher bist Du leider nicht der Einzige, an dem "Perfume" v&ouml;llig spurlos vor&uuml;ber ging - auch wenn ich dem Album im Nachhinein eher mit zwiesp&auml;ltigen Gef&uuml;hlen gegen&uuml;berstehe: Es stellte zum damaligen Zeitpunkt ein Experiment dar, bei dem ich mal eine andere Arbeitsweise ausprobieren wollte - doch ein Experiment kann mitunter auch daneben gehen: Songs wie "Like the Stars", "Goodbye to Jane" oder "Hole in my Head" halte ich auch aus heutiger Sicht noch f&uuml;r &auml;u&szlig;erst gelungen, wohingegen einige andere Tracks nicht die Wirkung entfalten konnten, die sie h&auml;tten haben k&ouml;nnen, wenn ich ich sie anders strukturiert h&auml;tte. Ich wollte viel Raum f&uuml;r Improvisationen lassen und keine detaillierte Ausarbeitung wie noch auf "A Legacy of Love" vornehmen. Diese Methode hatte zwar ihren Reiz, f&uuml;hrte letztendlich aber dazu, dass "Perfume" weitaus weniger geschlossen als "Cantara Anachoreta" oder "A Legacy of Love" klingt. Wie gesagt: Es sind einige sehr gute Songs darauf enthalten, aber als Album funktionierte es nicht.<br /><br />Wie auch immer - ich habe aus diesem Experiment gelernt und festgestellt, dass meine Songs dann am st&auml;rksten sind, wenn ich sie &uuml;ber die Melodie entwickle und nicht &uuml;ber Drum-Grooves und Bass-Lines, wie ich es auf "Perfume" getan habe.<br /></span><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="experiment_01" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry142_1.jpg" width="226" height="169"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vorbilder und Einfl&#xfc;sse</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2006-04-13T15:29:50+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-141</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2006#unique-entry-id-141</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Woher kommen eure Einfl&uuml;sse in Deiner Musik? H&ouml;rst Du im privatem Leben Bands, die &auml;hnlich klingen? Hast Du irgendwelche Vorbilder beim Schreiben von Songs?<br /></span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br />Sid: Ich schreibe ja alle Antichrisis-Songs - bis auf "How can I live on Top of the Mountain?", das auf traditionellen Irish Folk Tunes beruht und von N&auml;x verfasst wurde - im Alleingang, und da ich privat &uuml;ber ein sehr breit gef&auml;chertes musikalisches Spektrum verf&uuml;ge, h&ouml;re ich die unterschiedlichsten Arten von Musik, sei es nun Klassik, Folk, Reggae, Bhangra, EBM, Britpop oder TripHop - ich finde in nahezu jeder musikalischen Richtung Songs, die mir gefallen.<br /><br /></span><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; ">Die vielf&auml;ltigen Schattierungen in der Musik von Antichrisis r&uuml;hren auch daher, da&szlig; ich beim Verfassen eines Songs niemals bestimmten Vorgaben folge: Ich lasse mich einfach &uuml;berraschen, in welche Richtung sich ein St&uuml;ck entwickelt. Jeder Song w&auml;hlt sich seinen eigenen Weg, indem sich der jeweilige Inhalt seine passende Form sucht - diese "Arbeitsweise" verhindert, da&szlig; Antichrisis auf eine fest umrissene Stilrichtung festglegt werden kann. Zwar finden sich in unserer Musik sowohl Elemente von Gothic, Dark Wave, Folk, Metal, Electronica usw., dennoch kann sie nicht auf nur eine dieser Spielarten reduziert werden, und sie ist auch weit davon entfernt, lediglich einen Crossover darzustellen, weil jedes dieser Elemente nur dann zum Einsatz kommt, wenn es die Geschichte, die ich in dem jeweiligen Song erz&auml;hlen will, erfordert... Das mag jetzt vielleicht ein wenig kopflastig klingen, doch im Grunde genommen ist es ein v&ouml;llig organischer Proze&szlig;, der ganz von selbst abl&auml;uft und es mir erlaubt, mich eines &auml;u&szlig;erst breiten Spektrums unterschiedlichster Stilistiken zu bedienen. <br /><br />Als Songwriter bin ich wohl am meisten von K&uuml;nstlern wie Joe Strummer & Mick Jones, Stephin Merritt, Joel Gibb, Bruce Springsteen, Shane MacGowan, Billy Bragg, Ian Curtis, Kirk Brandon, Paul Weller und Lisa Gerrard beeinflusst worden, obwohl man deren Einfl&uuml;sse aus meinen Songs vermutlich nicht unbedingt heraush&ouml;rt.<br /><br />Ansonsten h&ouml;re ich keine Bands, die &auml;hnlich wie Antichrisis klingen - schlichtweg deshalb, weil es keine gibt, die sich direkt mit uns vergleichen liessen, auch wenn in der Vergangenheit schon Parallelen zu Bands und Interpreten wie Blackmore's Night, Wolfstone, Lacrimosa, Cranberries oder Mike Oldfield gezogen wurden - doch alleine schon an dieser Auflistung l&auml;sst sich erkennen, wie schwer Antichrisis einzuordnen ist.<br /><br />Neben meiner Arbeit mit Antichrisis produziere ich z. Zt. auch ein deutschsprachiges Projekt namens Blindflug, von dem es unter http://www.blindflugonline.de Outtakes aus unserer aktuellen Vorproduktion zu h&ouml;ren gibt.<br /></span><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font:12px Skia-Regular; "><br /></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="B_Soldaten_Ikone" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry141_1.jpg" width="180" height="216"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#xdc;bersetzung von &#x22;Goodbye To Jane&#x22; und &#x22;The Farewell&#x22;</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Eintr&#xe4;ge auf Deutsch</category><dc:date>2007-03-03T18:24:15+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-140</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2007#unique-entry-id-140</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Frage: Ich finde eure Mucke echt klasse... nur leider hab ichs nicht so mit dem Englischen und wollte euch daher mal fragen ob ihr zu "The Farewell" und "Goodbye to Jane" auch deutsche Liedtexte habt?<br /></span><br />Sid: Aber klar doch - hier kommt die &Uuml;bersetzung von "Goodbye To Jane":<br /><br /><em>Schau das M&auml;dchen am Boden<br />wie es den Regen beobachtet<br />der gleich einem Rinnsal aus Blut am Fenster entlangl&auml;uft<br /><br />&Uuml;ber den Boden verstreut<br />liegen mit schwarzem Stift gezeichnete Bilder<br />die ein gefesseltes Kind ohne Mund zeigen<br /><br />Ihre Mutter ist Einkaufen gegangen<br />und sie betet<br />da&szlig; ihr Vater nicht nach Hause kommen m&ouml;ge<br /><br />Doch kein Gott hat sich je um Jane's Gebete gek&uuml;mmert:<br />Ihr Vater kommt zur&uuml;ck, um mit Jane zu spielen!<br /><br />Sie schliesst ihre Augen<br />um vor sich selbst zu fliehen<br />wie sie gesch&auml;ndet und missbraucht am Boden liegt<br /><br />Es h&auml;tte keinen Zweck, sich irgendjemandem anzuvertrauen:<br />Wer w&uuml;rde Jane schon glauben?<br /><br />Hass steigt in ihr empor<br />denn sie hat dies nicht verdient:<br />Ist es etwa ihre Schuld<br />da&szlig; ihr Vater diese Spiele spielt?<br />Verzweifelt versucht sie dahinterzukommen<br />was sie wohl falsch gemacht haben k&ouml;nnte<br /><br />Schau das M&auml;dchen am Boden<br />das es nicht l&auml;nger ertragen kann<br />von l&uuml;sternen H&auml;nden besudelt zu werden<br /><br />Ein solches Leben bedeutet ihr nicht viel<br />Der G&uuml;rtel um ihren Hals zieht sie sanft hinweg<br /><br />Er schliesst die T&uuml;r<br />denn sie scheint nur zu schlafen<br />doch diese kranken Spiele werden nie wieder gespielt werden<br /><br />Niemand konnte erkl&auml;ren<br />was mit Jane geschah:<br />Sie war nur eines von vielen Millionen M&auml;dchen:<br />Leb wohl, Jane!<br /></em><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Child Abuse corner" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry140_1.jpg" width="173" height="272"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br /><br />Und hier der deutsche Text von "The Farewell" ("Der Abschied"):<br /><br /><em>Ich wollte auf dem Gipfel des Berges leben<br />doch ohne Dich ist es dort nun kalt und einsam<br /><br />Ich wollte in den Ozean der Liebe eintauchen<br />doch stattdessen strandete ich am Ufer der zerbrochenen Tr&auml;ume<br /><br />F&uuml;r Dich sang ich die Lieder des dunklen Schwans<br />und jede Zeile, die ich schrieb, war ein Schlag meines Herzens<br /><br />F&uuml;r immer brennend auf dem Scheiterhaufen der Liebe<br />H&ouml;r nun auf zu schlagen, mein blutendes Herz<br />denn dieses Messer stach zu tief<br />und so versuche ich ein letztes Mal<br />meinen Atem anzuhalten<br /><br />Einst brannte ein helles Licht im Leuchtturm meines Herzens:<br />Ich gab Dir so viel mehr als nur meine Liebe<br />und Du brachst so viel mehr als nur ein Versprechen<br /><br />Unser Planet versank so verheerend<br />in den Nebeln der Zeit<br />Es gab keinen Schatz am Ende des Regenbogens zu finden<br />irgendwo hinter Andromeda<br /><br />Ich habe bis zum Ende des Dezembers gewartet<br />doch ich werde nie wieder ausreiten:<br />Das Kind der Wintersonnenwende<br />wird in einer Mitsommernacht unbemerkt entschwinden<br /><br />M&ouml;gest Du nun also kommen, mein ach so romantischer Engel<br />und kyrahnische Hymnen f&uuml;r mich singen<br />mich in Deinen Armen halten<br />mit welkenden Bl&uuml;ten bedecken<br />und mich hinunter zu meiner geliebten See tragen<br /><br />Ich bin m&uuml;de<br />so unglaublich m&uuml;de<br />Bitte warte f&uuml;r mich unter der Mitternachtssonne<br />wo ich wieder singen und tanzen werde<br />und wo mein Lachen erneut<br />von den Bergen klingen wird<br /><br />Oh, wie ich versucht habe<br />zu glauben<br />wie ich liebte und darum k&auml;mpfte<br />diesen Traum festzuhalten;<br />wie gerne ich leben wollte:<br />Doch nun gehe zur&uuml;ck an einen Ort<br />wo Liebe mehr ist als nur ein Wort aus f&uuml;nf Buchstaben<br /><br />Und nun<br />da ich die Erinnerung an Dich<br />zum Abschied k&uuml;sse<br />fange ich an<br />das Licht zu sehen...</em><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="schizo4" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry140_2.jpg" width="176" height="264"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Farewell</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1998-11-29T15:38:23+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-139</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: "The Farewell" can be considered as a summary of all the songs on "A Legacy of Love" with a ray of hope at the end, right? Anyway, I cannot understand the last line (due to my ignorance of German language): Would you mind to translate "Ich liebe Dich fuer immer"?</span><br /><br />Sid: "Ich liebe Dich fuer immer" simply means "I love you forever": The most beautiful thing someone can say to you, but eventually also the greatest lie of all! There is no ray of hope at the end of "The Farewell", but a yearning for everlasting sleep and tranquility.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Farewell" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry139_1.jpg" width="189" height="201"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Forever I Ride</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-01-19T17:34:35+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-138</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-138</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What is the hidden message of the raven's cry on "Forever I Ride"?</span><br /><br />Sid : In Northern-European mythology the raven is the bird of death and rebirth (just like the vulture in Egyptian or African myths) that calls forth the end - and so the raven in "Forever I Ride" is the harbinger of love's decline, forcing the fool to saddle up again...<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Raven" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry138_1.jpg" width="184" height="275"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Our Last Show</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-07-19T17:30:41+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-137</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-137</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Your reference to classic characters like Romeo and Juliet in "Our Last Show" gives a theatrical aspect to the story: Would you consider yourself as a modern Romeo?</span><br /><br />Sid : No, I don't think that I'm a modern Romeo: I may be a very romantic person and though I sometimes felt like one of those star-crossed lovers that Wiliam Shakespeare mentioned, I'm not a victim of misunderstandings and intrigues like Romeo was. I just think that we're nothing more but actors on life's badly illuminated stage, forced to take part in comedies or dramas without any chance of getting to know the script or to rehearse.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="dickseeromeo" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry137_1.jpg" width="234" height="194"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Sea</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1998-08-28T17:27:25+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-136</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-136</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: You've used a couple of french expressions in "The Sea". Have you chosen them to create a special feeling? Why?<br /></span><br />Sid: I've chosen these french expressions just because they sound more poetic to me than the english or german ones: I'm always choosing words for the lyrics with great care, because words are not just a chain of vowels and consonants, moreover they possess sounds and images of their own that have to fit perfectly to the corresponding song.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="violence" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry136_1.jpg" width="176" height="233"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Planet Kyrah</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-05-17T17:22:53+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-135</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-135</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Where can I find Planet Kyrah that you sing about so beautifully? Does it have something in common with the novel "Little Prince" by Saint-Exupery?</span><br /><br />Sid: Kyrah is a fictional planet of unconditional love that can only be stepped on by lovers. It's a symbol for true love's purity, chastity and innocence, hence I do like the comparison with the little prince's planet, as it shares the same bittersweet aura of transitoriness. Blissfulness and sadness are sometimes almost the same, and the older we get, the more we become aware that nothing, not even the most wonderful moments, do last forever!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="17a" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry135_1.jpg" width="179" height="246"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Metal Ingratiation</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1998-12-03T17:19:15+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-134</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-134</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: It seems to me that sometimes in your music you wanna appeal to a metal audience like on "Trying not to breathe".Why is this so? I mean you should rather stick to that beautiful quality of songs like "Baleias Bailando".</span><br /><br />Sid: I never try to appeal to any kind of audience! If this would be the case then I'd certainly do completely different stuff! All I'm trying to do with Antichrisis is meeting my own expectations which is to come up with the most approbriate musical expression that the idea behind a song requires: Sometimes it takes the shape of a soft piano ballad, of a folk song or even of a metal-like piece of music as it did on "Trying not to breathe". It's the song that asks for its proper musical manifestation, not the audience's anticipation!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="61415L" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry134_1.jpg" width="140" height="140"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dead Culture?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-03-24T17:16:12+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-133</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-133</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What is so fascinating in folklore? I mean it's a dead culture after all...?</span><br /><br />Sid: Dead culture? Oh dear, you should travel once through Cornwall, Scotland, some of the more remote parts of Ireland or even through some outback regions of your country to realize how lively these dead cultures still are! Celtic Folklore has survived for ages and is still alive and kicking! It's only our modern society's ignorance and the arrogance of an americanized cultural attitude that makes us think folklore's just something to be found in your average rural museum.<br /><br />N&auml;x: Many folklores, especially the Irish, are very vivid cultures, because they are part of the national and regional identity. Maybe the folklorical, or better the ancient way, of life extincts, but times change and nobody wants to live in the past. On the other hand, many aspects of folklore and cultures are not bound to single periods as for example language, religion, literature, crafts, art or music. And they survive in many cultures for centuries, deriving from a dark, mysterious past.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="somerset rural life museum pic" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry133_1.jpg" width="235" height="169"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Celtic Fascination</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-06-12T17:09:59+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-132</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-132</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What causes your fascination of Celtic music or folk stuff in general. Don't you wanna pick up some german folk influences?</span><br /><br />Sid: Well, there's nothing wrong with German folk music (by the way: The Celts have settled and lived in Germany, hence there are also traces of Celtic folklore to be found in our musical heritage!) and if I had the hang of it I surely would assimilate those musical traditions of my native country (and there are bands around here who are doing suchlike stuff like f. e. Zupfgeigenhansel, Biermoesl Blosn, Alpinkatzen or Hans S&ouml;llner and many more), but somehow I seem to be connected to and deeply rooted in English/Celtic culture. It's something I can't explain logically - it's just that every time I'm setting foot on English soil, it feels like sort of homecoming; like I had been living there for ages, and it also never occurs to me as if I was a foreigner there: Everything about England seems so damn familiar to me!<br /><br />The same goes for Celtic folk music: If I listen to an English or Irish folk song it seems to me as if a voice from afar would be answering the yearning call of my soul...it just makes my heart dance! But there's absolutely no reasonable explanation for this kind of fascination - maybe it's a matter of the heart like falling in love with someone.<br /><br />N&auml;x: Whenever I listen to music, I usually judge it by the following three measures: Does the music touch me? Is the music composed intelligently? Are the Instruments well played?<br /><br />Celtic Music touches me inside and the musical part of my soul is addicted to this Celtic stuff. Now, there is one point that is really fascinating to me: The enormous diversity of a music which is passed on just by listening and learning. When you try to understand this music, to play or to analyse it, then you start to think about who composed these complex songs or tunes. When were they composed? Who played this tune which you are playing at this moment before, and who danced, cried or loved to it? And which rules make a tune last over centuries? Then you feel that this music has a deep peacefull power inside which can fill your veins if only you let it. Other people may have these feelings with other kinds of music, but most of them have never experienced the mysterious fascination of traditional music. In addition traditional music does not depend on written notes or recordings in general, in contrary to classical or rock-, pop- or metal-music. This makes traditional music so resistent against fast moving trends. Although reality sometimes proves the opposite (as in Germany), traditional music has a touch of immortality.<br /><br />It is sad that there is no widespread german traditional music any more. Traditional music is still alive in some regions where regional culture is maintained. But the biggest part of this music became a victim of the success of classical music. When classical music became modern in Germany, people lost interest in their own traditional music and so it died.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="77" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry132_1.jpg" width="171" height="241"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Folk Renaissance</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-04-21T17:06:52+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-131</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-131</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What do you think about this folk/celtic renaissance in today's rock scene?</span><br /><br />Sid: Well, I appreciate this a lot, because in my opinion it's a most exciting event to re-discover the musical roots of our European heritage and combining them with contemporary music. By the way: It's great to see that nowadays Celtic Folk seems to get the esteem at least that this soulful and heart-touching music always deserved!<br /><br />N&auml;x: For me it's interesting to see that every 20 years there is a revival of Celtic music. This proves that this music is quite vivid and also adaptable to other musical styles. I admire those musicians who have a huge background of folk music and who are now able to unite their instruments/voices with non-folklorical music, entering new spheres for folk music and rock, pop, classic or whatsoever. A positive effect on this popular mixture is that listeners become aware of musical styles beyond their favourite music.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="renesance26ss" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry131_1.jpg" width="267" height="192"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dedicated to Folk Music</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-12-03T16:59:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-130</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Naex, you're using traditional instruments such as uileann pipes and bodhran. Are you dedicated to folk music?<br /></span><br />N&auml;x: Yes, I can`t deny that I am dedicated to folk music, especially to the traditional Irish music. Sometimes I think that I'm even addicted to it.<br /><br />When I got into contact with Antichrisis it became apparent that the sound of the Irish uilleann pipes would perfectly fit into Sid's music, so we started off to experiment with this mixture.<br /><br />Beside of this musical aspect it is really interesting for me to play traditional instruments and music in a non-traditional context. I would like to make the traditional music and the uilleann pipes become known to people who have no special interest in this stuff. Everybody knows what the Great Highland Pipes sound and look like, only a bunch of people know that there are regional forms of bagpipes like the galician Gaita or Boehmischer and Maehrischer Bock in Germany, which may sound a bit crude sometimes. But there is another sound which is well known by films like "Braveheart", "Rob Roy", "Titanic" or musicals like "Riverdance" or "Lord of the Dance", and nobody knows which instrument creates this sound. They only know that non of the average bagpipes sound like this, but also no saxophone, clarinet or oboe. Perhaps a keyboard? Beside of making music with Antichrisis I want to show people that there is an bagpipe-instrument, which is held in high regard in Ireland and amongst folk fans, but which still can be discovered by the worldwide rockpopmetaltechnopunkgrungegothic- andwossisname-audience.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="pic13a" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry130_1.jpg" width="174" height="231"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Concept behind &#x22;Cantara Anachoreta&#x22;</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1997-11-30T20:34:37+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1997#unique-entry-id-129</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1997#unique-entry-id-129</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Is "Cantara Anachoreta" a concept-album? And could you explain the title?</span><br /><br />Sid: "Cantara Anachoreta" is a latin-portugiese term meaning "The Chants of the Hermit". I've chosen that title because "Cantara Anachoreta" chronicles the last hours in the life of Ariman, the anchorite, who is aware that his time has finally come: Darkness embraces him ("Prologue"), and while he's on the threshold of twilight, he recollects occurances of his present life and past incarnations. Thus he relives the dark age of witchhunt ("The Endless Dance") as well as the tremendous distress of losing the one he once loved ("Requiem ex Sidhe"). He also remembers a little girl he once knew who committed suicide after being abused by her father, and Ariman's still able to sense the rage, anger and fury her ghost emanates ("Goodbye to Jane").<br /><br />Images of long gone days do arise, and the anchorite recalls the moments when he had to withstand to remain true to his principles and beliefs ("Baleias"). It wasn't always easy to follow the path of the Goddess and to obey her advice, but whenever he thought that she might have left him in the lurch, she was in fact with him for guidance ("Her Orphaned Throne").<br /><br />So he dreams of her return: A return that'll bring an end to injustice, intolerance and the lies of the false prophets - the dawning of a new golden era ("Descending Messiah"). Thereupon Ariman floats downstream to Cerridwen's realm, the garden of eternal dreams, where his seeking soul will find peace and tranquility at last ("Epilogue").<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="150px-RWS-09-Hermit" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry129_1.jpg" width="150" height="249"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Poor Cover</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2001-03-02T20:28:12+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-128</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: I have got a feeling that the cover of "Perfume" was prepared in a hurry: It looks so very poor and its content inside is also very modest. What sense does it make to put your lyrics at the Website only? Don't you think that a buyer deserves its printed version in the booklet?<br /></span><br />Sid: Point taken. First: I'm a big fan of the cover artwork that Peter Saville and Martyn Atkins did in the early Eighties for Manchester-based label Factory Records, esp. for Joy Division. No naked female vampires or fake plastic skeletons or what else you have on your average contemporary goth-covers, but plain and straight, Bauhaus-inspired (not the band, but the famous school of arts in Dessau) artwork that didn't draw the listeners attention from the music. And as I do like that style a lot, I wanted to have something similar for "Perfume", and so we did the booklet-design together with Guido Meyer de Voltaire, who - even though he's always missing the deadline - did a great job. Whether you like it or not, the cover of "Perfume" was done with purpose and care - and most of all it does look neither "gothic" or "metal". Proper job.<br /><br />Second: We didn't put the lyrics in the booklet due to objections of Napalm Records. They've had lots of problems with the rather thick booklet of "A Legacy of Love" that caused many complains by record dealers: Peasants browsing through the CDs in the store did take the booklet out and had to fiddle about like hell to get it back in the case again, most of the times in a very crinkled or even ripped condition.<br /><br />So we had to find a way to let buyers have all the lyrics either wedged on 4 sides of a CD-booklet, which would have only been able with using a font not larger than 4 points and hence causing serious sight-damages to the innocent customer, or putting them on properly lay-outed and more easily readable pdf-files on our website, which allows even non-CD-purchasers to get hold of the lyrics. By the way, the download's for free; we do neither charge anything for it nor do we demand a voucher of purchase or any serial numbers for it, so I don't really understand why you're so upset about this - nowadays even people without internet-connection do at least know somebody who has a PC (or preferably a Mac) and a modem. But maybe that's another case of being "too modern" again... I only wished all Antichrisis-fans would be that worried and concerned about when it comes to loading illegal mp3-files of our albums up and down!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="peter_saville2" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry128_1.jpg" width="241" height="186"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Triviality</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-02-25T23:21:04+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-127</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-127</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: But aren't you afraid that the direction you've chosen with "Perfume" may bear fruit of falling into excessive musical triviality?<br /></span><br />Sid: Why should I? "Triviality" derives from latin trivialis, which means "to be found everywhere" or "commonplace" (from trivium, "crossroads", from tri + via "way")... so what's wrong with that? I'm just a songwriter trying to put his own experiences, which are not so different from those of other people who have fallen in and out of love, in words and music - pretty common, I guess. But again, this says nothing about the quality of music itself! I mean, Bruce Springsteen is a superstar with international chart success, and sure you would call him a fine example of "excessive musical triviality" - and still he comes up with brilliant songs like "If I should fall behind", "I'm on Fire" or "I wish I were blind" that would make you break down on your knees and beg for forgiveness if you were able to listen without prejudice only once.<br /><br />I know also that you would like to reach wider horizons with Antichrisis' music, to go out of musical underground. You dream about charts, radio stations and (what I was mostly surprised with) people dancing to your music. I think you will admit that it is an unusual declaration in our music environment!<br /><br />It seems to me that "our music environment" is simply not MY environment: As aforesaid, I'm just a musician, hence all I care about is music, and not any "environment" or "scene" - I'm simply too old for this shit! And what the hell is wrong with making people dance? Or are you by any chance a follower of the "serious-artists-should-make-their-audience-feel-miserable"-school of philosophy? Sorry, but that's not my cup of tea: Even in the most sorrowful Antichrisis-songs like for instance "The Farewell" or "Forever I Ride", there's always a spark of hope shining through! Life is hard enough, and it's not my duty as an artist to make it even harder!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Emma-Peel_Avengers-Intro" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry127_1.jpg" width="170" height="240"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A more cheerful Approach?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2001-02-12T20:06:23+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-126</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-126</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: So we've got the third album of Antichrisis. I have to tell you that while listening to this album for the first time I had a feeling that the album sounded too modern, that you drift towards pop music too dangerously. My feeling was for sure influenced by the fact that the songs form &ldquo;Perfume&rdquo; were easier and somehow nicer; they fell faster into your ear. But after listening to it few times you realize that it is the same band, only refreshened and more "cheerful" Do you agree?<br /></span><br />Sid: First of all let me ask you a question: What kind of complete nonsense is this to evaluate music by criteria like "too modern" or "drift towards pop music too dangerously"? Do these terms say anything about the actual QUALITY of music? No, not at all - it's just the sort of pseudo-know-it-all-terminology used by people who have stopped listening to music with their heart but trying to analyze it with their so called brains instead! Either you like a song or not, either you find it awful of great - but trying to evaluate music with terms like being "too modern" is nothing else but a sure sign of utter backwardness! When Richard Wagner first hit the scene back in 1841 with his opera "The Flying Dutchman", critics laughed at him, calling his music "too modern" as well - guess who's the laughing stock now?<br /><br />But anyway: As you've already found out, "Perfume" may sound different from "A Legacy of Love", but it's still Antichrisis - even if it's another side of the same band! We just used a different form of musical expression, as we do consider repetition as dead boring - we're musicians, not parrots!<br /><br />"Perfume" has become a very powerful and vital record: Whereas "A Legacy of Love" was the perfect soundtrack for a cold autumn's evening with candlelight, "Perfume" is meant for dancing, preferably in a crowded and sweaty discotheque... maybe that's the more cheerful side of Antichrisis you're referring to.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Marsh-LAUGHING-STOCK" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry126_1.jpg" width="174" height="206"/><br /></p><p style="text-align:left;"><br /></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Still Antichrisis?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-11-19T13:46:59+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-125</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-125</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: &ldquo;Perfume&rdquo; contains very exclusive kind of music; with it's odour influencing all senses - this time your music is more rock-ish, psychedelic or even sensorical, but however it is still Antichrisis, thanks to N&auml;x's characteristic instruments. Do you agree with this recapitulation?</span><br /><br />Sid: Of course N&auml;x' special uilleann pipes-sound has become some kind of trademark, but most of all it's the songwriting that provides the typical Antichrisis-touch: Though I may always use different musical ways of expression, I have developed a very characteristic "handwriting" if it comes to creating and arranging songs: there are no bagpipes on "Carry me Down", "Something Inside" or "Gates of Paradise", yet these songs still sound like Antichrisis... anyway: N&auml;x is a brilliant artist and I just love working with him!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="perfume-thumb" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry125_1.jpg" width="160" height="237"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>General Atmosphere</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-10-12T10:43:28+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-124</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What about the general atmosphere of Perfume?</span><br /><br />Sid: Both "Cantara Anachoreta" and "A Legacy of Love" came into being during rather miserable periods of my life, whereas the songs of "Perfume" arose in a rather different situation; hence it sounds less gloomy or sad than its predecessors did. The quest that began with the debut-album and continued with the second release has found its end with "Perfume"; that's why these three albums do seem like a trilogy to me: "Perfume" is the final chapter of the novel. <br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="objectdreamd" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry124_1.jpg" width="193" height="173"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Concept?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-10-18T11:40:44+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-123</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Is there a concept behind the lyrics of &ldquo;Perfume&rdquo;?</span><br /><br />Sid: No - both "Cantara Anachoreta" and "A Legacy of Love" had been concept albums, so this time I wanted to try something different, hence each song of "Perfume" is meant to be some kind of snapshot of my life: There are moments of joy and love (for example "Gates of Paradise", "Dragonflies" or "Like the Stars") as well as moments of being pissed off by human stupidity & cruelty ("Hole in my Head" and "Goodbye to Jane") and also some spiritual songs just like "We are the Witches" and "Carry me Down" - all in all a pretty extensive collection of my world of emotions.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="news1" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry123_1.jpg" width="202" height="177"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Genesis</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-10-02T12:36:36+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-122</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Would you like to talk about the genesis of &ldquo;Perfume&rdquo;?</span><br /><br />Sid: I'm afraid the process of creating an album can hardly be put into words, as it's simply beyond intention - it's all about sitting around until getting hit by another idea for a new song. Some of these ideas remain and develop, whereas others are proven unworthy, hence they go straight into the metaphorical dustbin...<br /><br />As soon as there are enough songs for an entire album - and in my opinion a proper CD should at least last something over 60 minutes, because customers should get value for money - one has to call the record company to bug them until they give in and send you to the studio, which is always the most difficult part, because some record companies seem to be mostly clueless (they wouldn't recognize a good song even if they'd got run over by one!), conservative (all they ever want is a precise replica of your last album, because it sold quite well and the new one might propably not!) and clumsy (you can always trust them to get everything wrong - even those things that cannot possibly go wrong because of universal laws of unthinkability; but record company executives in general seem to be completely out of any reasonable sphere of action!).<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="6big" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry122_1.jpg" width="187" height="187"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Acoustic and Electric</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2002-03-14T17:21:42+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2002#unique-entry-id-121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2002#unique-entry-id-121</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: In which ways have you succeeded in mixing acoustic and electric music?</span><br /><br />Sid: When I wrote the songs for "Cantara Anachoreta" and "A Legacy of Love", I usually started with evolving the basic chords on acoustic guitar, but for "Perfume" things were different, because of its emphasis on electronic sounds and grooves. I started with just some basic rhythms and bass lines when working on the "Perfume"-material, which was a modified way of creating and arranging songs. causing the tracks to develop in another musical direction than those of "A Legacy of Love", which was just what I wanted.<br /><br />Personally, I don't see any reason for drawing a parting line between electronic and acoustic instruments: They both have their advantages, and they're both wonderful tools for creating the musical soundscapes of Antichrisis.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="000002605" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry121_1.jpg" width="221" height="177"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Losing Touch</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-09-09T19:18:17+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-120</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: It took quite a long time to come up with Perfume, aren't you afraid of losing touch with the fans?<br /></span><br />Sid: I'm not afraid of losing touch: Our fans have the chance to contact us via email, and we try to answer every email and every letter we receive as soon as possible.<br /><br />As I'm doing most of the songwrighting on my own, it's quite understandable that Antichrisis works in a different way than a "normal" band does: I do create the majority of songs, lyrics and arrangements on my own, I do have to come up with the album concept, hence songwriting takes a bit longer compared to other bands where two, three or even more people are working together on the songs in the rehearsal room at the same time. Of course I could come up with new stuff much faster, but I'm quite self-critical, so I'm always waiting until I'm absolutely convinced of every track that's bound to appear on an Antichrisis-album: If I have the slightest doubt about a song, I throw it straight in the dustbin.<br /><br />I'm also quite sure that our music is good enough that people will remember it even if takes us a while to come up with a new album: Just think of how long it takes Guns'n'Roses or Pink Floyd to come up with a new one!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="losingtouch" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry120_1.jpg" width="254" height="167"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Expectations</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Music</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2001-03-01T06:14:15+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-119</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-119</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Do you think Perfume has met the expectations of your audience? Will Antichrisis ever hit the airwaves of commercial radio station or do you consider yourself as being not "mainstream" enough...<br /></span><br />Sid: To be honest, I don't care about our audience or its expectations very much: First of all, my music belongs to me and no one else - if other people like it as well, then this is just a lucky coincidence and not the main reason for my musical output. That's why I don't want to push Antichrisis in any way whatsoever: As a human being, I'm constantly developing, and these developments will cause effects on Antichrisis' music as well. At the moment our music is published by a record company - maybe one day we don't need record companies any more, but who cares? I got some recording devices at home, and I certainly won't stop writing and recording new stuff anyway, may it get published or not. I'm not in this business for fame or money...in the end, I'm just a songwriter who simply does what he has to do - although I think Antichrisis does provide a certain commercial appeal as well: Songs like &ldquo;Goodbye to Jane&rdquo;, &ldquo;Our Last Show&rdquo;, &ldquo;Wasteland&rdquo; or &ldquo;Like the Stars&rdquo; could - with some proper support - easily enter the charts, as they are both catchy and mainstream-compatible, though still maintaining that special Antichrisis-touch!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="expectations" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry119_1.jpg" width="243" height="162"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Label Politics</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-10-15T17:09:51+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-118</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-118</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Perfume is released by Napalm Records, is it your real first release for them? I think in the past you have suffered by very poor distribution - not to mention promotion!</span><br /><br />Sid: "Perfume" is actually our second and last album for Napalm Records - our contract is carried out now and we're free to find a more suitable label for us. I wouldn't go as far as to say that Napalm Records would have done "bad promotion&rdquo;: After all, they're just a BM/Gothic-label, and they're used to promote bands and artists of that genre - but they've made the mistake of taking Antichrisis for a metal-act, so they were bound to fail in promoting a band that's simply beyond musical limitations! In the beginning of our cooperation with Napalm Records I had the impression that they were interested in entering new musical territories, and that signing Antichrisis was meant to be their first step in that direction - but in the end I realized that they would have been much more satisfied if we'd just recorded "Cantara Anachoreta" Vol. 2 and 3 instead of developing into those directions we've headed for with &ldquo;A Legacy of Love&rdquo; and &ldquo;Perfume&rdquo;: In fact, they considered both albums as being &ldquo;too commercial&rdquo;, but at the same time they're not capable of using this commercial potential for their own and the band's sake.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="busker4" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry118_1.jpg" width="240" height="205"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Perfume Impressions</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-09-22T08:02:09+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-117</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-117</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: You have just returned from the studio where you&lsquo;ve recorded your new album &bdquo;Perfume&ldquo;: Can you give us some impressions about the time you spent there, including the material you have recorded?<br /></span><br />N&auml;x: I can't remember too much of it. Yes, there were Sid and Dragonfly and my girlfriend Nicole visited us also. And then there was this big, big dog... A funny little man with long hair was also there, always sitting behind a window in a room. I think he was trapped there... Sometimes I saw a young woman with golden hair. And then there was a second big, big dog. And cigarsmoke I think. Well, that's all, sorry.<br /><br />Sid: We spent 5 weeks at the Blue House Studio in Meerane: We had recorded &bdquo;A Legacy of Love&ldquo; there, too, and as this had been a very pleasant and cooperative experience, we decided to record our new album there again. The Producer, Jens Bachmann, who also runs the studio, is a really great guy: He's not the sort of producer who tries to enforce his own idea of sound on a band, but someone who listens carefully to the band&lsquo;s conception and tries to transform their ideas as good as possible into music. Besides, he&lsquo;s a brilliant guitarist as well and we were glad that he liked our new stuff that much that he offered to join us for the recordings.<br /><br />So this time, with the additional support of Kugator on Drums and Tilo Rockstroh on Keyboards, Antichrisis appeared as a "proper" band on an album instead of being just some kind of One-Man-project as it were on previous recordings.<br /><br />We have recorded 10 songs for &ldquo;Perfume&rdquo;: "Something Inside" is a song about someone finding himself trapped in memories of the past, being forced to relive a traumatical situation again and again until he&lsquo;s able to let go off the past. Matching the lyric's character, this song comes up like a haunting nightmare, the accoustic equivalent to lying awake in sleepless nights with torturing thoughts banging against your head.<br /><br />"Gates of Paradise" deals with the subject of being struck down by love but gettin' up again... it's also a song that I've especially written for Dragonfly, and it's the only track on the album where I've done all vocals on my own. The song itself is quite strange: It's based on a shuffle groove, which is normally to be found in traditional Blues or Jazz, but there's also a wall of sound by analogue sequencers, transforming this song into a rather "electronique" shape, whereas the electric guitars pick up the shuffle beat again - pretty weird!<br /><br />"Hole in my Head" is one of the new songs that we've introduced also on last year's tour: It's about the ignorance and blindness of other people towards the things that really matter, about their predilection for self-righteousness and prejudice instead of thinking for a minute of being tolerant. It's a very groovy track, a mixture of TripHop-sounds and heavy guitars.<br /><br />"Carry me Down" is our new interpretation of a song that appeared as "Baleias" on our first album and as "Baleias Bailando" on "A Legacy of Love": This song has become some kind of Antichrisis-theme over the years, and I like the idea to present it on every album in a completely different manner: Though it may still be the same song, it always sounds completely different in order to give some kind of musical summary of Antichrisis&lsquo; current development. This time the song has turned into a bewitching blend of TripHop-Grooves, shamanic chantings and heavy guitars.<br /><br />"Wasteland" is my vision of a perfect pop-tune: Catchy but yet unpredictable! It starts quite mellow and smooth, but as soon as the refrain appears, the guitars break loose. In my point of view, a good pop song shouldn't sound too clean - it always needs a certain kind of racket to disguise its beauty: That makes it much more interesting than offering everything unveiled!<br /><br />With "Like the Stars" we've entered a completely new territory: Our first song coming up with vocals in Rap-style - but don't be afraid: They fit perfectly into the song, the song itself sounds just great and as soon as the refrain starts, you'll be blown away by N&auml;x' enchanting pipes and Dragonfly's backing vocals - another fine example for a perfect pop-tune!<br /><br />And for all of those who thought that Antichrisis would have turned into a bunch of sweet-toothed popsters, there's "We are the Witches": A song that picks up the pagan thread of "Cantara Anachoreta" again, sounding as if Black Sabbath had decided to kick ass again - but this time with bagpipes from hell! Heavy as a ton of lead - and equiped with a refrain that&lsquo;s based on a traditional english witches' Chant.<br /><br />I've been always very satisfied with every Antichrisis-release - there was only one thing that has always bugged me, and that was the very bad version of "Goodbye to Jane" on our first album, because of the vocals that had been done in a very uninspired way by former singer Willowcat. I always wanted to re-record the song again. We did a new and much more powerful version, with brilliant vocals, splendid bagpipes and an absolute unbelievable amount of E-Guitars creating an amazing Wall of Sound.<br /><br />As most of the new songs have turned into really powerful and energetic tracks, I wanted to create some kind of &bdquo;breathing-space&ldquo; on the album as well - and so "Dragonflies" arose in my mind - and when listening to this song you&lsquo;ll find yourself easily at a pond on a warm summer's day, the reflections of sunlight on the water and Dragonflies dancing on its surface... and that's exactly the atmosphere I wanted to capture with this track!<br /><br />The last song on the album and at the same time the first cover-version we&lsquo;ve ever recorded is Led Zeppelin's "Whole lotta Love": I always thought that doing cover-versions is a heavy burden, because one usually doesn't cover bad songs, and it's always hard to beat a classic original or even to match it up, especially if it's such a great song as "Whole lotta Love". So doing a cover version does not mean just to &bdquo;replay&ldquo; an old version, but to show a renown song in a new light without treating it in an unrespectful way... but instead of merely repeating the original&lsquo;s somehow ridiculous machismo-attitude (although Robert Plant undoubtedly did one of his best vocal performances on this track), we've turned it into some kind of feminist-electronic-dancefloor-metal-with-lots-of-bagpipes-and-naughty-noises!<br /><br />All in all, our new album has become a very powerful and vital record: Whereas "A Legacy of Love" was the perfect soundtrack for a cold autumn's evening with candlelight, "Perfume" is meant for dancing and headbanging, preferably in a crowded and sweaty discotheque...<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="perfume002s" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry117_1.jpg" width="150" height="154"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sad Side of Love</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1998-11-19T13:57:53+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-116</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1998#unique-entry-id-116</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Although love brings happiness (and sometimes sadness), "A Legacy of Love" is full of sorrow. Did you want to describe the sad side of love?</span><br /><br />Sid: It wasn't my intention at first place to record a mostly desperate album, but fate turned out to be just that way: I lost a wonderful and precious love at that time, and divine ordinances of that kind are not supposed to make you write happy songs!<br /><br />I felt so incredibly sad when I wrote those songs, and the process of writing them was like building up some kind of armoury against an engulfing darkness. Nevertheless I've also tried to show that there's more to love than just sorrow and despair, and so I put 2 songs on "A Legacy of Love" to picture as well its unbelievable beauty: "Nightswan" and "Planet Kyrah". Both songs were originally written at a time when I was still together with my former girlfriend, and so they accidently became aural sculptures of this love's chastity, innocence and virtousness.<br /><br />Maybe it was the hardest part for me to perform these 2 songs in the studio, because they reminded me too much of what I had lost, but at the same time they are reminiscences of a very beautiful time in my life!<br /><br />No, really, I would have wanted this album not to become as sad and sorrowful as it did, but sometimes one just cant help it.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="sadness" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry116_1.jpg" width="145" height="193"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sound</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-02-28T11:54:51+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-115</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: The sound of "A Legacy of Love" seems more direct than the one of "Cantara Anachoreta"...<br /></span><br />Sid: Thanks for that compliment... but I'll have to admit that we'd spent more time in the studio than we did when recording "Cantara Anachoreta", and we had better equipment, too. Besides, theres also a mental difference between those 2 albums: The emphasis of "Cantara Anachoreta" was a more spiritual one, whereas "A Legacy of Love" is mainly determined by emotional values. But maybe it's also a question of musical matters, because there are hardly any manipulated sounds to be found on "A Legacy of Love": About 80 % of the sounds we used were created by acoustic instruments, recorded almost without any special sound effects - that's why this album sounds as if you had a strange kind of folk-band in your living-room.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="hmv" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry115_1.jpg" width="250" height="188"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Booklet 2</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-05-05T11:50:43+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-114</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What's the meaning of the cover and the artwork in the booklet of "A Legacy of Love"?</span><br /><br />Sid : The pictures show neolithic paintings and statues & figurines of European Goddesses to emphasize the spiritual aspects of Antichrisis, because all songs on this album are dedicated to the Great Goddess, and to a certain extent "A Legacy of Love" can be seen as a tribute to her.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="goddess-withlover-hacilar" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry114_1.jpg" width="310" height="169"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Inner Conquest</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-11-04T12:46:05+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-113</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: In the booklets preface of "A Legacy of Love" you say that both darkness and light are given to us to make us prosper and grow. Do you consider composing and writing as an adventure and what are your inner conquests?</span><br /><br />Sid: I'll have to admit that I haven't got the slightest idea why I had to go through all that tough shit during the time the album was written: O.K., the result of all these emotional misfortunes lead to a very heart-touching album, but if broken-heartedness is the price for the songs on "A Legacy of Love", then this price could be considered much too high! But no need to argue: These things have happened, and I'll have to deal with it somehow, whether I like it or not... There are good times and bad times in everybody's life, and accepting the interplay of both, the necessity of experiencing both to become aware of life's everchanging cycles, might be an important step on our path to self-awareness.<br /><br />Composing and writing songs is just one part of my inner conquest: I would not call it an adventure, furthermore something like a gift that makes it easier for me to come to terms with life.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Iceberg" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry113_1.jpg" width="154" height="227"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Booklet 1</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-02-28T08:43:04+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-112</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: I suppose you are one of few bands that decided to include the notes in their booklet. What was the reason for doing this?</span><br /><br />Sid : It's just that after the release of "Cantara Anachoreta" many fans have asked for the guitar chords to the songs... but including them in the booklet of "A Legacy of Love" would have made it twice as thick as it already is - and so we thought it'd be nice (and also quite provoking) for all those guitarists to have the pipes-notes instead. As aforesaid: We do have a rather challenging attitude (and also a weird sense of humour) sometimes!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="noten" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry112_1.jpg" width="173" height="221"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Manifesto of Love</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Albums</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2001-09-03T10:38:14+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2001#unique-entry-id-111</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: I think I can easily say that "A Legacy Of Love" is a manifesto of love and friendship: do you think that people influenced by this album have changed their view on these issues or have perhaps discovered a new truth for themselves?<br /></span><br />Sid: We've received lots of feedback to this album, and the reactions to it were quite peculiar: In the beginning, after the album's release, most people were puzzled and confused because they expected a gothic album similar to our debut, "Cantara Anachoreta&rdquo;, so they were not at all prepared for the Folk Pop-experience of &ldquo;A Legacy of Love&rdquo;. But after a while they seemed to understand more and more the album's deeper meaning: Gothic Metal would have been a too limited musical diction to express all the feelings I wanted to manifest on that album. My ambition was to create an album that would outlast time, both in form and content, and I think we have achieved that goal: One can tell this easily by all the requests we receive for a re-release of "A Legacy of Love&rdquo; (the album is meanwhile out of stock); seems a bit like if this album was too far ahead of its time and that just now people become aware of its emotional and musical value (and I'm sure it'll be exactly the same with "Perfume")... Many people were touched and moved by "A Legacy of Love", because this album reflects the most primary human experiences of love and loss in an almost painful yet simultaneously beautiful way: Maybe one of its main effects was that it made people realize that they were not alone: No matter if you're in love or if you'd just lost someone you've loved - when you got home at night, there was always this album to provide confirmation and bliss, or consolation and hope. I doubt that "A Legacy of Love" changed anybody's life, but it made them see things in a different way: It made them realize the beauty of love as well as the importance of holding on to one's dreams even if having to face drawbacks from time to time. In the end, that's what art of any kind is all about: to create the state of catharsis for the audience that makes people feel better instead of dragging them down.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="love" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry111_1.jpg" width="180" height="184"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x22;Goodbye to Jane&#x22; - Fiction or Reality?</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Lyrics</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2000-08-19T14:29:23+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2000#unique-entry-id-110</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: The lyrics on "Goodbye to Jane" deal with a girl being abused by her father. Is this just fiction or a true story of someone you know? And what's your opinion about child abuse?</span><br /><br />Sid: Unfortunately "Goodbye to Jane" is based on that kind of real events that one can read about every day in the papers. It makes me sick to see all that male violence against women - I think that men committing crimes like rape are definitely emotionally deranged yet nevertheless menacing madmen who should get locked away forever!<br /><br />I do think that the story behind "Goodbye to Jane" displays the typical outgrowth of a patriarchal system that denies female values and oppresses women thoroughly. As Marilyn French once put it: There's an unnoticed war going on, a war against women! Our western culture has lost respect for womanhood: Pornography, prostitution, sexual harrassment etc. seem to be quite common today, although all these occurances do indicate that society's out of balance, that we continually disavow our roots (i. e. respect for women, as each and everyone of us got birth by one!), and Jane is just another victim of a development where even children aren't save any more.<br /><br />Maybe I had to write a song like "Goodbye to Jane" to do at least some kind of justice to the vistims, although my words surely fail to describe the terror, the pain, the fear and the hate that a girl like Jane must have experienced and suffered from.<br /><br />The song ends with Jane's suicide - although I'd wish that it'd be the other way round, the victims of male violence don't often have a chance to survive: Either they get kI'lled or they are suffering for the rest of their lifes!<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="sexual_abuse_big" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry110_1.jpg" width="170" height="184"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Politicians</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>2005-11-05T15:24:24+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2005#unique-entry-id-109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/2005#unique-entry-id-109</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What do you think of politicians?</span><br /><br />Sid: Let's have a look at good old Douglas Adams, for he has always a lot to offer concerning life, the universe and politics:<br /><br />"One of the major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather who manages to get people to let them do it to them.<br /><br />To summarize: It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: People are a problem." (taken from "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", Chapter 28, by Douglas Adams).<br /><br />There's not much to add to this...I deeply distrust every politician, because I do distrust everyone - no matter if left- of right-wing - who think that governing people is their vocation - in many cases they turn out to be just a bunch of power-hungry villains... as Bob Dylan once put it: "Don't follow leaders - watch the parking meters"; or even more radical with the words of Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners: "The only way to change things: Shoot people who arrange things!".<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="hussein-flowers" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry109_1.jpg" width="150" height="190"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>On the Spur of the Moment</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1999-02-16T14:19:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1999#unique-entry-id-108</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: Your answers in the interviews I read are usually very witty, do you need some time to make up an answer or are you able to answer right away?<br /></span><br />Sid: I wouldn't consider myself as being witty, but I do try to answer interview-questions as conscientious as possible without taking myself too serious... usually I'm answering questions right away: That's why I prefer telephone interviews, because they are much more of a dialogue.<br /><br />N&auml;x: I have studied the very young science of wit for some three or four years in Bologna, Lissabon, Calcutta and Nowosibirsk (a town which is very famous for the wit of it's citizens), etc. Unfortunately I neither speak any of the languages spoken there nor do I understand them. I also have to admit that I was no good student. Knowing only little about the theories of wit, it takes me a lot of time to write witty answers and I'm very poor in doing that. In fact, I don't like wits - they only make me laugh.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="wilde" src="http://www.antichrisis.net/files/page6_blog_entry108_1.jpg" width="136" height="202"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alcohol</title><dc:creator>sid@antichrisis.net</dc:creator><category>Miscellaneous</category><category>Entries in English</category><dc:date>1997-08-12T16:15:51+02:00</dc:date><link>http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1997#unique-entry-id-107</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.antichrisis.net/files/1997#unique-entry-id-107</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color:#CCBE70;">Question: What's your opinion on alcohol - not just as a drink, but as a social phenomenon?</span><br /><br />Sid: People who are not satisfied with their lives will always try to replace the emptiness within themselves with external stimulations, be it alcohol, ecstasy, TV, religious or politcal fanatism etc. And as alcohol is a very easily accessable (and socially tolerated) kind of drug (By the way: It's one of the few drug you pay taxes for so the government profits from its abuse!), it's quite understandable that so many people are addicted to it, because a vast majority of people seems to be a bunch of miserable bastards who are not satisfied at all with what they're doing - but at the same time are much too cowardish, blind or ignorant to change anything about their situation!. It's always easier to get pissed than to face reality... Don't get me w