Vocals
New Female Vocalist?
24/08/2007 13:46 Filed in: News
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?
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 Gaia Returns 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.
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 Gaia Returns 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.
Nightwish Syndrome
04/12/2003 23:18 Filed in: Music
Question: Many gothic metal bands have used female vocals very well but also in excess nowadays. How do you feel about it? What is the main difference between a female and a male musician to you?
Sid : Yes, it seems that the Nightwish-syndrome has taken over the gothic metal-scene, quite often in order to disguise the male singer's incapacity, but that point doesn't concern us at all: I am a pretty good vocalist myself, but I like the idea of integrating a female voice because of the different colour that this vocals provide to the big picture of Antichrisis.
This doesn't necessarily mean that I'd prefer the male voice being responsible for the aggressive or powerful parts of the music whereas the female singer does all the soft and lyrical bits - this kind of stereotype is much too predictable and boring, hence I'm simply avoiding this mode of operation.
The difference between a male and a female musician? I don't see any difference in general because in my book musicianship doesn't depend on sexual categories, just on artistic ones - and if it comes to singing, it's merely reduced to the fact that there are not that many men able to sing soprano, whereas women hardly reach the pitch level of the bass.
Sid : Yes, it seems that the Nightwish-syndrome has taken over the gothic metal-scene, quite often in order to disguise the male singer's incapacity, but that point doesn't concern us at all: I am a pretty good vocalist myself, but I like the idea of integrating a female voice because of the different colour that this vocals provide to the big picture of Antichrisis.
This doesn't necessarily mean that I'd prefer the male voice being responsible for the aggressive or powerful parts of the music whereas the female singer does all the soft and lyrical bits - this kind of stereotype is much too predictable and boring, hence I'm simply avoiding this mode of operation.
The difference between a male and a female musician? I don't see any difference in general because in my book musicianship doesn't depend on sexual categories, just on artistic ones - and if it comes to singing, it's merely reduced to the fact that there are not that many men able to sing soprano, whereas women hardly reach the pitch level of the bass.
About Musicians
Question: When listening to your vocal performances, I can detect a certain passion and also an ability of acting in different characters. It seems that you're identifying yourself with each song. What do you think is the quality of a good singer? And don't you think that many young bands of today's scene do not feel real passion for what they're doing?
Sid: Being a good singer requires the ability to re-live the situation of the song you're singing: Song and singer have to melt into one, the song's story has to become part of the vocalist's emotional world. This is only possible if the lyrics do reflect your feelings and experiences - then singing a song can become something similar to playing the leading role in a drama: Like every good actor you have to become another character, reveal other facets of the human soul. A good singer is always able to immerse into a world of its own when singing a song.
A musician - just like every proper artist - has to be a visionaire; if not, his art would be nothing more than mere craftsmanship. Many young bands seem to care more about meeting an audience's expectation or copying their idols instead of developing their own musical language - that's not vision, but a frame without a picture! All that matters is musical inspiration, the artist's vision - and not image or outfit!
Sid: Being a good singer requires the ability to re-live the situation of the song you're singing: Song and singer have to melt into one, the song's story has to become part of the vocalist's emotional world. This is only possible if the lyrics do reflect your feelings and experiences - then singing a song can become something similar to playing the leading role in a drama: Like every good actor you have to become another character, reveal other facets of the human soul. A good singer is always able to immerse into a world of its own when singing a song.
A musician - just like every proper artist - has to be a visionaire; if not, his art would be nothing more than mere craftsmanship. Many young bands seem to care more about meeting an audience's expectation or copying their idols instead of developing their own musical language - that's not vision, but a frame without a picture! All that matters is musical inspiration, the artist's vision - and not image or outfit!