Infectious Unease

When did you all become involved in music and how did you all meet?
Kurt: Music has forever been in my life, started playing electric guitar in my hometown of Hannibal, at 16, with a punk band, the Moronz. Met Jason at Homers in San Diego with Flooded on fire. And Julissa at an environmental protest.

Julissa: I am always humming a tune. I got Kurt's attention that way before the protest. I was at the Homer's show to meet Jason.

Jason: I have been playing guitar/bass since age 13. I first met up with Kurt and Julissa during a show we played in San Diego, while I was in a experimental punk band (the floored genius), and we liked each others performances and wanted to play together more.

What do you all do when you're not working in the band?

Kurt: Exploring the universe of botany psychedlia and spiritual natures. Also multimedia, music production and supernatural guide.

Julissa: I work at restaurants and stare off into space allot, thinking of things to do.

Jason: I am a bicycle messenger; also I do some recordings for bands, some we've played with, to help out the independent artists out there.

What instruments do you all play and are there any particular instrument you enjoy The most?

Kurt: I do allot of them - guitar with effects, Kybds, sounds them selves and a little clarinet right now.

Julissa: I sing, my favorite, I've experimented now with flute and piano.

Jason: Bass and guitar, some keyboard, and theremin. I enjoy the bass the most.

What creative process do you go through when composing your music?

Kurt: An empathy with feeling sound or thinking on subjects and psychedelic interludes.

Julissa: I'm still new at composition - I wait till something hits me.

Jason: Often it starts as jamming to a drum machine, then repeating what sounds best to me. Then melting it in with the other instruments, and voices.

What inspires you when you write your music?

Kurt: Passion and playing to move people into a subconscious, spiritual or other worldliness.

Jason: Other sounds and imagery of other bands are influential, sometimes the sound textures of a certain chord, our subjective environments.

Many of your song seem to be inspired by love, despair, discovery, and many other human emotions. What is it about these subjects that inspires you write about them. How do you go about writing Lyrics?

Kurt: The lyrics I do or help with are usually flowing out during playing of the music then slowly solidifies- some performances have partial pieces- some remain that way. Other lyrics come through flashes of inspiration experiences then written down for later work.

Jason: These emotions are something in common with many people, it provides a connection.

What was the inspiration behind such as "clocks" "Sweet Sorrow" "Black Surfrider"

Kurt: Clocks- is looking at our way of keeping time, who says its right who thinks they control ot, and maybe-other ways of doing that without limitations. Sweet-sorrow deals with mass suicide like the Heavens Gate cult, the way a simple person following anything because the world is so over exhausted. Black Surf Rider - is a skateboarders theme of over pollution but we find something sport or extreme ridden to do within hard times.

Jason: For me, Kurt and Julissa were the inspiration, as they had already written these songs before I knew them, I just added what I felt flowed with them.

Some of your songs have samples in them where are they from.
Jason:Some samples we made up, the others, from various movies, computer sounds. We altered each of these sounds in some way, so as not to make them too recognizable.

Are you influence by books or movies or plays.
Kurt: I've collected unpublished and home videos from yard sales actually found some personal crop circle footage. And a late night dose of Outer Limits is always fun. I've read many metaphysical books and indigenous religions of the world books. Emily Bronte poems are on the list of haves. And Gillian from Monty python has done great films.

Jason: Yes, too many to name... usually non-fiction is more inspiring to me, however sci-fi definitely interests me.

Do you have any favorite bands that you like listening to?

Kurt: Matthew Johnson's 1st album. Pj Harvey- *star. My bloody Valentine. Scott Joplin. Baroque music. And times around the piano.

Jason: the cure, three-mile pilot, Cocteau twins, legendary pink dots, others.

Are you doing any side projects?

Kurt: Slowly but we've been touring and we're a little worn.

Jason: Not currently, but occasionally jamming with others.

To the readers who may have not heard much of your music how would you describe your sound?

Kurt: Thickish dark warmth with liquid edgy sides.

Jason: Atmospheric, electro-ambient Goth rock?

How has the response been with "2013"?

Kurt: It’s going great in the college towns and underground scenes. We may have to stick some away for saving.

Jason: Rather well, many appreciate having something different out there.

What was the inspiration behind the "2013"?

Kurt: Paradigm shifting, Mayan calendars, psychedelics and Terrance makenna.

Jason: Putting out an album before the millenium was part of the idea...

How long did it take to produce?

Kurt: An infinite headphone eternity looking out at University Ave, in San Diego CA.

Jason: I believe it was about six months, we took our time on each track to get the right feelings out of each.

What have you got planned for the next album?

Kurt: We're releasing our 7" vinyl and a couple shows before going north to live.

Jason: Possible live release with some new tracks in the studio, summer 2000.

Where have you toured, are you planning any up and coming tours.

Kurt: We just toured to the heartland of the united states and back, places like San Fran, CA., Albuquerque, NM, Witchcita, KS., Columbia, MO., San Diego, CA., and then Seattle, WA.

Jason: We did a couple tours Midwest America, I was unable to go on the first one though, but mainly along the West Coast we've done shows this year...

What gigs did you enjoy the most and what was the audience response.

Kurt: The ones with floors instead of car seats to sleep on.

Jason: I enjoyed playing in Albuquerque -newmexico because it was most hospitable, Columbia -Missouri was also good (a college town). San Francisco had friends there.

What gigs did you not enjoy?

Kurt: If we're playing it’s most enjoyable.

Jason: Kingman Arizona was not our scene, much there anyway.

Is there anything special incorporated within your performances?

Kurt: Photographic are project and effected with video collages that I've pieced together plus light boxes we created with colors, bubbles, and strobes.

Jason: We use projections to add ambiance, we sometimes have friends play on some songs, and the experimental side is brought out more.

When you have a performance what goes through your mind when you are on that Stage. What is it that you feel? What sort of emotions do you go through when the eyes of the audience are on you?

Kurt:
I set my mind with the energy that surges through my body and smears my spirit through the place, eye to eye with my audience.

Jason: I feel energetic, the crowd and lights and electricity give a sort of euphoria...

What memorable experiences have you had when touring?

Kurt: Sometimes I think people actually like strangers, intrigued by differences, a global insight.

Jason: Meeting new people, artists, seeing new places. The feeling of freedom on the road.

In what country are your fans based. Apart from America what countries do you
Get the most response from?

Kurt: Our fans are aliens, spores from inner galaxies.

Jason: So far Australia and Europe. We haven't toured there yet though.

What are your future plans.

Kurt: I'm going where the Earth's goin.

Jason: Relocating the band to northwest America. Practicing more, writing more.

Is there anything you would like to say to the readers out there?

Kurt: Here's to friends may we be with them in wonderful times to come.

Jason: Support independent artists; check out something new.email us if you'd like