The New Recruits - Ein Interview-Versuch mit dem Ministerium für Dark Gospel & Self-Defense

Bitte stell dich und deine Band unseren Lesern vor.

PLEASE DON'T THINK OF THE NEW RECRUITS AS A BAND.
WE ARE A COLLECTIVE OF INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING THE PATH OF MUSIC, EXPERIENCE & FREE THINKING IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE MINISTRY OF THE DARK GOSPEL & SELF DEFENSE...BUT THE MINITRY IN ITSELF IS A COLLECTIVE OF LIFE, BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE SHEER EXCITEMENT TO BREAK THROUGH ALL OF SOCIETIES' BOUNDARIES AND RULES AND REGULATIONS...WE ARE 629!!!

MUSIC AND SPECIFICALLY ROCK'N'ROLL AND GOSPEL ARE PLATTFORMS WE USE TO GET OUR POINT ACROSS, BUT CERTAINLY MUSIC IS NOT DEFINING US AS A COMBAT-UNIT OR SONICAL-GUERILLA-GROUP. WE CNSIST OF IDEAS, NOT PEOPLE...WE FOLLOW OUR PATH, NOT THEIRS...WE WILL HURT OURSELVES IN THE PROCESS. WE CELEBRATE LIFE, WE DESTROY, WE ARE 629!!! WE ARE ONE.

THERE IS NO CONTRIVED BARRIER BETWEEN LISTENER, CREATOR, ENJOYER, MANIPULATOR, THINKER, LOVER, INSTRUMENTALIST, DANCER, PRIEST OR PLAYER...WE ARE ONE. WE EXPERIENCE OURSELVES IN DANGER'S WAY.
THE MESSAGE OF THE MINISTRY PUTS REAL LIFE AND REAL THOUGHT BEFORE ANY FAKE IDEA OF BANDS OR BUSINESS OR MARKETING OR DOGMA...WE ARE CHANGE.
WE ARE ONE.

Wie kam es zu der Konstellation in der Band? Und sind FLYSWATER nicht auch dabei, zurück zu kehren?

WE DONT CONCERN OURSELVES WITH OUTHER MUSICAL ENTITIES...AYTHING REGARDING OTHER MUSICAL TROOPS YOU WOULD HAVE TO INVESTIGATE WITH THESE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

WE ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH FAKE DIVISION AMONGST ART AND MUSIC.
WE ARE NOT SEPERATING OUR LIFES, THOUGHTS AND WILLS FROM OUR CREATION AS ARTISTS...WE HAVE MANY NAMES AND MANY INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES, YET ALL OF THIS DOESNT MATTER IN THE LIGHT OF THE MINISTRY'S TEACHINGS.
ALL THAT MATERS IS THAT WE ARE SOLDIERS OF A HIGHER CAUSE.
WE DEFY DOGMA AND CONSUMER-CULTURE AND FAKE IDEALS.
WE ARE A GROUP, YET NO DIFFERENT FROM A WEAPON TO THE VAMPIRE'S THROAT.
WE ARE RE-EDUCATING OURSELVES TO BECOME ONE WITH SOUND AND SOUL.
WE DANCE THEIR HIDDEN AGENDA AWAY.
WE EXERCICE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE OUR OWN PATH.
NAMES, TRAITS, PERSONALITIES, INDIVIDUAL IDEAS ARE MERLEY THE PUZZLE THAT FORMS THE BIGGER PICTURE, WHICH IS OUR WAY TORWARDS THE MINISTRY'S TEACHINGS.
WE ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR THE NEXT COMBAT-UNIT...AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS:
IT HAS ALREADY FORMED AND WILL START CREATING SOONER THAN YOU THINK.
WE ARE NOTHING BUT THE FOOT IN THEIR DOOR.
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Seid ihr eine feste Band oder nur ein Projekt?

AS STATED BEFORE. OUR MISSION GOES BEYOND SOUND VIBRATION, BUT SOUND VIBRATION IS MORE THAN WE ARE.
OUR ENERGY COMES THROUGH NEW ADVENTURES SHARED AND LIVED IN THIS COLLECTIVE, BUT WE MIGHT AND WILL IMPLODE IN TIME, WHILE EXPLODING STEADILY.
WE LIVE EXPLOSION, BUT WE WILL FADE.
BUT OUR INTENSITY AND OUR SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE NOT IMPORTANT. OUR MESSAGE, OUR APPROACH, OUR DRIVE AWAY FROM WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE "NORM" IS WHAT SETS US APART.
WE ARE ONLY A BAND IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE A BAND OF BROTHERS.
A BROTHERHOOD TO UNITE TRUTH AMONGST FALSHOOD.
THE POWER OF A LOTUS AMONGST FIERCE FLAMES, YET THE FLAME WE ARE AS WELL.

Wie lassen sich eure Termine und Proben miteinander vereinbaren?

WE HAVE NEITHER SET DATES; SET PLANS; SET MAKRETING IDEAS; SET REHEARSALS; SET DISCUSSIONS...
WHILE THIS MIGHT PROVE VALID AND PURPOSEFUL FOR OTHER SONICAL UNITS, WE DESPISE THE IDEA OF MADE UP LIFES AND MADE UP PLANS AND MADE UP SOUND...WE DEFY FAKE AGENDAS AND USELESS FEELINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REAL TO BEGIN WITH.
WE FEEL WHAT'S OURS...THIS MIGHT LEAD TO SOUND VIBRATION OR ART OR IT MIGHT JUST STAY A PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL QUEST.
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THIS IS REAL EMOTION, REAL EXPERIENCE AND REAL BLOOD.

Gibt es die Platte auch für den amerikanischen Markt? Wenn ja, über welche Plattenfirma?

MUCH LIKE BANDS, MARKETING PLANS, OR MANAGEMENT ISSUES WE DO NOT CONCERN OURSELVES WITH DIFFERING MARKETS:::OUR SOUND WILL TRAVEL WITH OR WITHOUT US AND WE WATCH IT FALL, RISE, SHINE, BURN, COLAPSE OR STRUGGLE...WE HAVE NO PLANS NOR DESIRES TO GAIN ANY POPULARITY WHATSOEVER.
NONE.
WE CREATE BECAUSE IT IS WHO WE ARE, NOT BECAUSE WE FEEL A CERTAIN MARKET OR EVEN JUST A SINGLE PERSON NEEDS OR WANTS US.
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE WE EXIST.
AND WE WILL FADE JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT THE VIBRATION AND DESIRE TO FAN THE FLAMES OF EXPERIENCE AND TRUTH WILL NEVER FALL NOR FADE.

Die Musik klingt überhaupt nicht nach dem, was man hätte erwarten können. War das von vorneherein klar oder wie hat sich das entwickelt?

LIKE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE DONT PLAN OR DISCUSS...WE DO AND FEEL AND IF IT FEELS RIGHT WE CONTINUE ALONG THAT PATH...WE DONT INVENT, FAKE, CHANGE, MODIFY OR POLISH SOUND... WE LIVE IT AND FEEL IT AND EXPERIENCE IT...HENCE THE NAME GOSPEL.
IT IS PURE FEELING.
NOTHING APART FROM ACTUAL REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE, FRIENDSHIP, MEDITATION AND SEX.

Mit welchen Bands würdet ihr euch selber vergleichen? Wo seht ihr eure Einflüsse – und bitte nicht die Phrasen aus der Platteninfo wiederholen.

TO COMPARE ART IS AGAINST THE MINISTRY'S TEACHINGS.
WE THEREFOR CAN NOT GRANT YOU ANY COMPARISONS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE; CAUSES AND EVENTS THAT INSPIRE US...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR INDIVIDUAl BACKGROUNDS.
FIGHTING IS ONE BIG INFLUENCE...

Apropos Phrasen aus der Info: selbiges gibt ja kaum Fakten zu euer Band (sondern eben Phrasen und Zitate). Ist das eure Idee gewesen, mit möglichst wenig klaren Ansagen an die Öffentlichkeit zu treten und die Leute erst mal rätseln zu lassen?

NO

Wie wird der Rest des Jahres für euch verlaufen?

WE HAVE THREE VERY SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS COMING UP THIS YEAR...TO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP OF RECREATING EMOTIONS WE ONLY HOLD VERY FEW LIVE-CELEBRATIONS.
BUT THE ONES THAT ARE SCHEDULED WILL BE FILLED WITH BLOOD GOSPEL SEX SOUND AND CELEBRATING THE MINISTRY'S LAUNCH INTO THE WESTERN WORLD.
COME OR STAY HOME...WHATEVER YOUR HEART TELLS YOU TO DO BUT IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATIONS BE THERE WITH ALL YOU ARE...LEAVE ALL IMAGES AND PRECONCEPTIONS OF YOURSELF AT HOME AND ENTER THE TEMPLE OF YOUR OWN MOVEMENT AND THOUGHTS THROUGH OUR SONICAL BACKGROUND.
BE THERE NOW.

Ist euch die Tanzbarkeit innerhalb der Songs wichtig?

YES

Wenn TNR jetzt mit der EP durch die Decke gehen würden, könnte das eure anderen Projekte/Bands in Mitleidenschaft ziehen?

NOTHING WILL CHANGE YET EVERYTHING CHANGES...NO NEED TO SPECULATE.
DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Famous Last Words?

"Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.
There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself.... Burst your own cocoon and come out aw the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth."
(SWAMI VIVEKANANDA)

"But the average person doesn't have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They don't want to participate beyond a certain point. They want the safety of the herd, to be catered to, sit back and enjoy."
(ANTON LAVEY)