Dim Locator (Phil Shoenfelt / Chris Hughes / Dave Allen) unternahmen im November eine erfolgreiche Tour durch Mitteleuropa - Berlin, Prag, Wien, Bratislava, Hodonin, Budapest. Im Frühjahr 2012 soll über ein österreichisches Label eine 7" Single folgen...

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Der Engländer Phil Shoenfelt lebt seit vielen Jahren in Prag, bekannt durch die Arbeit mt seinen Bands Southern Cross (Prag), Fatal Shore (Berlin) und Khmer Rouge (New York), sowie durch seine autobiographische Erzählung "Junkie Love".

Chris Hughes (AUS) lebt in Berlin und spielte mit Fatal Shore, Hugo Race & The True Spirit, Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), The Methylated Spirits, The Act, Nina Hagen, Rowland S. Howard und vielen anderen.

Dave Allen (AUS) lebt ebenfalls in Berlin und spielte Bass bei Hugo Race & The True Spirit, The Methylated Spirits und The Act.

Dim Locator beschreiben ihre Musik als "stripped down industrial psych-rock music" mit Einflüssen von The Stooges, Beasts of Bourbon, The Birthday Party, Pink Fairies and Hawkwind.

Weltpremiere - Live am 03. Juni 2011 im Parukarka in Prag.

PHIL SHOENFELT & SOUTHERN CROSS

>> PARANOIA.COM <<

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"Paranoia.com" is much more in a hard rock direction than anything we've done previously. I'd say that bands like The Stooges, Joy Division and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club were an influence, as well as my old NYC band Khmer Rouge. But I also think that the manic anger and paranoic energy I felt while undergoing the Interferon treatment for Hepatitis C last year had a big effect too. Especially on tracks like "Stupid Rock Star" (obviously about Bono and Geldof etc), and "Tired Of Loving You". "Forgiven" is about Bruno Adams, and "Shrine" is for us all. "Paranoia.com" (the song) is written through the eyes of a Timothy McVeigh type of character, a potential terrorist or serial killer living on the fringes of society. Someone who feels compelled "to do something about the situation", to take on the corruption and lies he hears in the media and from politicians' mouths. The album starts off fiery and angry and ends on a more melancholic note with "Shrine", which is a kind of epitaph for this slow apocalypse the world now seems to be going through. In some ways I've taken up the lyrical themes I explored with Khmer Rouge back in the 80s, themes I'd describe as "psycho-political". I'm really happy with the overall sound of the CD, it's very layered and textured, with multiple guitar tracks and half submerged melodies. I think it's a very spacey sound, kind of trippy at the same time as it's grungy and metallic. (Phil Shoenfelt)

PARANOIA.COM

I took a drive by the side of the ocean
I took a ride to the end of the line
I was looking for the celebration
I left the streets and the city behind
I climbed to the top of the mountain
I crawled through the Valley Of Death
Looking for the keys to the Promised Land
I haven’t found them yet
No, I haven’t found them yet

Propaganda, lies and corruption
The world is spinning out of control
All the people gonna need protection
When the walls of the citadel fall
Idiots and criminals rule my life
I see them on the TV
Selling that snake oil, they don’t give a damn
I’ve been sold down the river to the sea
I’ve been sold down the river to the sea

Is it false or is it true
No one here knows what to do
It’s just a dirty compromise
I can’t escape this web of lies
TV images, cheap sensation
It’s just emotional masturbation
The world is slipping sideways
And I’ve got this sinking feeling in my heart

Now I’m standing at the edge of the future
Where the present and the past collide
The train is rolling out of the station
I’d better get aboard while I can ride
Paranoia dot com feeds my fear
With visions of mayhem and death
Agents of happiness feed my need
Everything’s cool, I guess
And I feel like I’ve been blessed

A child goes down to the ocean
Throws his arms around the sky
He sees how the stars are turning
He laughs then begins to cry
And the moon is blessed
She rises in the west
In his heart he feels uncertain
His dreams are pinned like the wings of a butterfly
And he hides behind the curtain

And the sins and the lies of the fathers
Shall rain down on the heads of their sons
And the dreams of the daughters and the mothers
Shall turn to dust in their hands
And all of this will surely come to pass
And nothing in this world will stay the same
Just the wind and the dust and the ashes of a dream
No winner at the end of the game

And the child screams, “I see nothing
There’s darkness at the heart of the sun”
And he calls to the souls of the children
Who lived and died by the gun
“Graves and lies and crooked alibis
Pay heed to the words that were spoken
Cast out your hate, touch me with your love
Don’t let yourselves be broken”

And I see your face in my dreams sometimes
Like a vision I had so long ago
In the chamber where the books and the keys were laid
Buried so far below
And all of this will surely come to pass
And nothing in this world will stay the same
Just the wind and the dust and the ashes of a dream
No winner at the end of the game

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Einen Monat zuvor erscheint - ebenfalls bei Easy Action - die Nikki Sudden CD "Playing With Fire" mit bisher unveröffentlichten Stücken, auf welchen u.a. Phil Shoenfelt, Bruno Adams und Chris Hughes als Gastmusiker mitwirkten. Weitere Informationen gibt es auf der Website von Easy Action.

Pavel Cingl hat jetzt seine eigene Seite bei MySpace: www.myspace.com/pavelcingl

Phil Roman "Junkie Love" ist vom fanzine Thee Big Black rezensiert worden. Die erste Ausgabe ist als kostenloser Download (im PDF_Format) hier erhältlich.
Das Interview mit Garageland ist jetzt auch online gestellt. Hier klicken, um das Interview und einen Auszug aus Phils bisher unveröffentlichtem Roman "Stripped" zu lesen.

Mehr Rezensionen und Interviews folgen demnächst!