Interview - Wetworks Ezine

Wetworks EZine Interview
http://www.wetworkszine.com
Operative: Gothx 

[Wetworks] How did you get the name for your project? 

[Liq] Sitting on the toilet with a dictionary. Unfortunately. No cool stories. I was trying to find a title for an all female DSBP compilation and I think I actually heard a bell ding when I read the word "liquefaction." I had gone by "Kindel" as a solo project for years and planned on sticking to that and then after a few weeks of listening to the word "liquefaction"  repeating over and over in my head, I finally decided it was my new band name. It fit. I've always been very elemental with my lyrics and it completed my four elements. 

[Wetworks] Who are some of your musical influences? 


[Liq] It's impossible to narrow it down to just a few bands or musicians and I always tend to leave important ones out. I have explored so much music and so many styles that I just absorbed a little from each. Just like creating a personality. Pink Floyd was a huge influence to me. I learned Wish You Were Here on the guitar and from there, I taught myself how to play and write songs with accompaniment. When I was younger, I would listen to Opus III's 'Guru Mother' constantly. I would sit down at the piano playing along and I'd get so frustrated because I couldn't make all those cool synth sounds with just a piano. They really sparked that electronic fire in me. I was into death metal for a while. Carcass and Sepultura were some favorites. I got into their agression. I liked Carcass's vocals because I could kinda sing along without sounding like a complete idiot. Just a partial one. Delerium, Ani diFranco, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Enigma, Diverje and Endochine are some big influences.
 I listen to Cyberage Radio. I get all the inspiration and influence I need in every show. I have always been especially drawn to music that is thought provoking, profound and impressive. 

[Wetworks] Your album Chrysalis was just recently released. Are you happy with the response to it so far? 

[liq] Yes. It's been great so far. No complaints.

[Wetworks] You had the chance to work with a few of your label mates on Chrysalis. What was it like collaborating with bands like ESR, Aghast View, and Tommy T? 

[Liq] It was absolutely incredible. They are all muscians I greatly respect. Vince Pojul of ESR and BMD did music for three of the tracks including two remixes. He has his own original sound that really kicked off the album as well as help define the genre. It was a fun colaboration. Simple, w/ Shannon Owen, is a band I have jammed in for years. Shannon and I go way back. It was really cool for me to have him as a guest artist. 

I had a lot of fun working with all of them. They each challenged me to bring out a different side of my artisic ability. I love working with other musicians and I was real lucky to get to work with these guys. 

Tecnoman SF really blew me away with his remix of Solipsystic. He added a very liquid feel to the album. Very cool. Working with Aghast View was a dream come true for me. I don't even know how that all happened. The hand of Tommy T.    
It was very natural for Tommy and I to work together. We have been living together for two years now. We just read each other. He knows what I want and I know what he wants. Music is what brought us together, it's what keeps us together and it's what we do for fun as well as work. Some couples go to bars and party's, we make music.  


[Wetworks] Is there a specific theme to the album? 

[Liq] Yes. It's very personal. A biography of the last few years of my life. It's chrysalis, my cocoon. I don't really want to say much about that. I could go on forever but I want people to relate to it in their own way.

[Wetworks] You are fully involved with writing and producing your music, which  is rare for a female in the industrial scene. Do you hope to be an influence for other women to tap their musical potential? 

[Liq] If they're a musician, I think they should go for it if they have the heart to. I know my life would have been much easier had I wanted to be a doctor or something, so it's hard to want to wish that difficult lifestyle on anyone. I could not have lived my life any other way and I think that's just the way it works out for most musicians. 

As for the technical side of it, I have almost as much passion for the recording and mastering aspect as I do the actual music. I've always had my hand in some sort of engineering project. It just made sense to me to do this myself. I'm given full reign and authority over my music with DSBP and I take full advantage of that. 

While putting 'Chrysalis' together, I looked up to Shihkee from Android Lust, quite a bit. I greatly admire her work and look up to her as a musical role model. 

I think I still have a ways to go and a lot to learn. I'm very much of a perfectionist. I don't think I could have handled doing it any other way. I think people should just do what works for them. If someone else can produce/engineer your album better and you are comfortable with that then go for it. If you can do it yourself, all the power to you. I just think it's important to remember that the engineer is automatically a band member. As they should be.  

[Wetworks] How did you get involved with DSBP records? 

[Liq] I'm not sure, actually. I've known Tommy or known of Tommy since I was a kid. I had listened to his first radio show; Tombstone Rock for a while. All my friends did. I met him for the first time, kinda, when his band was opening up for Cannibal Corpse. We locked eyes back then and then... kinda ...ran into each other here and there for a few years. We both respected each other musically. I needed to grow up and mature as a person and musician. Tommy was really establishing himself at that time. We met up when the time was right. He believed in me and supported me enough to take a chance on me and my music on DSBP.

It's a great honor to be apart of the DSBP team. It really is a family. It's everything a label should be. Tommy gives so much trust and respect to his bands and I believe they shine all the more because of it.    

[Wetworks] What?s in the future for Liquefaction? 

[Liq] More albums. More music. The next album is currently in the making. There's not a whole lot to say about it at this point. It's still creating itself. 

[Wetworks] Does it really count in court when an atheist is sworn in under oath using a bible? 

[Liq] I don't know. I'm pretty sure they don't do that anymore. I could be wrong. 

[Wetworks] Any final comments? 


[Liq] Yeah... Thank you for the interview! I enjoyed it. 

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