Given the intimate nature of their hometown’s music community, Nik and Marco crossed paths many times through the years. Meanwhile, Nik powered the punk upstarts Catchpole, and he voices one of the robots of the ground-breaking robot band Compressorhead, for which John Wright, frontman of the Hanson Brothers and drummer for the legendary No Means No, writes the music and is the voice of the robot singer. Simultaneously, Nik has entrenched himself in Switzerland’s dynamic subculture scene including the legendary Wohlgroth and fostering the launch of initiatives such as independent cultural and political force Radio Stadtfilter.
Marco, the electronic maverick, honed his creativity and stage presence in the likes of Swandive, Division Kent, me.man.machine., and Glitter Wasteland, gracing the stages of major festivals and cities across Europe.
So, it’s a thrilling match.”Ĭo-founders Marco and Nik drew on dynamic and distinct backgrounds at the onset of the project. The lyrics are very important – and he’s an amazing singer. He’s a songwriter, and he aims to tell stories. “For me, creating music is about creating atmospheres. The first album I bought was Computer World by Kraftwerk, and the second was No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith by Motörhead – which pretty much describes where I come from,” laughs Marco. Meeting Justin was a huge stroke of luck, because apart from his skills, he knows these situations from his own personal experience and agrees on the image of an intermediate world as an interpretation of them. It was clear to me from the beginning that the in-between world would lead the visual direction. “ He is not only a fantastic and award-winning director, but a wonderful team player. “The video was a wonderful collaboration with director Justin Stoneham,” Nik continues. It was striking how this completely changed the atmosphere of the song and gave it a new profound meaning.” I showed the original version to Nik, who loved it, and the track inspired him immediately to write new lyrics and vocal lines. Musically, the song is based on a track of my former band Division Kent. It meanders through the vastness of the desert, leading into a sweeping noisy soundscape before diving back into a deep, dark chorus. The only warmth you find lies in the memory of the lost person, the same memory that hurts so grievously.”īandmate Marco Neeser adds about the music, “ We combined g rounded guitars with electronic noises to create a tension that leads through the whole song. You stand bewildered and disoriented outside of space and time, watching the world and oneself in wonder without any real connection to either. You don’t feel any pain at first, but are left stunned, and the everyday actions you continue to perform seem absurd. The shock throws you into a kind of surreal in-between world and you don’t understand anything anymore. They describe the state of shock you fall into when you receive such a horrifying message. Regarding the lyrics, singer Nik Leuthold shares, “ The lyrics were written after the death of a good friend of mine.
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