14.08.2005 PK ARCHIVE FEB 05 +++ Odd, Odder, The Oddest: Three questions for Jari Salo from Pepe Deluxe |
 With some more than strange production methods that put every fully computerised software package user to shame (or brings tears to their eyes, depending on their take on things), it made sense to squeeze out a little more detailed replies, and Jari, the chatterbox, bared it all and Planetkat won’t budge. We just can’t spare you the awful truth…. Oh, to get a good idea what’s the real deal, it might actually help to read the full feature which is posted here www.planetkat.com/inhalt.php/1115647808/Interviews but it’s in German. Hehe! Bummer… If you could invent an instrument, what would it do...? What do you mean if I COULD? The first instrument I built was an experimental bass guitar as I started as a bass player, same as Marko from Husky Rescue. The bass had many custom-made parts, as my stepfather was an industrial tool designer. However, later on I realized that the world is full of instruments, but what we do lack is truly crazy ways of altering their sounds. That's when I started building weird effects. The guy who you want to join you on your next album, the one with the organ.. what kind of organ was it again...? Hmm, there were two different things I really want on my album. I would like to quote a text which I found about the organ, referring to the Oddmusic page where I learned about the instrument (www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om25450.html): ‘Located deep in the Luray Caverns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley is the Great Stalacpipe Organ, the worlds largest musical instrument. Stalactites covering 3 1/2 acres of the surrounding caverns produce tones of symphonic quality when electronically tapped by rubber-tipped mallets. This most unique, one-of-a-kind instrument was invented in 1954 by Mr. LeIand W. Sprinkle of Springfield, Virginia, a mathematician and electronic scientist at the Pentagon. He began his monumental 3-year project by searching the vast chambers of the caverns selecting stalactites to precisely match a musical scale. Electronic mallets were wired throughout the caverns and connected to a large four-manual console. When a key is depressed, a tone occurs as the rubber-tipped plunger strikes the stalactite tuned to concert pitch. For many years Leland played the Stalacpipe Organ for visitors.’ I tried to get them to play some music for the next album, but unfortunately the organ is currently under repair. I've also been chasing this printer synth dude qotile.net/dotmatrix.html . The synth is a modified matrix printer, you know those old printer that made a lot of noise when printing. I'm really bugging the other guy because I really want him on the album. But he claims he's super busy too. I've been offering him so glimpses of future glory and masses of naked Nubian queens worshipping him if he'd contribute at least a few notes ... we'll see. I do love my job, I get to be a pimp truly in a "positive intellectual motivated person" way. Well, I think many people would disagree with that "intellectual" part. Do you believe that if grandmothers would make records using their hoovers, ravers would dance to it if there was the name of a famous DJ on the cover? 'Charly' by the Prodigy, 'Mentasm' by Joey Beltram, 'Dominator' by Human Resource to name but a few use a synthesizer sound patch called ... surprise, surprise: "Hoover". Now did that answer your ‘hypothetical’ question ;-) fast enough? Protokoll: Katrin Richter Links: www.pepedeluxe.com www.catskillsrecords.com |
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