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SO DOES THE FIRE

About Me


Interview by David K of Hardware Media and Radio
(your online source for punk & hardcore internet radio…and other stuff)
Have you been involved in anything else music related (bands/fanzines/show promotion)?
Hell yeah… I am in a music collective So Does The Fire with 3 killer musicians Ming Vauze Faculty X and Sleepmask , Matt Sims aka Mt. Sims aka Mount Sims and Dan Cain Dear Tonight . We recorded some our first tracks with a brilliant engineer/producer named ATOM at Seedy Underbelly in Los Angeles. The project was born after a heavily Rimbaud and Section 25 influenced period of my life. We do plan to continue recording at some point.
When I lived out in LA for a couple years, I worked with Mount Sims aka Mt. Sims aka Matt Sims and helped with the production of the album Wild Light. I sang back up in the band for a spell. We also worked on a track called Traces for the Hacker’s album called Reves Mechaniques . I would like to thank Matt Sims for encouraging me to continue making music. I could not have done it without him.
In the late 1990’s I collaborated with film director Abel Ferrara . We co-wrote a couple songs for his film New Rose Hotel and I performed one of the pieces in the film as a hooker/singer. I have also photographed Richard Hell , Asia Argento , Nick Zedd , Konrad Black , Split Me Wide Open , The Heavy Circles , Adam Sky , Mark Stewart , Mark Boombastik and other musicians/artists that have inspired me. I also worked as one of the Program Directors of www.eastvillageradio.com (2004-2007).
Your show was a bit different than the standard new wave/goth/industrial one. You also played some old punk from time to time. Why do you like these genres and why this type of show?
I spun a lot of minimal techno out of Cologne and Berlin and early TRAX records . I recommend you all listen to E2-E4 by Manuel Gottsching. A guy named Tom played it for me a few years ago and I was left speechless because the piece was so eccentric and perfect - such a bizarre yet harmonious blend of electronic and guitar sound. Just one example which could help explain the “mix” from electronic to punk/post punk to goth that I played on my radio show. As EVR programming developed I noticed we did not have a “Goth” show. I decided to go with that genre as a very general concept. But, we all have to admit there are quite a few horrible goth bands out there.
I mainly played music that I listened to when I was a teenager. By 14 or 15 years of age I discovered Factory Records , John Peel’s Sessions, Mute Records , Early Wax Trax, Throbbing Gristle , Fad Gadget etc. I read a book called Tape Delay full of band interviews that blew my mind. 2 other music related books that I love are Please Kill Me and Subculture: The Meaning Of Style. The music I was listening to at the time referenced and guided me towards art, film, and literature…Warhol, Basquiat, Francis Bacon, Jarmusch, Alex Cox, Camus, Burroughs, Miller, Marx, Genet, Wilde, Byron, Poe… and the list could go on and on.
It all started in 6th grade when I bought a cassette by The Cure: Faith. Side B is a long - an emotional and beautiful track Carnage Visors. Anyway, if you’re a goth and you claim not to like punk rock or industrial/electronic…you are lying or closed minded. All those labels are bullsh*t anyway. In my opinion “gothic music” could not have existed without the roots of punk, progressive rock or metal. And let’s not even get into the discussion regarding the obvious influence Hasil Adkins, Link Wray, Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed, Silver Apples, David Bowie, Neu!, Brian Eno, The Doors, or Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd (to name a very few) had on most of the music I play on Dead Beat Radio. Diamond Dogs has actually been referenced as the “first gothic album” by a british music critic whose name I can’t remember right now.
To generalize, I love punk, post punk and gothic music because it can express outrage that is socially relevant or it can deliver a mental state or mood - joy, anger, courage, strength, vulnerability, sadness, paranoia, frustration, mania - in the form of pure sound or mixed with some sort of a loose pop structure. For me, interesting music is always able to convey a range of emotions and create a soundscape with a specific atmosphere. Any music that takes any kind of sonic risk captivates me.
In short, (well, it has not really been that short of an answer) the Dead Beat Radio show was a nostalgic experience for me. These particular genres of music have made an irreversible impression on me. I will continue to keep the dead beats alive for the inquisitive and keep on searching for new music that in someway maintains the spirit of the sound that came before it.

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Member Since: 13/03/2005
Band Website: echodanonphotography.blogspot.com/
Band Members: - Echo Danon [vox, bass, synth]
- Matt Sims aka Mt. Sims [vox, bass, guitar, synth, drum programming, production]
- Ming Vauze [guitar, bass, synth]

Special Thanks To:
- Atom (Adam Greenspan) [engineering, drum programming for "Adult" and "Soon" recording]
and
- Dan Cain [live drums for "Adult" and "Soon" recording]
Influences: Absolute Body Control, Abwärts, Adam & The Ants, Adam Sky, Adult., The Adverts, Afrikaa Bambataa, Akufen, Agent Orange, Akira S Et As Garotas Que Erraram, Alan Lomax, Alan Pellay, Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Alexander Robotnick, Alien Sex Fiend, Altered Images, Andreas Dorau, Andreas Dorau Und Die Marinas, Angel Hair, Angelo Badalamenti, Anton Karas, The Apartments, APB, Aphex Twin, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Aril Brikha, The Arms Of Someone New, Artefact, Artery, Arthur Russell, Arto Lindsay, As Mercenarias, Asia Argento, The Associates, Au Pairs, Audion, B-Movie, Babes in Toyland, Baby Ford, Bad Brains, The Barbarellatones, Basic Channel, Bauhaus, BBB, Be Music, Bellmer Dolls, Ben Watt, Bergtraum, Bettina Köster, Bettina Köster and Jessie Evans, Big Boys, Big Flame, Bikini Kill, The Birthday Party, Black Ice, Blixa Bargeld, Black Flag, Blacktop, Blindgänger, Blitzlicht, Bobby Konders, Mark Boombastik, The Bollock Brothers, Boris Policeband, Boyd Rice, Boys Next Door, Bratmobile, Brian Eno, Brian Setzer, David Byrne, Bunnydrums, Bush Tetras, The Buzzcocks, Cabaret Voltaire, CAN, Carl Perkins, Casino Versus Japan, A Certain Ratio, Certain General, Celebration, The Challengers, The Chameleons, Charles De Goal, Charlie Feathers, Charlie Christian, Billy Childish & Dan Melchior, The Childballads, The Chills, Chris & Cosey, Chris Carter, Chrisma-Krisma, Christiane F, Chromatics, Chrome, The Circle Jerks, The Clash, Claude VonStroke, Closer Musik, The Coasters, Code 7, Colder, Colin Newman, Comsat Angels, The Contortions, Corey Lee, Cowboys In Africa, Cramps, Crash Course In Science, Crass, Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers, The Creatures, Crime, Crime & The City Solution, Crispin Hellion Glover, Crispy Ambulance, Crossover, The Cure, D.N.A., DAF, Dali's Car, The Damned, Dan Melchior's Broke Review, The Dance, Dark Day, David Bowie, David Sylvian, Dead Boys, Deadline, Delta 5, Demons, Demolition Doll Rods, Department S, Der Plan, Der Zyklus, Descendents, Desmond Dekker, Devo, Diamanda Galás, Die Haut and Nick Cave, Die Tödliche Doris, Dorau Andreas & Die Marinas, The Durutti Column, Vini Reilly, Echo & The Bunnymen, Echo West, Eddie Cochran, Einstürzende Neubauten, Elvis Presley, Embrace, ESG, Exkurs, Eyeless In Gaza, Faust, Faculty X, Fad Gadget, The Fall, Fehlfarben, The Flamingos, The Flaming Sideburns, Frank Tovey, Frankie Knuckles, Friction, Front 242, Frustration, Fugazi, Fun Funeral, The Fuzztones, Gang Of Four, Gary Numan, Geisterfahrer, Gene Vincent, Generation X, The Germs, Gina X, Giorgio Moroder, Glaxo Babies, Glenn Branca, The Glove, Goblin, The Gories, Grace Jones, Grace Slick & The Great Society, Grand Master Flash, Grauzone, Grinderman, The Gun Club, The Hacker, Hank Williams, Hans-A-Plast, Happy Mondays, Hasil Adkins, The Holy Kiss, The Homosexuals, Horace Andy, The Hospitals, Hot Snakes, Ian North, Iggy & The Stooges, Ike Yard, Il y a Volkswagens, Inzucht & Ordnung, Jah Division, The Jam, James Chance, Jamie Principle, Japan, Jean Michel Jarre, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Jesus Lizard, Jim Carroll, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, John Cale, John Carpenter, John Foxx, John Lydon, Johnny Cash, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jonathan Fire Eater, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Josef K, Joy Division, Judy Nylon, Julian Cope, Kas Product, Kid Congo Powers, Killing Joke, The Kinks, Klaus Nomi, LiLiPUT/Kleenex, Konrad Black, Kosmonautentraum, Kraftwerk, La Düsseldorf, Laurie Anderson, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee Press-on and the Nails, Liaisons Dangereuses, Liars, Liquid Liquid, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Loop, Love Life, Love or Perish, Lydia Lunch, Lyres, Stewart Lupton, Magazine, Magnetix, Make Up, Malaria!, Marc Bolan, Manuel Gottshcing, Marc Houle, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Stewart, Mars, Martial Canterel, Martin Dupont, Mathematiques Modernes, Maurizio, Medium Medium, Metal Boys, Metal Urbain, The Meteors, Milan, Minimal Compact, Minimal Man, Minny Pops, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Monks, Monsieur Jeffrey Evans and the '68 Comeback, Mt. Sims, Matthew Sims, My Bloody Valentine, The Names, Nation of Ulysses, The Neon Judgement, The New Bomb Turks, New Order, New York Dolls, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Drake, Nikki Sudden, Nina Hagen, No Age, No More, The Normal, Nurse With Wound, Oblivians, Oppenheimer Analysis, Palais Schaumburg, Panda Bear, Panico, Passage, Patsy Cline, Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Poison Girls, The Ponys, The Pop Group, The Prefects, The Pretty Things, Professor Genius, Psychic Ills, Psychic TV, Public Image Ltd., Pylon, Q. Lazzarus, Quintron, Railroad Jerk, The Raincoats, The Ramones, Red Zebra, The Reflections, The Residents, Reverend Horton Heat, Rhys Chatham, Rhythm & Sound, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Robert Görl, Robert Hood, Roxy Music, Ryuichi Sakamoto, S.Y.P.H., Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Scritti Politti, Secret Society Of The Sonic Six, Section 25, The Seeds, Serge Gainsbourg, Severed Heads, Silver Apples, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sisterhood, Sisters Of Mercy, Sixteens, Slant 6, Sleepmask, The Slits, The Smiths, Snowy Red, Sonic Youth, The Sound, Spacemen 3, Southern Death Cult, The Specials, Spizzenergi, Split Me Wide Open, Stiff Little Fingers, Stiffs Inc., Stockholm Monsters, The Stone Roses, Subhumans, Suicide, Swell Maps, Syd Barrett, T.Rex, Tactics, Talking Heads, Tangerine Dream, The Teardrop Explodes, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Television, Television Personalities, Thee Headcoats, Thee Mighty Caesars, Theoretical Girls, Them Wranch, Thick Pigeon, This Heat, Tones On Tail, The Trashmen, Tuxedomoon, The Upsetters, The Vanishing, The Velvet Underground, The Ventures, The Verve, Vic Godard & Subway Sect, Vivien Goldman, The Wake, Wall Of Voodoo, Warsaw, The Warmers, The Weegs, The Weirdos, Weird War, The Weirdos, Wire, X, X-Mal Deutschland, Y Pants, 8 Eyed Spy, The 13th Floor Elevators

Record Label: © 2002-2009 Echo Danon
Type of Label: Indie

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