Q. Can you please give us a short introductionto your history, musical background etc?
M: Our background is in fine arts, aspeciallyin video and media art. We have done projects before during many years,in various scales, from giving free food to homeless people to experimentalvideo for international distribution.
Q. When have you started the project and whatwas the original idea behind, the concept? When have you met, when haveyou started to work together?
E: We met four years ago in school, and havedone videos and some performances together. The idea for this one asborn in a bar in Tampere this spring.
Have you had any previous non-musical experienceor other artistic experience?
E: We have studied art four years, there aremany funny happenings in the past, and in the future too, I think.
Mira has also been a part of a finnish freakcircus.
Q. How it happened to you to be attractedto noise, industrial - when you first came to touch with this particularkind of music?
E: I tried to make some music to my video atschool, the idea was not to have to pay anything of the licences. ThenI got inspired of that, tried to make music I didnt find from stores.I used to listen hardcore techno when I was some 13. I have always fanciedindustrial when hearing it.
Q. ...or did you start without any prior Experience/knowledgeof it?
E: Jep, I haven´t listened it actively.
Q. What´s the strongest feeling you find inthis music which does attract / excite you?
E: Heavyness, darkness. Being sort of desperateand strong at the same time.
Q. Please, tell us some about your inspirationsand influences - both musical and non-musical... ¨
E: musical inspirations have been various, Before,I have listened a lot of Depeche Mode, Björk, David Bowie, Nick Cave,Prodigy, Tori Amos, Beatles, P.J.Harvey, Kraftwerk, etc.
Over ten years ago they were bands like KLF andU96, which I fancied a lot. Now many were forgotten. Other influencesare films and art, and books dealing with humanity, such as C.G.Jung´s.
Q. What´t the idea/concept/background now?...hasit changed recently in comparison to your beginnings, or do you consideryour project to live under the permanent evolution?
E. I have no plans, just when I get to a computer,make some ´music´.
Q. How would you describe your sound, yourvideo omplete work?
E. Weird.
Q. Each of you just do concentrate of onespecific part of the project or do you work on both audio and videotogether?
E: I deal with the audio, and we both with video.
Q. Do you have idea where it will grow inthe near future?
E: Maybe would be nice to do more anti-musicvideos and deal with slide projectors etc.
Q. What can you say about the Finish electronicunderground scene? Are you connected to any bands in there?
E: I think we know many bands, but they are notelectronic.
M: I have a backround in punkrock and hardcore,For me the music is a part of the whole way of living your life, Growingup in the punk scene gave me a strong idea of the importance of indipendenceand DIY in arts and music.
Q. For example, do you like PanSonic, MikaVainio, Freak Animal Records, Grunt and other Finnish power-noise bands?
E: I like Pan Sonic a lot, the little I haveheard from it.
Q. What´s your opinion on musical communitiesand ifrastructure in Finland clubs, websites webmags, portals, printedmedia, radio support?
E: I think it´s active. The radio mainly playsthe same shit everywhere.
Q. At this point, how can you see the differencebetween Finland and Czech republic where you live now?
E: In Finland I feel more like a baby guidedby the authorities and laws. Here it feels more free, and not so steril.You can take your dog for movies and bars, for example. Some years agosome friends went bicycling in the night time in Finland, and the policestopped them asking, why they are out so late. But here are too manyhomeless people sleeping in the night trams, it´s sad.
Q. Why have you chosen Praha for your currentstay? How do you feel here? any special atmosphere, better chance foryoung independent artists?
M: I used to try avoid coming to Praha. I thoughtits only rich americans coming here and occupying the possibilitiesfrom the local artist. This can be halfly true, but still Im reallyhappy to see the very alive art scene here in Praha. All though sometimesI feel some close minded atmosphere around here.
E: And just seeing the old buildings make mehappy.
Q. Still, there´s not common to see girlsactive in the electronic scene, is there any really female aspect inyour creative output under your opinion?
E: We are girls, so it must have some impacton our works. But I try to stay far from girlie actions, they feel forme as much as separation as what they are oppositing. Our video is fullof kitch and pink things, that´s sort of a joke too.
Q. Do you work just in duo or do you collaboratewith some people here in Praha already?
E: We solo and duo.
Q. In what direction is your project likelyto move? Do you think you might invite more people to your project?
E: That´s possible, at least in video and performancepart.
Q. What kind of media, artistic forms canyou feel attracted to? As i see it, your project consists from 3 partssound, video and performance. Are those elements/parts equal in thedesired impact or can you more elaborate different meaning of each?
M: Everything started from the sound. All theparts are different and you are not suppose to separate them althoughthey work that was also. but its very different atmosphere you get forexample from the music without the video.
Q. Anyway...how would you imagine the idealimpact of your work? What´s your imagination while creating your stuffin studio and during a live performance, on the contrary?
E: In the studio I just want to make sounds withoutthinking about the possible audience. During the performances I´m justnervous, and Mira is performing, heh. But I am happy if even one personfeels he had got something of it. Maybe a will to make own music.
Q. Let´s just talk about the video - wherethe original footage comes from? How did you edited and did the finalmontage, music?
M: The main idea for me was to explore the combinationof video and performance. The situation of making the footage was aperformance itself. Then we edited it (ourselfs of course)to be a video.The show situation turns the same material as a new performance influencedby the present audience. Its all ways different and thats interesting.
Q. Just talk abou the sound - what´s the mainsound resource of the music, what can you reveal about your creative audio_process?
E: The sound is from various sources, there aresome recordings of radio´s ULA-waves, with beeping, noise and unknownforeign people speeking. I have sung a little bit, and sampled othercd´s. The source can be whatever. I´d
like to make a song of one word only, nothing else. Make it last nota second but few minutes. I like to think this music as a formof conceptualart. Though this cd I left out some weirdest songs, cause I thoughtthey would make people nuts or too stressed.
Q. Whats your most usual occupation besidesworking on sounds and video?
E: Now in an animation company, Im doing somephotoshopping.
M: Im building some models for the sets in thesame film. Its weird work, after eight hours of creating miniature equipmentfor torturing some puppets you feel like youre living in an other world
Q. Your live performance does feel kind ofweird and bizzare to me - distorted rhythm noise, aetherical femalevoice, strange bloody videoprojection plus lolita offering candies tothe drunk audience... what´s the idea behind, what´s the point - dada?any hidden message?
E: Maybe the message is quite underconcious.Maybe it is that there is no message in anything. Well, we were alsothinking about this girl in the video being sort of authistic, livingin her own world. Doing the same stuff that everyone, but in a moredisturbed way.
Q. Do you consider yourself to be a part ofany artistic movement? Are you working in a frame of any "culturalautonomous zone"?
M: I think now days its difficult to categorizethe artscene?
For me the main interest is uncommercial, halfanarchist conseptions Ending up to work with different people in differentplaces who share the same interest is best. I think its possible todefine this people as a movement together with squatters, activistsetc.
E: We also do have an art group in Finland calledKOI.
Q. What kind of music do you prefer in yourprivacy? Your top 5 (both your "all time stars"and "lastweek top five")
M: Actually Im crazy about Tango! Astor Piazzolais great for example. I also love some russian bands like Auxion,althoughthey lyrics suck sometimes Old jewish melodies, chipsy songs, musicwith strong feeling of being alive (or death) is my thing.
E: This time it is Tricky, P.J. Harvey, Björk,Einstürzende Neubauten, and a finnish band called CMX.
Q. Where can one find Enilas informatin onthe internet?
There are some songs on pragueindustrial.org.But nowhere else now.
Q. Your plans to the near future, is it trueyour debut cd will be released? Can you disclose who will take careof it?
E: I´t might happen early next year by a companycalled KaosKontrol.
Q. Your last week musical top-ten?
I have only one cassette at home, it is NineInch Nails. And at work mostly Björk´s Vespertine. At cinema ClockworkOrange´s soundtrack by Beethoven, and the music of Kill Bill. Thoughthe movie is not so interesting.
Q. Your favorite drink?
M: Im a Finka I love vodka ofcourse.
E: Coffee and red warm wine called glögi.
Q. Any question i forgot to ask?
Argh, I just want to send this fast, before thiscomputer freaks out again. thanks for the questions!
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