The Psychotic Monks, Lillie Creatures

0:10HostWelcome to Interceptor Beyond Podcast. My name is Arthur. And today, as you already read, we have the Psychotic Monks and Little Creatures recorded at the Club B72 in Vienna, Austria, right outside of the venue before and after the show. You'll hear it. What else? Julian, the photographer, was also present. We'll hear him on the recording. And what else? Oh, yeah. Before we dive into our conversation with this wonderful artist, I'd like to remind you about our upcoming live talk show. The Interceptor Beyond show, which takes place once a month at Arena Basel. And the next show is on August 12th. What is it? It's a late night talk show, a conversation with music industry professionals, pros, musicians, you know, survivors, and in front of the live audience. And I will also be playing music trivia games with them, but they don't win anything. You win. I mean, you, the audience. They play for you on your behalf. And one lucky audience individual will get all the cool prizes. You just need to have a cool, creative, sexy looking name tag so that one of the show guests would pick yours. I mean, we also have call for paper. If you don't have a name tag, you can write your name there in creative way, but you get higher chances if you come prepared and you bring your own name tag. So just your name tag in a creative way. August 12th at Arena Basel. So don't forget about to, you know, to follow our podcast on Spotify, YouTube or any other platform of your choice. And rate the show on Spotify and YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Leave a comment, whatever what they say. And also follow on Instagram at Interceptor Beyond. All right. Time for a talk.

2:01HostSo hi, guys, how are you doing? Like you've been touring. Where were you yesterday? In Czech Republic? No. Where were you yesterday?

2:43HostSo you I you don't feel I mean not stressed, not tired, uh, uh, nervous about it or tonight always. Yeah, always. We're always like kind of mix of afraid, stressed because we want to have a good time and to play good music and to also to discover new things each night.

3:26HostActually, you know, when I Googled, I want to Google it. Didn't. Oh, wow.

3:49HostThe schedule conflict.

4:08HostSo, but this time you had time, right?

4:47HostSo I was like, yeah, I mean, it's amazing. Okay. This is so cool. Okay. Is it stressful for you? Because we're like, you know, at least one person came here from far away.

5:32HostSo it's not real. We're like, we try to be confident, but we are always scared, but without any emotions, even if it's like this being scared, uh, it would be boring and not genuine, not real. Right. Do you have a communication during the, uh, concert performance? How, you know, how the improvisation is going? How do you know, how, what, what, is it the eyes? Is it the feel?

6:47HostBut do you practice the improvisation part at home? Or, I mean, I mean, or it just comes with experience of, of, of playing together for a long time.

7:27HostActually, you said the thing about the accident. And one of the reasons why I wanted to talk about with you is because, uh, like, you have three albums, right? Yes. Yes. Yes. Three albums. And you started quite traditional music. It was traditional music, kind of.

7:44HostAnd with each album you get, it become more free. And the theme of today for the evening is freedom, creative freedom.

7:52?Yeah.

7:53HostUh, the last album you released last year and you've done it like two years ago, because it took you like half a year to release it, to print the vinyls and all that stuff.

8:10HostLong time. What I mean is like long time. By the time it came out, you're already a different person, right?

8:15HostSo, with each album you were becoming more and more free in the music, uh, expression, right? Mm-hmm. So, first of all, a general question. Are there any borders in music creativity? Or if you have borders at the moment, what are they? And what's your current stuff that you're working on?

10:04HostYeah. And it's like, yeah, it was not so interesting to, to, to, to go too far. Like, uh, not with you, but with any bands, for example, they play, play, and then there's like silence and there's silence and that's it. And you're like, oh, this is amazing. We've never done this before. But for outsider, like, okay, I don't get it. I was not in you. I know, I'm not you, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, okay. So we can, okay. So there are borders. The border is to, uh, to make it, to make it accessible. Accessible. Accessible. Accessible.

10:38?Yes. I like to.

10:52HostYour pop, your most pop music will be just playing a normal song with a normal chorus, water's chorus, with the lyrics about love or something like this. This will be like the top. Yeah, yeah. You're going, but, but that's what people like about you, I think, is because you're not a conventional band. For example, I interviewed the place to bury strangers. Oh, yeah. And you're like really similar in that way. You like to experiment with sound, sonic space. Oh, yeah. Because that band and your band prove that it's not only about music. It's about, you can find emotions in sound, deeper inside, in between, in between the notes. Did you ever, have you ever played with them together?

11:41HostOh, I would, I think they would love you and to play like in the future, someday.

12:21HostLike on the last album, you played a little bit with electronic music, you know, that was unusual for you, but that's a, yeah. Thanks to the producer of the. Yeah. Or was it your idea? How, how was it?

12:49HostYou don't have to be afraid of pop, right?

14:09HostFrom the, still to be yourself, but trying something new.

14:55HostWell, the, the, the latest album sounds, I mean, I mean, all the albums are so amazing, but this is completely different thing, I would say. This is like, what are you working at the moment? Like, uh, I'm pretty sure you're already have like an album. Really?

16:36HostWell, it's, uh, the creativity is like, uh, breathing, uh, you breathe in and you breathe out. So you can't breathe out all the time.

16:46HostSo in your case, you, you, to keep the bands together, you need to have some space to recharge, basically. Recharge in your life, creative stuff, find stuff. Because when you're together, it's hard to develop in your own way.

17:00?Yeah. You get this.

17:02HostAnd for the band, you need it.

17:11?Yeah.

17:23?All right.

17:23HostSo, and okay. When the tour is over, you will have your, your, uh, relaxing holiday, kind of, I don't know. And, uh, do you have any idea when you're going to start making new music or you're going to be a little bit of solo, maybe a solo project? Yeah.

19:22HostLike, uh, last time you did it in the, uh, uh, circus. Yeah. Yeah.

19:26?Yeah.

19:27HostSomething, something that, that, that has so, you know, it is like, yeah. Yeah. From what, I mean, it's, uh, it, it, it will be a first time for me to see you today, to hear you today. Yeah. But from what I know, the live performance is really important. So, I guess in your case, it's music plus, uh, video or some, whatever.

19:45?That's, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

19:47HostYeah, definitely. Like a live album, this is like, this is your thing. Yeah. Because even the album is the recording of your jam sessions and improvisations and plus, you can, when you listen to it, you can hear that you want to see it. Live. Because you feel that it's, you're missing something.

20:05HostBut you're missing something.

21:01HostSo the next challenge is going to be how to translate your live performance to the recording. Yeah.

21:12HostOr under, after a long work. Yeah.

21:18HostWell, guys, I don't want to bother you too much. You need to play a show later. It's all right. What song should I play at the end of this interview? Your song. A good introduction to your band.

30:21HostLily Creatures. Nice to meet you. We're just recording right outside of BE72, right after your gig. Really emotional gig. How was it for you?

31:25?I don't mind.

31:27HostHow long are you doing this music thing? I think since... Let me give you a tip.

31:53HostWhat happened to Kemono?

32:15HostI mean, because Kemono was before, one year before Little Creatures. But in there, I could see your part in there. Like today, when I was talking to the people, everybody, not everybody, but a couple of people mentioned such musicians as Enya and Björk.

32:35?Oh, right.

32:36HostAnd what's everything, like the common theme is a connection to nature. We just say something like that, right? That's what I hear when I hear your music, right? Regarding Björk? Well, Iceland, maybe. Let's say, maybe, right? What was for you, you know, where did you get this nature bite?

33:12HostWhich part of Austria? There's a flat one, flat and mountain side.

33:28HostI can already feel your music.

33:37HostAnd I feel the base of your music there and your personality in there.

33:48HostThat's why you're using acoustic guitar.

33:55HostThat's why you have so many pedals.

34:07HostBut you need to explain to the people who don't know.

34:56HostPlus the overtones, the overtones, the layering of the sounds with the same... Yeah.

35:02?I don't know how to explain it. I'm a musician.

35:04HostBut with the same tonality and together they make a third.

36:02HostAre you looking for harmony or chaos?

36:09HostBecause I've seen your performance arts, you like to burn stuff.

36:23HostYou have a couple of videos on YouTube.

36:47HostIt's funny because you have dancing, dancing and then you have your... So, I mean, you have performance art, you have visual art, you make paintings and you have music. Right? And music comes into two, three sides, like the direction, would say. Right? So, not direction, but it started with kimono around and then you understand what you need. And little creatures came out and it's a nice combination of what works, what you like and what people like.

37:26HostWell, how did you feel today?

37:37HostWell, I can tell you what they can say. They can come to you, like it happens quite often and say like, you know, your technique. It's like, eh.

37:54HostOh, we enjoyed it. We were, we were, we were there, we were listening, we were upstairs.

38:01HostYeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Of course. We're gonna like, check you out.

38:05?No, it was good. I'm happy to hear it.

38:07HostSo, let's come back to the first original question of the nature, right?

38:24HostCreation or destruction?

38:53?So. I understand.

39:10HostDo you feel you have a better connection with acoustic music or with digital music?

39:40HostNo, no. I understand. I mean, it's a trick question.

40:09HostSo you want to be a shamanistic synthesizer.

40:16HostYeah. I can imagine you it's time to change.

40:25HostForget about acoustic guitar. No, but actually no, but really like, it was pretty cool. Like a combination of acoustic and digital plus you're using what's the name of the thing for the violin cello. The bow. The bow with the guitar combination of sounds. You explore the sonic landscape.

40:46HostThat's why you are like, uh, uh, one of the bands that I like, uh, regarding exploring music beyond the music.

41:28HostExactly. I mean, that's, that's how you should be. But, uh, you're alone. Uh, you're one person bands. Do you feel the pressure of putting your personality out there? Because you're looking for the sounds and it's like, are you making music for yourself or are you making music for people?

41:52?Both.

42:52HostCan you do the same with on a pop music level?

43:22HostWhere do you want to go from here, like from this point? So we, I have, when, when we listen to your music, we have influence of Middle Eastern, Eastern music, like the modules and stuff, right? So where do you want to go from here? Where, where, where's your...

43:43?Well. Yes.

43:56HostOnly on YouTube.

45:15HostDoes it matter where it's going to be based?

45:21HostBecause you're international.

45:24HostI'm thinking about the poor souls that will be stuck with you.

45:30HostImagine, imagine you make a band and go successful and like, fuck, we need to move to Japan.

45:59HostAnd now I'm talking about the like unpleasant, pleasant, unpleasant situation.

46:05?Okay.

46:13HostHow do you feel at the moment? You're wearing Eastern, Oriental, Oriental clothes, reds.

46:55HostAre you a safe person? I think you're a safe person.

47:02HostSo you're giving me a standard, uh, answer, but in reality you don't want safety. You want the excitement.

47:14HostYou know, it's like, it's like we're talking about relationship.

47:18HostSo you want something stable and safe, but boring? Or you want to have some fun, but it fucks up your personality and forever. But it was such a great memory.

48:08HostI think, uh, freedom is more important.

48:13HostFrom what I checked, because you only, not only do music, you only, you also do the, uh, visual arts, right? So you make paintings and stuff and based on your paintings, it's like, um, you like, you spread out your personality on the canvas, kind of. That's my immediate reaction. It's all right. It's the first time, just like I came to this conclusion now. Hmm. But it feels like you're, you need, you need your freedom. That's why you need, maybe I'm wrong.

48:51HostSo what are your plans now with all of this that we discussed? Are you, so you want to, you recorded already some music, right? Hmm. What's, what's next? You gonna make an album? Yes. Release it as a vinyl?

49:06?Yes. Yes. Yes.

49:08HostYes. Do you have a label?

49:12HostYeah. Talk to the, to, to the Psychotic Monks, uh, French label. If not, then talk to Austrian labels. I thought that you have two more countries, right? Japan and Teban, right? Okay.

49:38HostYeah. We have no restrictions.

50:24HostAll right. So you're looking for musicians, you're planning a new release and you're looking for a label in the country that suits you. All right. Cool. What song should I put at the end of this interview of your, your, your music, a good introduction to who you are?

50:40?Electric Sun.