Rabu, 05 Oktober 2011

INTERVIEW WITH DEADxALLEY


 OK This is my first post,an interview with Semarang Thrashcore unit DEADxALLEY, this is an old interview with them, almost one year ago,i have a plan to put this interview in my zine called Kamitotolen, a xeroxed janglish zine,maybe i will give story about my zine on my other post. due to the hiatus of that zine, i think it will be better if i publish this interview in this blog. This band consist by dedicated peoples, some of member  zine maker. Lots of stupid question here....enjoy it.....
1. your most comfortable dresscode to answer this interview and who answer these questions?
V : hello, i'm Vivid.. i ussualy wear "sarung" and "baju koko" to answer every such interview like this,
      and how 'bout you Ndut? what r u wearin' when you interviewed us?
N : a black T-shirt and a short in my own cut plus doc mart or sneakers
R : Hi, Ndut! Nice to know you, before i answer ur question let me introduce myself...I'm Riska 
      farasonalia, you can call me riska... Sometimes I'm working in photography studio, sometimes  
      studying English literature at the University. It ends on my mood!lol Well, i'll try to answer ur 
      question as well as i can :) I most comfort wearing a t'shirt and short pants when i answer u'r 
      question dude,so it will be nice dresscode right??lol
A : I'm Ilham a.k.a a tank,, well, it's a  raining season now, so I'm wearing raincoat.
L : I used to wear my ordinary suit!! That’s more comfortable than wearing the swimsuit on stage
     diving. Hahha.

2. Are all of you speed freak coz in my crappy dictionary thrashcore : play fast or don't, and your band name Dead Alley, so ride fast as fukk and dead on the alley is perfect match, do you love ride motorcycle? your maximum speed?
V : i'm not a speed freak enough, cos it's ok to me to listen another sludge or down tempo music in   
      my winamp, but to tell the people abut revolution is no need to take a long time like another 
      speech from your leader every 16th august in that fukkin MPR building, it will be too boring.  
      we'll tell you to the point without any blablabla... i love motorcycle cos i dont have and i can't 
      drive a car, and i have unlimited maximal speed.. :p
N : I don't like to ride fast on a motorcycle anymore after i've got an accident, crash a tree, so my max 
      speed is 50-60 i think
R : i think i'm not a speed freak, but i love motorcycle with my own maximum speed...that can make
      me feel so exiting coz it can make my heart stop beating!haha
A : I really love my motorcycle cos' it's the  only vehicle that I have, I ride fast  sometimes, but I have
      a motto for riding, it's   : "alon-alon asal klakson"
L: I’m not a speed freak. I also like listening and playing all around music that less slow than Thrash,
     It’s Okay. Actually, I really enjoy to packing the anger and our protest to the Fast Music.Yes I’m
     on  two wheels, but I won’t cares to speed when I ride, just go fukk. hhehe.lol

3. My friend from New Born Fire zine told me on his review that DxA is mix between the exploited and WHN? is it true? Coz i found it so ridicolous to mix a giant mohawk with bandana and flipped hat?
V : well, i do believe that every music in this world can be mix one another, try to listen Down I Go
      (UK), you'll find  a classical sound mix with chaotic and metalcore.HC/Trash and Punk is a close
      family genre, and its not very  difficult to mix them as one. And i never tell people what is Dead
      Alley, people will judge us but i will never describe or make a box of definition about what we
      are??
N :  you're confused, how am I??? i think our soul is punk but influenced by hardcore,coz we're
       surrounded of many ways of music. it's all up to you to define our music but for me dead alley is
       power beautiful fastcore,hahaha...
R: I think that the main influences are the bands we were listening when we just started (and gave me
     the will to play music), actually we are listening to a very large variety of music... From jazz to
     crustpunk. From electro to 70's rock. From grindcore to pop music. so there is no a big deal mix a
     giant mohawk with bandana and flipped hat,exactly, i think that is pretty awesome...No borders
     between styles!!! haha,
A : That is an effect, when 5 young people with under-average musical ability and their absurd
      musical influences formed a band just to show their existance hhhhh…. It feels good to see the
      disgust in their eyes
L : oyeahhh, do you know? We’d never describing our music, let the Dxa’ers (^ ^) describes like they
     want.

4. Do you have a split personality tend to schizophrenia, coz you have another bands, is one not enough or in another band you play emo slowly as opposite to fast dead alley?
V : Damn, is this a serious question?  uhm, you dont need to have two or more personality to make a
      different music or different bands.. Well, sometimes i feel angry, and its a good time to make a
      punk or trashcore songs about my anger, and sometimes i feel in love i will make a pop punk
      songs,.. well, i just feel unsatisfied if i just play for one band we will increase our knowledge by
      make another band but not for that kind of mainstream popular "Malayan" band, nope..and i dont
      have band that play slowly emo like what you said, but i have a plan with my friend to make
      down tempo sludgecore band, and i really really excited with shoegaze and post-core, well if you
      wanna join Ndut... hehehe :)
N : i think this question is belong to vivid or riska or marlin or atenk, coz i don't play in other band, :)
R : Yes. But that has nothing to do with Dead Alley. my sideproject female back up with some of
      female friends. our music is punk riot grrrl like bikini kill,the eyeliner,x-ray spex, but now it
      doesn't exist because there are some of personnels have their own busy activity so they couldn't
      consistent on that band. just for the moment i'm still focusing with Dead Alley
      neverthelesssomeday i'll make my own sideproject with my friends that like da-beat music so
      much...haha
A : I’ll establish a dangdut pantura group with some other friends who feel bored with rock music,
      and the latest info that I got, Nurul and Marlin are ready to be the vocalists, but they have one
      term : there will no tight tiger pants to use when perform..
L : Hmm..you don’t need have multy-personalities to play on another band or music, but I tend my
      self on schizophrenic personality.hoho. And I play some old school punk rock!! I’d never enough
      to live on one genre music.

5. i had bad connection with your city Semarang coz i broke with my girl friend from semarang who stole half of my life, so coz thrashcore is soundtrack of broken heart, isn't it right? tell us why your city is a wonderful place to live and scene report from there?
V : i'm not coming from Semarang, i'm study here for this 5 to 6 years, semarang now in my vein, it
      can't be separated from my life story, it is very hot in a middle of a day and very cold in some hill
      areas of semarang. there are many scene in semarang. Punk, Hardcore, Skinhead, Pop,
      Metalheads, from another kind of lifestyle, sometimes it will come a trouble  but it is fine because
      trouble is increasing our thinking to be a better scene,..
N : how pity you are,hehe, just kidding..yeah, i believe that every band is emo, coz they write their
      song from their heart, right???  I'm not from semarang ndut, i just ride for college life in semarang
      but semarang is very hot, not only the weather but the people too. i think, semarang is the biggest
      female scene city in java or maybe indonesia
R:  just because i'm not coming from semarang, so i just can tell you about this city as far as i
     know.semarang is very hot city, (i think many people have already know about that) with some of
     society tend of consumptive.  so that is unsurprised if there are many rich people who success
     make a good business in here,haha...if you're kind of guy who likes shopping with very down
     price, you dont anywhere market to buy something before you go to  pasar johar it's the biggest
     traditional market in semarang and i think the biggest in central java. if cheap you can down the
     price, you know that traditional market price you can down and the seller say yes you pay what
     you say (price), in traditional language said "ngenyang". smg juga banyak tempat wisata yg
     menarik untuk dikunjungi seperti lawang sewu is the famous place for the thousand doors and
     windows. You can spend ur time for holiday in here  I think semarang is not really different from
     the few other cities. it's really good, the societies stay active and keep on the fight  Everybody i've
     met was really invested in what they were doing, making lot of shows in a DIY way. That's
    great... I feel very well in the DIY scene cause it's really easy to communicate with people taking
    part of it. it's really good, stay active and keep on the fight.. Unpretentious and passionate people!
L : gotta failed?? Try again..hahhaha.Does Semarang is a wonderful place?? It only cause I born there
     and grows. Sometimes, I bore to get here..just leave me out to the London. hhehe There much
     scene like punk, hardcore, skinhead, metalhead, pop. Some scene are disappear, and others rises.
    And any of them gotta bad conection,  like problems. People says it called life, it must be problems.

6. Wolverine wear spandex supergirl wearing ultra mini skirt, mai shiranui ooooh,  do you love comic/manga of superheroes? whats your view on that thing from feminism perspective?
V : Manga? sometimes i read The Black Swindlers it is about Kuroshagi, a deceiver who deceive 
      another deceiver..  From feminism perspective? sorry, i'm coming from Mars not from Hell, ups
      from Venus i mean, kidding.. hehehe :)
N: honestly, I really regret it, but we live in a state where the sensual body of woman / a woman's
     body had been proven to be one of selling products. producers who use women's sensual to sell
     their products will sold because consumers are interested in the picture. so in this case there are
     two parties equally take advantage. and it is difficult to be changed
R : Nope, i dont really like comic/ manga of superheroes. i think the story always tell about black and
      white side so cliche seperti yang jahat akan kalah dan yang baik akan menang atau mimpi
      menyelamatkan dunia dari ancaman bahaya. i prefer reading kind of novels book such as
      adventures, detective, trilogy, comedy, or romance. ....
A : Yeah I like some, the last manga I read was Death Note, the story is about Shinigami The God Of
      Death. I have no comment for feminism, but I always love  woman faces on manga, they’re so
      beautiful!!
L : manga?? I’m not manga lovers, but I love to watch Bleach and Naruto.From Feminist
     descriptive??what’s that mean??i’m sorry, I don’t know where I shall to see from feminist
     perpective, is about the manga or somewhat??

7. Your Lyrics are short and some of you are zine maker who love to write page after page long column, is it enough to write one or two line or just say aaaaarrrgghhhh? is it any chance for us to hear one hour stop n go speech oration in Sludge emo core?
V : sometimes it is very difficult to write down what is in our mind and it just easier just to say
      aaaaaarrrrrrggghhh!well, you don't have a chance to hear that kind of music from Dead Alley, but
      just wait from my another band, hahahaha but who knows if someday, Dead Alley will change
      their music... haha
N : because to make short lyrics much easier than having to make long lyrics. just waiting dead alley
      will make the song  in one hour duration.  that's good idea but we'll be work hard to make it
R : I think this is not a problem the music with long or short of one when making a song. the most
      important is message that present the good lyrics when we playing music. dead alley lyrics is very
      short because we think we like theme of lyrics that brief, explicit,accurate and solid...haha,
L : sometime, “Aaargh” are enough to represent the meaning, but it also shall point about what it’s
     means. Waw…umm, I don’t event guess  to listening DxA on different music is only to longer the
      lyrics. But If you have a chance, so comes to talk with us. he

8. Law and economic a perfect match for capitalism, "strong" law make long lasting capitalism coz authority make it to fullfil their pocket with money and people with strong economic have a great position and bargaining against the law even can buy  law, so i know some of you studies on that two faculty, any view from you about this messy situation, and i think this is a neverending situation without solution?
V : yeah, it is neverending situation. so, the solution is "buy back the law".. hahaha. be a rich man and
      buy it back and give it back to everybody who need Law,gyahahahahaha... uhm, i never believe in
      my country and every nation in this world they created a law that can be break by theirself, its a
      stupid behaviour when you really believe that the law is created make an equitable social position,
      well you wrong!! well i study in accounting faculty, and just belive me that the best economical
      system now is syari'ah, hahahaha, it is the most fair system, you'll get what you give and every
      person   is controllabel by their faith to the God, and the angels will be a debt collector when you
      try to cheat.. OK? :p
N : we realized that we were involved in a field which is very closely with capitalism, but because I
      am studying in economics,  it will make me know what I should do to face grip of capitalism.
      especially in Indonesia which this mess was already very difficult   to turn it into a comfortable 
      place to live. but it's start from yourself, make a self revolution and then your community, by
      making zine,  food not bombs, DIY collective to make an alternative business, i think that's a great
      solution.
A : I think there’s so many people give the solutions on this issue, by pamflets, zines, journals or even
      their direct action.  But, this solutions is not gonna worked if “the poor” still believe that their life
      is doing alright, well they always fed   with the nationalism and patriotism, the things that doesn’t
      really important for their life.
L : yeahh..the mess up situation will never end. But the problems usually not point on the law, but it is
     on the law enforcer (penegak hukum).  Because they constituted to arrange the law constitution. If
     only the law maker is more capacited,  and not seen from one side of perspective of industrial
     needed, and private needed from the maker may the capitalism will not roots.  Today, in the law,
     people more interest on “How to wins” than the truth. The Laws is sells out, it one point why the
     law is also trapped on capitalism,  because of the profit that they looking for.

9. Why there's no punk farmer as far as i know in here, coz instead wear mask, walking bring the flag on demo march and the result is another photo in myspace, is it better wear mask and harvesting rice on the field, the result is rice that we can  eat on, do you love gardening ?
V : we live in the land of heaven (Koes Ploes said that), for every seed we plant here will produce
      good product of nature,  but this is a new modern life, and Hantam Rata said that "Modern Life is
      a Nightmare", every person will no longer   believe to their mother earth, they just believe in
      machine so called modern! as long as i know, you, me and every  person nowadays become
      victimize by modern life, and off course the revolution way is changing too, not only be a farmer
      but maybe by following a demonstration, it called revolution (haha), but it is to shamed when
      some people like my own friend follow the demonstration and wear a mask, yelling some
      revolution songs, but their basic purpose is just for SELF PUBLICATION!!Hey, i'm here bringing
      anarchy flag, i'm coooooooooollll!!!! fukk yeah!! anyway, i dont like gardening but my mom does.
N : i agree with you but we can't stop them who wants to be eksist in network sites. and about why
      there's no punk farmer, wear mask, walking bring the flag on demo march it's because they do not
      have enough time and energy to march against government,  they tend to think to cultivate their
      land, because if they march they will not get money to support his family.  I was quite sad to see
      farmers in Indonesia which is their welfare was neglected, but who else can give us rice than
      farmers??  I like gardening. it's diy thing
A : Well actually I do love gardening, but the problem is I don’t have area to do that, so I choose to
      make an animal farm. Punk is free to do what they want with responsibility, do march, gardening,
      drinking till puke, or sewing maybe? That’s their own choices.
L: I don’t like gardening, but my parent and my brother do. he Umm, I duno why more than activist
     punk is likes wear mask and stands among the demonstration than gardening. May it cause the
     protest is more cheaper than gardening which actually need the cost.hahaha Yeaghh..just like you
     said, hoisting a flag standing among the demonstration and taking a picture is  more cool than you
     uploading picture to your facebook or mypace where you in the garden and bringing a hoe. Hope
     that they really shout their opinion on  the demonstration than enjoying the camera.

10. Do HC/Punk too much complain and not grateful with what they've get,i.e: you can study on a famous college, not so worry with breakfast tomorrow or we don't follow Sex Pistol with lonely boy and must think about anyone else include animals? or we just fullfil our hole with pretend that we're punk so must struggle altough we have more privilages than anyone else?
V: HC/Punk fated to protest, i will not tell you a story where are HC/Punk was born right?? i think
     you  already know. struggle is something that has a thousand meanings, so what do you mean??
     every each person in this world has their own definition. Struggling is not just for HC/Punk, or
     may  be you think that HC/punk struggle for their economical life so they can't be in a college? i
     dont think so, every human have their own struggle individually, but when we talk about
     collectively, may be there will be one or two same reason we have to struggle collectively.
N : maybe complain is right. but depending on what they complain, could be about scene conditions,
      environmental,  social, political, etc. because not all  HC / punk have a (perfect) life like you
      mentioned based on your question.
L: As I believe HC/Punk is born to resist and protest which it become the part of HC/Punk it self.
     shall  we trapped on the same situation like now?? And the complain like you mean is some
     protest to reach the better life.


11. I never saw you perform on the stage, so with two vokills, what they do on the stage? speech oration then discussion or playing chess coz gary kasparov tell us very intelegent, you're not dumb don't you? and what happen to rest of the member?smash the drum, kick the guitar?? coz that punk enough dont you?
V : well, they do nothing exactly (sorry Lin and Roel), hahahaha, maybe they just speak one or two
      words and then we kick  the stage out again!!
N : waw, that' good idea, but we don't have much money just to pay off that broken drum or
      guitars,hehe...  me and marlin do a little oration and sometime we play card while we're
      singing,hahaha...
A : I didn’t know what they did, I was stoned and I’m busy playing with my instrument (fuck! I hate
     drop D!!)  I just hope they’d do a lip-kiss just like Madonna and Britney… hehe… Viva La
     Illuminati.. (well, I’m kidding)
R : Hard to describe coz i play a music in back of them, so i could't see anything in front of me. i'm
      so seriously with my playing   hard.haha, i just to know they scream scream and scream loud but i
      hope, someday both of them could jumping on wild mosh pit and  circle pit or stage diving...yeah!
      that's pretty awesome right??
L : hmm, the word that you tells so inspirited, but I prefer playing poker than chess, hhehe. It’s
     enough to shout one or more two words.

12. Nowadays disaster hits Indonesia simultaniously, what you or me have done or should do for that, coz we're live in the land with disaster threat, is not impossible someday the disaster will hit us, as athrashcore who love japanesse thrash and they survive, should we learn to japan again?
V : No!! we dont need to,... we have Mama Loren and Ki Joko Bodo right?? do you remember, in this
      early year when we was entering 2009, Mama Loren said thet there will be a catastrophy in
      Indonesia such as "litle tsunami" and earthquake, and the fact is we've got Situ Gintung tragedy
      and west Sumatera quake. heal Mama Loren!! heal!!
N : we are not able to avoid disaster, but with so many disasters that happened today, especially in
       Indonesia,  we should improve our mindset and behaviour, because many disasters caused by
       man himself.dispose of litter is trivial but the consequences of flooding. besides corporate parties,
       police and government should also more use their brain by giving the ban for entrepreneurs who
       want to build a mall,and that's rainfed areas, or forests are cleared only for their profit when the
       forests are the lungs of the world.  the point is to keep the balance of nature, what we take from
       nature we should be able to return.
A : People sets their own death, and now they’re frightened!!
R : i think the world condition is not ok.I think the world is really full, too much polution. maybe we
      need another  planet to be a second earth..hahaha, so we just can make a better world with a little
      change..
L : nope, we don’t need learns from Japan again. Safe your self from the disaster, hhaha. Love your
     earth, respect the place you alive.

13. HC/Punk world is commonly not fair, just like a whole new world coz nowadays many bands from abroad toured in Indonesia and on the other side i can use my finger of my right hand to count amount  of Indonesian bands who can tour abroad, and the more pathetic is  bands from abroad who come to tour to indonesia oftenly dont know if there's a huge HC/punk scene (thanks to myspace), so don't you think it's just same situation just like long time ago when our grand pa know about Beatles and copy it and the result is Koes Ploes?
V : according to me, they (HC/Punk bands from abroad) know that Indonesia has a huge HC/Punk
      scene, if they don't know they  will not came here. So, what is your question about??
      Scene,international HC/Punk bands or about Originality? it's too circulating!! anyway, its just a
      music, theres a litle originality here, every kind of music in Indonesia must be have  their
      influence in abroad, but the more important is the purpose of your music, coz it will bring your
      music to the highest degrees of music level. i mean, what are you playing music for??
N : i think the problem is money. if local band have enough money to go abroad for tour maybe we
      can be popular in abroad,hahaha...link is important thing too
R:  i dont know i think it could be fun if we do some abroad tour go outside from indonesia.but the
      important thing is all of us like  travelling to abroad..haha,  you know its so amazing when you get
      yourself in unpredictable places and conditions. found some new experience, meet new people,
      get new friends, see beautiful views. maybe first we can do a DIY split album project with many
      bands of abroad after we contact each other  through myspace.com. and we have an idea “hey
      dude how about split tour….sounds great….is it?”.  and we agree for do tour abroad as soon as
      possible certainly after all of us get holiday. so we will plan it and start to contact  some friends on
      abroad to make it real. so we did 50 gigs in different cities around abroad. hahaha...so simple as
      like that. we hope  and we're gonna make it true! :)
L: I think they know about Hc/Punk scene in Indonesia, is the matter why they choose Indonesia for
     the tour. And in the Hc/Punk scene also give no fair sometimes, the fact is not only about the
     foreign country tour, where they only like to be invited than inviting the other. Just like ain’t fair
     situation. Umm, does we talking in about the scene or originality??do you?

14. what is your goal or something to achieve when you starts Dead Alley or involve in HC/Punk generally? any view or ever imagine you will gain enough resources to keep your life movin' by living and practicing DIY ethic? got money from band and not  spend your entire month salary in a year to tour etc? or i.e yeah i studies law, i will be rich lawyer and i will spend my weekend in circle pit?
V : i never imagine that i can make money from this band, if i want produce money from music i will
      make a power pop teen band  like a Pee Wee Gaskins or Rocket Rockers, never imagine it. But
      sometimes to make a little "promotion" about this band  we need to sell some shirt of this band
      with low price off course. uhm, interpreneur life sometimes looks like DIY ethic,  hahahahahaha,
      cos you have to stand by your own, and i'll choose it coz i hate become a white collar worker!!
N : DIY ethics for me is the spirit to face life. in addition, diy ethics also influence my way of
      thinking of doing something. My goal in deadxalley just for fun and reduce stress, but there is
      another purpose is to share what's become of our complaints so far. we do not think to seek money
      from the band. educational background is quite important for me to get money now, but of course
      I'll never forget what is my root.
R:  We try to manage our band in a DIY and no-profit ethic/way cause it seems important to preserve
       a space where people don't come to the shows to just consume music and then go back home.
       Music can be a great way to meet people, to share feelings,   to share our anger, to question
       ourselves and the world surrounding us and maybe try to make our own communities a better
       places to live.   i think DIY is a way of thinking and acting. It's not only being independant in a
       financial way or starting your own record-label,   it is putting relationships on the first level.We
       are not part of the music business. We don't care. We are doing music because   we like it much
       more than any other activity. We are not “wannabees”. Personnaly, I don't give a damn about
       famous or selling tons of records.  I just want to meet exciting people who share the same passion
       as mine.Playing music is also a mean to travel and that's fantastic.  Doing both things you like the
       most at the same time! You are writing to people asking for help, then you meet them, you eat
       and in their house.  Wahou, this is just amazing. To me, that's what DIY is all about.
L : Hmm, I never guess to gotta much material profits, specially on money from this band, but I
      looking for non-material profits. Yeah I study on Law faculty  but I don’t even my self to be an
      advocate. I prefer want my self be the rich ambassador or entrepreneur who spent the week end
      enjoy on circle pit. Hhaha..   and I think the job can applied by DIY etic. By the way, does I say to
      applied my self on DIY etic, I prefer like LSDSFY (let someone else do something for u).hahahaha
  
15. I think its enough to annoys you, you can sleep well now,any plans for the future? make a garden, bungy jump while play playing short set, etc? your contact if people want to date with all of you?
V : i have a plan to make a social super big corporate to buy the license of Mc.D all around indonesia
      and i'll be the richest person in Indonesia, after 5 years i'll drop it down and make a big building to
      use as a venue for every gigs in this town, hahay.. :p for contact : www.myspace.com/deadalley
N : thanks for wasting your time interviewing us. plan ahead maybe we'll launch a new album or have
      a gig in somalia...
R : yeah i still have my own dreams there are a lot of plans in my mind that will blow up, i want to
      travel around the world.i want to stop as daily worker. i want see a better world. so many
      dreams……hahahahaha. the answer needs a long answer. its not a simple question i answered. ok
      make it shortly here, i think the world condition is not ok. and plans for Dead Alley now we
      prepare for the next album maybe split with another band and we have plan for tour in several
      places, i hope...Thanks for your patience, my friend, and thanks for your questions... That's
      fucking  cool to be in touch with a guy I've never met but someone I feel connected with...    Hope
      to meet you soon...
A : I just want to ask you a question : What is the meaning of Kamitotolen? Is that similar with
     Kamitetep? If they are the same thing, I want to know how to heal kamitetep cos’ I really feel hurt
     and tortured about this shit!  Try to saving and Buy your friend their dreams, I’ll wait for you in
     polewali mandar!
L : I have much plan for my future, anything like moving to London, making gigs in London to my
     friend’s Indonesian band, meet Jude Law, get the new terrain to live in my way and the people
      inside, do Backpacker to natural places, hhahaha

2 komentar:

  1. siiiip ndut. nice interview..
    ayo sering2 di update :)
    :fm: Dead Alley - mari membajak...:fm:

    BalasHapus
  2. wedew......thanx,masih kagok dit,liat aja tampilan,kering kerontang,fitur juga belum bisa ngaktifin semua,oh ya tar lagi gw posting itw ma Dissent...

    BalasHapus