Walk – GOD IN A BLACK SUIT Katarsis – THEN COMES SILENCE Rain – DUCTAPE Less Than Human – BESTIAL MOUTHS Give Me A Reason – SELOFAN Dreamtime – JYRKI69 feat ROSETTA STONE After Dark – DEATHDAY See Those Eyes – ALTERED IMAGES Like An Animal – THE GLOVE Just Like Heaven – THE CURE Temptation – NEW ORDER We Don’t Have To Dance – ACTORS Empty Shell – MINUIT MACHINE Tragedy For You – FRONT 242 Die Life – THE SOFT MOON Seconds – THE HUMAN LEAGUE The Cabinet – DAS KABINETTE Mascara Osiris – STILL PATIENT? Please(12″) – THE BOLSHOI Marian – POESIE NOIRE Brothers Grimm – DEATH CULT Mauritia Myer(12″) – SEX GANG CHILDREN Just Like Christabel – THE MARIONETTES
DJ Eric
DEAD CAN DANCE – Cantara FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM – The Tower GWENDOLINE – Audi RTT THE SISTERHOOD – Giving Ground ROSETTA STONE – Subterfuge SOROR DOLOROSA – Low End THE CHAMELEONS – Everyday I’m Crucified PLAY DEAD – Time CHRISTIAN DEATH – Figurative Theatre ALIEN SEX FIEND – I Walk The Line WHISPERING SONS – Midlife MOLCHAT DOMA – Ytohytb LEBANON HANOVER – Sadness Is Rebellion DRAB MAJESTY – Elipsis THE SMITHS – Girlfiend In A Coma
DJ De’Ath
Dark Allies – LIGHT ASYLUM Papillion – EDITORS Ritual – SHE PAST AWAY Sanctuary(Long vers) – THE CULT The Cutter – ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Dance With Me – THEN COMES SILENCE *R Boys Don’t Cry(reissue rmx) – THE CURE Gods Zoo – DEATH CULT Hong Kong Garden – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Bird Song – LENE LOVICH Threshold – DEAD CAN DANCE Wasteland (extended) – THE MISSION
DJ Eric
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN -Prolog/Feurio! DEPECHE MODE – Everything Counts (12″) FRONT 242 – Special Forces FIXMER MCCARTHY – You Want It DER PLAN – Commerce
DJ De’Ath
Spit It Out – IAMX Sparrows And The Nightingales – WOLFSHEIM Over And Done – DEINE LAKAIEN Fernes Lied – CALVA Y NADA *R An Honest Mistake – THE BRAVERY Der Mussolini – DAF Sexbeat – SEXBEAT Night Time – KILLING JOKE Spellbound – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
DJ Eric
LASSIGUE BENDHAUS – Automotive MINISTRY – You Know What You Are ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL – Invisible Touch NITZER EBB – Warsaw Ghetto POUPPEE FABRIKK – Youth
DJ De’Ath
Don’t Go – YAZOO Tear You Apart – SHE WANTS REVENGE In Shreds – THE CHAMELEONS Smash It Up – THE DAMNED *R God Save The Queen – SEX PISTOLS Heroes – LOVE LIKE BLOOD Deadman’s Autochop – SPECIMEN Rebel Yell – BILLY IDOL Totmacher – WUMPSCUT Headhunter – FRONT 242 *R Lucretia – SISTERS OF MERCY
Thanks to Tower Promotions, Eric, Basti, Frank, the Bunker crew and everyone who came along and made it a great night 😉
Bruder Des Schattens – POPOL VUH The Gathering – NOSFERATU Girls Float Boys Cry – CROSSES feat Robert Smith All Hallows Eve – KILLING JOKE Black No1 – TYPE O NEGATIVE Chosen Few – KREATOR Spookshow Baby – ROB ZOMBIE Grimly Fiendish (spic N span mix ) – THE DAMNED Black Hysteria – LOUD Mongoloid – DEVO Wytches – INKUBUS SUKKUBUS God’s Zoo – DEATH CULT Spellbound – DURAN DURAN Totenkopf – VERROTTET The Deepest Sleep – HIDDEN BY IVY Black Flower – SHAD SHADOWS The White Lady – ECHOBERYL Gloomy Witch – ASTARI NITE Skeletons – DENUIT Halloweenus (Batavia mix) – MINISTRY & BANANARAMA Bots – DAMIEN HEARSE On The Night Of Halloween – VOITH Red Scar – DUCTAPE Excess – PERTURBATOR Alone At Parties – PROMENADE CINEMA Devil Inside – INXS Ilusion De Luces(colds embrace) – LATHE OF HEAVEN Teenage Vampire – KILLING MIRANDA Lycantopia – MIGUEL AND THE LIVING DEAD Vigil – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Big Violent(single edit) – THE ULTIMATE DREAMERS A Burial Of Dreams – DECEITS Cram Back Inside – MOVMENT Suicide – MOONVAMPIRES Future – JUDITH Panic – THE NEURO FARM Cry To Heaven – CREEPER Dance Macabre – GHOST Body & Soul (2018 remix) – THE SISTERS OF MERCY Spiritwalker – THE CULT Zombie Werewolf – SCARLET & THE SPOOKY SPIDERS Mean Machine – THE CRAMPS Stay With Me – THE MISSION Lullaby – THE CURE Your Best Nightmare – LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT Skeleton Kiss (RIP mix) – TRAGIC BLACK It’s Halloween – SHADOW REICHENSTEIN Deception – THE CRUXSHADOWS Necromancer(kill shelter remix)- VASELYNE Nightmares – THE LAST DANCE
The Thing – JOHN CARPENTER Burn It All – WHO SAW HER DIE? Goth Music – UMBRA ET IMAGO Dust To Dust – ALLIE FROST Spider On The Wall – CLAN OF XYMOX Some Days – THE MOBILE HOMES Falling In Love – VOITH Run – SHAD SHADOWS Body Electric – ULTRA SUNN If We’re Young Again(single mix) – EMILY KINSKI’S DEAD Halloween(die krupps mix) – BABYCHAOS Dream Yourself Away – GIRLS UNDER GLASS The Floor – HOLLOWS Wake The Dead – THE DAMNED Goo Goo Muck – THE CRAMPS Pale Fire – PLAY DEAD The Defrost – SNAKE This Shadow – MAGGOT HEART No Cure For Madness – DEATH INDEX Coming Home – ECHO LADIES Music For Spies – SNOOPER Z Zachodu – BRAMY Valley Of Dreams – VELVET MIST Post Mortem Dialogue – TRAGIC BLACK Killer – BLACK ANGEL Genome – LATHE OF HEAVEN Sentimental Animal – RENDEZ-VOUS I Am Destroyed – HALLOWS I Was So Alive – FEARING Temptation – ANYTHING BOX Sex Doll(xavier swafford mix) – PATRIARCHY Claustrophobic – POLARLICHT Flesh – A SPLIT SECOND Be Mine (agent side grinder mix) – KISS THE WHIP Colour – ARMAGEDDON DILDOS In The Rain – VIOFLESH Horror TV – KANT KINO Nomi Song (Vince Clarke rmx) – KLAUS NOMI We Don’t Care(diorama we care rmx) – TORUL Lockdown Lovers – THE PSYCHIC FORCE Running To You(main mix) – PEAK FLOW Purgatory – STATE OF THE UNION Only Control(spetsnaz mix) – POUPPEE FABRIKK Caressing The Pale – MISERIA ULTIMA Female Grace – DARKNESS ON DEMAND Robotimierung(orange sector rmx) – DIE ROBO SAPIENS God Killer – C-LEKKTOR Not In Love – SEX CODE
Here are some video visuals I created for my last DJ mix which hopefully captures a gothic 80s dystopian creepy vibe 😉
0.02 Day Darkness – RITES OF SIN 4.00 Tomb Room – RITUAL HOWLS 07.16 Let’s Go To Bed – ARMAGEDDON DILDOS 10.47 Dance Of Liberty – DER KLINKE 13.46 O Blasphemy (twin tribes remix) – CURSE MACKEY 17.05 Never Existed – AGONISED TOO 20.30 Desire – PARADOX OBSCUR 23.39 Lips Like Sugar (way out west rmx) – ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 27.47 Abandoned Ghost (315 mix) – ALLIE FROST 32.06 Send Your Heart to The Riot (crux lies remix) – THE FOREIGN RESORT 36.12 Slaves – ACTORS 39.35 Lobos Ciegos – DUNKELWALD 42.19 Restless Souls – ATTIC FROST 47.49 Marian – DUCTAPE 51.55 For The Fallen – AFTER THE SUN 56.20 Your Master is Calling (Version II) – PINK TURNS BLUE 01.02.39 Chinese Black – THE NEON JUDGEMENT 01.05.59.Cold Kinski – EMILY KINSKI IS DEAD 01.10 .40 T.R.T – ECHO WEST 01.13.44 Leave Behind (Hollow Moon) – GHOSTLAND 01.17.12 My Darkling – HER OWN WORLD 01.20.21 Until Then – BATAVIA 01.25.14 Down We Go – THE BREATH OF LIFE 01.29.24 Svitaye Palaye – MORWAN 01.32.38 Blood Red Room – THE FLATFIELD 01.36.27 Behind The Rain – SOFT KILL 01.40.21 Fascist State – SINCLAIR NOIRE 01.44.40 Languish – SHROUDS 01.48.59 Junkie House – ELEKTROKOHLE 01.51.00 Dystopian Mirror – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE 01.54.19 Little Punk Thing – THE MARCH VIOLETS 01.58.08 Bleed For Me – WALLS HAVE EARS 02.01.15 Anhedonia – I AM THE FLY 02.02.53 Death Always Wins – LOYAL NOTHING 02.07.33 There Is No Heaven Only Hell – CALABRESE 02.09.58 Evil Eye – GHOULTOWN 02.12.08 Silent Hill – SEXBLOOD 02.14.42 Believe – THE ESCAPE 02.20.18 Firefly – STILL PATIENT? 02.25.36 One Hundred Years – STAR INDUSTRY 02.32.21 Gardyloo – GUTTERBLOOD AND BONNIE PRINCE BOB 02.34.50 War Dance (the ultimate version) – KILLING JOKE 02.38.15 Bleeding In my Arms – FRANK THE BAPTIST
Day Darkness – RITES OF SIN Tomb Room – RITUAL HOWLS Let’s Go To Bed – ARMAGEDDON DILDOS Dance Of Liberty – DER KLINKE O Blasphemy (twin tribes remix) – CURSE MACKEY Never Existed – AGONISED TOO Desire – PARADOX OBSCUR Strangelove (pain mix) – DEPECHE MODE Lips Like Sugar (way out west rmx) – ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Abandoned Ghost (315 mix) – ALLIE FROST Send Your Heart to The Riot (crux lies remix) – THE FOREIGN RESORT Slaves – ACTORS Lobos Ciegos – DUNKELWALD Restless Souls – ATTIC FROST Marian – DUCTAPE For The Fallen – AFTER THE SUN Your Master is Calling (Version II) – PINK TURNS BLUE Chinese Black – THE NEON JUDGEMENT Cold Kinski – EMILY KINSKI IS DEAD T.R.T – ECHO WEST Leave Behind (Hollow Moon) – GHOSTLAND My Darkling – HER OWN WORLD Until Then – BATAVIA Down We Go – THE BREATH OF LIFE Syayesh – MORWAN Blood Red Room – THE FLATFIELD Behind The Rain – SOFT KILL Fascist State – SINCLAIR NOIRE Languish – SHROUDS Junkie House – ELEKTRKOHLE Dystopian Mirror – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Little Punk Thing – THE MARCH VIOLETS Bleed For Me – WALLS HAVE EARS Anhedonia – I AM THE FLY Death Always Wins – LOYAL NOTHING There Is No Heaven Only Hell – CALABRESE Evil Eye – GHOULTOWN Silent Hill – SEXBLOOD Believe – THE ESCAPE Firefly – STILL PATIENT? One Hundred Years – STAR INDUSTRY Gardyloo – GUTTERBLOOD AND BONNIE PRINCE BOB War Dance (the ultimate version) – KILLING JOKE Bleeding In my Arms – FRANK THE BAPTIST
On my 24th anniversary I would like to dedicate this mix to all the Gothic, Punk, Rock and alternative music fans in Ukraine onwards to Victory and bollox to ruZZia!
Help Ukraine kick the scum from russia out, smash the Kremlin, smash the duma, smash communnazis.
That was quite cool and bizarre. Had a last minute request to appear at a secret party. Everything was paid for including a fee on the condition that no pictures were taken on the trip or at the event. All I am allowed to reveal it was at a large private house with its own underground ballroom, it was a masked ball, somewhere in Europe and no other specific details can be revealed as part of my contract. The last time I did anything similar was a few years ago at a medieval castle in the middle of nowhere in Northumbria.
Here is my setlist –
Carmina Burana – CARL ORFF Die Walkure – RICHARD WAGNER Masked Ball – JOCELYN POOK *R Face To Face – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES *R Weeping Song – CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES Gods & Monsters – LANA DEL RAY*R Frozen – MADONNA *R Go Your Own Way – LISSIE Summertime Sadness – DEATH IN ROME Forgone – DARKHER *R Solringen(First Flight of the White Raven) – WARDRUNA Return Of The She-King – DEAD CAN DANCE Ahi Tapu – LILI REFRAIN Montségur – HEKATE *R She Said Destroy – DEATH IN JUNE Fallen Angel – ENGELSSTAUB Dead Souls – SOPOR AETERNUS *R Marian – SISTERS OF MERCY Don’t Fall – THE CHAMELEONS *R In The Flatfield – BAUHAUS Spellbound – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Vampyres Cry – NOSFERATU Black No1 – TYPE O NEGATIVE *R Echolocate Your Love – VV Say Just Words – PARADISE LOST *R Dance Macabre – GHOST You Could Be Mine – GUNS N ROSES *R Ace of Spades – MOTORHEAD Love Song – THE DAMNED Holidays In the Sun – SEX PISTOLS Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) – THE BUZZCOCKS *R Love Will Tear Us Apart – JOY DIVISION Warhead – UK SUBS Working For The Yankee Dollar – SKIDS *R First & Last & Always – SISTERS OF MERCY *R Preacherman – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM Deliverance (sorcerers mix) – THE MISSION *R Away – THE BOLSHOI Just Like Heaven – THE CURE Christian Says – POPTONE An Honest Mistake – THE BRAVERY*R Papillon – EDITORS Love Never Dies Part 1 – APOPTYGMA BERZERK *R Call the Ships to Port (Club Version) – COVENANT Before The Rain – VNV NATION Tomorrow’s Sky – HOST Delight – SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS *R Ocean Feat. Dave Gahan (Dominatrix Remix) – GOLDFRAPP *R Die in the Disco – NIGHT CLUB Heat – NOUVO TESTAMENTO Wild Roses (Remix by Fragrance) – PRAYERS Lovesong – KAT VON D *R Not In Love – CRYSTAL CASTLES (feat Robert Smith) Become The Lies – THE SOFT MOON Kiss And Swallow – IAMX Rituel- SHE PAST AWAY We Don’t Have To Dance – ACTORS *R She’s Lost Control – THE COLOURS OF SILENCE Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY Rain- DUCTAPE Storms – PILGRIMS OF YEARNING Death Rides – THEN COMES SILENCE Society of Spectres – GRAVE PLEASURES *R Patient – CORPUS DELICTI Greensward Grey – CINEMA STRANGE Condemnation – IKON *R Skeleton Hands (Làmhan Craiceann) – LEPER We All Rise – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Death Reflects Us – BEASTMILK The Heinrich Maneuver –INTERPOL *R Faster – MANIC STREET PREACHERS *R Heaven’s Descent –VOLBEAT Right Here In My Arms – HIM*R Radio – RAMMSTEIN Lord Of Chaos – KILLING JOKE Sid Vicious in a Dress –POWERMAN 5000 Dead Souls – NIN *R Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – GREEN DAY *R Kuss Mich – IN EXTREMO Lugner –TANZWUT*R Ring Of Fire – SCHELMISH*R Omnis Mundi Creatura – HELIUM VOLA White Wedding –ARDOR Ecce Gratum –QNTAL *R Faerieland – ENGELSSTAUB Beautiful People – MM *R Word Up –GUN *R This Is Not A Love Song –PIL *R I Want Your Love –TRANSVISION VAMP *R Monkey Gone To Heaven –PIXIES World Shut Your Mouth –JULIAN COPE Gangsters – THE SPECIAL AKA One Step Beyond – MADNESS *R Lip Up Fatty – BAD MANNERS *R Three Minute Hero – THE SELECTER *R Liquidator – THE SUNSHINE BAND The Conqueror – THE VALKYRIANS*R Could You Be Love – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS *R Tom Hark –THE PIRANHAS *R The Lunatics – FUN BOY THREE Electricity – ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK *R Is It A Dream – CLASSIX NOUVEAUX Girls On Film – DURAN DURAN *R Don’t You Want Me –THE HUMAN LEAGUE Running Up That HilL – KATE BUSH *R Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) –EURYTHMICS Life’s What You Make It –PLACEBO Goo Goo Muck – THE CRAMPS *R Tomb Mau Mau – VAMPIRE BEACH BABES Miss Take –THE HORRORPOPS Miss Murder –AFI *R One More Nightmare – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM *R Wicked Game – HIM Year Zero – GHOST BC *R Sanctuary(long) – THE CULT *R Vagabonds – NEW MODEL ARMY A Forest – PEELING GREY All That I Wanted –BELFEGORE Gabrielle –HANDFUL OF SNOWDROPS*R A Day – CLAN OF XYMOX Atomic – BLONDIE *R Freedom Of Choice –DEVO *R No More Heroes – THE STRANGLERS Pet Sematary –RAMONES *R Cry For Love – IGGY POP Rebel Yell – BILLY IDOL Dragula – ROB ZOMBIE *R Enter Sandman – METALLICA *R Dig Up Her Bones –MISFITS *R Trigger Inside –THERAPY? Roots Radicals Rockers And Reggae – STIFF LITTLE FINGERS “R My Perfect Cousin – THE UNDERTONES Love Like Blood (version) – KILLING JOKE *R Dominion / Mother Russia – SISTERS OF MERCY *R Wasteland – THE MISSION *R Why Can’t I Be You – THE CURE *R Shine On – THE HOUSE OF LOVE The Cutter – ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN This Charming Man – THE SMITHS *R Temptation – NEW ORDER Mad World – TEARS FOR FEARS *R Adrenaline – ROSETTA STONE Care Of The Devil – DREAM DISCIPLES Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy – SUSPIRIA*R Sex Dwarf – SOFT CELL Personal Jesus – DEPECHE MODE *R Pale Shelter (Ginger Snap5 Rx) – TEARS FOR FEARS Du Hast – Rammstein *R End Of The World As We Know It – THESUICIDE MACHINES
Outro The Sound Of Silence (Pure Version) –GREGORIAN Invitatorium: Deum Verum – PSALLENTES Nothing Else Matters – GREGORIAN Marche Funèbre –CHOPIN
Here is the seventh of my series of interviews with people involved in the Gothic and Alternative music scene and to get an understanding in their own words how russia’s war of war crimes against humanity is impacting people just like you and me in Ukraine. For my seventh interview I am happy to have an interview with Ginger Snap5 an electronic music project from Ukraine. GS5 combines a hybrid of dense electronic music, breakbeat, upbeat EBM with glitchy Future Pop. Ginger Snap5 is also known as a remix producer.
Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your involvement in the Goth/alternative music scene, so for how long, what you do?, Your 5 top favourite bands?, films, books? etc? Hi there, Well, such questions… So maybe I should begin from the early 90s and the fact that i’ve discovered music as a passion when I was 8 years old. When I was in middle school, I started trying to learn electro guitar, so I think it was the beginning. When I was in middle school, I started trying to learn electro guitar, so I think it was the beginning. I have an old my dad’s electro-guitar and I’ve made my first fuzz and distortion pedals by schemes from magazines. Later we made a band with my friends, then another band, and another and another. I’ve played, hard-core, nu-metal, black metal, alternative rock, industrial, and grind-core. So in 99, I started to be interested in goth culture. Then I started discovering other music. Somewhere between 2002-2003, I left the last band I played in and decided to make music that was something new to me. This way I’ve created Ginger Snaps. Yeah, you didn’t ask, but I’ll tell about this moment with “5″ in the Snaps. The original name of my musical act is Ginger Snaps. But when in 2003 I wanted to make a custom MySpace profile URL, it was already taken, so I changed the last “S” to “5”. Over time, this name stuck and I decided to use it for the official spelling. But, it pronounces like Ginger Snaps. I hope many of the guys are breathing a sigh of relief now. I still often receive this question 😃 Okay, where we stopped? Oh yeah. Well, since 2003 I’ve experimented with different styles and as you know a huge part of it was future pop. After the “Against the days” album I decided that with this kind of music, I’ve done everything that I wanted. I signed the label I dreamed of since 2006, I’ve made a lot of remixes and declared myself to the world. So it was time to move on. I was tired and bored of future-pop and that kind of music, all that romantic and melancholic stuff. I wanted to make something powerful and much more aggressive like in my teenage years. I went back to my musical roots, so to speak. Ginger Snap5 has transformed again and now sounds the way you know it. As for music, I don’t limit my range of musical preferences. It really depends on my mood, season, weather, etc. A lot of factors. It can be Mylène Farmer, Chvrches, or Swarm, Die Antwoord, Dope D.O.D, Sleaford Mods, Ho99o9, Biohazard, Turnstile, Bad Omens, or Same Old Sean, who I’ve been listening to the last few days. If you’re really into music, you just can’t have one or five fav bands. About movies, since my childhood I’ve been a real movie buff and a huge fan of the 80s and 90s movies. Perhaps this is due to the fact that our basic tastes and preferences are formed at a young age, up to about 18 years old. Yeah, the most part of them are naive, but they have some magic and warmth from color correction to OST. It was the best age of cinematography What about books, I am a huge fan of the legendary Mr. Stephen King. I just adore his works so much (i have a tattoo of some of his gems), pure and endless love. I will really miss his presence in this world when the time comes and he passes away. What do you miss most of all since russia started a full scale war? Hmmm… I miss the safety and lightness of days. Miss the sea… Our beaches and coast are mined and close. Miss nightly parties and walking, we have a curfew that started at 11 pm and till 5 am. I miss inspiration, the war eats it up and leaves you totally empty… I miss life before the war. And miss the days when russian shit stayed fucking out of your life, and boiled in its own personal shit in its own “swamps”. Could you tell me in your own words how the full scale war being carried out by russia in Ukraine has affected your life? Oh, I’ve answered the question so many times so I don’t know what more to add. Well, the first few months of the war were in a constant state of anxiety but without panic, when you don’t leave your laptop, watching the news and monitoring many sources at once, tracking different things that change every 10 minutes. Awaiting attempts to seize Odesa. Since I signed up for the territorial defense on the first day of the war, I was constantly waiting for an sms or phone call with instructions on where to go to receive weapons and take up positions. I lost my main job so I started to devote more time to music to vent my hate and anger through creativity. With time and the victories of our army, calming began to come. You just believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and donate to their needs. It really helps to calm down in moments of panic. It’s like meditation. The main thing is not to panic, as panic does not help, but only worsens the condition. How do you feel towards Russians after they have invaded Ukraine? Well, in the middle of the 2000s, I lived in moscow for some time. So I know them from the inside and I hate them these days. Under the guise of comfortable and innovative life, medieval barbarians are hiding who are enemies to each other, who are ready to rob each other, to kill each other over a trifle. They are total scum and headfuckers. After 2013 I hate them with a multi-proportional hatred. After Feb 24, 2022, my hatred is seasoned with rage and anger and I wish them generations of suffering. They have to pay with interest for everything they’ve done. What worries you have most about russia’s war in Ukraine? I am concerned that the world is so infantile about it. Everybody is afraid of Putin and is hesitant to help… Haven’t we done enough to show that it is not necessary to be afraid and try to calm the rabid beast, but to fight and keep the promises of security that were made to us? Did World War II teach us nothing? “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” At first, when we needed help, the world just watched, dressed in yellow and blue (“yeah, it really helps, thanks!” – no, it doesn’t fucking help, like in that meme “We need support! – you’re doing great”). Except for Britain, Poland, and the Baltics. Without that help, it would have been much more difficult for us… I am worried that generations of Ukrainians have been disfigured because of this. Some lost their homes, some lost their loved ones, some lost their parents, some lost their entire families, and a terrible number of people were killed under torture. I’m concerned that the russians and putin might get away with it. The World is too weak and scared to help us to deal with it. That’s what I am most worried about. What are your hopes for the future? I hope for the soonest undisputed victory of Ukraine, after which russia will be demilitarized with a ban on weapons production under the close supervision of international monitors. Will disintegrate into individual states that were occupied. And the miserable remnant that will remain of russia will be isolated and boycotted by the world as much as possible and it will return to the dark ages. What more help would you like to see countries give to Ukraine? Offensive weapons, a fucking lot of offensive weapons. Fighter jets, tanks, artillery, supplies. Is there any more acton that you would like countries to take in regards to russia? I want countries to stop being pussies and start behaving like “world sheriffs” who keep order. They know what they must do. The rest I have already described earlier. What do you think about russia bands playing gigs in Europe whilst their country is carrying war crimes in Ukarine? They should be banned. Concerts and visas should be canceled (I’m surprised they haven’t been canceled yet). Ban any russian from entering any country outside of fucking russia. The world does not yet understand that every russian in their country is a pretext for invasion under the guise of protecting russians.
The Ballad of Mariupol – ROME The Last Beat of My Heart – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Love Will Tear Us Apart – DEATH IN ROME Elemental Cry – HEM NETJER Quis Est Deus – QNTAL Kind of Pain – IAMNOONE City of angels – LADYTRON Pyrexia – CLAUSTROPHOBIA Heat – NUOVO TESTAMENTO Heavy Sleep Heavy Heart (systr remix) – SANG FROID Strange World (dark side exclusive vers) – PARADE GROUND House of Love – HOUSE OF LIGHT Hatefuck – NEW TODAY Nightmare(the coventry remix) – TANKS AND TEARS Following You – WOLFSHEIM Inside – PARADISE COVE Pickity Witch – LOVERS/DECEIVERS It’s Not All About You – SEQUENTIAL ZERO She’s Lost Control – THE COLOURS OF SILENCE Snake Skin – BODY OF PAIN Memorabilia – GIRLS UNDER GLASS The Echo – CORLYX The Secret – DIARY OF DREAMS Hollow Eyes – MARK E.MOON Feeling RuZZian(Fascist)? – LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT The Foreverlost – VV Down To The Knees – THETRUE FAITH Fur Immer – URBANDONED Platzwort – VLIMMER Run Away – WORN OUT Requiem For The Sun – A CLOUD OF RAVENS Bless The Dead – REPTYLE Storms – PILGRIMS OF YEARNING Convulsions – THEN CAME THE RAIN At The End – MYDIAN GALLERY Visions – SAIGON BLUE RAIN Post-History – AUTOBAHN Alone in A Room – THE MEDICINES Not Another Vampire Song – CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES L Mhan Craiceann – Skeleton Hands – LEPER Nowhere Street – TOURDEFORCE Magico – MADRE DEL VIZIO Kahin – PHOSGENE GIRLS Beacons – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Vast Spaces – I-YA-TOYAH Atrocity (feat Elxir , neilio hextapes) – VVMPYRE Like A Bad Girl Should – SHE PLEASURES HERSELF Angel – VAZUM Spellbound – VELVET KILLS
Dedicated to all the brave children, women, men, aid workers, journalists, musicians, sportsmen, doctors, nurses, politicians, foreign volunteers and members of the Ukraine armed forces who have been murdered, killed and maimed by the terrorist state of ruZZia.
Here is the second of a series of interviews with people involved in the Gothic and Alternative music scene and to get an understanding in their own words how Russias war of war crimes against humanity is impacting people just like me and you in Ukraine. For the second interview I am very happy to have an interview with Garden Krist.
Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your involvement in the Goth/alternative scene, so for how long, what you do?, Your 5 top favourite bands?, films, books? etc?
We play in different genres, and gothic has also been present in our work for a long time. We’ve been on the scene for 7 years now, and during that time we’ve released a lot of dark releases in the genres: industrial, ebm, darkwave, post-punk, etc. Now we are working on electronic dance music and playing techno in rave clubs in Ukraine. Undoubtedly, our group has influenced and continues to influence the development of the Ukrainian scene as a whole.
We love cinema very much. Among the most favorite could be: The Matrix, American Psycho, Climax (2018), Eyes Wide Shut
Books: Jack London, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Douglas Bradbury
What do you miss most of all since Russia started a full scale war?
Inner peace and nightly activities without a curfew.
Could you tell me in your own words how the full scale war being carried out by Russia in Ukraine has affected your life?
With the outbreak of the war, we began to live differently: power outages, a rise in the price of everything necessary, anxiety appeared, we stopped planning – we live in the moment.
How do you feel towards Russians after they have invaded Ukraine?
Since 2014, we have severed all ties with Russia. Nothing has changed so far.
What worries do you have most about Russia’s war in Ukraine?
What worries me is that the war will be for a long time and will bring many deaths. Also, women leave Ukraine en masse for other countries, leaving their husbands and families.
What are your hopes for the future?
Ukraine will emerge victorious from this war, and we will all be able to return to a quiet life again.
What more help would you like to see countries give to Ukraine?
Europe is already helping our country a lot in any way it can. Our citizens are grateful for this and appreciate it very much.
Is there any more acton that you would like countries to take in regards to Russia? More sanctions.
DJ De’Ath – Please show some love and support for Garden Krist from Ukraine by buying their music and following them on social media.
Here is the first of a series of interviews with people involved in the Gothic and Alternative music scene and to get an understanding in their own words how Russias war of war crimes against humanity is impacting people just like me and you in Ukraine. For the first interview I happy to finally have an interview with DJ Featon who responsible for various Gothic activities in Ukraine including the Gothica magazine and organizing festivals and gothic parties for people to attend.
Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your involvement in the Goth/alternative scene, so for how long, what you do?, Your 5 top favourite bands?, films, books? etc?
Gothic in Ukraine is my magazine 🙂 Joke. I do a lot of things. It all started somewhere in 2004-2005. At that time I was publishing the gothic fanzine “Dark Culture”. 13 issues were published and then I closed it and started working on a professional “Gothica” magazine. At the same time, I was the editor of the Ukrainian Gothic Portal, helped organize the annual Children of the Night festival. Then I organize a lot of parties and founded several festivals. The largest is a three-day open air of industrial music – Energy Open Air (from 2010 to 2013). And its one-day club “brother” Winter Energy festival, which was also founded in 2010, is still alive. Since 2009 I performed at various events and festivals as dj Featon, and since 2010 with my EBM project T44 (currently frozen). That’s in short. I still like to take pictures as a concert photographer. It is difficult to name the five most favorite bands, sometimes the accents change. But the number one band for me was and will always be Pink Floyd. I love the atmosphere of books by Murakami, King, and Max Frai. But number one is Tolkien. As for movies, action and art house are also different. Lynch, Barton. Spielberg, Arоnofsky, Villeneuve.
It was not directly in the question here, but if they ask me what Ukrainian I can recommend. There are a lot of interesting musical projects – Onuka, DakhaBrakha, SadSvit, Stas Korolyov, Ragapop, ZwyntarS and others.
What do you miss most of all since Russia started a full scale war?
Safety, of course. It is calmer now, but in the first months of the war, russian troops constantly fired missiles at the territory of Ukraine. Sometimes the air alert could be 10 or more hours a day.
Could you tell me in your own words how the full scale war being carried out by Russia in Ukraine has affected your life?
I live in the center of Ukraine in the relatively safe city – Cherkasy, so so far the war has not directly affected me. But today, at the beginning of December, the russian authorities are making constant attempts to destroy the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, so we have to be without electricity for part of the day. Just today, russian troops fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine, 60 of which were shot down by air defense.
How do you feel towards Russians after they have invaded Ukraine?
This war was not unexpected. We have been counting down this war since March 2014, when russian troops seized the Crimean peninsula and began military operations in eastern Ukraine. What was the reason for this? First of all, the Russian leaders suffered a defeat in Ukraine after their protégé Yanukovych fled the country after the Revolution of Dignity. But the Russians had been planning the seizure of Crimea for years, so it was not a spontaneous operation. I have personally been to russia many times and I remember that there was anti-Ukrainian propaganda on central television back in 2007.
Regarding the russians, I can say that I feel only contempt that they turned out to be such worthless people who did not find the strength to resist evil. This is not to mention a large part of the population that fully supports this war. And those who fight and kill people in Ukraine are war criminals. So they will have to rake up the contempt of civilized people for decades.
What worries do you have most about Russia’s war in Ukraine?
What worries me the most is that Ukrainians are dying, both military and civilians.
What are your hopes for the future?
Hopes are simple. The first thing is to liberate the entire occupied territory of Ukraine, and then build and develop the country.
What more help would you like to see countries give to Ukraine?
The main thing is constant military aid, without it it will be difficult for Ukraine to win the war. russia has a lot of resources and has already “put everything on the line”.
Is there any more action that you would like countries to take in regards to Russia?
I don’t have all the information, but at least the economic sanctions could be tougher. The tenth month of the war, and Russian banks are not disconnected from SWIFT.