{"id":16774,"date":"2022-03-07T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16774"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:05:12","slug":"andrew-liles-experimenting-with-the-idiopathic-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/andrew-liles-experimenting-with-the-idiopathic-renaissance\/","title":{"rendered":"ANDREW LILES – Experimenting with the Idiopathic Renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Which was your original mission upon deciding to compose music?<\/strong>

Like most people when they started making music I was a teenager, so there was no mission or message for the world. I was fumbling in the dark. My original mission was to become a rock god. I’m probably still fumbling in the dark, I’m definitely not a rock god. Everyday is a learning process. There is no message, no grand plan. I just want to make original and interesting music for myself and my listeners. Many of my releases are deeply theorised or reference my own life and the wider world, but I don’t tend to advertise that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. What type of music gear<\/strong> do you use for your recordings and live recordings?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guitars: Jackson RR7, Gibson Explorer, Epiphone Les Paul, Gibson Flying V, BC Rich Warlock, Tanglewood Warload, Danelectro \u201959 12 string, Kimbara 12 string, Tokai Thunderbird.

Hardware: Violin, Mandolin, Banjo, Saxophone, Cymbals, Gongs, Alesis Sample Pad Pro, DOD guitar pedals, HX Stomp, Numark NDX 400, Korg Controller. SH101, Sirius, prepared piano, 4 track tape recorder, various radios.

Software: Korg, Adobe Audition, Arutria, Kontakt, East West, Urgitone, UVI, Reaper, Bias FX, Amplitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. IDIOPATHIC RENAISSANCE is your latest music album, which was the influence behind its recording?<\/strong>

I have a fascination for antiquated and obsolete recording devices and formats. This recording is based on Polyphon discs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Polyphon is a disc-playing music box, a mechanical device first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke. I also have a fondness for tinkling chiming sounds – the Polyphon tinkles with a special charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Does the dark atmosphere of the album IDIOPATHIC RENAISSANCE reflect your feelings during the recordings?<\/strong>

I don’t think it is especially dark. I guess my music is abstract in its design and tone, which could be interpreted as ‘dark’. That said, I am not about to make a happy-go-lucky love song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Which is the meaning behind the title IDIOPATHIC RENAISSANCE?<\/strong>

I had an idiopathic allergy some years ago. It was pretty bad, anaphylactic shock and hives all over my body. I had it for about 2 years then it went. It disappeared for about 7 years, but returned briefly in early 2021 when I was making this recording. So that’s where the title comes from, it was idiopathic and a return. Thankfully it has gone again now. 

6. How did you manage to create the strange percussion sounds in your album?<\/strong>

It is probably a technique I have developed using ideas of hocketing – which, if mixed right, gives the sounds a unique degree of separation. This stuff just flows out of me using techniques and tricks I have developed over the last 35 years, I never really remember how I construct sounds, it’s a flow of consciousness. So in short, it’s a culmination of practice, luck and technique. I wouldn’t be able to give you a specific tool or VST or plugin that I used, as I use many, sometimes all at once and I generally never ever use a preset sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Have you ever thought of any lyrics that would represent each track of this album?<\/strong>

No. I tend to create instrumental music. When I do use voices it is narration and generally in a language I don’t understand. I see voices and singing as sound palettes rather than lyrics or poetry with a message. Even songs I have known all my life I still don’t know the words. I focus on the overall sonic design rather than what anyone has to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. How did you decide to collaborate with Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ)?<\/strong>

I’m a BIG fan of Rotting Christ and Sakis and I were in touch through a mutual friend, and from that initial contact it just evolved. I appear on his new solo album narrating. So I think there is some mutual respect for one another’s art. Hopefully we will continue working together in many different capacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Do you prefer working as a remixer or as a musician and how each role changes your perspective about music?<\/strong>

I approach all elements of making music the same way, I try to create the best thing I can. Most of my remixes contain little or none of the original recording and are primarily my compositions anyway. So it’s kind of like making my own song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. What about your next music plans?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMING IN 2022 \/ 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APRIL: CULTURAL STUDIES MODULE 1. (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUNE: MORAL NIHILIST PART FIVE (SALVATION DELUSION) (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEPT: CULTURAL STUDIES MODULE 2. (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOV: MORAL NIHILIST PART SIX (NEITHER DOES NOR DOES NOT REAPPEAR) (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TBD: OBJECT FAILURE (LP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FEB: CULTURAL STUDIES MODULE 3. (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARCH: MONOCHROMATIC \u2013 VOL. 10 (CD-R AND SIGNED BUSINESS CARD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARCH: MONOCHROMATIC \u2013 VOL. 11 (CD-R AND SIGNED BUSINESS CARD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARCH: MONOCHROMATIC \u2013 VOL. 12 (CD-R AND SIGNED BUSINESS CARD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monochromatic Vol. 10, 11 and 12 will be released simultaneously. Vol. 12 will complete the monochromatic series of releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAY: MORAL NIHILIST PART SEVEN (CD-R AND LATHE CUT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JULY: MORAL NIHILIST PART EIGHT (CD-R AND LATHE CUT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moral Nihilist Part Eight will complete the Moral Nihilist series of releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEPT: INCOMMENSURABLE MAGNITUDES II (\u0412\u0415\u0427\u041d\u041e\u0415 \u0412\u041e\u0417\u0412\u0420\u0410\u0429\u0415\u041d\u0418\u0415) \u2013 (DL + 24 CD-R BOX SET)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOV: WITHOUT WISDOM (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FEB: THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF DIGITAL FEUDALISM (DL + LATHE CUT + CD-R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liles @ Instagram<\/a>
Liles @ Bandcamp<\/a>
<\/strong>www.AndrewLiles.com<\/a>
andrew@andrewliles.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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