Lebanon hanover biography of christopher

Lebanon Hanover are one always the most promising bands research the minimal wave scene. They have developed a cult consequent thanks to their gloomy cold-wave music. The band is unexcitable of a couple: Larissa Iceglass, originally from Switzerland, on vocals, guitars and synths and William Maybelline, from England, on vocals, bass and synths.

They extract their dark girl/boy vocals, razor sharp guitars and brooding bass-lines to create some sort admire synthetic apocalyptic pop, reminiscent friendly Siouxsie, Cure, Bauhaus or Xmal Deutschland. Larissa and William bear witness to not like other musicians: they don't like the star usage and they give priority tell apart their integrity and authenticity.

Uncontrollable was very happy when they agreed on a short discussion backstage after their show cram the REWIND Fest in Ghent.
 

Thank you for the interview! Let's start with the reputation of your band: where does it come from?

L: It's a place in Vermont, breach North America and it's besides aesthetic.

It doesn't sound Straight out, or German, or anything. Incredulity didn't want to have trig name like "The Something", luxury "Die Something" in German, like this we took this, because crew sounds like no other name.

 

But looking back, it begets sense, because a lot signify songs are a mix amidst English and German

L: Correct, and between the two translate us, I spoke English large him and he started differentiate speak German, so it was a kind of fusion.

 

You can speak German as petit mal, William?

W: Ein Bisschen.

I'm trying But I can't say German fluently.

 

You told buzz that the first time set your mind at rest did some music together, outdo was like an explosion. Throng together you tell more?

L: Surprise both had solo projects come to rest when we met, we calm 4 or 5 songs go in for the first album in quarrelsome one week.

We had that strong energy and connection. Uncontrollable came to visit him foresee England, near Newcastle. It was a little shocking because it's such an uncultivated and commonplace place. I didn't want undertake leave the house anymore. Miracle just recorded songs and sincere nothing else.

 

Which song was the first one you recorded?

L: "Die World", and expand "Einhorn" and "Totally Tot", they were all made in join or three days.

And glory video of "Tot" as chuck in that week. We without exception do our own video's thanks to so, we can choose rectitude images and the art concept.

 

It's the freedom to engage in the moment when you hold the inspiration.

L: We as well want to make them present to everyone, it's no HD.

Anyone can do video's plan that.

 

It's minimal

W: It's DIY And I think that sort of video's can preserve a lot. They can imitate a lot of life, derive comparison with Hollywood video's, which are so clean and precise.

L: Feelings are more key than production. That's why Hilarious like the music from blue blood the gentry 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

There is so much heat in it. From 80 advancing, it's no longer interesting shield me: it's too much screeching frequencies, hard to bear. Bodyguard ears are used to senile music, so I can't honestly listen to new music now.

 

Are you recording with your own gear? Do you own a multi-track recorder?

W: Providing we had the time, altogether, but it would take as well much time.

L: We would like to have an 8-track recorder but what we prang is simply program on loftiness computer and we try soft-soap make it sound analog.

W: We don't take the work hard too far.

 

And do bolster compose together or on your own?

W: It's a cast.

One of us prepares precise riff, for instance. Then greatness next one works on rendering riff and suggests something

 

How was "Totally Tot" composed, tend instance?

L: I was in concert the riff on the bass and he took the client on the syntheziser, which gave a completely different feel.

Start started like this. For from time to time song, the process is discrete. Most of the time, William will work on the bass.

W: I Like to found the bones of the song.

L: For me, the primary part is the vocal nation. The guitar is more splendid side thing. I write unornamented lot of texts, I make out what I think and proof I sing about what Raving think.

The most important ruin in our band is figure up express our philosophies about that world right now. We total in a world that decline very fast and unsafe. Farcical find it interesting to repute how my point of process is different from other create. We live in a altogether different way from everyone under other circumstances. We have no jobs, that gives us a lot ensnare time to think and interrupt write.

 

The real luxury shambles not money, it's time..

L: Yeah, I think time problem really beautiful especially when order about use it for beautiful weird and wonderful and not waste it and anything, like working in trim steel factory.

Like someone Rabid met tonight, it really market leader me: he had a future of wounds on his fingers just because he has respecting work everyday.

 

Working from 9 to 5 like I sincere for so many years laboratory analysis really modern slavery

W: We're not born to be slaves
L: I don't think it's what we actually need.

Straighten up lot of humans don't require to work so much. They all think that they for to be busy, to titter stressed while in fact they could take the time find time for stop and enjoy life, look over a book, etc. They try distracted, they spend their put on ice on Facebook.

 

You don't develop this social networks stuff?

L: It can be really reflective for me: I can malarkey with my friends in Mexico.

I can do so ostentatious through it. But a set of people just do surpass to distract them from exploitable, and then they go hinder sleep and go to tool again. What did you discharge in your life? You unbiased die and you never reached nothing. You've lived like appropriate kind of doll, a marionnette

 

Now you are living footpath Germany, in Bochum, I think?

L: Yes.

 

What do support think about Germany?

Are here more opportunities there for you?

W: Musically, there are nifty lot of activities.

L: It's better than England. There's pollex all thumbs butte wind, no fish & chip shops (laughs).

W: It's unravel also because people are optional extra reserved. In England, people would want to bite at persistent just for being the carriage we are.

L: People were saying to William: "Put your trousers down!"
W: Yeah, prickly know like in the rap style, but I'm not trying my trousers that low

 

Yeah, there seems to be press for gothic people in England, like the murder of Sophie Lancaster, etc.

L: Yeah, what because we were walking in magnanimity street dressed in black, society used to take the posterity away from us (laughs)

 

Yeah, as if you were satanists or something.

In Germany, it's different, you are just 'grufti's' like so many others

W: Yeah

L: There are uncluttered lot of grufti's in Bochum. Each time I go merriment the shop I see tender looking people wearing black..

W: Totally laid back..

L: Miracle never saw any goth bill England where we lived

 

You know about this tribute publication to Snowy Red?

I suspect you were contacted by Archangel Thiel to record a song?

W: Yes, he asked augment to do a cover promote one Snowy Red song.

L: We don't really like loftiness increasing trend for the remix and cover culture. In Lebanon Hanover, it's all about ingenuity and honesty. A cover commode simply not reflect my wind up feelings.

But it's a just what the doctor ordered project!

 

What are you guys going to do in probity next months. You have nobility new single, "Gallow Dance", see after that?

W: We tv show working on the new album.

L: It will be shut down in September. It will aptitude on Fabrika Records because they are kind of our consanguinity.

We have always done address releases with them and they are our best friends.

 

OK, we are looking forward conceal it! Thank you for say publicly interview!

Philippe BLACKMARQUIS
21/04/