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Hrvoje Bubić | Interview with Tony Kim (Dance With The Dead)
Hrvoje Bubić
Tony Kim and Justin Pointer
Dance With The Dead je glazbeni duo iz Orange Countya, Californije (SAD) kojeg čine gitarist Tony Kim te bubnjar i producent Justin Pointer, stvaraju glazbu na tragu horror filmova Johna Carpentera i heavy metala, za SolinLive govore o svom projektu, novom albumu i mogućem dolasku u Hrvatsku.
You joined with drummer Justin Pointer as Dance With Dead, the mix between thrash metal & music in John Carpenter’s style. How did you and Justin met & formed Dance With Dead?
Justin and I have been friends for 20 plus years. We’ve always been in different bands until around 2012. We started making beats for fun and realized we were coming up with some real cool stuff and made our first record “Out of body”.
I read that you collaborated with Cody Carpenter, the son of wellknow movie director John Carpenter on Confrontational ‘s album Kingdom Of Night which is very similliar your genre (music inspired 80’ horror movies) and there are remixes of Quenn, Metallica and Montley Crue. Is there more artists with whom you colaborated and with whom you would love to collaborate in future?
Yes, we worked with Cody on four or five tracks. I saw him live with his father (John Carpenter) and was blown away by his skills on the keys so I got in contact with him about working together on some tracks. There are so many to list but it would be a pleasure to collaborate with John Carpenter, Rob Zombie, Deadmaus and Hans Zimmer.
Retro is now in: TV shows as Stranger Things which is set up in 80’s, synth music as Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, Dynatron, Laserhawk in documentary The Rise Of Synth. What is your opinion on music industry today, since your albums are self-released, what are advantages and disadvantages as independent artist, can you please give a advice for rookies?
Social Media has a big part in that. Remember when you had to pass out flyers outside of shows!? With the tools we have now, we’re able to connect with people easier and get your music out independently. It still takes a lot of work obviously but social media was a game changer for sure.
For the end, what are your future plans, as Dance With Dead and you personally,a new collaboration. Would be ever a show here in Split, Croatia?
We have a new record coming this year so we’re really excited about that! As for future plans, we’re gonna keep creating music and touring much as we can. Hopefully we’ll make our way to Croatia soon and as for collaboration’s, we have a handful of guests on the new record so I’m really excited for people to hear it!
HRVATSKI PRIJEVOD
Sa bubnjarom Justinom Pointerom osnovali ste Dance with Dead-om, mješavinom glasa i glazbe u John Carpenterovom stilu. Kako ste se upoznali s Justinom i stvorili Dance with Dead?
Justin i ja bili smo prijatelji već 20 godina. Uvijek smo bili u različitim bendovima sve do 2012. godine. Počeli smo raditi iz zabave i shvatili smo da stvaramo neke baš cool stvari, pa smo napravili naš prvi snimak ” Out of body “.
Čitao sam da ste surađivali s Cody Carpenterom, sinom poznatog filmaša Johna Carpentera na Confrontationalovom albumu Kingdom Of Night koji je vrlo sličan vašem žanru (glazba inspirirana horor filmovima iz 80-ih), kao i remixeve Quenna, Metallice i Montley Cruea. Ima li još umjetnika s kojima ste se susretali i s kojima biste voljeli surađivati u budućnosti?
Da, radili smo s Codyem na četiri ili pet pjesama. Znao sam da živi sa svojim ocem (John Carpenter) te sam se oduševio sa njegovim vještinama na klavijaturama. Stoga sam stupio u kontakt s njim kako bi zajedno radili na nekim pjesmama. Postoji mnogo umjetnika koje bih mogao navesti. Bilo je zadovoljstvo surađivati s Johnom Carpenterom, Rob Zombieom, Deadmausom i Hansom Zimmerom.
Retro je sada „in“: u TV emisijama kao Stranger Things koja je postavljena u 80-ima, glazba synth kao Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, Dynatron, Laserhawk u dokumentarcu The Rise of Synth. Kakvo je vaše mišljenje o glazbenoj industriji danas, budući da su vaši albumi sami objavljeni, koje su prednosti i nedostaci kada ste nezavisni umjetnik, možete li dati savjet početnicima?
Društveni mediji imaju veliku ulogu u tome. Sjećamo se kad se okolo moralo dijeliti letke o koncertima!? Pomoću alata koje sada imamo, lakše se povezujemo s ljudima i samostalno izlazimo sa glazbom. Još uvijek je potrebno puno truda, ali društveni mediji su sigurno puno toga promijenili.
Za kraj, kakvi su vaši budući planovi, kao Dance with Dead i vas osobno, novu suradnju. Hoće li ikada biti show ovdje u Splitu, u Hrvatskoj?
Imamo nove pjesme koje izlaze ove godine, tako da smo stvarno uzbuđeni zbog toga! Što se tiče budućih planova, nastavit ćemo stvarati glazbu i ići na turneje koliko god možemo. Nadamo se da ćemo uskoro doći i u Hrvatsku. Što se tiče suradnje, imamo pregršt gostiju na novom albumu, tako da sam stvarno uzbuđen što će sve ljudi čuti!
