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Front Line Assembly – “Full force ahead”
Sep 16, 06
Each time Front Line Assembly releases an album rumours spread that it is really the final album ever by the Canadian dinosaur. Well, we are a few years later and it seems they are still going strong with no meteor in sight to eradicate their existence. Not that we complain, the band is one of the few to have kept an identity that is untouched by the hand of trends. This time the band consists of Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, and Chris Peterson who joined ranks with new member and upcoming talent Jeremy Inkel. The result: “Artificial Soldier” for which production was started as early as 2005. To add an extra flavour Bill and Co. invited two guest vocalists to appear on “Artificial Soldier”: Eskil Simonsson from Covenant (on the track “The Storm”) and Jean-Luc De Meyer from Front 242 (on the track “Future Fail”). We had a quick chat with Bill Leeb. For the record, the band had just returned from an aborted US tour cancelled right after the Philadelphia show. (By Bernard Van Isacker)
SL. Having to halt your US tour to promote "Artificial Soldier" because of things that are out of your hands must be pretty frustrating, how did you deal with this? Smack up the house or in a more relaxed zen way?
B. Actually I contacted a new booking agent and we are going to try to book all the missed shows when we come back from Europe. So I guess the zen like way. (Big smile) There isn't a hell of a lot you can do in that kind of situation. I believe in Karma.
SL. What did you learn from this experience? I imagine that you would have thought that you had seen everything already in your career?
B. I will never get on a bus without seeing a written contract stating that I have the bus from point A to B. Lets just say I have never been F&#$ed by a bus company before.
SL. The trio of Leeb/Fulber/Peterson sounds almost like the holy trinity, how does interaction work between you guys?
B. We are all equal in our own way. Everybody having their strong suits and this way no one infringes on anyone’s creativity.
SL. Three minds that collaborate instead of just two... What challenges did this offer to FLA ?
B. The only real challenge was that everyone got to hear their parts when we were mixing the record. Typical band stuff.....
SL. This is the first Front Line Assembly album to feature new member Jeremy Inkel. Inkel is getting more and more recognition inside the industrial music scene. What makes him so special for FLA?
B. Jeremy brought a lot of youthful energy to the project along with enthusiasm which you can never have enough of. And some really raw talent.
SL. It was Rhys who introduced him to the band, right? What convinced you, Bill?
B. In fact it is the other way round. I had to convince Rhys to bring Jeremy into the band. I had some demos at his place that led me to believe that he could bring something to the table.
SL. "Artificial Soldier" has been identified as an example of loudness-based mastering, a result of the competitive loudness war which is the practice of recording music at progressively higher and higher levels, to create CDs that sound perceptibly as loud as possible or "louder" than CDs from competing artists or recording labels. True or just intox? And if true, please explain what your aim is.
B. This is definitely the first time I asked Brian Gardner to master it louder because the album was mixed with the intent to have an aggressive distorted sound and we thought this would add to it.
SL. In addition, this practice often results in a form of distortion known as clipping, making them harsh and fatiguing to listen to, especially, ironically, on high quality equipment. Does this bother you?
B. No, this was our intent and I think the record sounds great despite the harsh mixing.
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