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Topic: Cool Dimension Hatross feature in Metal Hammer
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Gorf
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posted May 24, 2005 14:36
Cool article.Thanx for posting. Still wish I had my old Noise magazine article. That'd be cool to post.
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blacky
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posted May 24, 2005 23:21
Sent to: Metal Hammer Re: The Story Behind Voivod’s Dimension Hatross Malcome Dome’s article on the history of Dimension Hatross from your June 2005 issue was fascinating. However, my recollections of that time are less colourful than Michel Langevin’s. His memory of bikers from the topless bar bursting into our place and threatening to kill us is over the top. The guys I spoke to weren’t even bikers the bikers were in the building next door. And the “rockets” being lobbed at us in Berlin were fireworks being thrown by kids on New Years Eve.
Personal dramas aside, the article seemed to suggest that we used samplers during the period that we were making DH but in fact we did not use samplers until we made our fifth record, Nothingface. Prior to that it was all processed live sound layed on tape.
What I found most interesting was Langevin’s claim that the music for Dimension Hatross “came easily” considering that he didn’t do any of the initial composing. His role was to add his drum ideas to what Piggy (Denis D’Amour) and I had already come up with. But he did come up with the concept and storyline for the record (which may have come easily).
He is correct that I often changed my mind about musical direction, but that is part of the creative process, and not a result of being easily led. I was stubborn and did not hold back when it came to pushing the band towards making the most innovative recordings we could. This may have made me difficult to work with but I have always believed that remaining stagnant in your approach to making records only yields boring results.
Jean-Yves (Blacky) Theriault Voivodfan.com
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