eclipsed catches Monkey3 guitarist Boris on the highway. He is on his way from the Swiss "Out In The Green" festival to the "festival cult" in Veltheim, Westphalia. "Yesterday Switzerland, today Germany, no problem, we live for music," he says in a relaxed manner. "We're just near Würzburg. I know there are some great psychedelic festivals there. We've been there before." And the journey continues, during which he now answers our questions.
eclipsed: The new album "Astra Symmetry" is in the box. How does it feel after work?
Boris: To be honest, we don't have enough distance to the album yet to judge it. We've tried a lot of new things. We now have vocals with us, experimenting with new sounds and new structures. I'm already curious how the fans will react. It was fun to play the new songs yesterday - despite the rain.
eclipsed: Of the innovations, singing is certainly the most conspicuous.
Boris: Yes, with the whispering, the choir and also the low voices we wanted to bring a new colour into play. But in Dead Planet's Eyes, we also have real singing.
eclipsed: Who's it from?
Boris: From a friend of ours, Tony Jelencovich, who already sang Led Zeppelins "Kashmir" on our cover album "Undercover". We had a story to tell. The song doesn't work without vocals, so it differs clearly from the other tracks. Even as we were writing, we had in mind that there were voices in it.
eclipsed: Speaking of history, the album follows a red thread.
Boris: The whole album is about how we humans function with the elements and with the stars, how we interact with them. The elements and the stars are real. We can see them. We're not here to conjure any myths. We were fascinated that such myths even existed. We tried to pick them up.
