Q: What is the main inspiration for your music?
A: Bass guitars and a sense of rage and wonder at the universe.
Q: Are there any interesting stories behind making your music?
A: The process of making it can be fairly dull. But at the moment me & Scorch work remotely from each other so she records vocals in her kitchen. And switches the buzzy fridge off for takes. Is that interesting?
Q: What we want to know: The truth behind the name, “Death Metal Disco Scene.”
A: I came up with it when I started remixing. I’d just discovered The Mighty Boosh at the time so maybe my sense of the world was a bit warped. I thought it was dumb and funny, like an anti-name – they’re the two most I’ll-fitting genres in the world. Now we’re stuck with it & I’m laughing a bit less. For the record I have nothing against either genre, and Death Metal fans should probably divert their rage towards Eagles of Death Metal who are richer & less prone to crying than us.
Q: Tell us a little bit of what goes down in a day of the lives of DMDS!
A: Er. We have day jobs for some of the week. Then we work ourselves to death in every spare moment on the music. Not thrilling, except, of course, creatively. Occasionally we do photo shoots, which we love, as we are a couple of tarts.
Q: We believe that DMDS is on their way to be idols of the masses. Who does DMDS look up to as musicians?
A: Thank you. That would be nice. We look up to, in no particular order: The Clash, ESG, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, the pioneers of acid house & techno, MGMT, Friendly Fires, LCD Soundsystem, Prince, Beck, Guns n Roses, QOTSA, Kate Bush, the list is endless.
Q: What goals are you working towards at the moment, and what are your next show dates?
A: Finishing and releasing the album, either with or without a record label. We’ve just put the live show together and our very first London dates are 19th November at Yo Yo, and 27th November at Bar Music Hall.
Q: Are there any “trends” and/or “influences” that you’re following at the moment, or are you making your own?
A: Not overtly. I think we’re both a bit sponge-like and interested in lots of things outside music- books, fashion, art, film & TV. So we probably soak up a lot of the ‘zeitgeist’. We categorically deny being electro pop though…too many live instruments for that.
Q: What’s the most impelling criticism you have received, and who was it from?
A: Probably from Cal, the band ‘guide’. That sounds hippyish but he’s sort of a manager & friend. If we ever get lazy musically he usually sets us right. He’s a musical nerd of the highest order.
Q: Every artist has a specific message and/or style that they direct towards their fans, what is yours?
A: Ours is ‘it’s probably the end of human civilization as we know it, but that’s no reason not to celebrate’. Party like it’s 2012, to misquote Prince. We’re a-pop-alyptic. Hah.
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