Interview with BAD TASTE

1. Seems like you have a good band's name for a original music, don't you
think?

KH: Yeah, I think the name fits us well. I just wish more people could spell it correctly! That's my only regret about choosing that name for our band.

2. What kind of music moves you deeply? Do you like to listen to only so
called ambitious stuff, or you also can find interesting so called easy
music?

KH: I listen to a lot somewhat obscure music. Back when I was younger, heavy metal and thrash was the music that moved me most. Some of that music I still enjoy and hold on to and listen to every once in awhile. In later years I began getting heavily into classical music, jazz, goth, and more alternative/shoegazey rock. I'm always searching for new music [and old music] in the underground whether it be jazz, metal, experimental, ambient, folk, rock, etc. to enjoy. Some of my personal favorite recordings would be: Anacrusis 'Manic Impressions', Voivod 'Nothingface', Arvo Part 'Tabla Rasa', This Mortal Coil 'Blood', Stina Nordenstam 'Dynamite', Talk Talk 'Spirit of Eden', Sonny Sharrock 'Ask the Ages', to name a few...If you asked Jeff or Clayton you would get totally different answers. We love so many different kinds of music. Music does not have to be "technical" or anything for me to enjoy it. I do usual appreciate music that is interesting musically, but I also enjoy a good song too.

3. Why band like Dysrhythmia was born?

KH: Dysrhythmia was born because I was dying to play in a band again where I could explore myself as a player and hopefully play some shows. Those were my goals in the beginning. This band has already gone a lot further than I ever thought it would at first and I am grateful for that.

4. Seems to me that you have to really love the music to be able to play in Dysrhythmia, it's not just a hobby... am I right?

KH: No, this is not a hobby. This band is an almost full-time thing for us. I'm the only one with a job currently, if that gives you any idea of what it's like for us. We do so much live playing and touring that it is hard to hold a job or work for someone who is understanding of your situation as a working/performing musician. This band does not "pay the bills" yet either. Everything we earn goes right back into the band, whether it's for van repairs, new t-shirts, instrument gear, etc. It is purely for the love of music and performing.

5. Would you qualify your music under so called difficult music label?

KH: I don't think our music is that difficult in that it's unlistenable or anything. There is music out there that is way more "difficult" than Dysrhythmia. I suppose in the realm of rock music we are a little "out there" to some, yet I meet people at shows that would never listen to our "type" of music, whatever that is, and yet they end up finding something in our songs they can connect with. I think both fans of more avant-types of music and some listeners of more regular styles of music can appreciate us. It's an interesting crossover of music fans that we have.

6. Some say that music consist of vocals and instruments is more limpid,
however instrumental music is more pictorial, so Im wondering why you have
chose instrumental music to play?

KH: I wanted this band to be instrumental because I enjoy the stripped down, raw sound of a trio playing music together. I love listening to the interaction of players. It's a very clear sound, you can make out every instrument, nobody is getting in anyone's way. I also think singers ruin a good band a lot of the time. I didn't even want to begin dealing with a vocalist in this band, I don't think there is any room for vocals in our music anyway. Lastly, I want to convey to the listener emotions through sound, without words or lyrics. It leaves the songs very open to interpretation as well.

7. Is a composing an instrumental songs kinda more difficult  than the vocal ones?

KH: Not necessarily, at least to me. I've tried writing songs with vocals in more traditional forms in the past with other bands and on my own and I find it very difficult. I'm not a very good singer myself, so maybe that's why?

8. Don't you think that sometimes your music is little bit poor in case of
sound, I mean maybe more instruments would give this music more wide
perspective?

KH: That's part of the challenge of playing in this band is to keep the music exciting and say what we want to say musically with such a bare, stripped down sound. However, we are not opposed to having guest musicians on our songs. It just hasn't happened yet. If a song really called for something more, that we couldn't create as a three-piece, then we would try to find the appropriate voice to convey that sound.

9. What do you think about when you composing music?

KH: I don't think about anything, honestly. I just use my ears. I play what sounds good to me. I don't like to overanalyze it.

10. Do you think that Dysrhythmia have found already it's own unique style, or do you still look for it?

KH: I think we are still searching, but we are getting closer with each record. It's hard to create music that doesn't always remind somebody of someone else!

11. What do you expect from the listeners now when your new album is out?

KH: I hope people can feel the energy of the music, being that most of the songs on 'Pretest' were done completely live in one take. I think Albini did a super job capturing our sound as a band. I hope it makes people want to come see us live.