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The Obelisk Questionnaire: S.M. from Blut

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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?

Destruction through repetition. Repetition through destruction. Broken amps forever!

Blut is a by product of a down trodden existence, soaked in booze and regret, it came to us through a need to do something repetitive and loud with no real rules or boundaries.

Describe your first musical memory.

Listening to Boney-M in my mum’s car then getting home and Led zeppelin is on the radio.

Describe your best musical memory to date.

SWANS

When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?

I,m not sure we really believe in anything, especially anything political or religious.

Where do you feel artistic progression leads?

Can lead many places some good some not so good, its the trauma and tragedy leading up to the progression which is of most importance to us.

How do you define success?

Making sure that the person who digs your first record digs the latest record as well, never compromising and playing loud at every opportunity! Oh and fuck the money!

What is something you have seen that you wish you hadnt

The many saints of Newark.

Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.

Double album. One doom disc one noise disc.

What do you believe is the most essential function of art?

To terrorize and make the listener or viewer think and feel something, to batter down the mediocre, to move forward with limited and broken tools, to struggle.

Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?

The next bottle of Jim Beam.

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Blut, Covers (2023)