Jedna od najvažnijih priča elektronske glazbe počinje 1989. kada na vrhuncu acid-house eksplozije bubnjar svemirskih Ozric Tentacles-a Merv Pepler, zajedno sa Joie Hintonom i Steve Everitt-om uzima stvari u svoje ruke i stvara jedinstveni Eat Static. Godinu-dvije-tri ekipa provodi u studiju i 1993. izlazi briljantni UFO-delični "Abduction". Možda i ponajbolji elektronski album svih vremena. Eh, to bi možda i bilo tako da godinu dana kasnije svjetlo dana nije ugledao "Implant", psihodelično-spejs-tehno remek djelo, silne godine ispred vremena u kojem je nastalo. U međuvremenu, produktivnost ne posustaje i izlazi mnoštvo EP-ova na sada zamrlom "Planet Dog-u" kao što su "Epsylon, Bony Incus, Hybrid“ itd. I tu se već između redaka može naslutiti kakav će vjetar propuhati novi album. "Science Of The Gods" izlazi 1997. Drum'n'Bass utjecaj prisutan je na albumu, jednako kao i njihova iznimna maštovitost. Naravno, psihodeličnog alienovskog zvuka uopće ne nedostaje. 1998. se gasi kultni "Planet Dog" i posljednje izdanje je "živi" "B-World", zbirka snimaka sa tadašnje UK turneje. U međuvremenu Steve Everitt napušta bend, a 1999. svjetlo dana je ugledao "Mesmobeat", label na kojem su poizdavali svu silu svojih starih izdanja poput "Alien EPs, Prepare Your Spirit, Decadance, Alien Artifakts" te izvanredni "Crash & Burn", fantastičnu kombinaciju rokerskog drum'n'bass-a, etnolikih breaksa, psihodeličnog techna i čega sve ne. I taman kad se pomislilo da se od ovoga bolje ne može, eto i njega: "In The Nude", najbolji album 21. stoljeća prodrmao je uši, dušu, mozak i stražnjice sretnika koji su imali to zadovoljstvo. Jazz, techno, breakbeat, funk, dnb, rock, dub, psihodelija…Sve na jednom mjestu, nevjerojatno maestralno posloženo. Glavni junak ove priče, Merv Pepler, produkcijski maestro, bez posla ne može i osim u Eat Staticu, vrijeme provodi stvarajući glazbu na raznim stranama. Do 1999. bio je bubnjar Ozric Tentacles-a s kojima još uvijek povremeno zasvira (primjerice na netom završenoj turneji) te surađuje na albumima. 2000-te se zajedno sa "Ozric" Steve Wynne-om opušta kao "Nodens Ictus" i izdaje dubodelično-ambijentalni album "Spacelines". "Dendron" je ime koje uzima za solo breakbeat-dnb projekt, te također na "Mesmobeat-u" izbacuje odličan "Supernatural Jazz". To kao da je bilo samo zagrijavanje za 2004., kada izdaje dva albuma. Prvi od njih odradio je sa Steve Jolliffe-om, veteranom iz "Tangerine Dream-a" koji pod imenom "Hi-Fi Companions" na Twistedovom chill sublabelu "Backroom Beats" objavljuju "Swingers In Paradise". Will White iz nikad prežaljenih Propellerheads-a u projektu nazvanom "Flexitones" pridružio se Pepleru na stvaranju dub-downtempo-lounge-breaks poslastice prikladnog naziva "Joyrider". Nakon trogodišnje stanke, lani je na japanskom "Solstice-u" izlašla dugoočekivana techno/trance/breakbeat/dnb majstorija "De-Classified", a ove je godine u srpnju, Eat Static objavio downbeat album: odlični "Back To Earth" na Interchillu. Uskoro ćemo slušati još i novi Dendronov album te Metal Sharon, ultimativnu kombinaciju, koju čine Merv Pepler + Simon "Hallucinogen-Shpongle" Posford. 2008.-a je bila prekretnica zbog Joievog odlaska iz benda zbog nagomilanog umora uzrokovanog stalnim turnejama i naravno, obiteljskih obveza. Ipak, Merv maksimalno uživa u stvaranju, što se i osjeti na svim njegovim projektima, tako da za Eat Static nema zime. Osim izdavanja hrpe albuma i EP-ova, Eat Static je remiksirao face kao što su Senser, Front Line Assembly, Joujouka, Green Nuns Of The Revolution, Ozric Tentacles, Banco De Gaia, Shpongle ili ManMadeMan te objavio gomilu chill/dub/breaks/dnb/psytrance mjuze na mnoštvu raznih kompilacija i izdavačkih kuća kao što su Matsuri, Planet Dog, Blue Room, TIP.world, Solstice, Interchill, Rubbish...Kako je bilo prošli put u Močvari, pročitajte ovdje.
Thursday October 16, 2008 Eat Static Interview 2008 By Tom Langley Photos courtesy of Eat Static
Legendary live dance act Eat Static are landing at Plug n Play Studios, Reading for a live show on Friday 17th October. Plug n Play’s Tom Langley caught up with Merv Pepler to find the methods to the madness _________________________________________
Tom: 2008 has been a busy year in the Eat Static calendar. Where have you been, and what have you been up to?
Merv: It has certainly been a strange year so far! Joie quit the band just after New Year, so I suddenly found myself in a one man band! He had reached his limit with the travelling and being away from home so he left me with the honour of carrying it onwards… and upwards I hope! I carried on with the live gigs and have been getting fantastic reactions wherever I have played and people have either said they could not tell the difference with one person or they have preferred it! I have played in Australia, Israel, Japan, Holland, France, Ireland as well as festivals like Glastonbury, The Glade, Waveform, Shamania in the UK, throughout the summer… and still have Bulgaria, Russia, Mexico, Croatia and Brazil to go yet!
Tom: You recently released your latest album ‘Back to Earth’ in July this year, tell us about that, and what we can expect to hear.
Merv: Its my first completely down-tempo album, something I have wanted to do for a long time and so I teamed up with Interchill Records and recorded a selection of electronically infused world music tracks... its been getting great reactions so far, and was a good excuse to explore interesting musical avenues… it mixes Latin, Jazz, Breakbeat, Middle Eastern and squelchy funkiness… all with that Static twist.
Tom: Eat Static was born in 1989 out of the legendary Psychedelic ‘Space Rock’ band the Ozric Tentacles. What’s the story, and how did it happen?
Merv: Joie and I were always making experimental music on the side from the time. I joined Ozrics in 1988, and then a year later we met Steve Everitt who came down to jam with us one new years eve armed with a sampler… he brought the dancey drum element into myself and Joie’s analogue chaos and the eat static sound was born. We also loved the fact that within dance music you were trying to make synth’s sound more silly and basic compared to the more serious stuff we were doing with Ozrics.
Tom: The Ozric Tentacles apparently got their name from a discussion about hypothetical names for cereal brands. Where did the name Eat Static arise from?
Merv: From a scene in Star Trek 2, ‘The wrath of Khan’, the Klingons were transmitting radio noise at the Enterprise, and they uttered the words ‘let them eat static’… it suited our spikey sounds perfectly.
Tom: The Eat Static sound has touched on many different genres from Psychedelic Techno and Trance to Breakbeat and Drum & Bass. Which musicians, and artists have influenced or inspired you over the years?
Merv: Originally it would be Kraftwerk that first got me into the sounds of the synth, alongside Tubeway Army, John Foxx, Devo plus our school had a Korg MS20 in the music room which I spent many a lunch time tweaking. When acid house came over in 87/88 that inspired me to properly get into that style and sound and I loved the way that party’s were playing music that nobody knew who had made it, just fresh tunes every week. It was just the music speaking for itself. Joie and I had always been influenced from many styles of music outside the dance genre too, especially traditional world music. The first dance stuff we were listening too was Aphex Twin, Yello, labels like R&S from Belgium, and generally acid house records that DJ friends of ours were collecting.
Tom: What are you listing to on your Ipod or CD player right now?
Merv: Dance music wise the new Zen Mechanics album, Error Corrective, Groovuscule, Psy-Sex… I have actually been having a bit of a fling on some of the alt/indie stuff around at the moment too. Beirut, Interpol, Grinderman/Nick cave, PJ Harvey, plus digging out a few old classics like Joy Division, early Roxy Music… all over the place!
Tom: The Eat Static and Ozrics albums feature some great fantasy and sci-fi artwork. Who is the artist responsible?
Merv: The guy who does my Static art has been a friend since we were about 6 years old. His name is Paul Boswell and I have always loved his style. He mixes fantasy/airbrush into his passion of street graffiti and always comes up with some unique ideas. I still have all the originals of every cover and they still blow me away when I look at them now, plus I like the continuity through the whole collection, it gives the album a more personal touch too.
Tom: With the running theme of aliens and UFO’s in the Eat Static album art, and content of your music. Where does the extra terrestrial fascination spring from?
Merv: Probably from my childhood as I loved the early Sci Fi movies, and B movie black and white films. Also Dr Who probably had an influence as it was full of old analogue synths making daft bleeping noises, and the documentaries we were made to watch at school… weird and dark! I also got into the crop circle thing when I was only 12 years old. I visited one near my school as I had heard a rumour that aliens had landed at Cley Hill and had left marks. I cycled over there and it really blew me away. Joie was also into the whole factual thing with abductions, and real life accounts so when we got together it naturally formed a backdrop against the music we were producing.
Tom: You’ve been on the road touring with the Ozrics, and Eat Static for nearly 20 years in countries all over the world, and when you’re not on the road you are in the studio. Your schedule must be pretty heavy at times, what motivates you and keeps you going?
Merv: The reactions of the crowds wherever we play. Just to get that vibe from giving them your art is amazing, and I also really enjoy creating new music in the studio. It has fascinated me for years, and I feel like I have only just scratched the surface, especially as technology continues to develop. I also meet so many interesting characters while on the road… crazy, crazy people!
Tom: Do you have spare time to do other things and what do you do?
Merv: I am usually recovering if there is any spare time, especially from gigs abroad. For one concert night it’s usually a couple days either side for travelling before getting home and resting, then off to the next one. It’s quite a gruelling job sometimes!
Tom: What is your most bizarre gig experience to date?
Merv: Hmmm, there’s been a few! Once, we played in one room of a club with no monitors to hear anything while the music came out of the PA in a completely different room, so we couldn’t hear what we played or see the audience! Another time we played a festival in Belgium, and the support act was a comedian with a real cow on stage. We all had to help shove the cow onto the stage, which took a lifetime then proceeded to watch the cow crap all over this guy… what an act! There was also a gig in Holland in 95 in a huge park to celebrate 50 years of VE day… I lost all the sounds in my TB 303, and had to re program the whole thing while the Dutch philharmonic orchestra played before us!
Tom: In the late 90’s Eat Static’s ‘Contact’ EP got to number 41 in the UK charts. Tell us about your close encounter with Top of the Pops?
Merv: Well, it didn’t make it in all because of Elton John doing ‘Candle in the Wind’ for Princess Di… I don’t know whether to love him or hate him for that!
Tom: t was announced in February 2008 that Joie would be leaving the group to spend time with his family. Since then you’ve be going it alone, and keeping up with the touring and live shows, how has it been?
Merv: Hard work, but rewarding. I felt a little bit self-conscious at first but I have had such warmth and love from the crowds that it has been amazing. People have said the sound has gone tighter, more rhythmic and more insane!
Tom: What plans do you have for Eat Static in the near future?
Merv: Well next year is gonna be a mad one as its my 20th anniversary for Eat Static, so lots of gigs, and a new album. I have just re-launched my label Mesmobeat too, and I’m going to be releasing other people’s stuff. I have some great releases lined up already.
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kaže čovjek da je spremao set tri tjedna, naravno, nije to radio od 0-24 ali je indikativno...ima hrpu dobre nove mjuze jer će revitalizirati Mesmobeat i izbacivat albume raznorazne ekipe...npr novi ZubZub je objavljen na Mesmobeatu...a isto tako, uzme frajer segment od minute neke stvari koja mu se sviđa i onda je rastegne na pet minuta špiciranja
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kaže čovjek da je spremao set tri tjedna, naravno, nije to radio od 0-24 ali je indikativno...ima hrpu dobre nove mjuze jer će revitalizirati Mesmobeat i izbacivat albume raznorazne ekipe...npr novi ZubZub je objavljen na Mesmobeatu...a isto tako, uzme frajer segment od minute neke stvari koja mu se sviđa i onda je rastegne na pet minuta špiciranja
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