Berikut ini suguhan pertama dari kami, deretan hasil transkrip wawancara kami dengan
Sete Star Sept (
Kae dan
Kiyasu), dan akan segera disusul dengan suguhan-suguhan lainnya, lama dan baru, tapi segera. Sebetulnya wawancara ini akan kami ikut sertakan pada Ear Alert Zine jilid 2, yang rencananya akan diterbitkan pada perhelatan Indonesian Netaudio Festival ke-2 di Bandung. Namun adanya waktu tersapu oleh kejamnya prosedur akademis yang harus dijalani, dan kami menyesal. Oleh karena itu, karena kami bosan menyesal, kami akan tetaskan transkrip wawancara yang sudah lama kami erami ini, dengan tidak menutup kemungkinan nantinya Ear Alert Zine jilid 2 akan tetap dicetak dan disebarluaskan. Oh iya, wawancara ini sementara kami sajikan dalam bahasa Inggris, mungkin nanti ketika dicetak, akan ada versi bahasa Indonesianya. Dalam wawancara ini Kiyasu lebih banyak bicara dibandingkan Kae, karena Kae tidak mahir berbahasa Inggris. Dan kami juga tidak betul-betul mahir. Jadi, mohon maafkan segala kesalahan. Itulah adanya bahasa. Silahkan.
Kami (K) : Hey, SSS, wow when I
abbreviated your name, it’s remind me to Yogyakarta’s noise-rock band named
Seek Six Sick, have you ever heard about them ?
Kiyasu (K2) : Nope, never, sorry
haha, it’s hard to get the information about Jogjakarta’s bands, we have the
internet but there are no information in English you know, for Jogjakarta’s
band.
K : You’re on tour right
now, so can you tell us lil bit about your tour ?
K2 : About the Asia tour ?
aaaaa, we start the tour since two weeks ago, started from Philipine, and then
Thailand. And this week, we start the Indonesia tour, we’ve played in Bandung
and Jakarta, and tomorrow we’re gonna do the Jogjakarta gig. And this is the
first big Asia tour.
K : Is there any
memorable experience from the tours ?
K2 : Hmmm, the memorable
experience happened back in 2011 when we came to Jogjakarta, the bus
wrecked. Then whene we arrived at Jogjakarta,
we missed the show… so we want to do revenge, and it’s tomorrow. We’re on fire
!!! hahaha.
K : Have you ever think
to make SSS, as a political band, to put somne political ideas ?
K2 : Actually, we don’t have
any political ideas, we just enjoy the noise. Yes we do make some lyrics about
that, but it’s fake you know, because actually lyric have no meaning for us.
It’s all about the noise.
K: So, when you write
some lyrics, what kind of message that you put there ?
K2 : Many kind of message,
like fuck the government, fuck the system, gore stuffs…. and…
K :Every single thing
you hate maybe ?
K2 : Yes, that’s right.
K : But, can you tell me
your opinion about political underground band ? You know some bands that put
political messages on their lyrics. What do you think about them ?
K2 : I really don’t think
about it. I don’t mind. I just enjoy the noise. As long it’s noise. Fuck off
music. Fuck off everything. Fuck off everything… everything everything fuck
off… just the noise… fuck off everything… destroy everything…
K : You say all about the
“fuck off everything” stuffs, so I think it’s close with the idea of being free
? So what do you think about “the idea of being free” in a band, politically
and musically ?
K2 : Hmm, so when we make a
song, we have to make the riffs, the tempo, the parts, and compose everything.
You know, for me it’s boring, so we just making noise, play and improvise it.
So I want to try to make more weird music, weird noise. Unstructured. And
fucking brutal, fucking noisy and just fuck everything !!! Hahaha
K : Hahaha great answer,
thanks. And I’ve listened to your Visceral Tavern, your latest LP. It’s kinda
remind me with the concept in “Gero Me” tapes. Kinda different concept with
“Revision of Noise” for me. Because I think you made more structured condition
in “Revision of Noise”. So, what I want to ask is, why do u choose this style
of noisecore to play ? Because it is easier ?
K2 : Yes off course, it’s
easier. I think it’s like the old-school type of hardcore music, grindcore
music and metal music. But in Gero Me and Visceral Taverns, we improvise all
the elements, noisecore must be more noisy, and more destructive. I wanna make
more new stuffs, more new music. Extremely fast, very intense. Yeah.
K : Yeah yeah, I think
the difference between Visceral Tavern and Gero Me is the production of the
sound. I think Gero Me is more on bad production and Visceral Tavern is more on
good/clean production. So, which do you prefer ?
K2 : Both of them. Some of
the album we wanna make more bad quality. But Visceral tavern is more on clean
sound, I try to balance all of them. Some of them very bad, some of them very
bad. We need balance you know. Maybe, I don’t know, the next album we’re gonna
make very bad sounds, very bad quality, we can use cheap tape recorder, more
cheap sound, like “sksksksksksksksksksks”, yeah, we always plan it all the
time. We need balance. That’s the reason.
K : And I’ve seen some of
your releases artwork is being drawn by Shintaro Kago, do you guys often hang out
together ? Why do you choose him to done the artworks ?
K2 : Yeah, but not often
hanged out together with him, just one of my friend is a friend of Shintaro
Kago, so I ask him to draw us for the “Gero Me” album, and he said Ok. And we
discuss the concept on email, we didn’t meet each other actually. I told him
the concept of the album, the title, and I then I tell him the concept of the
artwork. And then he do the cover. And you know, Shintaro Kagos’ artwork is very
‘noise’, I feel very similar, nothing but very good, like noise, like our
music. So i really fond of Shintaro Kago.
K : And also, I’ve seen
Eddy from Argot ever contributed artworks for SSS. Have you guys checked his
noise project ? What do you think about Indonesian noise/experimental scene ?
K2 : Yes, I’ve checked his
noise project, one of my favourite noise project from Indonesia. And Indonesian
noise/experimental scene I think it’s getting big. In Japan there are a lot of
noise musician, I think Indonesian noise/experimental scene have the same
passion like 90s era if noise/music in Japan, that’s why I like Indonesian
noise projects. And I really need more information about Indonesian
noise/experimental scene.
K : Okay, I’ll give you
the information afther this. So, next question…. you know AKB48 and the 48 Family
right ?
K2 : Yes. Yes we know them.
K : Do you enjoy or
liking them (idols) ?
K2 : I don’t really
know about idol actually, you know, i normally don’t listen to idols.
Kae (K3) : You know, but old
japanesse idol, all of them is very special girls. All the idols.
K: So not only from the
Kawaii side right ? But Kiyasu, don't you enjoy their Kawaiiness ? Even
you’re not listening to their songs haha.
K2 : It’s not
special in Japan, kawaii things is not special in Japan. So if you go to Japan
you can find any kawaii girl on the street. It’s not only about idol. People
put make ups, dress up, and then they become Kawaii. But off course, I like
Kawaii girl. Why not ? hahahaha
K : Hahahaha, so I wanna
tell you that the idol things from Japan, it have a great impact for the boys
in the Indonesian underground-diy-indie scene. Is the same happen in Japan ?
K2 : Yes yes yessss, a lot
of them. Many of them, still do the underground activities, while they liking
the idols.
K : Thanks for the
information! hahaha So next question, Since this is a netlabel zine interview,
what do you think about freeing your stuffs on the internet ? It haves impate
right, financially and socially.
K2 : I don’t really care
about it, if you like the music, you can use it. We make noises you know. I
don’t really care about finance or anything. We just focus to make the noises.
I don’t care if my album not sold out or anything, I just want to keep playing.
But, you know, I want so sell them CDs, because it’s more real, more physical,
and I have to keep touring, so I need the money you know. I‘m making money for
the tour, from the cds. But on the internet, I can’t really control it, very
hard to control it. So I don’t really care about it, if people download it.
That’s okay, because you know, we can’t control it.
K : So, which do you
prefer let them get it free, or make them pay for the releases ?
K2 : Hmmm.. I prefer get
paid, off course, because you know I have to get the money for funding the
band, to keep the band alive. But that’s okay if they’re download it…. No… Not
okay actually… you know what it means.
K : Do your band's income
could give you life ? I mean do they helped you out to pay the bills ?
K2 : Yes, it can be. But I
think, it’s very hard to do it. You know, if we go back to Japan, we make money
from part-time jobs. But if I able to make money from music, I’ll do it.
K : Yes, it would be
great if we can get income from our hobbies. Then, how you able to keep
grinding while you have to pay the bills ?
K2 : Well, it’s depend on
the destination of our tour, in US and Europe we got the money from the shows.
And sometimes we loose the money for transportation and accommodation. But when
I go back to Japan again, I make some money again by doing the part-time jobs.
That’s why we releasae a lot of CDs, and also merchandises, because we really
need it for the tour. Try to keep grinding. But because grindcore/noise music
is small things, is hard to get money from it.
K : Yes yes, good answers
man. So, last question, what’s your deepest desire from ur heart for your own
country and the underground scene there ? Any message for our readers ?
K2 : Hmm, I hope, I
able to keep making noises and playing drums. I want the scene stay alive. In
Japan there are a lot of good noise project, also in the 90s, like Merzbow and
other noise artist. But nowadays, it’s not a lot anymore. They give up to keep
the music, they leave the music. I want the scene just keep growing up. And for
the readers, just don’t give up for playing the music and for future. Because
many people in Japan give up the music and choose to live normal, doing works
and stuffs.
K3 : I want the
underground music like grindcore or noisecore getting more big. And the message
from me is… you know my Sete Star Sept vocals like “Kyaarghh” “Oghhh” “Egghhh”,
I want all the audiences in the show, screaming together with me, from the
bottom of their heart. Singing together “aaarrrghhhh”.
K : Yeah yeah yeah, heart
of noise haha. Great answer from you guys, thanks a lot, and good luck for the
tour. And.. sayonara~
K2 : Yes haha,
sayonara.
K3 : Terima kasih!! :D
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| Foto mesra dengan Kae-san. |
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| Foto bersama Kiyasu dan CD-R sampler rilisan Ear Alert Recs. |
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| Sudah dilegalisir. |
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| I miss you, Kae-san :( |