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1 - As an introduction : - how old are you, - Before GT - The beginning of GT - Why GT - COLOSSAMITE beginning & end Chad Popple 26 years old, Ed Rodriguez 26 years old, John Dieterich 27 years old . Before Gorge Trio I played in a band called BEHEMOTH with Ed and a friend named Nathan Smith, playing the heaviest music we possibly could. We played a bunch of shows with Iceburn. That's when we got to be good friends with those guys. John came to a BEHEMOTH show and dug it. We got together to play a couple days later and soon Gorge Trio was formed. Gorge Trio played together for almost two years before John met Nick. Then COLOSSAMITE was formed. Gorge Trio took a hiatus for a year or two but started up again to do things that we didn't do in COLOSSAMITE. COLOSSAMITE ended due to several reasons- I stayed in Europe, John moved to California (and joined Deerhoof), Nick and Ed were in disagreement on the direction they wanted to go, but a half year later found them themselves together in SICBAY.
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2 - You seem very interested in musics in its "larger" sense (electro, rock, improvisation), how do you find time for having ICEBURN,"Power of a lion", Appleseed...Is GT a side project... what do you do in life ??? We are all interested in many different kinds of music. I think that open-mindedness comes thru in our music. An inspiration can come from anything. The end result might not give any clue to what the original inspiration was. It could be from a book or it could be from a traditional, folk, or classical music from anywhere. Even the person or thing that inspired you to make a particular piece of music might not recognize anything in it. As for finding the time to do the things we do I would say, if it means enough to you, you will always find the time. Gorge Trio is not a side project. I think side projects are things that you don't invest as much energy into as your "main" project. We all love playing together and we put everything we can into it.
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3 - REPETITIONS : How do you build your music, how do you feel it...are you in a particulary mind as you play it, do you imagine things as you play ? Why is GT instrumental....your rapport to singing How do you build your music, hmm, that is different with each thing we do. When I write something it is mostly from the rhythmic end (patterns, cycles, whatnot). I leave it open to the other guys to do what they do. When someone else writes something I just try to fit (or not). When I improvise I do what we feel at that moment. I try not to think. If you have to stop to think you should probably just stop. I work on the shit when I practice so I don't have to think about anything when I play. I simply listen and react- purely intuitive. Gorge Trio is instrumental so far because none of us has wanted to sing, maybe that'll change...
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4 - YOUR EXPERIMENTAL SIDE : Is improvisation a real part of GT or is everything built before ? Let's talk about the difference between your 2 albums... Yes, improvisation is an intregal part in what Gorge Trio does. We all love improvising together, just as we usually love what each other writes. I think in just about every tune we did there is improvisation somewhere, even if we know it is only for a set length of time. The main difference between the two albums are 'dead chicken' was preconceived tunes, some more than others (a couple of the songs were >recorded with only talking about what we were going to do) and 'for loss >of' was completely improvised music as the original material for >de/re/construction.
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5 - FEELINGS...GT is brut/brutal/melodic & melancolic : Are GT & musics in its larger sense, your principal outlet...And are you interested in other forms of "ART"? Yes |
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6 - How & why do the collaboration with MILO FINE was decided...why an old band like this one ? Milo kicks ass. He played with us because he likes us, too. |
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7 - ELECTRONICS & GORGE TRIO : Possible or not ? Electronics kick ass when you got guys like Ed and John ripping it up.
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8 - END : Last words concerning musics (and other artistic projects...) you fall in love with...you want everybody knows. Come and see us play. We want come to France and play. |