Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with Drop The Spoon
Psst It’s Raining is the Debut Album of the Swiss Band Drop the Spoon consisting of Lucas Sevilla on Guitar, FX, Nils Stricker on Drums and Electronics and Lennart Schandl on Bass, FX. On nine Tracks molded to a single Longplayer piece, the listener might embark on a sonic journey that takes them from the Amazonian Rainforest to Outer Space and eventually back home. One could also say: Experimental Sounddesign, Post Rock, Contemporary Jazz, Psychedelic Music and Field recordings are terms to describe the Album. But that’s Boring.
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
We don’t remember. It just happened suddenly and intensly.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
With the need for expression.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
We startet to do improvised Jams as a duo and recorded all Session. Then we went through the recorded Material and worked on the moments we liked and started creating the structures for our songs. In the Studio we recorded only the improvised parts and then we created the structure of the album during post-production using our own fieldrecordings and adding overdub layers.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
It has an athmospheric and melancholic essence which takes into a journey you can not fight back to.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music? It will never sound the same on the next day.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process? Our Instruments and a recording Tape
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Elischa Heller and District Five
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
Definitively.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work? Whateverer emotions our music makes them resonnate with. There is no wrong and right.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far? To care deeply about the music.
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at? Maybe Fusion Festival in Berlin.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why? There are so many !!! Maybe Caroline.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website,Spotify, IG, links)
Bandcamp
Website
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
Play all over the place, record more music, and discover the beautiful underground music world.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way? Our music !
