INTERVIEW with John Orsi of Knitting By Twilight

Weathering, 2011

AUTOreverse, Issue 14, Summer 2011
JOHN ORSI of
KNITTING BY TWILIGHT
interview by Ian C Stewart

July 10, 2011

SO, JOHN.....DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
I did miss AUTOreverse!  My immediate reaction to it's absence was "Where did that great magazine go to?"  It seemed to me that AUTO had the same sensibility regarding Music AND Art and Design that I was/am attempting with Knitting By Twilight.  And so a kinship was lost when AUTO went away.  And so Welcome Back!

REVIEW: Evan Peta - Mockingbird Hill CD, 2011

EVAN PETA - MOCKINGBIRD HILL

EVAN PETA
Mockingbird Hill CD, 2011
www.dezvalentino.com
This is a good album for fans of rock guitar in all its guises. Classic rock with clean, harmonized riff and vocals just like that band Masters Of Reality. "It's All Too Much" opens in grand fashion, amid squalls of lead guitar. Tuneful guitar rock. Is this freedom rock? "It's All Good" is like Blue Oyster Cult meets They Might Be Giants. Or is it? "Jazz And Peanut Butter" is a delightful thrash-speed romp for guitar, bass and saxophone sound, definite Frank Zappa territory there. "Gamma Ray Shuffle" is built on a John Bonham drum break, but not the one most people use. Cool. "Peace, Love & Nuclear Fusion (Part 3)" is a pretty/menacing instrumental keyboard ditty, a la Ace Frehley's "Fractured Mirror." "Dorian Gray Scale" is a fun guitar/bass riff pattern thing. The last song, "Mockingbird Hill" is a similarly enervating procession. Of rock.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW: Brian John Mitchell of Remora, QRD, Silber Media

Remora, photo by David Haught from the Silber 15 year show back on April 2

AUTOreverse #14, Summer 2011
BRIAN JOHN MITCHELL of
REMORA, QRD 'ZINE, SILBER MEDIA
by Ian C Stewart

SO......DID YOU MISS AUTOreverse?
Yeah.  Early TapeOp felt like a continuation, but they veered away into more "professional recording" than what I am into.

INTERVIEW: Anthony Washburn of The Implicit Order

The Implicit Order

AUTOreverse Issue 14, Summer 2011
ANTHONY WASHBURN of
THE IMPLICIT ORDER
interviewed by Ian C Stewart


Is there anything you're feeling particularly mouthy about at the moment?
The prolificness of net labels that release EVERYTHING an artist produces. Not everyting an artist does is releaseable. It's OVERKILL!

Let's talk about your musical influences. Who are your biggest influences and why? Who were your early musical influences?
De Fabriek is probably the biggest, as Richard Van Dellen was like a mentor to me when I first started. He gave constructive criticism when needed, and encouragement. Throbbing Gristle comes in second as they let me know that I could do it myself, and not to pay attention to any trends or rules, and I really just loved their fucked up sound and attitude.

REVIEW: Bentwithlight - Burnt Offerings - 2010

BENTWITHLIGHT
Burnt Offerings, Bandcamp, 2010
Same dude as Tactil Vision, similar vibes, but more guitars, more rockin', more vocals, more humanness. This is closer to Ministry than Skinny Puppy. Hua! Darkly funky riffs and grooves and vocals. Little bit more of a band feel. And it's good.
Ian C Stewart

INTERVIEW with Walter Lapchynski of BROWNIAN MOTION and THE ERNIE 4

AUTOreverse WA
LTER LAPCHYNSKI of BROWNIAN MOTION and THE ERNIE 4
interviewed by Ian C Stewart
Are you feeling MOUTHY about anything in particular right now?
Well, I’ve become an ever-vocal supporter of copyleft. Free information!

REVIEW: Tactil Vision - Singles 2K11 CD, 2011

TACTIL VISION
Singles 2K11 CD, 2011
www.5amconductions.com
Deep beats and bass lines for miles. Layers of funk. There's a precision here, rigid but good at pushing the air in just the right way. "Focalpoint" is seven minutes worth of headnodding. My personal favorite is "Shangri Las Puntas," dude, that bassline! That being said, "Dogfed" is pretty massive as well. I definitely hear the cEvin Key influence on this stuff. Tight.
Ian C Stewart