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Gothic Angst/www.angst-zine.com
After forming and dissolving The Claw, Maxxx and N0emi
decided that they needed to refocus and tackle a new
musical challenge. With a new vision in mind and a fresh
start, Helalyn Flowers rolled out their first release,
“Disconnection.” This set the foundation for the sound
that you can hear in their newest release “E-Race
Generation.” Their music sounds like a fusion of modern
electro-pop and mid-ninties electro-rock. Now on top of
the powerful synthesizers and heavy guitars, imagine a
seductive female voice. This is what you get when you
listen to Helalyn Flowers. Maxxx was good enough to give
us some of his time so we will let him tell you the
story of Helalyn Flowers and all of the details that
come with.
GAW:
How did Helalyn Flowers originally form?
Maxxx: In 2004 N0emi and I split-up our previous
band The Claw with the intention to give life to
something able to fully express our musical needs. We
wanted to filter our main influences in our own sound
without any direct references to other bands. We wanted
and still want to reach our sound and trademark. Not a
surrogate but an influential act.
GAW: What does Helalyn Flowers mean and how did you come
up with it?
Maxxx: It was me who came up with the name. These
two words instinctively impressed themselves in my mind
without a precise reason. I was really impressed by the
way it sounds and I immediately thought it was the only
right name for what N0emi and me were going to build up
in that days. In a second time, I associated 'Helalyn
Flowers' with the annihilation of the opposites aimed to
the realization of the Self without conditionings or
dogmas...New life. Real Owns life. And yeah, it fully
reflects ourselves.
GAW: Tell us about your previous project, “The Claw.”
Maxxx: This is absolutely the first band in which
N0emi and me played together and there the true roots of
Helalyn Flowers lie in. We built-up the band in 2002 and
we performed a kind of cross between Nu and Goth Metal.
The mark was the one of a live-band since we also had a
classic line-up made by guitar-voice-bass-drums. Almost
no electronic was contemplated, it was more
guitar-oriented. The tracks were not bad at all, even if
they make me smile when I listen to them nowadays. The
fact is that we split-up because we were tired of that
stuff, we wanted to create something really different
and personal and the people that played with us weren't
able to understand this necessity of ours...And I think
they still couldn't now.
GAW: You have said that you are planning to go on a
mini-tour. Has Helalyn Flowers done any local performing
in Italy in support of your releases?
Maxxx: We moved the live thing cause of the
recordings of our debut-album, but we're planning
something really great with the help of our new
management. We are making our best to raise it as an
event more than an underground gig like others. This is
why we are taking so much time to realize it. Why can I
do something just because it "has to be done" getting
satisfied 50%? One memorable show is something more
impressive than 100 anonymous gigs done with a bad
organization and with 50 persons in front of you. I know
that my opinion may result questionable but I don't
care. This is my path.
GAW:
Your style has been described as Nu-Electro-Rock. This
sound is very reminiscent of Orgy, a group from the
mid-nineties. Do you foresee a resurgence of the
Electro-Rock sound?
Maxxx: I really love the way of crossing Heavy
sonorities and electronic like the bands of the 90s did
and often it seems like Helalyn Flowers come from there.
To be honest, I don't care so much of an eventual
Electro-Rock revival because I think that everyone has
to feel free to sound like he wants. In these days all
trends have been exploited as more as possible, so I
think that the good idea must rule above all, apart from
the sound belonging.
GAW: Does the sound of your current two CDs represent a
starting point for your sound or is this where you would
like your sound to be?
Maxxx: "Disconnection" and "E-Race Generation"
reflect what we wanted to play in that moment. They show
an evolutionary process even if very different among
'em. The surest thing is that we are not that kind of
band that repeats itself. Every time we love to risk
with something different in the same way Marilyn Manson,
Bjork or David Bowie always did. For this reason I don't
love in a particular way the EBM/Electro-Goth scene just
'cause of its repetitiveness and excessive exploiting of
its own clichès. There's really no more to say. I love
the risky choice of a band like Apoptygma Berzerk for
example. In fact they've become one of the best Electro
Pop/Rock bands all around the world. And the so called "purists"
continue to puke on...In the same way they puke on
Skinny Puppy cause of their recent utilization of Heavy
guitars both on the last album and on live-performances...But
those poor fools can say goodbye to write a clever song
like "Pro-Test"!
GAW: Your visual style is edgy, how did you develop
your look?
Maxxx: It's a combination of instinctiveness and a
particular care of various technical factors like lights,
colours, clothes tie-up etc. We give to our
expressiveness an important role as well to the
utilization of conceptual particulars. In
"Disconnection" we were naked and wrapped in plastic
like puppets driven by plastic threads, then we opted
for a pinstriped and glammier wear with N0emi licking
the Helalyn Flowers' lollipop with the form of our logo
and recently like a kind of mythical winged creatures
stained with blood that seem to come out from an old
painting...Now we're working hard for the realization of
new photo-sessions and we're opting for something
different again.
GAW: When can the US expect to see Helalyn Flower
perform?
Maxxx: When some very good management will stump out
a lot of money for us! Concerning us, it would be really
great. Our US audience is the best 'till now!
GAW: Is there anything else that you would like to
share about your group?
Maxxx: Well, I want to let you know that in these
days we're finishing the mixing of our forthcoming
debut-album, so you can keep posted through our official
site www.helalynflowers.com and myspace profile
www.myspace.com/helalynflowers. We are working on a lot
of great projects that will make the difference. Stay
tuned!
GAW: Thank you for your time!
Maxxx: Thank you for your support, guys, and for
this pleasant interview.
THE POWER OF LOVE IS DESTRUCTIVE AS THE POWER OF HATE.
SO AVOID THE UNHURT ONE WHO CLAIMS TO LOVE OR HATE YOU.
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