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First of all, please introduce your band to the
readers.
Val (guitars): MASTERLAST is a female fronted
Heavy/Industrial Metal band, that was founded in 2002 by
Swiss guitarist Val Glauser and Israeli singer Lizza
Hasan in New York. Other members are C-Drike on
Programming, Will Valentine on Bass, and John Macaluso
played drums on our new album “Mastery Of Self”. The
band was signed in 2005 by Swedish indie label Escapi
Music.
How did things get started?
Val: Back in 2002,Val had a few songs written and
wanted to collaborate with vocalist friend Lizza. The
result was great and the two girls decided to keep on
writing more songs together. Soon after programmer C-Drike
joined the team, adding his computer generated identity.
A first EP called “Think of the day” was recorded in
2004, and this record lead to the signature with the
label Escapi Music.
Why have you picked this particular name for it?
Val: Lizza thought of the name MASTERLAST, felt
it sounded powerful, and coresponded to our identity. We
adopted it quite naturally. It stands basically for: no
more masters, think for yourself.
How would you describe your music? And what are your
main influences?
Val: We mix up different styles of music, which
is a reflection of our different musical backgrounds.
The main form is really heavy, due among other things to
Lizza’s vocal and the guitar riffs, but also have
elements of Pop music in the melodies and songwriting,
tribal percussions and electronic programming.
Your latest album received various good replies of
press all over the world. How do you look upon the album
yourself? And did you expect these good responses?
Val: We are proud of the album, we put a lot of
passion and work in the writing and recording. We tried
to come up with an album that would be interesting from
beginning to end, with no worthless tracks and we feel
we’ve achieved that result.
About the press, you can’t expect everybody to love your
work so we are always pleased to hear about good reviews.
How did the audience reply on your album so far?
Val: People really dig the uniqueness of the
music and the grooves. They are also appreciating that
we write songs.
What is in your opinion the best song of the album,
and why?
Val: Its’ different for every band member, but it
seems I ache is an obvious choice because it really
features best all the elements that make the Masterlast’
identity. Heavy vocals, catchy guitar riff, drum loop
programming and melodic chorus.
Masterlast operates under a certain image. How
important is image for a band like Masterlast?
Val: We are just ourselves, but the fact that the
band is led by women is not yet very common and might
add a bit of spice to the image. But it just happened
that away and was never calculated. We are musicians
first and foremost.
The music you make could fit well in a powerful live
performance. What can a stranger expect when he visits a
live show of Masterlast?
Val: Entertainment. Lots of energy, grooves to
dance to, great female and male musicians... And more
importantly good music. A great time basically!
What can we expect of Masterlast in the near future?
Val: You can expect to see us live! All dates
will be posted on our website www.masterlast.net or on
our myspace page at www.myspace.com/masterlast
The interview ends here, thanks for your time! If you
have some final words to add, please do it here.
Val: Thanks for your questions, I hope you
enjoyed the answers and that your readers will be
interested in discovering our new album “Mastery of
Self”! Greetings from New York!
Interview by: Gerardo (November 2006) |
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