First of all - could you give our readers a short introduction about your band?
Hello, I was the main composer in the band Nocturnal Fears and wanted to go higher in the experimentation in music. Several hillnesses make me also think of what to do in music and after more than a year of getting better and making songs I consider that some songs won't be Nocturnal Fears songs but for a new project. I was playing less the guitar and not take this instrument to built songs. After that step by step I also start working with Fruity Loops and just find a new way of making songs... A way with infite direction to go ...So little by little I reached 38 songs made and decided to make hear thoses songs just on the Low Frequencies website than I 've discovered some bands and guys making songs in the same way I like to do it ...

A practical question now - why did you pick this bandname?
When I've started Nocturnal Fears (in 1992) we were the lowest band at that time: we were tuned in A low ... so when this idea of this band came out I want to go "Deeper and Deeper" and tune my six strings in G .. with such tuning I can't call this band High Frequencies ;)...and I definitly like the way it sound haha.

How did things get started - and how would you describe your music?
Well as I've said before it was nearly an accident in fact.. Just I like to go further in the way of making music and to do it without any limits... Even at the beginning I was also fed up with the use of the name " Industrial": not all bands who said / call themselves an industrial band should have this genre name...
My music came just in my state of mind when I was making it ...but I can say it's a mix between Drum and Bass and Industrial Metal with lots of dark atmospheres.

What are your main influences?
My main influence is my life - frustrations, angers, things in life in fact... Some people will say it's a cliche but for me it isn't...This album is more than a year and a half of my life ...

Your new album 'The Styx' got a good review on our webzine. What do you think of the album yourself?
Yes it's a really good review. I'm very proud of it, and sometime don't know why/how I've made this or that in the cd haha... I've recorded things that's just came through my mind... really can't do 'em once more... I'm also happy with the artwork... this album is really me!

What would you consider to be the best track on the release and why?
I have no best track on the cd ..one day it'll be that, few hours later another one, etc. - just because it reminds me to things that were happening when the song came into my head...

One track that definitely jumped out of there was the 18 minute long 'In The Depths Of Madness'. Why did you decide to put such a long track right in the middle of your album?
The reason is I want people to hear the track like a little story.. I like to think some people will hear the song and don't think of the other things they had to deal with... just be in my head for 18 minutes... When I started the song I was really angry and agressive, then came some good news ( the song is getting cool ...) then another bad thing and we're back in violence ...

One more practical question - how do you pick the titles for your songs? I see some dark titles in there, but as well a few peoples names...?
I just listen to the song many times and then the title comes by itself... For the name of the peoples it's because they take part of my life in some way, some days...

The main focus of Low Frequencies seems to be the internet, with a lot of promotion via MySpace, Twitter, Soundcloud, etc. Why did you decide to do a physical CD release after all?
That 's a good question... About the promotion I think it's just the thing to do for a band now, and believe me it's a lot better than before with paper webzines... You can get good exposure now...even in a Dutch webzine haha! At the beginning I didn't know if I was going to make a cd but in the end I decided to do a physical cd just because nowadays you can sell it - not at a big price but still - the sound is good on it and even if your computer crashes you can still listen to the music. I think MySpace is a good way to start to make your band a little known, you can find people who make and listen the same music as you do so that's cool... After that I heard about Twitter... so I looked at it and found some ways to use it for some other websites first and then for me also. Surfing a lot on MySpace has made me curious about Soundcloud, so I've checked it and the player quality is really better than lots of others... that's why I've put my songs there too. Then I discovered lots of communities of musicians on it and decided to be active also on there. I'm also on facebook... why? Because it's not the same people on there that are on MySpace. I've met lots of old friends there who don't have MySpace accounts.

Will Low Frequencies remain a studio project or do you have some plans to go live with it as well already?
I haven't find a way which makes me happy to play Low Frequencies live... I'll try to make something special if I find a way to do it - if I succeed then sure I'll make it to the stage... but for now my solution is just to take my computer and guitar to a show and let the music come out of the computer... I don't want this, so I'll think for this in the near future. Until then I just like to know people have a good time listening to the cd ;)

What are your views on the music scene in France?
To be honest it's really strange... lots of good bands, but people are very close minded. If you like this kind of music then you can't like that other one... That's stupid! I listen to nearly every type of music, there's good songs in every style! Another thing is that people are never happy today - when there's no show in a club they're complaining about it and when there's lots of time no one came to see the band...

What are next to music your other passions in life?
The internet ... building websites, thinking about my next album ...watching dvds (from Americain Pie to Tarantino's movies)...

What can we expect of Low Frequencies in the near future? There has been a rumour about a new track appearing on the next F**k Em All release... ;-)
A rumour?? never heard of this lol ...The anwer is "yes!!!" and I'm so proud of it! And for the rest I´m hopping to get more good reviews and reactions (thanks Alec Empire once more). And maybe other tracks being mastered by my friend nÎm... to make argggggggggg don't know yet ...cd .. mcd . . digital release ...we'll see...

The interview ends here, thanks for your time. Got any final words to share with us?
Listen to my nightmare called "The Styx"...
Thanks To Industrialized Metal for my first review and interview...

Interview by: Gerardo, answered by JN - February 2010