Thank you !

Indeed, it is a place that gave me a lot of inspiration. This new album can be seen as a kind of tribute to the time I spent there, but not only. There are a lot of things in "Sørbyen", plenty of emotions, memories, good times, bad times, it's a real slice of life.

I believe that, when releasing a first album, one cannot expect achieving anything "final", there must be things left unsaid, as you put it. I did not impose myself anything special for this release, I just had a few things to take out of my system, including a large variety of emotions, hence a large variety of sounds.

That is me indeed. This picture was taken on the roof of a building in the town of Gjøvik, Norway, during winter 2012. I wanted something... different. Something raw, depicting boredom and most importantly, anchored in everyday's life. It's a way of saying that this is the real me.

Moving to Norway was a change for me, that is the least I can say. Hard to say which influence it had on my work, especially compared to other places. I'll leave the answer to those who listened to both albums carefully, as I lack of perspective. As for now, I am preparing to move to Germany for a couple of years, and looking forward to this new experience.

I really don't know about that. I do like singing, I believe I wanted to make the album somehow more organic, more focused on life.

Probably a Michael Mann movie.

I like to think of this album as a mixture of old Burzum and Hooverphonic. That's always the easiest way to describe something, as a mixture of other things, right? In terms of ambiance now, let us consider this: being in a nightclub, having a couple of beers with some friends, drunk, surrounded with people pointlessly dancing like there's no tomorrow, everything suddenly stops around you. The music fades away, your mind collapses and you wonder what the hell you're doing here, like you don't belong with these people, nor with any people for that matter. Now, imagine the soundtrack of this, you'll have a glimpse of what Sørbyen holds.

Other music? of course, any kind. Philosophy? not really, at least not explicitely. But art, and particularly cinema, definitely! Again, no particular boundaries. Some highlights though: Kounen, Noé, Becker, Mann, Cronenberg,..

I feel great about that. This is freedom. I do whatever I want, whenever I want, it is very comfortable. Therefore, I do not have any plans of performing live for now, but never say never !

The relationship started simply by me contacting Nick Skog about netra in 2010 or so. He liked it and released it. I think that the label's roster is quite original, it definitely stands out of the usual "depressive black metal" label.

I also play the guitar and sing in a rock band called Stangala. It's a totally different business though, it has a lot more to do with Kyuss, Electric Wizard and that kind of heavy, drug-fueled, vintage shit. You can check out our first album on Solitude Productions, and we also have a new video coming out soon, featuring some vintage zombies and stuff.

There is some unreleased material indeed. I don't know yet how this is going to end up. It might turn into new songs or just slip into oblivion, I can't tell right now.

I do everything by myself indeed. I do not owe so much equipment to be honest, just a customized LesPaul, a Yamaha fretless bass guitar and a 5watts Epiphone combo, very vintage, very cool. A couple of pedals and that's it. I'm really not into buying tons of gear.

Hard to say, maybe a new album, maybe not. 

Thank you very much for your questions. Keep supporting Hypnotic Dirge records!