The second band on an untitled split album recently released by
Instant Classic, Echoes Of Yul continue the dark musical experimentation with which the album began. We had a chance to fire a few questions about EoY's past and future at the band's founder, Michał Śliwa, so read on!
RWTD: How did Echoes of Yul first develop as a band?
Michał: Echoes
of Yul was never intended as a "real" band. It was always my child and I
invite guest musicians to co-operate. This is in my case the best way
to work flawlessly.
RWTD: Where does the 'Yul' in the band's name come from?
Michał: It is just a word. My previous band's name was Yul and now EOY is some kind of continuity of these ideas.
RWTD: Given the diversity of EoY's musical style, are
there any specific influences coming into play while writing the music
or in the studio? For instance, what was the process of creating
"Asemic" like?
Michał: A lot of stuff from movies, art to music (spacerock,
psych, sludge, a lot of electronic stuff, movie soundtracks, etc.). I
like to work alone without any distractions to get trance-like state of
mind and that's how "Asemic" was composed - I achieved very basic raw
sound and tried focus on repetitions, then added a lot of layers of
guitars, synths, accordion, theremin and so on. In my case writing and
working in the studio is basically very close to each other:
post-production/studio work is very important part in my process of
creating music.
RWTD: How did Echoes of Yul and Thaw first meet?
Michał: I
met Artur (Thaw's guitarist) few years ago on one of the first gigs of
Thaw. Also EOY shared a split record with his previous band Sun for
Miles, years later both our bands had records released through
Avantgarde at the same time and we agreed that we should release another
split.
RWTD: What are Echoes of Yul's plans for the rest of the year?
Michał: The
rest of the year I reserved for recording EOY's third record, I hope I'm
gonna finish it this summer and release it sometime next year. My
intention is to do this time something a little different from previous
releases: more minimalistic and melodic.
RWTD: Anything else you'd like to say to our readers?
Michał: Greetings, readers!
Find our review of the split release here, and you can also get more information on Echoes Of Yul and the split at the following sites.
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