INTERVIEW WITH ASEETHE

Aseethe is a trio from Iowa. The spectrum of their music capture the whole dark atmosphere and this is no way a crappy noise stuff. They will soon put out a full length "Iron Mountain" under Scenester Credentials Records. And cactus records will release their split CD with Ghaust and expected to out on January 2010. Check out this cool band.

1. Can you please introduce the band. A little bit history of the band? And whose play what?

Aseethe is myself Brian Barr (Guitar, Keys), Drew Bissell (Bass, Keys) and Eric Diercks (Drums, Noise). Started in 2007 as a solo project, I added Eric and Drew to the line up last Summer. Eric did play drums on the Mauul Split because at the time I was not happy with my drum programming capabilities. I did a few tours, one with Empires, and two with Shores of the Tundra. But I still felt that the songs didn't translate as well live as they did on record. So I asked Eric to play drums when I was moving back to Iowa from San Francisco. We practiced most of the summer trying to play to a click track with the computer backing up everything else, but it seemed to mechanical. So we asked Drew, who we had both played in other bands before to join. The laptop has been worked out of the band, and currently we are only playing new material that we all wrote together. There are talks of playing Fire to Flames live but we will see.

2. What will be the main influence of the band (musician, artist, band, books, movies etc)? And do you guys mind telling us the philosophy of the band as well as the music direction Aseethe that maybe reflecting upon your life and the culture where you living?

It's hard to pinpoint influences because there are so many. We are definitely a hardcore band, rooted in the DIY punk scene. With that being said, we definitely believe in the ethics associated with the scene. We book our own tours and if we didn't have a label to help us we would self release the records ourselves. Every member of Aseethe has booked a show for another band or ran a show space from time to time, so we are involved.

As for sound we are also into everything from country and blues to noise and drone, so it's hard pinpoint a specific influence there. We like it slow, dark and heavy. When writing the motto is "that's part is great, but what if we make it slower".

3. Share with us a little bit experience of the previous recording process of the band? And is there any new things been explored and progression of the recent recording?

The Aseethe/ Mauul split was just me with the skeletal version of the song. I went into Flat Black here in Iowa City. Luke was really open to what I was trying to do and really helped with the writing and recording process. That record wouldn't have sounded the way it did if it wasn't for him.

The Shores of the Tundra release was done mostly at home in my studio apartment when I lived in San Francisco. My friend Jordan who needed a project for school recorded my guitars and mixed everything. I wasn't really envolved in the mixing process, but he did a great job.

The Iron Mountain full length which is what we are working on now is a little more fragmented, but we are taking our time and leaving plenty of time for self reflection. That is only due to the fact that both Drew and I have recording equipment ourselves. We went into Flat Black again and did all the basic tracking, plus added layers to one of the songs. Once again Luke provided a great outlet for us to experiment, and brought ideas to the table as well. That was in October, and we just spent the last 2 months tracking keyboards in the comfort of our own homes. Lastly we are heading to Chicago to do the final mixing with our friend Greg from the band Plague Bringer. What makes this experience different from all the rest is that it's a group effort and not just me and one other person. Iron Mountain will be a much more diverse record then the last 2 releases.

4. Do you think that the DIY/Independent music is the best channel for spreading out your music? Any thought of using other channel to spread your music in the future? Do you have certain kind of ethic regarding playing show, and also releasing/distributing the music material of the band?

Yes, and I believe I covered a lot of this in my previous answer. I will add that I(we) don't believe in shoving our music down peoples throats. We try to use the internet sparingly when it comes to spreading our music. No other channels have been explored since we are all kind of luddites to some degree. We would much rather have our music spread via word of mouth or seeing us play a show. The band is a little more selective these days when it comes to playing out live. We don't like playing our home town(s) 4 times a month like other bands.

5. Any plan to tour somewhere in the future?

We have a Southern tour coming up in January, with a West Coast tour later in the year. We were going to go to Europe but decided to wait a little longer. Plans to tour Asia, New Zealand and Australia have been talked about, but nothing solid yet. It will happen sooner or later.

6. Add anything you want regarding the latest release, or anything else you would like to add.

Long live physical media!!!!

Iron Mountain LP/CD - Scenester Credentials

Ghaust Split CD - Cactus Records

Monocle Split 12" - AROS Records

Ur Splt 12" - TBA

Drogas Split 12" - TBA

Boar Split 10" - TBA

www.myspace.com/aseethecreation - ASEETHEE BAND
www.scenecred.com - SCENESTER CREDENTIALS RECORDS
www.myspace.com/flatblackstudios - FLAT BLACK STUDIO