Smiling Corpse was back with a ‘Turbo’ edition of the Dead Happy podcast last month, with Re-form joining host Olly Addictive.
Sadly I had to make a spur-of-the-moment trip to the UK and was away for 10 days (long story), missing both the show and various facebook shenanigans. Not to worry though – the sets will be online soon, and thanks to Olly Addictive we have the all-clear to repost an interesting little interview with Re-form’s Lasse.
The non-facebook brigade will hopefully appreciate the repost, while the guys deserve a respectful tip of the hat for a very kind mention of TYFTH.
When I started writing my own electronic music I was pretty young, something like 12 years old. At the time my main inspirations were definitely Blümchen and Scooter with their kicking happy hardcore tunes. Later on, after we had founded Re-form with Antti in 2001 we got interested in writing harder and darker tunes, and that’s all thanks to LAB 4 which was the first true inspiration for us to write hard nrg and freeform tracks.
– Have you ever considered producing an artist album?
Definitely yes. Someday it would be a real dream come true to produce a full length artist album, but we’ll have to see if it’s ever going to happen. Hopefully that will happen one day in the future. Never say never.
– What do you think the freeform scene is lacking at the moment?
Of course it would be always awesome to see more new names from around the world on the scene. There’s never enough freeform in this world, right? I also think that at the moment the scene is missing more unique sounding artists than before. That’s why I would love to see more new names with their new and fresh sound.
– What are your views on Plasmadancer’s blog, “Thank You for the Horse”?
I have followed “Thank You for the Horse” blog from its early days and it’s really great to see how Plasmadancer keeps his blog running with huge enthusiasm and shares his love for freeform with the whole international scene. If someone doesn’t know what freeform is, my first guide is to get the guy reading and listening the stuff from “Thank You for the Horse”. Real professional work there.
– Of all the Re-form tracks that have been produced, what is your favourite and why?
It must be ‘Schizophrenic’. It represents the good and old original sound of Re-form with the psychedelic atmosphere, sick melodies and speed.
– What does FINRG mean to you?
As a concept FINRG means to me awesome music with great emotions and sometimes even some kind of special lifestyle. That’s what it’s all about.
– And finally, how do you see freeform evolving in the future?
I think freeform will reach, touch and inspire more and more people in the future. Hopefully it will be close to big audience hearts as it’s for us now. As we use to say, freeform will never die!
