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"Music is art as long as you don't ask me what art is"

	Interview with Boris Benko (taken from DM.org) Sep.2008	251 días hace
	The new DM.org interview is with Silence's charismatic frontman Boris Benko. Silence just released their new album 'The Passion of the Cold' which marks a new period in their history. You can find more about the new project and the band below: After 'Vain, A Tribute To A Ghost' the expectations for your next album have risen. Did that effect the work on 'The Passion of the Cold' in any way? No. It's hard enough meeting our own expectations without having to worry about the expectations of others. Why did you choose to express the passion of cold instead of the passion of warm? The title relates to the protagonists of the plays for which the music was written: Marquise de Marteuil, Vicomte de Valmont, and Caligula. They're widely perceived as cold, manipulative bastards and yet one cannot escape the notion that their actions, aspirations and motivations reveal true passion. The cold can be passionate, just as the evil can be brave. As 'The Passion of the Cold' is consisted of music for or inspired by Barroco and Kaligula and it is mainly instrumental, can we expect in near future a more pop-orientated album with more songs with you on the vocals? I honestly don't know. On four songs from the new album you are singing in Italian. Are you fluent in Italian or it was absolutely new experience for you? I speak Italian, but it was nonetheless a new experience for me, as well as a big challenge. Italian is a language with a very specific poetic and melodic quality defined by the remarkable achievements of the Italian Opera and popular music. It's not enough to sing in Italian in order to sound Italian. How the writing process in Silence looks like? Is there some usual process of composing or it varies? The writing process is an overwhelming mess of unrealistic hopes and sobering reality. It's moments of bliss before plunging headlong into bottomless pits of frustration and depression. It's best described by Oscar Wilde's aphorism: "The situation is intolerable. Let's hope it lasts." There are cities which have influenced many muscians with its specific atmoshere - New York, Manchester, London, Paris, Berlin...what impact has Ljubljana on Silence? Which are your favourite places there? That's a good question, actually. It would be interesting to determine the amount that we should deduce from our royalties and give to Ljubljana. I believe the amount would be far from negligible. Ljubljana reminds me of my dog in many ways: it's small and often drives me crazy. When we're apart, though, I find myself missing it terribly. David Bowie once said that he cried when he had to "kill" Ziggy Stardust. What were your feelings when the Vain era was coming to its end? We were grateful to Vain. He proved extremely helpful, especially for a dead guy. If we look retrospectively on Silence's discography - it seems like your songwriting is becoming more and more personal with time or at least it seems so. The songs, the lyrics, the ideas are braver, more developped. Is that result of all the work you've done or there are other reason behind this? Yes, fear. Fear of becoming boring old farts whistling the same tune over and over again. Do you actually classify Silence's songs as personal? Do you agree that the more personal you make something the more unique it is? All music is personal and reveals the author's character. As for the second question: I don't think so. You can be profoundly personal and still write clichés. ...and is there something right in the thought that if you write about a personal thing you cannot write about anything else? I can't answer this question, it's too personal… Just kidding. In my opinion, writing is always personal. Have you found the true nature of happiness? Let me answer with the title of another song: I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
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