Author: Fant00m | Tags: fant00m.org, interview, kettel
An interview with Reimer Eising or as most of you might know him, Kettel. What´s most significant about Reim´s music to me is that it always reminds me of Bach. I knew what my first question would be.
When were you first introduced to Bach?
I grew up with Bach! I think I was about four or five years old. I remember playing the The Goldberg Variations on my Walkman on holidays in France. I don´t remember what I made of it though, that was ages ago. I know I listened to it throughout my youth. I even made sand-sculptures of Bach (not resembling him much I´m afraid) when I was in kinder garden. Really I did!
Do you prefer to work at night or at daytime?
Actually I always work in the daytime. When I think of it, I believe all my tracks are made between 14:00 en 19:00. Some people say a person is more alert when he´s hungry. Because then you need to be alert for any bisons passing by and so on. I think you could say this applies to me too. I need to be really hungry. You know, to be in the state of too much caffeine in your veins and an empty stomach. It works!
Did the comforts of the current “globalisation” help your career in anyway?
Yes Internet for instance has been a key factor for me. All the contact with Labels or like minded people takes place via the Internet. When the lightning strikes and the Internet is down (like it did over here in Groningen last week) I get so frustated I could eat my carpet. Things really started to get going when Mike Paradinas (planet MU) send me an E-mail. When it comes down to mobility I’d also have to say yes. At Sending Orbs (Dutch record label run by Reim his brother Wouter Eising) we sell most of our stock in Japan and other foreign countries. I also toured in Japan last April. For me it is essential to put out records there. If I had to make a living from my sales in Holland only I would be in the charts with a song called something like “these flowers are for you” in schlager style and perform at the Tros muziekfeest (Editor: A dutch program about schlager music, basically for people with a low IQ or with a drinking disorder, or both). Really it’s that bad.
Your beats are mostly light and clean, it fits the melodies, but do you make “harder” stuff as well?
Well live my sound is always much harder. I believe that’s kind of necessary because I think music in a club just has to be energetic and fresh. But really, really hard? No maybe just for fun but nothing really worth releasing. I am a though guy, but really hard music is not my thing. Not that I don’t like to listen to it every now and then, that’s not it. It’s just not part of my creative process.
Do you play any instruments?
I started playing the piano when I was five years old. I think you could say I was raised in a classical music environment . Last couple of weeks I’ve been busy with Bachs’ Partita’s.u003c
Would you consider doing a video/visual project?
Oh yes, I’m working on a few things.
Will we ever see you on MTV?
Yes
When you go touring, do you bring a tent?
Haha, no. This must be coming from my old website right? Where my very old bio states “…elixir-brewing, camping-loving..” I don’t like it that much anymore. Friends of mine are going to the Alps, but I’m not easily persuaded to sleep in a tent these days. Except when Denise Richards is in there of course.
[p]Were you a Spotless Starling (spreeuw) in your past life?[/p]
Yes, a yellow furry cuddly toy about 1 meter 30 with a green leaf on its head, pinguin-shaped, called “De Spreeuw”
On your new album you have many acoustic tracks. I noticed most of them did not feature any beats. Do you keep the two strictly separate?
Not strictly. I just do different styles of music. Be it with beats, ambiant or acoustic/classical. That the two are both present on “Whisper me Wishes” is because I thought it worked well and because it is sort of an overview of the last 5 years of Kettel. It’s a compiled album, not like my last one on Sending Orbs (my Dogan). That was more recent work. Maybe the album is in multiple styles I think it came out pretty coherent in the end.
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