Loud Cities Magazine_Issue 4_04_2021

Loud Cities Magazine / #4 APR 2021 15
Scary things are coming soon with
the ‘Oligarch’ album as the first song
to appear from the record leaves not
much of a question about... “Death
Mask Mussolini” is a selectively
targeted upward strain towards the
ruling elites. Tell us please what
made you write this song with these
specific lyrics in it, and give us the
news on the upcoming album!
This song first appeared as a Dirty
Roseanne single and was later
remixed by DJ Ragnar for my solo
album ‘The Devil’s Cabaret’. There
was no conscious or premeditated
thought process behind the lyric.
When I’m in the ‘zone’, I just pour
out my inner reflection of what I
observe in the world. The song is
not about Mussolini the man, I just
used him as an allegory. The idea to
do an SGC version came to me one
sunny afternoon in Berlin. The whole
finished piece filled my head in an
instant and that was it. Game on!
The new album OLIGARCH will
be released on April 23rd (digital
download and CD). I really decided
to pull no punches lyrically on this
album. We are living in times that
deserve no less. Gloves off, this is
war and the rebellion starts here.
your new creation, and why please?
I wouldn’t describe Mussolini as
a lunatic, I would say he was a
symptom of the time and represented
a desire of a large enough portion of
the populace who supported him.
It could have been someone else,
say from the far left, but instead he
manoeuvred himself in that game
in a way that secured his success to
become a national leader. I purely
chose him as an historical figure
that was well known enough and
cartoonish enough to be used as a
metaphor. A vivid splash of colour
on a painting. No more, no less.
You make music since 1982 and we
have seen and heard your passions
repeatedly, so the question in my
mind (evaluating your new ‘Death
Mask’ explosion) probably has no selfevident
answer; what kind of music
are you playing now in ‘Oligarch’?
OLIGARCH is a snapshot of current
I see in the lyrics of ‘Death Mask
Mussolini’ a clear connection
of the ridiculous Italian dictator
with the present conditions in the
world. What characteristics of this
historical luno fascinated you the
most to make him the ‘model’ of