INTERVIEW
Talking to the Dream Maker
Cape Town Today speaks to
Adrian Hates, front man of Diary of Dreams, in his home in
Germany on the eve of their Dream Collector tour to South
Africa.
You are releasing special
album specifically for the SA Tour, tell me more about it?
The Dream Collection consists
of a collection of rare material - limited editions, bonus
tracks, remixes, previously unreleased material and music
that's been out of print for the past ten to fifteen
years. It also has the first Diary of Dreams (DOD) track,
which hasn't been released since 1993. That one's for the
fans, so they can hear what we sounded like back when we
started. All together the CD has sixteen track and a
booklet along with it.
Has your music change over the
past seven albums?
I hope so, music is like art -
if you do not improve you should look for another job. It
comes from the heart and you must improve, become more
complex, more difficult, your skills must continuously
improve.
How would you describe your
music to people who haven't heard it before?
(Laughs) Ask any musician what
he thinks he sounds like, and the fans will say the
complete opposite. It really depends I suppose. In Greece
the say we're gothic, in other countries we're called Dark
Pop, Dark Wave. I have no clue really. I don't think about
what I want to do, I just do it. Our music is dark,
definitely alternative, but also accessible to the general
market.
What can people expect from
your SA Concert?
Well, lots of enthusiasm. It's
great to come back and we feel very privileged. It took a
lot of hard work to put this tour together and we just
want to celebrate together. We've got four people on stage
- keyboards, guitar, vocals and drums. We've got a very
good lighting engineer and a specific look, but that's a
surprise.
What music will you be
playing?
Music from around 1996 up
until now. We're bringing out a new album but decided not
to include that - there's just too much music. We've
already released over 150 tracks, so we want to stick with
what people are more familiar with.
Do you know much about the
bands you will be performing with?
I don't know Terminatrix
because they're a new band, but I've known Mr Barelycorn
for many years. They're very good and I'm surprised they
haven't made it big in Europe yet.
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