illj

Who is ILLJ?
Obscure:	A community of artists.
Tom:	A community of urban technology artists.

How did music become your method of expression?

Extruder: It's not just music, it's also art and graphics.

Tom: Working together on many projects, to advance together to make an exhibition of art. That's also why we like the internet.

What is illj.net?

Obscure: You can listen to our music, get the history of ILLJ, and eventually there will be reviews of recordings. It's a community for all interested people... to inspire people.

Extruder: To make them think about all the shit going on in the world.

Who/what has inspired you?

Extruder: All the music at parties.

Obscure: Not only, I think it's also our lives

Extruder: Genau [exactly].

Obscure: Through our sound we let the world hear the frequency, or... I'm not sure if 'frequency' is the right word.

Tom: We started in the basement of Chris' [Obscure], with a turntable and two mics.

Extruder: We did some hip-hop in the neighborhoods. After a while we bought our first D&B and then started producing at Tom's.

Tom: We heard our first track and I went back to ask them for "Drum&Bass."

What was the first track you heard?

Max: The erste [first] track we heard was from Berlin, called "Headless Horseman."

What was it about D&B that caught your attention?

Obscure: The beats; the breaks; the spacey sounds.

Tom: The quality of the sound, it's sounds are not real, they are developed. The beat is kind of Jazz mixed with Rock'n'Roll (Twostep) and not stupid like techno.

Extruder: There are more spaces in the breaks, more possibilities for differences.

Obscure: Together with the bass it's powerful. We used to say, "The beat walks!"

What do you want to do with your music?

Extruder: LOADS OF MONEY! <laughs>

Obscure: We want to release our tracks, get the public to hear it.

Extruder: We want to get more people on the DANCEFLOOR!

Max: I want to be the first DJ to play only dubplates (test plates) from Austria.

How do you think your music will affect people?

Tom: Make them dance and express themselves. When you dance, you get a sort of balance. Well, for me at least.

Extruder: I can recycle my "bad energies" <laughs>, or my bad impressions.

Extruder: Max Headrom wants to get the magic inside the machine ALIVE!

What is your method, or system for making tracks?

Extruder: It's split, one is sitting around looking for samples. On the other hand it's going through the samples, waiting for something to creep along, like Wolfie [Max Headrom] walking across the carpet, slow and creepy. <all laugh>

Obscure: Checking samples, thinking about a collage of the sounds.

Tom: I have an idea, first I make a specific construction of what I want to do, and feel it. Then I search for samples to fit.

Max: At the moment, just making one basic loop. Just making sevaral basic loops and connecting them.

What would you like everyone to know?

Extruder: Don't believe the hype, and especially don't believe there's no PHAT D&B in Austria. The "perfect track" can come from anywhere, don't ask where. Believe your ears.

Tom: Believe your emotion... just listen. The art isn't about saying, to get the message you have to believe yourself, your emotions.

Thank you very much for allowing fuzzygroove into your studio!

How did music become your method of expression?
Extruder:	It's not just music, it's also art and graphics.
Tom:	Working together on many projects, to advance together to make an exhibition of art. That's also why we like the internet.

What is illj.net?
Obscure:	You can listen to our music, get the history of ILLJ, and eventually there will be reviews of recordings. It's a community for all interested people... to inspire people.
Extruder:	To make them think about all the shit going on in the world.

Who/what has inspired you?
Extruder:	All the music at parties.
Obscure:	Not only, I think it's also our lives
Extruder:	Genau [exactly].
Obscure:	Through our sound we let the world hear the frequency, or... I'm not sure if 'frequency' is the right word.
Tom:	We started in the basement of Chris' [Obscure], with a turntable and two mics.
Extruder:	We did some hip-hop in the neighborhoods. After a while we bought our first D&B and then started producing at Tom's.
Tom:	We heard our first track and I went back to ask them for "Drum&Bass."

What was the first track you heard?
Max:	The erste [first] track we heard was from Berlin, called "Headless Horseman."

What was it about D&B that caught your attention?
Obscure:	The beats; the breaks; the spacey sounds.
Tom:	The quality of the sound, it's sounds are not real, they are developed. The beat is kind of Jazz mixed with Rock'n'Roll (Twostep) and not stupid like techno.
Extruder:	There are more spaces in the breaks, more possibilities for differences.
Obscure:	Together with the bass it's powerful. We used to say, "The beat walks!"

What do you want to do with your music?
Extruder:	LOADS OF MONEY! <laughs>
Obscure:	We want to release our tracks, get the public to hear it.
Extruder:	We want to get more people on the DANCEFLOOR!
Max:	I want to be the first DJ to play only dubplates (test plates) from Austria.

How do you think your music will affect people?
Tom:	Make them dance and express themselves. When you dance, you get a sort of balance. Well, for me at least.
Extruder:	I can recycle my "bad energies" <laughs>, or my bad impressions.
Extruder:	Max Headrom wants to get the magic inside the machine ALIVE!

What is your method, or system for making tracks?
Extruder:	It's split, one is sitting around looking for samples. On the other hand it's going through the samples, waiting for something to creep along, like Wolfie [Max Headrom] walking across the carpet, slow and creepy. <all laugh>
Obscure:	Checking samples, thinking about a collage of the sounds.
Tom:	I have an idea, first I make a specific construction of what I want to do, and feel it. Then I search for samples to fit.
Max:	At the moment, just making one basic loop. Just making sevaral basic loops and connecting them.

What would you like everyone to know?
Extruder:	Don't believe the hype, and especially don't believe there's no PHAT D&B in Austria. The "perfect track" can come from anywhere, don't ask where. Believe your ears.
Tom:	Believe your emotion... just listen. The art isn't about saying, to get the message you have to believe yourself, your emotions.