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What´s the name of your band? Dirty Sandwich

How was the band formed? Jay and Sven are former co-workers at big music shop

Can you tell about your band? We share the same passion for music and electronic music gear

Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band? Switzerland, near Zürich

What was the ambitions of the band when you started? We wanted to do live shows without using a computer on stage, so we got ourselfs some magic music machines from Sweden and started quite successful

Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? It’s electronic music, influenced by House, Techno and other genres

Where was your first gig? Kiste Baden

Where was the latest gig? A small private party for friends

Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? We do not have lyrics, but we improvise together and sometimes new songs come out of the middle of nowhere

Who has the best since of humor in the band? Mmmhhh.. well it depends on the situation, Sven and Jay are both fun lovin’ people

What's good/bad with the band? We can try out many genres and styles without having to fit in to something particular

Why did you pick that particular style? Cause it opens up a lot of space to create new sounds and grooves

Do you write your own material or mainly covers? All original, mostly improvised

Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? 1 EP on Spectra Recordz from Argentina

Do you have any clips on YouTube?

Yes, please see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HOLBfrbcbI 

How old are you?/What got you started in music?

Sven is born 1990, Jay is born 1981,

We both are driven to experience the freedom to create music, fo us and for audiences

At what age did you start playing? we both started with guitar in our early ages, Jay started with around 10yrs to play guitar, Sven at the age of 8

How old were you guys when you first stood on stage?

Jay: 16yrs

Sven: 15yrs

What year was the band started? 2012

Best/worst gig you've played?

There are no bad gigs, only experiences.

But I think our best gig was at Kiste Baden

What places will you be playing in the imidate future? A local Radio Show at www.Lora.ch

Which band is the best you´ve seen? For Jay it’s still “Der Dritte Raum” at rohstofflager zürich

Is it always the same songs live? No, that’s part of our concept to create each gig different

What has been the best/most promising gig so far? The first one.. at Kiste Baden

Have you had any bigger tours from start to now? Not til now

How big crowds do you usually play for? From 100-500

What are the plans for the rest of the year? Setting up our new studio, creating music, sounds and samples as much as possible

Where do you usually play? At clubs

How do you get psyched up for a gig? We drink a beer or two, smoke some cigarettes and try to be as positive as possible

What are your goals with your music? To entertain, and live our musical freedom

When did you decide to go all in for the music? When our last jobs became boring.

Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? Puh.. i think you can’t be innovative when you don’t know about the roots or past of our music history

What are your sources of inspiration? Nature, DJ Mixsets, Clubnights, spontaneous jam sessions

What's the first step when making a new song? Come up with an idea.. no matter what it is

How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? Well.. the industry missed that point in the early days.. now it’s too late to stop people from downloading.For us it’s more important that we can reach to our fans, we do not care about the media which is used for that

What would be your dreams for the band? Become a well known act in the worldwide electronic music scene

Besides your own music, what genres and bands do you listen to? Metal, Jazz, Classic, Ambient.. to many artist to mention

What do you hold most dear? Our friends and family, and music of course

What would be your greatest fears for the future? That everything sounds like a joke… like the actual chart-hits from the last few years.. to us, this kind of music is just a product..not really “made”

When you are on stage, what do you fear most then? That someone plugs out the power cord

What songs and what years were they released? Dirty Sandwich – Bite Me E.P. on Spectra Recordz

Have you been part of any other projects? Yes, Jay is leading member of Shine2Rise and he is also DJ and Producer under his moniker “Jay Phonic”

Have you been in any other bands? Yes, but these were back in our teenage years, and we were bad musician back then

What do you work with outside of the band and the music? Jay and Sven both work at distributors for music equipment

What would you do if there was no music? Become an hunter in Canada

How important are your fans? Without them, there would be less fun and we are happy about each fan

What's the funniest/most memorable thing a fan has done for you? Someone has taken pictures and short videoclips the whole evening, then he lost his camera, so he came to the next gig and did the same again

How often do you rehearse? Once or twice a week, right before gig even more

Where do you rehearse? In our studio

Name 2 of your own songs you like at the moment? Bite Me and You are your own maze

What do you feel is the best live band you've seen? Toto.. they are fu*Ӎ genius

What drives a band that isn't all that famous and renowned to try to make a living on their music and to keep playing? The love and passion for music..

Do you have any webpages?

https://soundcloud.com/dirty-sandwich

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirty-Sandwich-electronic-liveact/473340106107715

Any pearls of wisdom for all other bands out there? Never loose to have fun while making music! Never judge beginners..cause we all were beginners at one point in our career

Describe your show, visually and musically Flashing lights, many blinking buttons, hundreds of knobs to twist, deep sub-frequencies and beautiful melodies.

Something to dance, something to watch and something to get lost in

How do you view the music industry of today? Well.. there is a trend these days, that music will be reached from the fans and listeners directly from the artists themselfes. But sadly, the best music which I came across never runs on radio. You may ask why? Because there are some people in this world who still see music as a product, not as an artform.

What advice would you like to give other bands? Never stop rehearsing, never stop dreaming, never stop being playful like kids on instruments

What are the biggest obstacles for a band? To get enough reputation as a band/DJ/producer to get out of the beginners-level

What is best/worst with playing the clubs?

Best; the atmosphere

Worst; catering.. well just sometimes

Tell us about upcomming gigs and why we should be at them? We play at a local radio, together with two other liveacts, all playing with hardware gear, maybe we do a big jam session in the end where we connect all of our machines together

How would you describe your sound in one sentence Melodic, groovy Techno with the special something that you want to listen to over and over again

What is your favorite crappy instrument? Claptrap Synthesizer from old 1980’s, it’s just there for handclap sounds.. and they even sound as shit as hell

What was one of the most quarrelsome times for you in the band? When we decided what kind of gear we should buy next

Whats your Pre-show ritual? Having a beer, kissing our girlfriends, having a last cigarette and off we go

Do you have anything to add? Thanks for the interview, you are all great!