Enter Shikari - "Publika(u Srbiji) je bila fantastična" + Interview on English

Enter Shikari je kako i mi rekosmo ispod, bend sa milion žanrova.

Njihov žanr je teško odrediti, a sami sebe svrstavaju pod pank bend, dok ih njihovi hejteri smatraju glasnim popom. Shikari su izdali svoj novi album “Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible“ 17. aprila ove godine, a izdanje je dobilo sjajne ocene od medija širom sveta, dok našu recenziju izdanja možete pročitati ovde. Mi smo imali priliku da malo “popričamo” sa svojevrsnim frontmenom sastava koji je ujedno i vokal, Rou Reynoldsom i Rob Rolfeom, bubnjarem grupe. Osim o albumu popričali smo sa njima i o nastupu na Arsenal festu 2018. godine, i o poznavanju domaće scene.

HM : Pre svega se nadamo da ste svi dobro i zdravi. Da li imate možda neko mišljenje o sadašnjoj situaciji, kako se vi borite i koliko ona utiče na vas?

Enter Shikari : Itekako smo živi i zdravi, hvala. Nadam se da je isto kod vas i vaših. Očito je vrlo teška situacija širom sveta. U situaciji smo u kojoj treba da poštujemo ozbiljnost i činimo ono što možemo kako bismo spasili što je više moguče dragocenih ljudskih života, prihvatajući savete profesionalaca i praktikujući socijalno distanciranje i pazeći na ličnu higijenu koliko možemo. Morali smo da otkažemo promotivnu turneju našeg albuma i ostanemo kod kuće zbog toga, ali srećom živimo u doba u kojem smo u mogućnosti da koristimo različite stvari kako bismo došli do naših fanova i odatle širili našu novu muziku.

HM : U današnje vreme bendovi menjaju članove iz godine u godinu, a vas četvorica ste zajedno od osnivanja. Kako to uspevate ?

Enter Shikari : Ja mislim da je to što smo odrasli zajedno imalo veliku ulogu. Činjenica da se znamo toliko dugo i da niko od nas nije ušao u ovu ulogu sa nekim očekivanjima i egoima. Takođe pomaže i to što nismo seronje. Svi smo bili odgajani sa opštim poštovanjem prema ljudima i ideologijom da tretiramo ljude kao što želimo da neko postupa prema nama. Naravno, bilo je tu i neslaganja u prošlosti, ali uvek pređemo preko njih zato što smo više nalik braći nego prijatelji.

HM : A albume objavljujete na svakih 2-3 godine, dok smo primera radi TOOL-ov album čekali 13 godina. I svaki vaš album ili singlovi sa istog bivaju nagrađeni i ako imamo dobru informaciju 4 vaša albuma su do sada bila u top 10 na britanskoj listi. Odakle crpite inspiraciju ?

Enter Shikari : Mislim da nam je lako da održavamo taj kontinuitet, zato što je to nešto što volimo da radimo. Svi smo toliko bliski da stvaranje muzike zajedno dolazi prirodno. Tu je i druga strana, novčana, zbog koje moramo da nastavimo da objavljujemo muziku da bismo ostali u tokovima i poslu, ali čak i da ne moramo to da radimo, i dalje bismo radili zato što nam je to u srcima.

HM : 17. aprila ste objavili novi album “Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible”. Vi generalno imate zaista dosta različitih podžanrova u svojoj muzici pa je teško odrediti koji ste vi žanr. Ovaj album je kao što ste i najavili mešavina svih prethodnih izdanja i zaista ste krenuli u novom pravcu. Šta biste rekli o tome ?

Enter Shikari : Uvek smo imali veoma širok spektar muzičkih interesovanja. Enter Shikari je kao sunđer koji upija sve oko sebe. Bilo bi nemoguće da to ne bude izraženo u našoj kreativnosti. Postavili smo se u dobru poziciju u kojoj to ljudi sada očekuju od nas, tako da možemo – sa razlogom – da objavimo muziku u bilo kom stilu, koji god volimo i on će biti prihvaćen. Naš eklektični muzički stil ujedinjuje, a ne razdvaja.

HM : S obzirom da smo iz Srbije moramo da vas pitamo i nešto u vezi Srbije. Pre 2 godine ste nastupili na Arsenal festu u Kragujevcu, da li se sećate možda tog nastupa ? Mi se sećamo da je publika vrištala kao da smo došli na Bitlse hahaha.

Enter Shikari : Sećam se koncerta. Publika je bila fantastična. Najčešće su bine na festivalima u polju, ali pošto smo bili okruženi zgradama delovalo je kao da je publika bila glasnija i da je bilo više energije. Nakon našeg nastupa Chris i ja smo popili par pića i đuskali na dance stage-u. Ujutru smo kupili par naočara da prekriju mamurne oči.

HM : Takođe, moramo da pitamo, da li možda znate za nekog izvođača ili neki bend sa ovih prostora ? Iz Srbije, Hrvatske, Bosne…

Enter Shikari : Nažalost ne. Možda nam vi možete preporučiti nekog ?

HM : Na album ste ubacili i orkestarske sekcije koje do sada nisu bile česta pojava kod vas, odakle to ? Da li planirate takve pesme i uživo da izvodite ?

Enter Shikari : Uvek smo voleli da eksperimentišemo sa instrumentalima. Ne plašimo se da pomešamo više tekstura u našu muziku, od crkvenih orgulja koje smo imali na albumu „Common Dreads“ do dhol bubnja na „The Mindsweep“. Ako bude moguće, iskoristićemo i ovo. Naša nova izdavačka kuća So Recordings je radila sa George Fentonom i sa Praškom Filharmonijom dosta u prošlosti pa je ovo bila sjajna prilika za nas. Bilo bi sjajno iskustvo ako bismo mogli da imamo ceo orkestar na bini ponekad, ali odlazak sa njima na turneju će biti komplikovan!

HM : Na vašim koncertima je zaista pravi spektakl i ko dođe čuće mešavinu zaista svega i svačega. Kako biste opisali vašu publiku, ko se najčešće nađe u njoj ? Da li vam nedostaju koncerti ?

Enter Shikari : Turneje nam baš mnogo nedostaju,jer su one veliki deo naše profesije. Što se publike tiče,rekao bih da je ona eklektična koliko i naša muzika. Raspon starosti i porekla je ogroman,ali svako ima strast i energiju na koncertu. Smatram da je naša publika najljubaznija koja postoji. Mnogo nam je drago kad vidimo da se nova prijateljstva stvaraju na našim koncertima. Za stidljive koji ne žele da idu na koncert sami mogu naći ljude koje će upoznati i s kojima će se družiti jednom kratkom objavom onlajn. Veoma sam ponosan na naše fanove.

HM : Imamo jedno pitanje koje pitamo sve, pa moramo i vas hahah. Da možete da čujete bilo koji bend, bilo kad i bilo gde, gde i kada bi bilo i koji bend bi bio u pitanju ? Fiktivno pitanje.

Enter Shikari : Uvertiru Čajkovskog iz 1812. godine, Moskva, 20. Avgust 1880 godine.

HM : Pre svega, želimo da vam se zahvalimo za ovaj intervju i poželimo puno zdravlja i sreće sa novim albumom. Imamo još jedno pitanje. Mi bismo našim čitaocima preporučili da čuju vaš novi album. A šta biste im vi preporučili da čuju dok su zaključani u kućama dok traje pandemija ?

Enter Shikari : Osim našeg albuma ? Šta god vas ispuni ljubavlju, nadom i pozitivnošću. Kod svakoga je nešto drugačije.

English version of interview

HM : Firstly,we hope you’re alive and well. Do you have an opinion on the current situation, how do you fight against it and in what way does the situation affect you?

Enter Shikari : We are very much alive and well, thank you. I hope the same for you and yours. We are obviously in a very difficult situation world wide. A situation that we should be respecting the severity of and doing what we can to save as many valuble human lives as possible by taking the professionals’ advice and practising social distancing and being as careful about personal hygiene as we can. We have had to cancel our album promotional tour and stay at home because of it but luckily we live in an age where we are able to use different tools to reach our fans and spread our new music from there.

HM : Nowadays bands often change members on a yearly basis, but the four of you have been together from the start. How do you manage to do that?

Enter Shikari : I think growing up together has played a big part in it. The fact that we have know each other for so long and didn’t come into our roles with expectations and egos. It helps too that we aren’t aresholes. We have all been brought up with a general respect for people and the ideology that we should treat people the way we wish to be treated. Sure, we’ve had our disagreements in the past but we always get through them because we are more like brothers than just friends.

HM : You publish a new album every 2-3 years, compared to Tool’s album that we’ve waited for 13 years. Also, every album or a single from the same receives an award and according to our sources, 4 of your albums were on Britain’s list of Top 10. Where does the inspiration come from?

Enter Shikari : I think it is easy for us to keep releasing music because it is what we do, what we love to do. We are all so close that creating music together comes naturally. There is the side that, monetarily, we need to keep releasing music to stay afloat as a business but even if we did not need to, we still would because it’s in our hearts.

HM : On April 17th, you published “Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible”. Your music generally consists of various subgenres, so it’s hard to determine whether you have a concrete music style. As you said,this album is a mixture of all the previous outings and you’ve really turned to a new direction. What’s your take on this?

Enter Shikari : We have always had a very wide range of musical interests. Enter Shikari is like a sponge soaking up everything around it. It would be impossible for these not to come out in our creativity. We have put ourselves into a good position where people now expect it from us so we can – within reason – release whatever musical style we like and it will be accepted. Our eclectic musical style is unifying, not dividing.

HM : As Serbs, we’d like to ask you something about our country. You performed on Arsenal Fest in Kragujevac 2 years ago, do you remember that concert? We remember the crowd screaming and cheering as if it were a Beatles concert.

Enter Shikari : I do remember the show. The crowd were fantastic. Normally festival stages will be in a field but being surrounded by the buildings seemed to make the crowd louder and intensify the energy. After our performance Chris and I had a few drinks and partied at the dance stage. In the morning I bought a pair of sunglasses to sheild my hungover eyes.

HM : We also are genuinely interested if you know any artists from the Balkans?

Enter Shikari : I’m afraid I do not. Perhaps you could recommend some?

HM : You included an orchestra in certain sections in your new album, which wasn’t a common occurrence before, how did that come to life? And do you plan to perform the songs like that live?

Enter Shikari : We have always enjoyed experimenting with our instrumentation. We are not afraid to layer up more textures in our music, from a church organ on our Common Dreads album to a Dhol drum in The Mindsweep. If we have it available to us, we will use it! Our new record label So Recordings has worked with George Fenton and the Prague Philamonic a lot in the past so it was the perfect opportunity for us. It would be an incredible experience to play with a full orchestra on stage some time but I can imagine the logistics of taking them on tour would be difficult!

HM : “A true spectacle” is term that can be used to describe your concerts and whoever attends them has the opportunity to hear a combination of lots of genres. How would you describe your crowd,what sort of people can often be seen attending your concerts? And most importantly, do you miss touring and playing in general?

Enter Shikari : We absolutely miss touring, it is such a big part of our profession. Our crowds, I believe, are just as eclectic as our music is. They seem to range massively in age and background but all of them have passion and energy at the show. I believe our audience is the most welcoming and accepting audience there could be. We take so much pleasure in seeing new friendships made at our shows. If someone is nervous about going to a show by themselves, a quick post online and they will instantly have people to meet and go with. I’m very proud of our fans.

HM : We ask everyone this question,and we must ask you as well. If you could listen to any band in any place and time, who would you listen to, where and when?

Enter Shikari : Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Moscow, August 20th 1880.

HM : Lastly, we want to thank you for this interview and we wish you the best,and to take care during this situation.Final question; we recommend our readers to listen to your new album. But what would you recommend they listen while locked up at home during this pandemic?

Enter Shikari : Other than our album? Whatever fills you with love, hope and positivity. It will be different for everyone. Thank you so much for having me. Stay well xx

Enter Shikari intervjuisao Rastko Tomić