Hanin Elias 1301 As you may know, Hanin Elias has a vast musical experience, the ex member of the former band Atari Tennage Riot has edited four albums, she founded the music label Fatal Records and she’s also the pioneer of a German hardcore digital band. This time, she's in Santiago, Chile for the recording of her fifth album, which will count with notorious musicians from all over the world. Elias is planning to present tracks from this album at the main hall of the prestigious Alameda Art Center for the first time, a few of these tracks include the participation of some integrants of the Chilean band Industrial Company Inc (ICI). Hanin very kindly takes a break during the recording session to talk a little bit with Spin Earth. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPIN Earth: Why did you decide to come to Chile? Hanin: I actually decided to quit music and move to a little island in the south pacific (Eastern Island), then Diego Sagredo contacted me last year to do a show in Chile. I thought if I should do it or not for a really long time but I missed so much to make music, so I decided to come over and as we became really close friends we decided to do more than just a couple of shows together. Last year we decided to do an album together and this year I’m back in Chile not only to do a show but also to record a new album with Diego and ICI (Industrial Company INC Sagredo's band). We’re recording the album with several musicians for all over the world; we have Marcel Zuercher from Die krupps and David Yonan from the Chicago symphony Orchestra playing the violin. Little by little we’re going to get others musicians involved via internet, it’s going to be a very nice album, we already have eight tracks full of vocals and we hope we’re going to play some of the tracks live ion October the17th at the Centro Cultural Alameda. The Chileans will have the privilege to hear first the new songs in this early stage we are working on. SPIN Earth: Do you know about the music scene here in Latin America? Has something cough your attention? Hanin: I have seen some clubs but some of them are more like electronic clubs and goth clubs and everything seems to be like in the '80s, so I don't know so many South American bands but I know there is some youth industrial music scene and I think the "Chilean anger" is really authentic, the Chilean industrial bands are really honest about what they say and is something that I really like and respect. SPIN Earth: You founded Fatal records, why did you quit the project? Hanin: We released many albums and bands on Fatal Recordings in a very short time. But those were really hard times for us and other record companies as well. When I started my label, distribution companies were going bankrupt all the time, it was a very real difficult moment, I invested a lot and everything seemed to be going down the hill. We were running against the wall with what we were doing, even with all the potential and the lots of motivation of the great musicians we had, it wasn't possible financially speaking because of piracy, CD burning, etc. SPIN Earth: Distribution wise, were do you think music is moving towards? Hanin: What I really hope to happen is that every musician will be able to be very independent and sell its music on the Internet and do publicity for himself or herself. The people will know how to get the information, download the song and the money will go directly to the artist and not to people who get some sort of percentage and stuff. I think this will be possible very soon; I'm trying to go there myself because I'm sick of being in a label getting bondage contracts or getting ripped of by people who just want to make a profit from my art. I think musicians should be independent, and I think the Internet will make that possible. SPIN Earth: Do you keep a relationship with your ex-partners from Atari Teenage Riot? Hanin: We contacted each other on facebook that was the first time we talked to each other on eight years I think. But it’s still a shy contact, we had a lot of strange experiences together and now we’re talking about maybe doing some sort of reunion or something, but I think we are so different from each other and our ways of thinking are so far away from each other that it might be difficult. Alec Empires wants to do it but then he said to speak with his agent and then all this blah, blah, blah... that kind of stuff doesn’t interest me at all. I want to speak to the person and have something in between the band, I don’t want to speak to some agent because I don’t have an agent, I don’t have a manager, I don’t have a lawyer. I don't want to go through business, for me it has to be about something like friendship, you know? The idealism of getting the band back together, if it goes in the direction of agents and managers I don’t think I will be interested. SPIN Earth: Which are you favorite bands and website? Hanin: Kings of Leon I like very much, Cat power, I like Anthony and The Johnsons, Peaches is great, I like Isia... and my favorite website I think is Facebook "Diva life" (laughts)... and Farmville. SPIN Earth: Do you have any advice for any new bands? Hanin: I feel myself like a new band because I have to start right from the beginning and have to look for labels, I'm actually looking for people who can give me advice (laughts) but I really can’t tell them that if do they music. All I have to say is be passionate about making music, someone will recognize you if you are. If you get in to the all self-distribution I think is something that everyone can do, and it will get you more and more little by little. That's how we do it right now... <a href="http://www.myspace.com/haninelias"target"-new<b>Hanin Elias on Myspace</b></a> 33 2009-10-12T14:24:25Z 1 Listen to the mp3s Hanin left for you on SPIN Earth 0 Rock/Indie/Alt Experimental/Noise 3121 -33.4254 -70.5665 Santiago, Chile 2009-10-13T14:28:00Z 2 hanin-elias-visits-chile-to-record-new-album published Hanin Elias 2009-11-05T01:07:04Z 1082