Sofia TK/FFT ERROR Interview @ oSSo E-Zine

Sofia/FFT ERROR: "INTERVIEW !! Last year I was interviewed by an arts and music ezine following our EP release. For whatever reasons, the activity of the webzine has been frozen for quite a while and the interview didn't get out. So, to celebrate one year of FFT Error of our first release by D-Trash Records, I decided to rescue this interview from some dark and rotten place in the my hard-drive and put it online." http://www.ffterror.com/interview.html

REVIEW: Jul!e D:Stroy's CD reviewed @ punkscene.co.uk

http://www.punkscene.co.uk/?p=115

"I’ve not listened to much digital hardcore for a while, but this album popped up as a recommendation so I thought I’d tell you about it.
It’s got the beats and energy of Atari Teenage Riot and the screaming distorted vocals of Ec8or, all put together with a ultra feminist twist, especially with tracks like “Bikini Killa”, with it’s angry verses taking a swipe at everything that is today’s idea of sexuality.
The drum breaks are harsh and roll like a bitch, while the overdriven synths and gabber kick drums pound away, ever changing, never getting boring, while occasionally feeling the nudge in the ribs of hip-hop and dubstep. Even the little 1 minute tracks have substance, whereas on many albums these could easily turn out to be fillers. The final remix track is an insane breakcore thrash through the original and is a real smack in the face after the two live tracks.
This is a dark album, and if you want to blow some cobwebs away, download this from the D-Trash Records website and put it on full blast, if you can handle it."

[DTRASH129.5] PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES - Nur Ein Bisschen

[DTRASH129.5] PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES - Nur Ein Bisschen
Here is the final 5th, of the 5 FINGERS MAKE A FIST release from our friends PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES. This EP showcases new track "Nur ein Bisschen" and includes remixes from EE:33, ROBERT INHUMAN, REMY BRECHT, and MASSAKISS.

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2010/3
Length: (20:12)
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[DTRASH129.4] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Fuck The Radio

[DTRASH129.4] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Fuck The Radio
PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES finger you with this, the 4th chapter of "Five Fingers Make A Fist". Up for remix on this is a buffet-sized pack of remixes of their hit "Fuck The Radio", from DTRASH99, remixed by over 20 of the undergrounds electronic artists. Includes great new renditions from D-TRASHers such as SCHIZOID, HIMIKO, MIND DISRUPTION, BABYLON DISCO, HYPERDRIVER, NOT HALF, DISTONN as well as new faces like STEREOFECT, SYNTHETIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS, MYSTERYMACHINE.

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/10
Length: (63:07)
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Deadline coming for Fuck The Radio remixes by Phallus Uber Alles

Deadline coming for Fuck The Radio remixes by Phallus Uber Alles
We are planning to put out DTRASH129.4 "Fuck The Radio Remixes" by Phallus Uber Alles at the beginning of October.

If you've started a remix, get it finished so that you can be included on the final version. We need this before the end of September.

These are artists who've given us mp3 files but not wav files. We need WAV files of your final mastered track in order to include your material on the cd. If you know any of these people please forward them over to this blog so they can read it and get their act in gear.

=Enemy Agent - Renegade Radio Remix
=Fayth Scar Remix
=IALTS Freestyle Remix
=Knobhead Remix 1
=Knobhead Remix 2
=Radioodbiornik Ultra Remix
=Trudge Remix

If you work best under pressure and want to get a remix together yes there's still time but obviously not much left. The samples are here (forget that the dir says Hansel):
http://www.lunaticfringe.org/~schizoid/mp3/hansel/phallusuberalles-fucktheradio.rar

-Schizoid!

[DTRASH129.3] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Cockpit

[DTRASH129.3] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Cockpit
PHALLUS UBER ALLES poke out your eardrums with another of the "5 Fingers Make A Fist" series, showcasing their sassy brand of feminist digital hardcore. Remixes from DECOY ROBOT, AMBASSADOR 21, INNOMINATE, PHALLUS UBER ALLES, MEGATRON, CIVIC TV CHANNEL 83, THE APPENDAGE make up this CD single of the infamous track from their "Iron Woman" release.

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/9
Length: (31:30)
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[DTRASH129.2] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Brawl At The Boys & Girls Club

[DTRASH129.2] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Brawl At The Boys & Girls Club
PHALLUS UBER ALLES poke out your eardrums with another of the "5 Fingers Make A Fist" series, showcasing their sassy brand of feminist digital hardcore. Remixes from AMBASSADOR 21, REMISSER, TRUDGE, REMY BRECHT, GLTCH BITCH, OPERATION FALLRELOAD make up this CD single of the infamous track from their "Iron Woman" release. This IS what the girls (and boys!) want!

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/8
Length: (23:40)
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PHALLUS UBER ALLES Flyer Archive

PHALLUS UBER ALLES - DTRASH129 Interview

Q = SCHIZOID, D-TRASH RECORDS
A = REMY, PHALLUS UBER ALLES

Q: Your track was one of the highlights of that compilation... What made you decide to come back to it for an EP of it?
A: After two versions, we still felt like we hadn't gotten it right. The logical solution was for us to dissect it and mutate it all over the place!



Q: I notice there is one version, the demo version which is the most similar to the original track, with the way the vocals are delivered.
A: Yeah, the vocals were definitely the hardest part. There's something unique about how bands write English lyrics when it isn't their first language. Our own lyric structures are pretty different from ATR, and it was hard for us to translate, if that makes any sense!

Q: This is the first release after 2007's "Les Femmes De La Guerre. Looking back what did you think of that release. How was it received in your fanbase
A: We love that release and the EP format in general, but it was a good and bad thing. People loved the new songs, but also gave us shit for having so few new tracks. If anything, it was exciting to see that people are hungry for the next PUA album.

Q: Why FUCK The Radio? What did the radio ever do to you.
A: For the most part, radio is a joke. The bigger stations play the same 10 songs, over and over again. They won't play 99% of our songs due to censorship issues. There are some cool stations out there, though... like WEVL and KZSU.

Q: Do you think the radio format is still relevant in this day and age. At the same time I ask that I also ask that from the angle of how it pertains to bands on D-TRASH like yourself. Is there any potential? Or is it a lost cause.
A: Satellite and online radio are things we have yet to explore, and our few experiences with foreign stations have been really positive... but unless the American system is radically overhauled, it seems like way more trouble than it's worth.

Q: If they were to play either version of "Fuck The Radio" ON the radio, what version would you prefer, from that EP. The censored, or uncensored. And having said that, would them having played the censored version as a halfway point, would that be cool to you guys at all?
A: Hahaha, it would be hilarious if they played the censored version, since we did that to illustrate just how ridiculous censorship can get... there's no song anymore, just constant bleeps!

Q: Speaking of that track, that will be one of the slices of your upcoming series of releases, 5 Fingers Make A Fist. What is going on with that.
A: We were sitting on this huge pile of remixes by other bands and needed a way to get them out and reward them for their hard work... and to get some more PUA out there for people to hear. Fuck the Radio is definitely going to be one of the EPs in the series... even though it'll have over an hour of stuff on it!

Q: Is there any one favorite you've heard so far that you know the audience is going to love? We're at almost 20 remixes now
A: Well, the Schizoid remix fucking rocks! In fact, we want to do a vinyl record with it on there because it's so badass. Everyone has done a great job so far chopping up and twisting our track, though-- the response has been awesome.

Q: Besides the Fuck The Radio remixes what else is planned, 5 releases? What is behind "5 Fingers Make A Fist"
A: Heatwave was the first one. We'll also have a cd of Cockpit remixes, a cd of Brawl remixes, and finally an EP of new songs like "Nur Ein Bisschen." We've been using the fist imagery in our work for a while. It stands for solidarity and revolution... but it has a dark side. It can also be misused for violence and abuse. For these EPs, the idea was to pull together all these scattered bands and release them in one entity... we're stronger when we work together instead of struggling alone.

Q: I would call PHALLUS UBER ALLES a political band. What would you say are the top 5 political concerns of your idealogical agenda.
A: Well, we are of course largely concerned with women's rights, gender equality and everything that entails, as well as GLBTQ rights. The rights of workers and everyday people versus the abuses of government and corporations are also big sticking points for us.

Q: Do you feel that this music/this genre can still affect change in those things? Have you felt your music has affected it? In the 5-10? years your project and related have been active.
A: One problem is that the genre has become largely non-political, other than a general "rip the system" kind of sentiment. That needs to change, people need to get angry again. We would like to think that we've managed to maintain our ideals and message over time. To that end, we have some pretty amazing conversations at our shows where people express changes in their lives as a result of analyzing our content... how they view and treat women, how they handle relationships... change is still possible and viable!

Q: What do you think led to the de-politicization of 'the scene' if anything.
A: I think that one of the factors was definitely that a lot of the first-generation digicore bands either retired or went into non-political directions. Another would be the rise of the breakcore scene, which often [but not always] focuses more on musical one-upsmanship and comedy-- song titles, samples, imagery-- over any sort of focused activism.

Q: Do you find there is surprise/reaction/cynicism/delight/encouragement/discouragement/anything do you get any kind of buzz from the bands you play with, as probably most often, these days, the most "political band" of the night? When you're on a showbill with like Dr. Pizzamesh or DJ Fishslapper. Considering everything's reversed and it is in ways, like the same conditions when the originators of the digicore genre created this.
A: More than once, other bands have expressed fear that we were going to show up and "chop their dicks off" because of our imagery and message. Once they see us perform, though, they get what we're about. We used to just hurl socio-political rants over feedback at audiences, and they shut down, it was inaccessible to them. Putting ideas into a song format, though, makes it easier to digest, people can get into it and have fun while still considering the ideas within. We've also been playing more shows with bands like R#@$#@$, in which case we're not the only political band on the bill... it's been nice.

Q: What do you think is the demographics, male vs female of your fanbase.
A: We have a largely female fanbase, from teenagers to middle-aged women and beyond, but there are a decent amount of guys into PUA, too... especially once they realize that we're not about hating the male, we're about celebrating the female.

Q: "we're not about hating the male" Do you find that that is a perception about you? When presenting your ideas to probably a largely male audience at these electro shows.
A: In addition to the "dick-chopping" perception I mentioned earlier, there's also this notion we sometimes run across that our music is for women only or that PUA are feminazi lesbians run amok. PUA is for everyone-- regardless of gender or sexuality, we all need to address these issues together if things are going to improve.

Q: Probably some of that might come across when they see that there's a male in the band as well.
A: My role in the band is a complicated thing. A lot of guys will want to talk to me after shows, thinking it's "my band" because of... I don't know, because they think you need a penis to write this kind of music? My existence also prevents us from being able to play certain festivals... because we have one male member, we're somehow less of a feminist band in some people's eyes. Diesel always says that I have an honorary vagina, however. ;)

Q: ;) So, this whole 5 Fingers Makes A Fist thing is leading up to a set of new material? Tell us about that.
A: Yes, our second album. When we wrote Iron Woman, almost all the songs were created in the studio and played live only after the CD had come out. Now, we test out our songs live before we ever set foot in a recording booth. We find out which things work, which things don't... the songs evolve live, and sound more genuine when we finally capture them.

Q: How are the new songs sounding.
A: The new stuff sounds amazing! Hard, fast, intelligent-- Diesel has outdone herself in the lyrics department-- we've learned a lot since the first record. We're really psyched about the tracks.

[DTRASH129.1] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - HEATWAVE EP

[DTRASH129.1] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Heatwave
-PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES give us this new remixes EP of their scorching ATARI TEENAGE RIOT cover from our D-TRASH/ATR compilation we did last year. Includes live, alternate, remixed versions; this release is the first of a 5 part series "5 Fingers Make A Fist

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/6
Length: (21:48)
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[DTRASH099] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Les Femmes De La Guerre

[DTRASH099] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Les Femmes De La Guerre
Our friends from down in USA give us their return to the DHC scene with this awesome new extended CD EP. 2 hot new songs adorn this shellshocking disc, including some remixes of "Iron Woman" material from ROBAD PILLS, HANSEL and PUA themselves...

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Industrial, Breakcore, Political, Dub, Punk, Hardcore, Electro
Release Date: 2007/10
Length: (19:51)
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