2000
Taken from Expressen / CA
By: Expressen editorial team
Special thanks: Ann Avekova
Swedish tabloid Expressen ran an article with a new interview of Alan in their weekly entertainment supplement... The article is entitled Alan Wilder - 'that guy who left Depeche Mode' The article is written by Anders Nunstedt, here are a few excerpts.
"Wilder mixes sharp modern beats, monotone basslines and dramatic string arrangements with odd [strange] guest vocalists. No Swedes though."
AN:
The new album 'Liquid' is an odd but
interesting product. Dark and unconventional, almost like listening to a movie.
AW:
Recoil is an experiment and I don't worry about what people think. This time
I've come closer to my vision...
AN:
...which is?
AW:
Emotional music that grabs ahold of the listener. Sometimes I get chills
listening to it. That makes me very pleased. I hope it will scare a few others
as well. (laughs)
'I don't have enough knowledge of Swedish music.' Wilder says apologetically then, with difficulty, manages to list Andreas Johnson, [the] Wannadies and [the] Cardigans.
'I was in contact with the Cardigans, they wanted me to do a remix for them, but it felt like they wanted the Depeche Mode-sound so I backed out.'
AN:
You're not into that?
AW:
For obvious reasons. I've done it enough. The pop
format is a closed chapter for me.
The article also mentions that Alan has had a number of bad experiences with airplanes and that the opening and closing track of the album are called "Black Box 1 & 2"...