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COVER STORY INTERVIEW WITH KENNETH
The sun is backing the back of my head while a cold breeze freezes the fuck out of my face as I sit on a park bench with Kenneth, the creative mastermind that is [ówt krì]. He sits next to me coated in a leather jacket, shades and a cigarette in his mouth. "Want a light?" -No thanks, I don’t smoke… I actually don’t get people who destroy their lungs like that. In his younger days Kenneth might have had a cigarette or two but nowadays he seldom even touches liquor. -Yeah, it’s the cost of family life next to being a creative genius (chuckles). So what are all the mystics about and how about the numerous projects you can be traced back to? - Well, let’s see… In my mind there really aren’t any mystics concerning myself, I just do my thing and share it with the world. Nobody’s been asking me any questions about it. As for the numerous projects in my name: I’ve been looking for a direction through the years really. There was a ton of stuff I tried out before getting into, what has become my own style. To name a few of the unorthodox projects there has been the grindcore outfit “Morbus Gallicus”, the very controversial Finnish gangster rap duo “Mutha Disco Posse” and the techno-dance duo “Ra1z’d F1st”. -Most of the duo stuff was made with my close friend Christian Huju who has a number of projects also (most of which are defunct). They started out as one off’s and just grew… but very few of the projects lived for longer than 2-3 songs. The notable exception being “Ankea” that never really	had a direction at all… we were just all over the place (laughs). Seriously, most of our latest collaborations were way too artsy for “Ankea” and so we tended to release them as “[ówt krì] / gestalt psychologie”, though it will probably be changed as “gestalt psychologie“ seized to exist and became “LUUVALOA”. “Ankea” actually used to be the main project for some time what are the comments regarding the future of named project? -Well, you see. I don’t make music for a living… my paycheck doesn’t depend on me making music, so I focus my energy to what I wish… lately all band functions with Christian has been put on ice and we are focusing on our solo materials and making inter-artistic collaborations, mostly meaning that Christian is painting cover-arts for me. -The latest epiphany we’ve had is the collective “terrorterrorexplosionexplosion”, where we just give writing credits to our own bands but release the stuff as “terrorterrorexplosionexplosion” because it doesn’t 100% fit in with the usual material we make. In some ways a rather strange claim to make as [ówt krì] has tackled quite large amount of different styles and genres during the last 3 years. -Yeah, I do see the irony of the statement… but I really think that the changes in my music are more about personal growth than actually trying to tackle new ground. The latest challenges have been for me to implement both the slow droning of bands like Sunn O))) or Khanate, but also the contemporary music of 20th century	composers. Many of my new found sources for inspiration are composers, people like La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, John Zorn etc. the bottom line still remains that Sunn O))) and Stephen O’Malley were the main source of inspiration for me to start making this kind of music. Kenneth is also rather active in keeping up his blog on MySpace and sharing information on what’s going on. Having read quite a few of them I believe I’m pretty well up-to-date with happenings in Kenneth’s camp. Though, I’m soon shot down for that presumption. -I write a lot of shit in my blog… just thoughts and visions, stuff like that and in the process try to hype a bit about my friends’ projects and stuff I’m psyched about. Most importantly many of the progress reports get fucked, because I never finish about 75-90% of the projects I announce. It’s like this: I’m having coffee or a scotch with Christian and get this incredible idea for a project… bottom line, when I get to work on it the project changes or I abandon it because my limited skills are not enough to make it happen. Anyway, I like to write a lot of stuff… I used to be writing poems as well, but that kind of died out. Another point of interest is the paintings. -Oh, you’ve stumbled upon those as well? Cool, it’s really all about men wanting to do this Mark Rothko type test for the release “3” that was very minimalistic and simple… it turned out very well and that together with the fact I just happen to love painting. It’s fun as a hobby, like music as well. To be quite	frank, I see Christian as the real artist in our collaborations… I wouldn’t stand a chance with the really talented people who make it in the contemporary circles nowadays. Are there any future visions concerning your musical endeavors or will you just be going with the flow? -Probably I’ll pretty much see where life takes me… now I’ve been trying out some analog stuff with a 4-track tape recorder… also I’ve been making some very aggressive stuff. There are a lot of things going on, but I do have a couple of releases almost ready give out. We’ll see… as I said before, my living doesn’t depend on music and I do what at that moment is fun for me. People tend to take this stuff too seriously and what I try to do is bring some balance to it… also I am dreaming of making a few really heavy video releases. It’s all a matter of having the time and finding the inspiration and funding + collaborating parties to work with. No puns to Mr. Huju but it would be nice to try some other collaboration as well. As I see Kenneth walking away along the quay side, I start reflecting on the state of our bellowed music business. Do bands like [ówt krì] belong there? All in all I think many people can relate to the fact that Kenneth is making the world of music a great deal richer with his inventive styles and unorthodox mixtures of sound. As for the future - who knows? All we can do is hope for a better tomorrow and pray bands like [ówt krì] and LUUVALOA inspire more young people to make a stand against the decaying music business.

COVER STORY

INTERVIEW WITH KENNETH

The sun is backing the back of my head while a cold breeze freezes the fuck out of my face as I sit on a park bench with Kenneth, the creative mastermind that is [ówt krì]. He sits next to me coated in a leather jacket, shades and a cigarette in his mouth.
"Want a light?"
-No thanks, I don’t smoke… I actually don’t get people who destroy their lungs like that.
In his younger days Kenneth might have had a cigarette or two but nowadays he seldom even touches liquor.
-Yeah, it’s the cost of family life next to being a creative genius (chuckles).
So what are all the mystics about and how about the numerous projects you can be traced back to?
- Well, let’s see… In my mind there really aren’t any mystics concerning myself, I just do my thing and share it with the world. Nobody’s been asking me any questions about it. As for the numerous projects in my name: I’ve been looking for a direction through the years really. There was a ton of stuff I tried out before getting into, what has become my own style.
To name a few of the unorthodox projects there has been the grindcore outfit “Morbus Gallicus”, the very controversial Finnish gangster rap duo “Mutha Disco Posse” and the techno-dance duo “Ra1z’d F1st”.
-Most of the duo stuff was made with my close friend Christian Huju who has a number of projects also (most of which are defunct). They started out as one off’s and just grew… but very few of the projects lived for longer than 2-3 songs. The notable exception being “Ankea” that never really

had a direction at all… we were just all over the place (laughs). Seriously, most of our latest collaborations were way too artsy for “Ankea” and so we tended to release them as “[ówt krì] / gestalt psychologie”, though it will probably be changed as “gestalt psychologie“ seized to exist and became “LUUVALOA”.
“Ankea” actually used to be the main project for some time what are the comments regarding the future of named project?
-Well, you see. I don’t make music for a living… my paycheck doesn’t depend on me making music, so I focus my energy to what I wish… lately all band functions with Christian has been put on ice and we are focusing on our solo materials and making inter-artistic collaborations, mostly meaning that Christian is painting cover-arts for me.
-The latest epiphany we’ve had is the collective “terrorterrorexplosionexplosion”, where we just give writing credits to our own bands but release the stuff as “terrorterrorexplosionexplosion” because it doesn’t 100% fit in with the usual material we make.
In some ways a rather strange claim to make as [ówt krì] has tackled quite large amount of different styles and genres during the last 3 years.
-Yeah, I do see the irony of the statement… but I really think that the changes in my music are more about personal growth than actually trying to tackle new ground. The latest challenges have been for me to implement both the slow droning of bands like Sunn O))) or Khanate, but also the contemporary music of 20th century

composers. Many of my new found sources for inspiration are composers, people like La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, John Zorn etc. the bottom line still remains that Sunn O))) and Stephen O’Malley were the main source of inspiration for me to start making this kind of music.
Kenneth is also rather active in keeping up his blog on MySpace and sharing information on what’s going on. Having read quite a few of them I believe I’m pretty well up-to-date with happenings in Kenneth’s camp. Though, I’m soon shot down for that presumption.
-I write a lot of shit in my blog… just thoughts and visions, stuff like that and in the process try to hype a bit about my friends’ projects and stuff I’m psyched about. Most importantly many of the progress reports get fucked, because I never finish about 75-90% of the projects I announce. It’s like this: I’m having coffee or a scotch with Christian and get this incredible idea for a project… bottom line, when I get to work on it the project changes or I abandon it because my limited skills are not enough to make it happen. Anyway, I like to write a lot of stuff… I used to be writing poems as well, but that kind of died out.
Another point of interest is the paintings.
-Oh, you’ve stumbled upon those as well? Cool, it’s really all about men wanting to do this Mark Rothko type test for the release “3” that was very minimalistic and simple… it turned out very well and that together with the fact I just happen to love painting. It’s fun as a hobby, like music as well. To be quite

frank, I see Christian as the real artist in our collaborations… I wouldn’t stand a chance with the really talented people who make it in the contemporary circles nowadays.
Are there any future visions concerning your musical endeavors or will you just be going with the flow?
-Probably I’ll pretty much see where life takes me… now I’ve been trying out some analog stuff with a 4-track tape recorder… also I’ve been making some very aggressive stuff. There are a lot of things going on, but I do have a couple of releases almost ready give out. We’ll see… as I said before, my living doesn’t depend on music and I do what at that moment is fun for me. People tend to take this stuff too seriously and what I try to do is bring some balance to it… also I am dreaming of making a few really heavy video releases. It’s all a matter of having the time and finding the inspiration and funding + collaborating parties to work with. No puns to Mr. Huju but it would be nice to try some other collaboration as well.

As I see Kenneth walking away along the quay side, I start reflecting on the state of our bellowed music business. Do bands like [ówt krì] belong there?
All in all I think many people can relate to the fact that Kenneth is making the world of music a great deal richer with his inventive styles and unorthodox mixtures of sound. As for the future - who knows? All we can do is hope for a better tomorrow and pray bands like [ówt krì] and LUUVALOA inspire more young people to make a stand against the decaying music business.

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