По многочисленным просьбам, я выкладываю англоязычную версию интервью с Jihad. Русскоязычная версия, по-прежнему доступна по ссылке — http://violanoir.com/music/interview-for-jihad-rus
Many people know how I like old-school Industrial / EBM projects as the forerunner of modern genres and styles. It is their music — they created these same genres, working on their definition and content. In the mid 00’s we saw the flash of interest to electro-scene, we are seeing some decline now, and I have often wondered — what happened to the pioneers of the style, scene, which built it?
But 2015 presented us one of the most powerful comebacks in the segment Industrial / EBM scene. Jihad – this project is the backbone of the American Industrial / EBM scene along with Benestrophe, Fektion Fekler, Mentallo and & the Fixer. “A Prayer In The Night” released on 1 May 1997, but it still excites the minds of fans of old school EBM music.
Founder and inspirer of Jihad — James Mendez kindly agreed to give an exclusive interview for blog violanoir.com. And it is almost the first time in my practice, when I got so grateful interviewee. James answered all of my questions more than detailed, explained a lot of interesting facts about the Texas Industrial- scene and got fan in my person. Very large interview, to read a lot — but it’s worth it. I recommend.
