The Germans

[We received the following correspondence from Matt Blair shortly before our monthly deadline.]

Wavelength, the Germans interview will be a bit delayed because they didn't take it remotely seriously. I'm writing them back right now to offer them a second chance. I will copy you both on my response and their original letter. Here was a group that dodged my content and made up their own interview questions. I hope that they and I can work together to salvage this interview, and I'll keep you posted.

Germans, maybe I'm taking this more seriously than I should, but I'm not sure that I'll be able to submit this as an interview. You've dodged all of my questions, and even made up some of your own, which is a new twist.

If this is how you'd like to be represented, then that's fine with me, and more power to you. But for now, I've written the editors to let them know that your interview will be delayed.

[Here is the interview, in its entirety.]

YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC AS MINIMALIST, WHICH USUALLY MAKES PEOPLE THINK OF A VERY THIN AND BARREN SOUND, AND YET YOUR SONGS HAVE A VERY FULL FEELING TO THEM. HOW DO YOU DEFINE MINIMALISM?

"The sound only money can buy." - Billions Koper

WHAT MOST DISTINGUISHES THIS GROUP FROM PERCIVAL SPENCER, YOUR PREVIOUS PROJECT?

The X Files are back on TV now. Into the xewne!

YOU STARTED PLAYING LIVE TOGETHER AT ABOUT THIS TIME IN 2002. HOW HAVE THINGS CHANGED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS?

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YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ARTISTIC BACKGROUND AS ONE OF "CHALLENGING MUSIC FANS." HOW DO YOU THINK THE MUSIC ON "EXPLODES ON IMPACT" MIGHT CHALLENGE THE LISTENER?

We haven't heard it, but I imagine it might be challenging like the song "Tropical 5" by Your Name Jakam. Only 5 bars, but 0.5 beats per minute. 25 minutes, do the math. 5 whole notes, and some cymbal hits and you are done - easy money.

ARE ANY OF YOU ACTUALLY GERMAN? IF NOT, WHY THE KINSHIP?

Koperrrrrr! Guy! None of us are German either, but some of us have been there, and we've all at least seen it in books, and I feel that makes us more German than the rest of you. We're all German inside, and it's just 'Germans' not 'The Germans', so that makes it okay.

The billionaires are rich. How does that make you feel?

It's not a matter of feeling, it's a matter of knowing. You wake up in the morning. If you had your hand in every cookie jar in America, would you want to feel your fingers? To me, it's personal. Life comes through experiences, and sometimes you just gotta ride the wave. Feel the waves below your feet. Some people think you can only surf on the beach, but really surfing takes place in your mind.

Have you talked to your loved ones about your decision to give them a signed notification card, so they can understand?

Yes guy. Koper.