“I GREW UP listening to The Doors, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd, but when my mother asked me to listen to Led Zeppelin IV, that day changed my life. I thought it was music made by the gods,” admits Dirty Sound Magnet vocalist/guitarist Stavros Dzodzos.
“The day after, I picked up the guitar and I knew what I wanted to do. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I had felt such wonderful feelings when I discovered music I liked – strong feelings that I wanted other people to feel.”
Growing up in Switzerland, the band, including Marco Mottolini (bass) and Maxime Cosandey (drums), have been developing their wonderfully eclectic mix of atmospheric psych rock since they were teenagers. After spending 10 years experimenting with their sound, they’ve found their audience.
“In Switzerland, there is no one actually listening to this kind of music. There’s absolutely no scene here. We really understood and saw the value of music when we toured in Mexico, where people were less materialistic and music really mattered. In Europe, I think rock music has been blended too much with pop music, and rock music as we see it has become dormant or dead. There’s still an interest for this style of rock, and there’s a few bands that are doing it, like King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, but not many. And that’s why we want to bring back what people have missed or have forgotten exists,” says Dzodzos.
“I always listen to Ennio Morricone before recording; it sounds like the desert and gives the impression that the mixing console was covered in sand, there was wind. And Frank Zappa was so intellectual with his music. So when I’m in a Zappa phase, I can’t listen to anything else. You’re sucked in and nothing else matters.”
Their latest release, Dreaming In Dystopia, is the result of years of jamming. “I like it when music makes me dream: I l...
“The day after, I picked up the guitar and I knew what I wanted to do. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I had felt such wonderful feelings when I discovered music I liked – strong feelings that I wanted other people to feel.”
Growing up in Switzerland, the band, including Marco Mottolini (bass) and Maxime Cosandey (drums), have been developing their wonderfully eclectic mix of atmospheric psych rock since they were teenagers. After spending 10 years experimenting with their sound, they’ve found their audience.
“In Switzerland, there is no one actually listening to this kind of music. There’s absolutely no scene here. We really understood and saw the value of music when we toured in Mexico, where people were less materialistic and music really mattered. In Europe, I think rock music has been blended too much with pop music, and rock music as we see it has become dormant or dead. There’s still an interest for this style of rock, and there’s a few bands that are doing it, like King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, but not many. And that’s why we want to bring back what people have missed or have forgotten exists,” says Dzodzos.
“I always listen to Ennio Morricone before recording; it sounds like the desert and gives the impression that the mixing console was covered in sand, there was wind. And Frank Zappa was so intellectual with his music. So when I’m in a Zappa phase, I can’t listen to anything else. You’re sucked in and nothing else matters.”
Their latest release, Dreaming In Dystopia, is the result of years of jamming. “I like it when music makes me dream: I l...
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