SOURCE – What were some of the things you wanted to achieve with the release Machine?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – Well, put simply a great third album. One that we can be proud of. We weren’t focused on pleasing a certain crowd, commercial success or reinventing music, we just put together 11 songs that reflect us and what moved us personally in the last couple of years. Machine is a kind of Fuck-it-let’s-do-it-and-see-what-happens-album.
SOURCE – Do you enjoy the process of creating? Are you someone who continually writes or does the best come out under a little gentle pressure?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – Oh, I love the process of creating more than anything. Of course, a little pressure helps to get things done, especially when it comes to finetuning the songs. But there are constantly ideas for songs in my head just waiting to be experimented with.
SOURCE – What does it feel like as an artist waiting for the songs you’ve lived with for some time to get released to the fans? Is there a sense of excitement or a little panic in there too?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – Excitement, panic, everything at once, but most of all relief. The process of putting together an album is so wearing and takes so long. Especially with ‘Machine’, it felt like a 150 years from the first song ideas up to the point, where we sent all the files including the art work to the record company, so eventually the sensation now is: Phew, we finally made it!
SOURCE – What were the main inspirations for Machine?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – I guess life as such. It is not a concept album, it’s the musical result of six years of coping with all the ups and downs in Tommy’s, Diego’s and in my life since “Torque” was released. Therefore we like to say that it’s a rather personal album.
SOURCE – Any favourite moments or songs on the release?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – I especially ejoyed working on the French song “Métamorphose”. The drum and lyric ideas came from Diego, who is from the French speaking part of Switzerland, and I created a song around them. That was a challenge because it’s usually the other way around, with me creating melodies and lyrics and him adding the drums. Recording the vocals in the studio was quite an adventure, I had never sung in French before. At the beginning it felt kind of odd, and without Diego’s help – especially him trying to teach me how to exactly pronounce the words – I would have failed tremendously. This kind of team work was new to me, and very fulfilling.
SOURCE – How do you feel about the current music scene right now?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – I’m not sure what “the music scene” is. There are so many different genres and scenes – none of which 69 Chambers really belong to. In a way, we’re like party crashers at several venues, we come and go, try to leave our mark, but we, or let’s say I am too much of an outsider to have an opinion about what’s going on.
SOURCE – With technology changing so much over the last few years and seemingly not slowing, and TV force-feeding us the lowest common denominator, what hope is there for rock & metal music?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – I agree with what many musicians have said before me: Rock’n’Roll will never die. And neither will metal. The latter may remain a niche and might never be acknowledged by the mass media, but thanks to alternative channels: Who cares? It’s a strong and ongoing movement, and part of the thrill has always lied in operating in the underground.
SOURCE – Any closing words at all?
Nina Treml (Vocal/Guitars) – Thanks for your questions, Falber, I enjoyed answering them!
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