Interview with Rastko / Shadowdream.
๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ?
The love of jazz came from my father and his collection of old vinyls such as Art Blakey, Coltrane, Charles Mingus... However I did not think much about it while I was a kid and went to discover other musical styles and genres. As I grew older and more mature to appreciate the jazz I got back to it. Then this whole loophole opened and Iย started to look for different jazz musicians and bands, which finally led me to the darker side, the one I am implementing as well. I startedย to work on my own dark side of jazz, aa it gave me the possibility of creating thriller and crime films without a camera.
๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐?
When creating music, there is no ultimate goal for me to make people feel something, I only create a vessel which they can board in their mind. This can take them to all sorts of emotional plains. I try to createย basically a soundtrackย to a non existing film - a film which each person can create in their own mind. With that comes a vast array of individual feelings for each one ofย theย listeners,ย or at least that's what I hope happens.
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค?
It is not a preparation per se, but more of a lifestyle which puts the music on paper. A lot of cinema, a lot of differentย music, a lot of stories picked here and there and of course obligatory time for myselfย to process all of that. There is a good Stoic exerciseย I practiceย - every now and then I go to the cemeteryย and sit/walk there, collecting my thoughts among the silence of the dead. After a while being surroundedย by the dead, when you get back to the busy streets you kind of feel even more alive and collected and that gives me the strengthย to put my thoughts and ideas in music and other (creative) work.
๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐?
ย I think the realization that I don't have to be limited stylistically, ideologically etc. in music. If I would have to do only one style of music without any experimentations, limited to only one theme, I would quit in no time. There are so many undiscovered musical and thematic journeys through which I can reinvent myself, that, for example, I have no idea which genre or style my next albumย will be.
๐. ๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
There aren't any specific musicalย artists or artists in general that influenced me. Or better yet, there are just too many. I could mention, as music goes, Cypress Hill, Urfaust and John Surman, but they are just some personal favorites of mine, which do not necessarily influenceย each album. I am more interested in exploring different peoples stories, experiences, be them positive or negative, interpret them and put them in musical tones
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐?
I guess looking back at it, I can see my own evolution with the music. From the kid trying to go to the extremes, trying to prove something to someone, to just being a plane old me doing something thatย fulfills me. No expectations, nothing to prove to anyone. That is why I guess my music evolved, or better yet matured.ย
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก?
Wormholedeath is not just a label, but a family. And as such, an artist is not being treated like a name on the contract, but a creative person whoย has unlimited support from theย personel. That is what I get from Carlo, Natascia etc. I think that is the highest compliment I can give them.
๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ?
Well, I guess it's to find a way notย to repeat myself in the creative process. To reinvent myself as much as I can. While this is happening I will be on this journey, when it doesn't anymore I guess the goal will already be achieved.
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