»I´ll become a producer, engineer and mixer«

This interview was originally intended for: Daylight Suffering. Made by Mårten Jacobsson in July 2002.

This time I had the pleasure to speak to Aksu Hanttu, the drummer of Entwine.

Mårten: How do you describe your music to someone who haven't ever heard of Entwine?

Aksu: Melodic/Gothic, Metal/Rock

Mårten: What are your goals with Entwine? How far can you go?

Aksu: We have already done some goals and it feels good. But of course we want more and more and we want to get as far as it ever possible.

Mårten: What is the music-climate like in Finland? I think there are some real good bands coming from your homecountry right now.

Aksu: Yeah, we have very good scene here in Finland. Here are very much very good bands and more to come all the time. I think Finnish music culture spends the best of days right now and it looks like that these good days could continue and grow to even better days.

Mårten: Do you have any fun touring-memory to share?

Aksu: Oh, there are so much funny tour memories.. And now in afterwards they never sounds like so funny as on the right moment.

Mårten: Can you survive on your music or do you have any work beside the music?

Aksu: Not yet. Mikkola have a job in a big local bakery, Tauriainen just hanging around, Jaani studies in senior high school´s evening line, Miettinen studies some computer stuff, Heikkonen spends a lot of time with her about one year old baby and I study a music technology. So I´ll become a producer, engineer and mixer.


Mårten: How will your next record sound?

Aksu: It´s very hard to say it right now because there are not so much time from the release of »Time of Despair« album. But we already have some riffs and one almost ready song. It sounds very good!


Mårten: What is the best thing about being in Entwine?

Aksu: Our first European tour on last spring was maybe the coolest thing that I have ever done in my life. So, maybe tours are the best thing about being in Entwine.


Mårten: What can we expect from a Entwine-show?

Aksu: Pretty hard rocking on the stage. Everybody says that we sounds more heavy live. There aren't any special lighting effects, pyrotechnics or dancing girls yet.


 

Many thanks for this interview.

Make sure you check: www.entwine.org

Editors notice:  Entwine has just released their new album »diEversity«.