Here's the translation as from Kicken recommended (quite funny, but you'll understand this better than German
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On a grey October day the return announces itself to one the best British volume of the 90's. Kula Shaker stop off in Berlin after their formidablen return to the music business. Before their upsetting concert in the Lido us in the baking steam turbine and gas turbine system range singers Crispian Mills and schlagzeuger Paul Winter-hart sit opposite. Keyboarder Harry Broadbent prepared eases English dte too, before also he associates "very charming" with it. Sound-likes: How did it come to your Reunion? Paul: Crispian took up straight also a few students of Indian music an Charity album named "School OF Bra yes". It called Alonza Bevan (bassist) and asked it whether it would like to play on the plate. For some days it played the things with and at the end of these days sounded good. That was the starting point. Then we played a concert on own fist. Only we three. It was terrible. We thought that we could need assistance. Thus we called this Gentleman (points to Harry). Then the thing was perfect. In the moment where we had the Hammond organ again, were also our sound back. We have to write begun new Songs and a little to routes. Since then we develop slowly forward. Sound-likes: Are you contently with the reactions to "Strangefolk"? Crispian: We are very lucky to play again. We are besides lucky over the reactions of the fans and the public. Criticisms I read however none. Sound-likes: How does it look with the others? Harry: I read only the good Reviews. Sound-likes: "Dictator OF The Free World" and "the For Love" are rather political Songs, as one thus could not find them on the first two albums. How did it come to this change? Crispian: I think that George W. Bush probably directed the thoughts of many in this direction. It was very good for the consciousness of humans, because it visibly presented itself for all. Bill Clinton was a better actor. We were too young, when Ronald Reagan president was. George W. Bush was a good cause to become active and to get a political consciousness. It represented hypocrisy. It is very easy to point to all these countries such as China and Africa with their whole problems. But one cannot make that, if the own country with liars, cheats, co-operates murderers, evenly war criminals. Sound-likes: Crispian, I read that you wanted to be written with this plate a quantity of the soul. What exactly? Paul: Humans must communicate. Crispian: There you are completely right. Sometimes will one somewhat loose, without being able to articulate it accurately. It is not always only one text line, now and then is simple it a feeling. Therefore all music acts to free itself from something to. The attempt to express something what one cannot seize into words. Sound-likes: Was there, apart from the political aspects, something concrete, what loaded you? Crispian: With security the realization that one can die each second. The question whether your life is somewhat worth. Whether one leaves something Substanzielles if one dies. Your life meant something for somebody. To the career did not refer. One expressed something, what it was valuable and has one communicated and divided something, which noble and was loving. On this album three death occur: Alonzas father, my grandfather died briefly before the photographs. Besides the nut/mother of our producer died. Sometimes death can contain a very recreating experience. One realizes, why one does things. That one must be honest to itself. Sound-likes: The connection to India is audible also on the new plate. When you the first time with Indian culture into contact came? Paul: Briefly before we were based. I, Crispian and Alonza played together in volume, who dissolved briefly on it. Crispian said then that he will go to India and if he returns we new volume will base. Sound-likes: Why did you want to go to India? Did you have already in former times connections there? Crispian: I knew some children. In addition my nut/mother was interested in it. But there was also one point, in which I had been interested from me in it. It was part of my self identification. It affected me already quite a while. In our house we had besides often guests from India, who a time long with us used, music to have loved and also instruments play. We spent about three years together in different houses. A quantity of ideas, stories and characters finally landed in Songs on "K". Sound-likes: What do you hold from religion? Does it give somewhat, what you believe? Crispian: I am not political Songschreiber. I write simply over things, at which I take portion or which make me furious, if I watch television. I write Songs over mirror-image-ritual ideas or India or Krishna. I do not like religion. Religion is normally completely beautifully boring. I love philosophy. Religion is something, which comes always only to it. One has first a philosophy, a great teacher, a culture, then only comes the religion. There is a difference between mirror-image-ritual life and religion. All holy men end often with to be killed. They do not fit into the respective society. Sound-likes: Your nut/mother was a famous actress, particularly in the Sechzigern, you is a grandchild of Sir John Mills. Did you think ever to begin a career as actors? Crispian: That make I straight now. I flat to begin next week thereby (laughs) in Ernst: I thought about it, when I was a child, because everyone did it. But then I was imprisoned taken by the music. All my plans were settled thereby. From then on I remained in my bedroom and before the mirror guitar played. Sound-likes: There are thus also for the future no plans in this direction? Crispian: No, definitely not. The main plan is to begin end of the yearly with the fourth album. Sound-likes: Do you actually miss the enormous success of the early days of Kula Shaker or do prefer it the current situation? Paul: No. Enormous success at the beginning was nearly too overwhelming. It does not make a difference for me to play large or small concerts. The atmosphere and what happens to musicians and us and the public between us as, are crucial. It concerns to communicate somewhat. Crispian: We make what we at that time already did. In certain respects we decrease/go back there where we began. We do not have anybody, which stands to us and our music in the way. The more successfully one will, the more obstacles must one overcome. We are now with a simpler model on the way. I am sure me that, if in the future more success should adjust itself, which would again more and more be complicated lives. Probably one would have to dissolve. Sound-likes: Their does it feel as heavy to win new fans? Still do many old fans come to the concerts? Paul: It is merry to see the people on our concerts. The people, which were at that time too young, in order to go to a concert from us to, are today young parents. They had the luck to learn us by their older sisters or brothers. Harry: The people love it to see live-musik and humans which play their instruments very well and which act well together. I think, it people will always give, which want to see that. It seems to disburse itself for us. Sound-likes: Do you actually feel you as part of a Britpop Revivals? Dodgy, Shed 7, Northern Uproar and yes-mes have themselves also reunited... Paul: We were already in the Neunzigern never part of something. Thus there is also today no reason in addition. Crispian: We ourselves do not even understand, who we are. Thus we can be put also into no drawer with other volume. I would not know anyhow where we clean-fit. I would find gladly something for us. We search still. It concerns primarily around the way and not the goal. Sound-likes: Back to the new work. Why you "Narayan" as "Song OF Love/Narayana", which already was on "The Fat OF The country" from The Prodigy, again revised? Crispian: Because I in the bath sat (a cigarette ignites itself). Sound-likes: You stopped nevertheless with smoking? Crispian: That is correct. I try to begin again. It is not easy for me. I was thus in the bath, when me after one week vacation came into California the idea to it. I pushed all to go again in the studio. Paul: Nobody knew, what would happen. Crispian: Nobody wanted to do it. Not times I. Harry: It had a vision. A "bath time vision". Sound-likes: To another topic: Crispian, you is vegetarian and engages itself also for the animal protection organization PETA. Crispian: I made times something for it. Now however no more. But they make a quantity good work. I gave up to convince the others to become vegetarians. Apart from Harry. Harry: Oh. Daily! Sound-likes: Some time ago you said that musicians on the high point of their success are depressive, lonely and suicide-endangered. What do you believe, what lies? Crispian: Now. They take the wrong drugs. I think that a quantity of people is depressive, lonely and suicide-endangered. With a quantity of creative people it is also little their task to discover this side. Besides standing on a stage attracts uncertain humans, who want to be loved. Thus they land then also on a stage. Harry: Uncertain humans, the day and night by their creativity to be tormented, can afford no more friendships. Sound-likes: You published and financed "Strangefolk" on your own label. Do you plan to also publish different volume on it? Crispian: Other volume, which could to be looked a little as we. Harry: Shula Kaker! Crispian: We would deliver a good Girlband (laughs) only times to become we our next album on it to publish. Perhaps however after it. Arrives on how rich we are then. If we apply the money, in order it another volume to also give (laughs) Sound-likes: For the moment thus nothing is planned. Crispian: Please dispatch to us no music! Sound-likes: No concern. To the last question: What want to reach you with Kula Shaker in the near future? Crispian: To survive would be good. To remain independent. To retain in addition, your ideals, in order to give to your efforts a meaning. Otherwise one works only, in order to pay its rent. That would be rather lay. Paul: To do something to only get in order more moneys. Crispian: For beer to work (all laugh) Sound-likes: Thank you for the interview!
