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Past releases,,,

CD's: Fantasmo, Cryptic and Dire Sallow Faced Hoods Blast Off Into Oblivion, Demoz, Bootlegz, & Remixes Lim. CDR, OB-TV / Night Hawks Lim. CDR Single, Space Death

LP's: Fantasmo 2 X 12", The Journey to Grob 12" Maxi , Cryptic and Dire Sallow Faced Hoods Blast Off Into Oblivion 5 song EP, Limited Fantasmo 1 & 2 X 12"

Digital D-Load: Live In Berlin

Zines: Limited CRSSVR Pirate Communiques Vol. 1 #'s 1 - 6

Vol. 2 #1 (The Allergic Reaction Issue)

T-Shirts: Limited CRSSVR Regalia - Unholy Trinity, Reaping The Land, Bleeding, Cross, Docile Zombie, M/T/A, Demon, Exit

Badges: Cross, M/T/A, Anti-Cvlt, Cozmos, Cvlt, No Rest, Root, Demon

Patches: Anti-Cvlt, Pagan & Proud!

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SPACE RATS Drawing by Nick!

What prompted the theme of ‘space death’ for this new album?

Death Culture and our utter distaste for the human race.

The albvm waz inspired by being stvck in a really dark place, a void, when everything looks bleak
when jvst a change ov scenery would snap one out ov it.

If it weren't for all the jvnk in orbit we would like to be shot into the stars to become one with the galactic dust.
Seems like a pretty cozmik way to go.

Half ov the songz lyrix were written by Ratboy when he waz 17 yearz old.

We have very sad view ov the wurld.
From where we stand it would appear as if there is this enormous sense ov confusion and hopelessness.
These feelingz should be the impetus to react instead ov to succumb. Inflict change!

Do you feel like you’re carrying the weight of the world in trying to make the world understand its problems? If so, how well is ‘the weight’ sitting on your shoulder?

We don’t give a rat’s ass about the world or the rat race. It’s not like we wanna make the world a better place.
Or con people into goin’ green or svm sh*t! That’s for sheep and rich people. It’s up to the individual to be responsible for their own actions. Have svm pride, integrity,
and dedication. Respect yrself and yr surroundingz. Be real – don’t be fake. Stop lyin’. Get the trash out from under yr bed and set the skeletons in yr closet free. It’s “Business as usual” with dirty money and toxic slime bein’ pumped into the soil and oceans. And the mass mind allowing itself be prodded into self inflicted cages with seemingly no voice and no where to run. The mad cow goes moo and the swine flu goes a-choo! What about the bats and the bees? Pfiesteria? Paranoia and fear. Chem-trails?  It’s all death death death culture. What we r talkin’ about is life.

How is the making of this new album different from the last Cryptic & Dire…?

It waz solemn experiment.
Everyone who werked on the project were kept completely in the dark.
No one has ever met face to face – nor had any idea ov the albvm title, concept, or lyrical content.
We kept this from them on purpose.
The label didn’t hear one song until a week before it went to the manufacturer.
The process waz a series ov correspondences done via the web.
The goal waz to create indescribable sense ov abandonment.
The project waz completely dependent on technology.
We also took on a new member ov the heartless CRSSVR Crew – TLG.

We blasted off into oblivion and were away for light years.
We have returned with this transmission.

I remember you once cited interest in black metal music. Do you still listen to BM and what or whose other music excites you?

We svpport artists and musicians that strive to shatter the mold.  Bandz that put their ass on the line for their artform.
Those who make the effort to make svmthing different.

The sorrowful intricate brash insanity that is Bethlehem.
The uncompromising “Musty Hooves” supremacy ov Grand Belials Key.
The utterly unique Neo-classical torment ov Woods of Infinity.
Silencer’s desolate shrillz and despondency.
Darkestrah with their profound shamanic epics fronted by a female vocalist.
We like Nuit Noire from France a lot. They r a self-proclaimed “fäerical blasting punk band” and sing about fairies and the night.

We also listen to a lot ov Funeral Doom, Dark Ambient,
And svm Technical Thrash…

What are your views about the electro scene today? Is there anyone who’s doing justice to the genre (apart from yourselves)?

CRSSVR IS GLOOM! Our SOUND, STYLE, & IDEOLOGY is a Movement.
We r outcasts with no association to any genre or scene.
We r pioneers in uncharted territory.

If there is one thing you can change about life or the way we live, what would it be?

Svmone mvst fight back for all the witches that were burnt at the stake!

If there's a motto to Crossover's musical ethos, what would it be?

CRSSVR is extreme musical passion & ideology in a time when religious moral values have caused humanity to poison the earth, sky, and waters,
destroy ancient cultures and enslave many to the tedium of a society motivated by commerce, and remove all desire for individuality in existence.
Murky music that diminishes the listener and saturates them with isolationist and mystical beliefs.

Btw, are you still based in New York?

We r in a place called Cascadia now where there is lowest rate of church attendance in the US and the highest percentage of atheism.

CROSSOVER
RATBOY
RATGIRL
TLG
SPACE DEATH
GLOOM!

You define the new album as “A flower of hate” and the new songs represent “Misanthropy, sad virtual reality, family secrets, black holes and suicide”. Listening to it and reading lyrics it seems to be in fact your angriest album, the opener Black Mess where you say f**k to all is a kind of statement. Can you explain more of the concept of the album and what happened from the last record that poisoned (brilliantly) the esoteric magic f**ked up world of Crossover?

The themes and feeling ov the albvm reflect our frustration and discontent. We were sick, tired, and fed up.
We wanted a way to fight back and lash out - express ourselves from our broken hearts.  We went thru a very rvf time ov illness and death – physically, mentally, and spiritually. People close to us fell ill, family passed away, even aspects ov our thoughts and being began to moult and wither away. Our ideas and artistic expression were guided by these and other bitter events. It waz a great period ov change.
We felt the need to put “make believe” to rest for a moment and take a real look at thingz.
Say svmthin' from our gvts.

Why Rat Boy and Rat Girl?

Rats lurk in the shadows and usually go unseen. They do their biddings at night.
Most ov the time Rats r feared - svmtimes they r revered.
We r from the other side ov the trax and at times have been made out to be the scapegoat.
We decided to proudly play the roll ov pariahs.
We have chosen these as our totems for this part ov the trek.

Musically what kind of differences you see respect to the previous albums?

Our aim waz to make an albvm that is more aggressive and dirty - darker in nature.
It is more synthetic, detached, and hectic.
This is a gritty record that waz made on dilapidated machines.
It's hard to believe it even got made. There were many obstacles - Too many to mention.
SPACE DEATH is a bridge from our last albvm and an introduction ov the shape ov thingz to cvm.
It is a chrysalis.

The album was produced between the Arizona desert, the woods of New Hampshire and your house in Oregon, where you live right now, and from what time? It seems you have a nomadic attitude, can you say something about this?

The lyrix were written while we were stranded in the desert. It waz a waste land ov churches, strip malls,
and cheaply made monstrous mansions. All ov the cars were white and everything waz drab. It waz painfully hot and the svn burned. We were not smiled upon. The people were mannequins and robots.  Even the trees were out ov place. We were lucky to have gotten out when we did. We held vp in our compound and made the demos for this record. Sadly, our best friend became the computer, which it has for so many.
We sent these recordings to our new phantom member – TLG, who is in New Hampshire.
He went sleepless, tangled in wires, programming the skeleton ov SPACE DEATH.
We took this foundation, arranged the music, recorded the vocals, and mixed the albvm in our frigid attic this winter. We r kvl with where we r now in PDX for the time being.
There r four seasons, towering trees, mountains, volcanoes, and the seaside.
Often it rains. We r very fond ov this.
Life is transient. We will travel until we have seen and done it all. We r already plotting the next move.
 

What’s the meaning of Space Death?
 

SPACE DEATH is nothing - the death ov everything. It is all black. It’s white noise. It is what is next and afterwards. A cemetery for the living. It’s actually alive. It’s a cozmik trip – an acid nightmare. It is the face ov fear and facing fears. It is the beginning ov the end. A termination ov a fundamental error in time. A chance to begin. To start again and again and again.  It’s the sprout that pvshes it’s way out ov the ashes ov a charred planet.

Knowing the answer to the previous question (where you can add details etc.) what about your psychedelic experiences, acid, smoking etc., was that an influence on the imaginary world of Crossover?

We used to spend a lot ov time smoking acid but now we r toxin and intoxicant free.
That is not to say that one day when we r old and grey we won’t be getting’ psychedelic in our garden on our piece ov land. The orgin ov the title ov the record cvmz from Ratboys time in boarding school as a teenager in New Hampshire. On weekendz and vacations, instead ov goin’ home, he and frendz would take off into the woodz for days at a time equipped with camping gear, rations ov food, and an arsenal ov hard cider and drugz. Armed with hatchets, they built numerous forts and fortresses throughout the forest. One structure in particular was a 25 foot pentagram made out ov trees that was raised 10 feet off the ground on 5 other tree posts. The walls were woven with branches and benches were made along each side. A roof covering waz fashioned with more twigs, and pine.  In the center waz stone lined fire pit. There were tabz ov acid we were taking at the time that had little skvlls with stars and stripes on them. We called it SPACE DEATH. We would hang upside down by our legz from each point of the star and lose it together. We would talk and look at each other over the fire and laugh until our eye balls, tongues, and guts would fall out ov our headz! It waz a blast.

You as all the other great artists that were on Gigolo leave the label and now it’s not a secret that everyone wasn’t happy – to use an euphemism - of the label economical side, can you say something about it and what do you remember of that period, the electroclash boom etc?

It’s a crying shame looking back on that label cvz there were so many amazing unique artists that were not getting attention they deserved. In our opinion this waz a grand mistake.
The bandz needed to be supported so they could thrive artistically as well as financially. You know, the standard stvff - promotion, tour svpport, a few bones here and there. Not paying them is jvst flat out wrong.
Muzik and art is the highest form ov magic - Not a hollow commodity.
The music industry is dirty biz. CROSSOVER r not part ov that.
That label ripped us off in many ways and many times - plain and simple. We finally left the label when the head honcho stole our fee after a show in Spain on Halloween.
We do our own thing. As outsiders, we r not into to trends or scenes. 
We r not followers. We got swept vp in a wave and jvst went for the ride.
The label had rad bandz!: Doppler Effect, Zombie Nation, Plastique de Reve, Steril, Fat Truckers, MU, Crack We Are Rock, Mt. Sims. Also there were svm really kvl re-issues svch as Tuxedo Moon, Dominatrix, and Gina X.

I know you are fan of Italian Daniele Baldelli, did you listen to his new CD “Cosmic Sound”?

DB is the Cosmic captain ov the ship. His contribution to the people ov earth has been enormous.
He has been around for so long - re arranging the way music is being experienced.
He has introduced us to so many far out soundz. We have yet to hear his new one!

Other Italian things you love right now? And what about the Vee’s connections with Italy now, do you go there sometimes?

 

The Limited first pressing of SPACE DEATH on CD has been released by the exclusive and standout PUNCH Records from Italy. We have family and CRSSVR Crew there. We r dedicating a lusty leg ov the vpcoming tour to Italy. Don’t wear yr panties.

New artists, musicians, producers you’re into right now?

Check out the new limited and hand numbered red vinyl release “Violent Arp” by MAGAS on PUNCH Records – It rips and is out now!
Although not new muzik, yet finally let loose into the world is the recent album by Detroit’s – DEATH from 1975 called “For the Whole World To See”.
This albvm rvles and is getting heavy rotation around here at the headquarters.
For us the key trax r: "Let the World Turn", "You're a Prisoner", "Politicians in My Eyes".

Can you say one thing or two about the life of Mark and Vanessa (Vee & Dez) outside music?

 

We live a very reclusive life. We r inseparable.  Most ov our time is spent creating art and muzik. Aside from all the CRSSVR actions we recently we have done svm grafik werk for the MT. SIMS “A Grave” EP and the “Happily Ever After” full-length CD by designing their logos and layouts. Both r out now on the Hungry Eye Records. Check ‘em out! We also jvst finished the grafik layout for the long awaited CD & DVD re-issue ov New York city’s art-terrorist group MISSING FOUNDTATION’s albvm “1933” that was originally released in 1988. This is also a Hungry Eye release that will be out soon. It’s gunna be sick!
We also make an underground Black Metal zine under the pseudonyms ov EEV & ZED that features extreme muzik, artwork, and literature called “No Copyright”. There has been 2 issues thus far. All ov which have been sold out from underground mail-order distros world wide. TOTAL CVLT!
They were svper thick, limited, and hand numbered with tonz ov interviews, reviews, ideas, and even svm recipes.
We r toying with the idea ov making a third issue!?
But, it is a serious undertaking and is a bitch to foto-copy and staple them all together. Then send ‘em all out in the post…Our handz r already really full with werking on the SPACE DEATH tour strategy.
Other than that, we do a lot ov walking in the woodz, listening to music, watching films in old theatres, checking out live bandz, hangin’ out in arcades, skateboarding, collecting strange plants, throwing hexes on sh*t headz that have crossed us and casting spells on those we wish to keep away from us.

Other projects you’re working right now after the album?

 

The next order is the blackest project yet. We have 13 songz nearly finished for the next albvm and it will be even more exquisite, dolorous, and baneful.

CRSSVR
RATBOY
RATGIRL
TLG
SPACE DEATH
GLOOM
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