hey my friends out there...

as you may see i've been quite busy the recent weeks and months.
since i was doing my first real collaboration with panda team (berlin) there's been collabs with pappa thorpe from wisconsin (fugue on terrorism in d-minor, label thy anger, mirrormasked remixed), jennifer thomas from seattle (hartmannswillerkopf), pink noise from toronto (strike & recoil remix), orkan grammophon from switzerland (label thy resistance) and last but not least love sex n death from hawaii (two autumn variations on jedi pimp).
there's a video i did on the moonlight sonata on youtube with 59000 visits this year...(just enter "mondscheinsonate" and it's the first one...)...i'm overwhelmed...
i just got another cd from the panda team by mail and i'll soon start working on a remix of kidnapped. there's a collaboration withjennifer tracy kessler in the waiting line (yeah...how to remix blues vocals...?) and very exciting to me, when we'll both be ready, remixes and collaborations with my friend jen mas from new york...

it seems like 2 other exciting projects in switzerland are just about to be started...they have very much to do with my new song --om-- ...more later :)

yeah, i'm very excited all the time...it's not about success or fame. it's about the possibility to work with such wonderful and diverging artists from all around the world and find fulfillement in adapting their inspirational sparks into my dark world. that's artistic therapy...you know i listen to the songs hundreds of times, feeling them becoming more and more a timeless part of my soul. it's like tatooing my heart in a way. that's why the feelings i had when creating a song intensely jump into my face when listening to it again, no matter how many years have gone since the creation.

i'm addicted to my music, yeah, i have to admit my friend. my songs have become such a strong part of my life they're more and more like a part of my mind & body...

i've been talking to a friend lately about that and i realized more than ever than my fulfillment in music is not in any sense related to any styles, trends or rules of behaviour in the musical world. compare the hartmannswillerkopf with label thy anger with big blocks and the desert with cloudness with om with two autumn variations on jedi pimp with the futur of my kids. there's no relation for many listeners i guess but still it's all the same for me - my world i feel comfortable in, safe and calm. inside the noise i find my personal silence. my childhood, my alcohol addicted father, my evercaring mother who was fond of krishnamurti and yoga, my great family and all the great and gruesome horror and science fiction movies i've been watching much too early in my life...
(you can listen to all the songs here... :)

i need to go on. i know now, 38 years old, it will never stop. never. i couldn't stop it. i keep on running like mike muir does.


i've reached so much with you wonderful collaborators, good souls i've been discussing with around the globe (e.g. chris from iron giant who kindly calls me "a deep motherfucker..." ), jake a. wheat from streetblastradio (who gave me such wonderful feedback and reviews), inspiring bands and artists!

i love you

peace

roy aka king coat aka zenmetalshirt

aw, yeah...forgot: please join me on facebook if you have an account. my name is king coat there... i'm looking forward very much to meeting you there!!!! :) :) :)