KainKlang MusikMagazine

.The last CD was named?
.DNR – Visual Evolution

And how can we get it?
.You can’t!!! It’s no more available… but we hope to publish soon new copies of it!!!

.Who is behind everything DNR?
.Only us, baby… me, Kira, Sieg, Mantis and Delord… and that’s all!!!

.Is there such a thing as a fundamental idea which hides itself behind DNR?
….well, we only wanna be original and cool …that’s the fundamental idea…

.How, where and when it came to the founding of DNR?
….about five years ago I met Kira here in Bologna… he had an idea… a concept ’bout a new J-rock/ visual band… he show me his project… I found it cool and togheter we begun to lookin’ for the rest of the band members…

.Your band have been around how long? How satisfied are you with the results achieved so far and what would you change if you could turn back time?
. We’ve been around from about 2 years… and we are completely satisfied about results achieved… no regrets, honey!!!

.Why did you decided to name the band DNR? Is there behind a deeper meaning?
….noo …It only means Do Not Reanimate… or something else… eheheheh…

.What it feels like is important in today’s (Gothic) music landscape image and the visual appearance of a band? DNR comply with any clothes properly?
..Our image is a fundamental component of our style as a band… something that we melt with the music to create a unique thing!!! …huge importance!!! …we create our style with our own personal taste… our clothes are inspired by the visual kei/J-rock scene… but with… something different… something more!!!

.Whom do you see as the typical audience? There is a certain audience that her address with your music want?
.well… we always try to reach many different kind of people with our music… but at the moment our best audience is composed by teen-agers…

.There is “the difference” between the German public and other audiences abroad?
.oooh we already dunno that… ask me that’s one after an european tour!!! eheheh!!!

.Is there a standard drawer for the music of DNR? How would you describe people your music that you never have heard?
….our music is a perfect mix between our single personal influences, musical background and J-rock/Visual Kei music… It’s simple!!!

.How important is it for DNR to have (musical) success?
.It’s pretty important… because is trough our musical success that we can spread our music to you all, people!!!

.Did you connect any dreams with your music? (If yes, which?)
….we care only about music …’cause we leave all the dreams to our fans…

.How is this publication at your fans arrived? What kind of reaction there was from the (scene – Specialist) press?
.The fans very appreciate our publication and particulary the song “Follow Me”.
The press reaction is beautiful, we’ve a lot of articles and review of our first single.

.How much time did you spend for the completion of the latest CD? Where was it recorded and produced?
.Our first cd will see the light on May 2009. It was recorded and produced in Bologna
at Miraloop Studios.

.To get in the production of someone behind the controls supported, or was all alone in your hands?
.When we work on a song, we write all from the drum to pianos and vocal line; later our producer
Gerolamo Sacco from Miraloop finalize the song with post-production and effects.

.When you composed new songs, did you requires a certain inner mood or a special atmosphere?
.It not depends to special atmosphere or mood…a song born so randomly…there’s not an explanation….
We put on our instruments and all born .

.What draws your themes in your lyrics and what to let you in the lyrics inspire?
Every member write Lyrics n themes

.How important are your texts for yourself? Take it in the music of DNR a big place, or you see the texts more than accessory to the music?
.The texts are a very important part of us and the DNR and explain all of us.

.How can we get imagine a gig of DNR? What it..s going on with you on the stage?
.The gig DNR imagine is taken from our official photograper Shy-un

.It is also important for DNR to be represented on the Internet?
.Yes, it’s the most important things and we appreciate when people dress
like us.

.What do you want to do in the near future (musically) with DNR?
.To play everywhere in the globe and to play in Tokio.

.2008- What was your best experience as a musician?
.To play at Alcatraz in Milan and live with Polysics.

You can sit on the new songs to work only at a certain date, or is this entirely depends on your mood?
It depends by our mood in the band

I thank you for the interview and wish you all the best for the future.

Claudia Wagner