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Sero.Overdose: No Time For Silence
In 2002 a group of newcomers released "Serotonin" on Trisol/Matrix Cube, an eleven song, fifteen track debut that was well received by most press. Since then, they've been involved with all sorts of releases, but none under the name Sero.Overdose. Quiting Trisol and having signed with Alfa Matrix, the band will release the follow up "No Time For Silence" come March 7, and with the album teaser EP "No Time For (Club) Silence" staying strong in the DAC, expectations are high for the band to deliver another hit album.
The individual band members all have different musical backgrounds and, at least on and off, additional projects besides Sero.Overdose. André was singer in a hardcore crossover band, Mike has been playing guitar since he was a kid and Olli has been DJing and has an obsession with high-end stereos. Olli and Mike might also be familiar faces from other projects such as VirtualEmbrace, Infekktion and Agonoize. What is striking is how productive and ambitious all the band members seem to be in their work. Despite all of them having full time jobs, besides the many projects, their ambition is to release an album per year. Of course this also has to do with creativity, purpose and intent.
"Sero.Overdose is our soft project compared to our others, which are more influenced by industrial EBM styles. Sero.Overdose is real music from and for the hearts, and shows our sentimental inner", something that shows on the songs "Never", "She" and more on "No Time For Silence".
The title "No Time For Silence" could be interpreted in many ways. A statement that life is too short to sit in silence for example. The actual interpretation is more pragmatic however. 2½ years since their debut, they've decided to pick up the pace. Also, the band wanted to fill the blanks in their first album, minimalist in style compared to their follow up.
"We wanted to give word of coming back! Lots of people never believed in Sero.Overdose. We believe the first album was more minimalist compared to "No time for silence". But we have grown with Sero.Overdose, so it was a normal thing to see that we could progress our music. We spent more time on the production and tried not to have a 90% album. We wanted 110% !" And the band isn't easy on half-hearted and "for profit" releases the scene seems to be infested with. "I think the Synth Pop scene is the same and as over-flooded as the industrial EBM scene. Since everyone who has a computer with music software makes music and think it is easy to release it somewhere. There are labels signing bands, who started a half year ago making music, and they don't even know the quality. New labels and new music everywhere."
Though the album's sound seems to be a mix of Melotron, And One and some more club oriented elements, such influences are strongly rejected by the band. "I (Mike) am listening to Elvis Presley, other 50´s music stuff and commercial pop and EBM music too. André and Olli listen also to lots of different styles. I don't think we have any large influences by common bands. We are feeling the music, and that's how we make it!"
So where does Mike, Olli and André go from here? Time to become full time musicians?
"No, we still have normal day jobs to earn our money for living. We love to do music, and that's the only reason as to why we're doing it. But if the day comes when we can live off the music only, then we probably will be very happy to have our dream fulfilled!"
/Fredric Düring
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