Eva O

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EVA O FROM THE HEART

FROM THE HEART [ Interview with Evo O by Alejandro Cenizacromada. ]

For this occasion in The 13Th magazine, we have the honor to interview a tremendous artist, a legend and who has left much influence in the sinister world scene. A singer and multiinstrumentist with a unique style and protagonist of many important chapters especially in the wave of what we know as Death Rock, founder with Rozz Williams of the band Shadow Project and who also participated in cornerstones of dark discography as the album Only theater of pain and the reincarnation of Christian Death with Rozz in the nineties. Not only that, her prolific discography, her dark punk band Super Heroines in the 80s, her work as Eva O halo experience and her latest albums like the interesting project Eva O MXD1 and albums as Mental Mayhem, now we are facing her last work, an album of 8 quite intimate songs, with a certain dose of melancholy and enough atmosphere, The Rise of Eva O.

What have been your main influences throughout your artistic life?

For my voice, as a child my father would listen to these Extremely passionate female singers and they would cry while singing I always felt “wow I want to be able to invoke emotions from people. It is important I feel to walk away from a performance feeling you have been moved in your heart, your soul.

I always like to ask if there are any kind of genres apart from the music that you do and that you like to listen privately.

I don’t hardly ever listen to music. I like silence. I love early 70’s and 60’s music.

I find it very beautiful and deep in this new album, especially in songs like "Yesterday's Pain". Your new album reflects very personal songs that speak of the traumas left by the loss and the lack of love. Do your lyrics reflect something experiential?

Hello Eva, it is an honor to give us this My songs are always about life expeinterview to begin with. I would like to riences that I lived through or witnessed. ask you, being one of the pioneers of dark punk and the moved Deathrock as Your new album is under the label you see the scene today? How easy is it Cleopatra Records and reminds me of for a musician who loves these sounds the unmissable "Demons falls for an to break through in this move? angel Kiss", from your project Eva O I really don’t know how to answer this halo Experience of 1994, in which you question. I never tried to break though to worked with important characters like any scene. I just did music because it was Johnny Indovina (Human Drama) and a passion I have. I feel people shouldn’t even Patrick Mata de Kommunity Fk do music to belong to a scene if it is a pas- Is there any special collaboration of sion you create and whatever is created an artist in this new album The Rise of is from your heart. If no one likes it that is Eva O? their issue as long as you are doing what The Rise of Eva O is 100% Eva O. Even you believe. the mix, recording and editing. On the track Rejection My daughter played the I've always felt a lot of fascination for flute that would be the only other besides your rather macabre singing style that myself. evokes that horror of B-series movies (according to me) and that particular You have released material under the vibrato that you have in your voice. Cleopatra records. In the nineties the

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label had a lot of focus on the sinister culture, having in its catalog artists like Mephisto Walz, Big electric cat or the renewal of Christian Death with Rozz.

Today, the label has changed its focus to other sounds other than the dark.

What motivated you to re-release material under Cleopatra records?

I like working with them.

listen to new material from this project?

I am hoping to release the whole project.

That release was just a part of the project.

So yes there will be more…

Have you ever met your former partner Paris Sadonis of Shadow Project?

Have not you thought about going back to work on something together?

I listened to your album "Mass for the I don’t think he is doing music. Yes I have Evil on your soul destruction" of 2015, seen him. which is a tense soundtrack for that horror movie in our hearts. Are there What kind of literature is your influenelements of this album in the atmos- ce, what books would you recommend pheres of The rise of Eva O? us?

No I am sorry I don’t read. I know people think you are ignorant if you don’t but that Speaking of other albums, I've been is just something that doesn’t retain for fascinated with works like Eva O me. Everyone has their ways of learning MDX1's Mental Mayhem for their expe- and experiencing life. I do have a college rimentation and rock crudity. Will we degree though. So whatever that means.

You had a time in your life when you looked for a certain spirituality. And you converted to Christianity and then you left it. Nowadays, what does Eva O believe in and what does she not believe in?

I never left I just wasn’t living it. I am Christian. I am Orthodox Christian. I have ups and downs like everyone. I am a be-

liever / follower in Christ.

A big hug from all the staff of The 13th magazine from Argentina and Colombia and thanks for your music and your presence. We hope that one day you will travel through Latin America. It has been an honor to share these words with you.

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Annex to Interview 30th anniversary of the record release of Shadow Project - "From the Heart" (1998)

It's the 30th anniversary of Shadow's Project latest album, From the Heart. And it is the final album of the project. What do you think when you hear that you have spent so many years of that album?

I think that I am getting old. Which is good because I am still alive and many of my friends have passed so being alive still to me is a blessing.

What sensations does it come to your mind when thinking about that album?

It was a mysterious CD. Things kept happening to prolong it from being finish almost like it was trying to wait to be out at the end of Rozz’ life. It is a very sad recording, very deep.

What do you remember about the recordings of this album?

When we recorded the piano. I loved watching Nathan Van hala’s of (Savour Machine) fingers playing lying deep.

Do you think I could have continued with "Shadow Project" or was the band's road already exhausted?

No it was finish when Rozz and I finished it. It was time for us to move on.

Have you heard the whole album again in these years?

Yes my husband Edwin used to love that CD. How would you describe this album for those readers who have never heard it?

I would describe it by saying go pickup a copy and decide for yourself. It will make you emotional.

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