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HINGST \u201cSka vi \u00e4lska s\u00e5 ska vi \u00e4lska till Wall Riders\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text: Marzipan Hooligan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(AAD records) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this day and age where noise artists tend to  add more than the traditional sound palette and head more towards \u2018\u2019soundart\u2019\u2019 its pretty refreshing how some still try to carry the torch of pure Harsh Noise. While personally I can dig many different sounds within the noise spectrum , I will always be a sucker for the \u201cCRUNCH\u201d . I came across Hingst a few years ago when JSH told me he was involved with another crunchy Harsh Noise project with Edvin Norling (Pollutant, Peking Crash Team).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thematically this evolves all around oldschool gay pornography while the crunchy (almost but not yet) wallish noise does the trick. While many of you might already raise their eyebrows by the word wallish, its not what you think. This project is searching for the most crunchy texture as possible while they will keep the attention of the most restless listener.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/abhorrentafterdeath.bandcamp.com\/album\/ska-vi-lska-s-ska-vi-lska-till-wall-riders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cd is a compilation of tapes that came out previously on Hingst Kassetter. Where did the idea to make a cd compilation come from?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edvin: Not sure. At that point we had done a bunch of pretty limited tapes, and although we did re-release the s\/t I think the demand for the Hingst back catalogue was high enough to warrant a compilation CD. I don\u2019t really remember the reasoning to be honest. No one tells me anything in this fucking band. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johan: Yeah, I asked AAD if they were interested in doing a compilation, since they had been very supportive of the both of us and our respective projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thematically Hingst is all about oldschool gay pornography, some information about this ? Can you translate a few of the swedish titles for us non swedish speakers plus the thematics itself.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edvin: Hingst is about studs and sleaze. There\u2019s a lot of that stuff in old school gay porn. As for the titles, most of them reflect that people here (in Sweden) live pretty sleazy lives full of dirty sex, alcohol, and drugs. It\u2019s not social commentary, it\u2019s not some moral superiority thing; it\u2019s a statement of facts. You see it every weekend. Hingst is a stud getting shitfaced, hitting on denim-clad single mothers at a shitty rock bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johan: Hingst is stud\/stallion in Swedish, so we choose images that fit the project name. The titles are a blend of the sleaze Edvin mentions and situational stuff. Our first track is called \u201cHingst at Phil\u2019s Burgers on Gullmars\u201d which is where we had lunch before going to our first recording session. It can also be a play on song titles or stuff, like the tape on Petite Soles. It was a \u201cHingst-ification\u201d of the title of the anthem written for the Swedish soccer team for the \u201894 world championship.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays harsh noise artists are trying to explore more the sound palette while HINGST strongly believes in the purity of Harsh Noise. Hence the declaration in the cd \u2018\u2019This is Swedish Pure Breed Harsh Noise\u2019\u2019 Do you see your sound as some kind of necessity or purely the way you want noise to sound?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edvin: To me the \u201cphilosophy\u201d (if you can call it that) behind Hingst is dead simple. The purity aspect comes from our method \u2013 one take, straight to tape, no post processing. What you hear is what we heard. Some might view that as an excuse for being lazy and not caring about how we sound. Nothing is further from the truth. Sound is everything. We just polish our sound before recording rather than afterwards. It\u2019s not interesting to record 30 minutes of great harsh noise if you do it in one minute segments; it\u2019s significantly more interesting to record 30 minutes of great harsh noise in one go. If it doesn\u2019t sound good straight to tape, why do I bother? I have better things to do than polishing turds in some fucking DAW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johan: I don\u2019t believe in the constant mantra of \u201cbringing something new to the table\u201d. We\u2019re bringing something old to the table, because that\u2019s what we want to have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuck your fusion cuisine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The english translation of the comp is \u2018\u2019If we\u2019re going to make love, we\u2019re going to make love to Wall Riders\u2019\u2019 Although crunch wise there is definately a HNW element. Sonically the sound is more varied and suprising. How would you explain the nod to the Wall Riders tag<\/strong>?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edvin: Wall Riders is one of two good HNW releases ever made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johan: It\u2019s a play on a shitty song by the worst band in Swedish history, Gyllene Tider. The original title translates to \u201cIf we\u2019re going to make love, we\u2019re going to make love to Buddy Holly\u201d, we just changed it to Wall Riders, because 1) that\u2019s a fucking amazing release and 2) as a nod Heinz Hopf for their \u201cKlart man har Wall Riders p\u00e5 mobilen\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what way do you see HINGST evolve in the future.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edvin: More crunch. More live shows. More Elk Brew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johan: I second that.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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