I actually look back upon those �mes with extremely mixed feelings. On one hand we were having a lot of fun, even though personally I took things way to seriously right from the start and forgot to simply enjoy it somewhat. On the other I felt extremely frustrated because I had so many ideas buzzing around in my head and was technically bound to the very limited equipment we could afford, which was basically a Roland D20 synth, an effects processor and a couple of small drum pads. Not really the kit needed to make a big impression on record labels. Studio �me was even much more expensive back then than it is today and so it took us un�l 1993 to find the right opportunity and the necessary funds to create Spasma�cae in a professional studio. Nowadays you can already make great-sounding music with a modest PC and some free so�ware and therefore making music has become something that’s accessible to all. As regards to your ques�on about a tape release, I don’t think so. I’m aware that the tape market seems to be booming lately, but it seems more a kind of strange, nostalgic hype rather than something that has a real ar�s�c value. Ever since the eigh�es and the incredible standard that was raised by top producers such as Trevor Horn, the quality of the sound has become just as important as the quality of the music. Mixing and mastering techniques have evolved light years and I’m s�ll trying to catch up as much as I can about this extremely delicate and complex part of music produc�on, hoping that every new CD sounds be�er and more professional than the previous. So my million pound ques�on is: why bother spending weeks to even months trying to make something sound as well as possible, only to put it on tape a�erwards with the dreadful impact this has on sound quality? Spasma�cae had already been re-recorded, remixed and remastered for a large part when we created “Quod Erat Demonstrandum”, so I don’t really see the need to re-issue it. Clearly, my brain works like that of an ar�st, not like that of someone who’s great at making money. That being said, I could give your readers a premiere by announcing that I’ve recently found the original digital master tapes of both “Spasma�cae” and “Veni Vidi Vici”. I’m s�ll searching for the “Militaria” master but it must be around somewhere. I am planning on looking for someone who’s able to create digital files from those DAT tapes and will put those on-line instead of the current versions which were all derived from an ordinary casse�e. Probably they won’t be published on CD, however, because they’re too old to my opinion and they’re not something I’m par�cularly proud of now. “Quod Erat Demonstrandum”, on the other hand, is. Thanks for your �me Peter… please feel free to plug your music and website…. h�ps://propatria.bandcamp.com/ h�p://www.propatria.be h�ps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPk9gzXnnUSYeyAMwq2NgRA
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