Robert Inhuman interview with Bobby (
http://www.athiumsatanus.net/blastbeat/interviews/inhuman.html
The Blastbeat: Hello, tell us a little bit
about yourself and your thing More Punk Less Rock.
Robert Inhuman: Don't know what you specifically
want to know - I'm 22 now, bouncing back and forth between Cinci and the C-bus
B: Sounds like a big ass load to be working on.
I heard about this thesis you did. Tell us a bit about that.
Robert: Well first off here are a few photos of
the Pre-Suicide Inertia event courtesy of Aaron Geiser (AKA Ctrl+Alt+Del who
I'll be touring with this summer btw) http://demiurgic.net/pre-suicide-inertia.html
and here is the essay that I threw together for it: http://www.geocities.com/realicide/presuicideinertiaessay
The event was a weeklong improvised effort involving probably about 30-40
people fucking up the walls (anybody was allowed to come throw shit on there)
and there were 2-5 bands/performances every night for those 7 days. I tried to
spend as much time as possible in the space - most days I got there by 9:30am
and I'd leave usually around 1am that night. I fell asleep a couple times I
think but I stayed awake as much as possible and had a hardware noise setup
going, along with mean-ass gabber pumping out, almost the entire week all day
every damn day. At the end of the week I painted the whole room white again and
repaired as much of the damage as I could. A lot of people had some fun at
that.
B: Wow, I really missed out on that. I wish
Athium Satanus had some material together for that. Maybe next time you
organize something like this we'll get in on it.
Robert: That's cool - It was definitely a lot of
chaos and everybody except the dean of fine arts seemed to enjoy the whole
thing.
B: Haha, well what do you expect from authorty
figures anyways?
Robert: A hassle usually.
B: Yeah, I'm suprised he didn't try to shut you
guys down, or did he?
Robert: I was bullied a bit by the security
dept. at first. I had to meet with a few authorities 2 times before the event
started. But after a day or two everyone found out that this time I wasn't
planning on hurting anybody; no blood; not like that shit. So even after I was
told "no more spray paint" because of health codes obviously - they
turned a blind eye when we'd still be piecing and tagging here and there. I
think the guards were just happy to see something more exciting overall - not
just a huge white wall with like some skittles tacked on it in an array so
whatever like you are supposed to feel intellectually intimidated by that
shit??!! My show was a lot more action/fun that most of the shit that room gets
year after year haha. Whatever.....
B: Yeah, fuck anyone who tries to stop an
artist from producing his art.
Robert: They didn't try to stop me though that's
the interesting part
B: It seems like it with the security dept. oh
well, I'm lacking sleep. It's good to hear people are out doing good shit like
this. Backtracking to the beginning with No Candy and Realicide what can we
expect from both of these bands during the summer?
Robert: Realicide is touring June and July the
midwest and westcoast
B: Ladies and Gentleman ROBERT INHUMAN and his
traveling FREAK SHOW!!!! Coming to a trashcan near you. I'm sure you'll survive
and make it back to wonderful
Robert: It's not much of a freak show - I'm not
even bringing anybody from BUKKAKE with me...unfortunately.
B: Hahaha, now that would be interesting.
Robert: It would be great considering who was in
BUKKAKE!
B: Tell us WHO exactly was in BUKKAKE!
Robert: Swill, Mighty Cum (Julian), and Fuck
Fiend (Beta). Their sick-as-fkk CD is finished and available now btw.
B: Thanks for the info on the CD.
Robert: You wouldn't say that if you heard it.
B: Now I can't wait to hear this shit. I hear
Mavis is your brother. Is he younger or older and who influences the other
more?
Robert: He is my brother and a couple years
younger than me. I influence him a little too much sometimes but he is still
developing his own attitudes too fortunately.
B: Yeah, my little brother has been buggin the
shit out of me to start some techno/noise/grind thing with him but I just don't
think he's ready yet. Maybe I should let him borrow your Endless Robbery Inside
Candy Coated Infection CD, which is pretty kick ass btw.
Robert: That disc is pretty underdeveloped but
thanks. My newer work has more character I think.
B: You're welcome. What's the followup to
Endless Robbery called, and what can we expect from it?
Robert: I submitted 10 minutes, 5 songs, of
material to a split a couple months ago. It will be with Iron Bitchface,
Gigantic Brain, and a few others of that whole genre. I don't want to be highly
associated with that style but I do enjoy certain examples of the electronic
grindcore stuff. The music I made for it is essentially more gabber and more
grind than my previous attempt to foster "gabbergrind" on the 3"
disc last summer. But there are other styles mixed in as well - trying not to
force myself to like always scream etc. I am just trying to do what can best
represent my life right now in terms of recorded music. Grindcore and gabber
are the primary influences right now though yeah. The split should be available
very soon.
B: Very very cool. Is that being released
through MPLR AND Noisick?
Robert: No, it is not. I do not release music
through Noisick; I only trade discs once in a while with him. The release with
be through what I think is a Canadian label called Contempt for Electronics.
I'm not positive about that info but it's on an email I have somewhere from
Electrocution Nerdz, who is organizing the split. It will be distro'ed by MPLR
for sure though.
B: Ahh, I thought that Chris at Noisick would
release it since Iron Bitchface is on it. So what else is going on in the world
of Robert Inhuman?
Robert: I am working on my hardware
powerelectronics material, recording and mixing Realicide, finishing the
production of a few discs by various kids before the tour, still trying to nail
down all the show dates too. I spend a lot of my time right now talking to a
lot of people and trying to figure out how to get what I want out of
performance media and DIY products. I am trying to assemble a lot of new vocal
pieces, lyrics I mean, and I'm working on new visual shits as well. Slimer
plays a growing role in all of this.
B: Wow, and how are you finding time for all of
this?
Robert: I'm under a lot of stress right now. Not
going into detail - but I will get a lot of shit done right nice in this bitch
'04. It's now or never I guess.
B: Yeah. So I've heard some shit's went down in
Cincy where your name got a bit of taint to it. Have you tried to clear that up
and do you care to elaborate on any of it?
Robert: What are you specifically talking about?
B: I got some insider info that you were in a
band that did some stuff that pissed people off, but you weren't really doing
anything to piss anyone off. One of the members aparently kicked the glass out
of a door at a local venue.
Robert: That was like 2 years ago and it was a
Realicide show but I was not in the band at that point. That show does not
represent me because I was not even in
B: Hahaha wow, lots of shit happens in Cincy.
You ever run into the "Courage Crew"?
Robert: No, I do not.
B: Ever hear of them?
Robert: Yes, I know who that is.
B: Ok. Well it's about time to wrap this bitch
up and ship it off to Interweb land, so I'm gonna slam you with some quick
questions, sorta like a 20 questions deal, then we can get some damn sleep.
Robert: Great, ok.
B:
1) Scat or Gabber?
2) Mavis Concave or Mavis Beacon Typing Tutor?
3) Cincy or Columbus?
4) Sound Forge or Acid Pro?
5) Instruments or Samples?
6) The Blastbeat?
Robert:
1) Gabber
2) My Brother (Concave), not the tutor one.
3) Cincy, but ever place has it's up's and
downs.
4) Don't care
5) I don't want to play instruements, but it's
great when people do want to play them. I use samples because I am interested
in editing and appropriation as an alternative and contemporary language or
vessel of expression whatever...
6) The Blastbeat needs work but it's e-heart is
in the right place I suppose. Keep it based on local info would be the advice I
have off-hand. Get some solid priorities I guess that's all.
B: Thanks a whole fucking lot for doing this
interview for us at the Blastbeat, and I can't wait to hear about the tales of
the west. Maybe you should do one of those tour diaries while you're out.
Robert: I will write a lot in a notebook if
that's what you mean...
B: Yeah that's what I meant lol.
Robert: No computer in the car bro.
B: Well you gotta do analog work some time,
some where...
Robert: My heart is in tapes believe it or not.
Ok thanks Bobby - say a wicked "hi" to James for me! That evil evil
man.....