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MIGZ 2009: Dubolom

Интервью

Ahead of the MIGZ music festival, which will take place in Moscow from 26 to 27 June, we're opening a series of interviews with the event's main participants. First in line is Dubolom, the dub-techno project of Moscow musicians Roman Korablev and Egor Killahertz...

44100Hz: The project came about not so long ago, right? How did it all start? And how long have you known each other?

Dubolom: The project came about in the summer of 2008 at Kazantip. Someone needed to perform live at Sunset — we decided to play back to back live. We've known each other since 2006.

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44100Hz: Where did the name come from? Did you struggle over it for long?

Dubolom: To put together the lineup we had to submit a name for our project. Without much deliberation, we proposed Dubolom.

44100Hz: What are the advantages of working as your duo, and what are the drawbacks?

Dubolom: There are three of us now. Recently the bass guitarist Andrei Firsik joined us. We're happy with everything.

44100Hz: Each of you also has solo projects and duos — Korablove, B-Voice & Khz — is it easy to switch from one work rhythm to another, and why did the need arise to come together as Dubolom?

Dubolom: The rhythm doesn't change. We're free in our choices. The need arose out of a demand for the kind of music format that we sometimes manage to coax out of our gear.