In today’s A-Z challenge, we find out all about doom trap artist Mimi Barks as she takes on our famed 26 questions.
A song that made you want to make music?
Not a single song in particular but more the energy of a live performance, the smell of smoke and sweat and the way the low end from the subs hit my body at my first festival. It was the first time I truly felt euphoria.
Best rider you have had?
Vegan tuna and scratch cards at the Flex in Vienna.
Craziest moment you’ve experienced in music?
I felt a presence in the room when recording my last album, as if the gateways were open and something beyond me was feeding into the process.
Deepest lyric one of your songs features?
My new single Jericho – “The voice in my head says I’m better off dead But I’m more than the weight of the thoughts that I’ve bled.”
Easiest song you wrote?
No song comes easy to me and writing is hell until I hit the flow state.
Favourite song in your set?
Dreamstate of Hell.
Guest you’d most like to feature on your record?
The Prodigy
Hardest thing about being a musician?
Constant fear of never being able to create something out of nothing again.
Interesting fact about you?
I eat Doritos for breakfast.
Jokes you like to tell?
I’m German, we don’t do jokes.
Key to writing a song?
The key to writing a song is tapping into your subconscious and opening yourself up to a collective field of thought, the aether.
Longest distance you’ve travelled to play a show?
5,656 miles Los Angeles to Paris this June.
Most inspiring musician you’ve experienced?
The Prodigy.
New band/artist you’d recommend?
Cassette Jock
Opening for this band/artist would be ideal?
The Prodigy.
Place you’d most like to tour?
Hell.
Quote that you’d like to pass on to our readers?
Every tear obeys the law.
Reason for the title of your forthcoming release?
It’s the reality I have chosen for myself in the moment of making this record.
See me live at?
On Europe tour in June: France, Poland, Italy, Germany, Slovakia.
The old days of music were better than the current, do you agree?
Not for music creation no, we got all the tools we need to create for almost nothing. However I’d like to experience a green room and feel the energy between crowd and artist at a show where there were no phones.
Unusual merchandise?
Dolls and tattoos.
Variations you’d like to do on one of your songs?
Have The Prodigy remix Suicide.
What do your fans mean to you?
Reversed therapy.
X-rays or any treatments needed for performance-related injuries?
A couple of ankle X-rays from jumping into the crowd, some neck injuries from going to hard.
You’re late for a show, whose fault is it?
The Universe’s, everything in its divine timing.
Zoo animal that best describes your personality?
Goat.
Picture credit: Greg Phenix