How To Destroy Angels

Thought I'd also share this HTDA Question and Answer piece with you, just in case anyone overlooked it. peace

Are there plans for touring?

Trent: This EP is the results of early collaboration. We were going to use all of 2010 to experiment and gestate but liked the early results and decided to share them. Next up is a full LP (tent. early 2011) and then MAYBE some degree of touring.

Trent, it's obvious that you've wanted to put Nine Inch Nails on hold for a while and try some other things. So, for you, how is this different from Nine Inch Nails (besides the obvious: a different vocalist, a more collaborative work, etc.)? What do you feel you can do now with this band that you couldn't do with Nine Inch Nails?

Trent: As stated above, this EP is a very early phase of this project. Yes, it sounds more NIN-ish than I believe it will as we progress. To me, HTDA frees me from some of the constraints I've begun to feel (primarily emotionally) in NIN.
NIN is not dead and I am about to work on some material that I believe will be quite different than previous NIN very soon.

Any plans for a UK download of "A Drowning"?

HTDA: A Drowning should be available on Amazon's UK site. The download will also be available on numerous other download sites, including iTunes worldwide, Zune, Napster, etc, in the coming days. It's been submitted, but exactly when it appears in these stores is out of our hands. Amazon US & UK were simply the first ones to add it.

Is Atticuss a band member or a collaborator, and How deep is the Coil connection? ( Read somewhere that Peter Christopherson may be a member), is it just the name?

Trent: The band at the moment is Mariqueen, Atticus and myself. Peter is an old friend and collaborator. I obviously ran the name choice by him first and we've discussed him contributing to the upcoming material in one form or another.

Are the earlier sample/teaser noises from the website going to be released or preserved in any way?

Trent: This will become clear soon.

Apparently there are only two 'Swarmatrons' in existence. It sounds excellent on the very first video you released. I was wondering if you were given it as a present or whether you purchased one? Also Trent, does the instrument feature on Ghosts 20 III by any chance?

Trent: For those of you interested in the green thing Mariqueen is playing:
http://www.dewanatron.com/instruments.php?page=swarmatron

I bought this from Big City Music and it's been a pleasant surprise in terms of usability and sound. We didn't use it on Ghosts because I only learned of it's existence a few months ago. Next Ghosts, for sure.

One of the synthlines in the teaser videos sounds similar to 'Computer Love' by Kraftwerk/'Talk' by Coldplay. Is this indicative of a cover, an homage, or was it unintentional?

Trent: Yes to the Kraftwerk influence / nod but please don't remind me of the Coldplay abomination.

I read that there would indeed be a physical release for "How To Destroy Angels", but I'm curious as to if there will be any type of Deluxe Packaging, perhaps even along the lines of NIN's "Ghosts?" I for one know that I would love to have such a thing, as I'm sure that many already-made-fans would also be interested.

Trent: No Deluxe packaging for the EP, but certainly for the full length record next year.

How do you feel about www.diddyblog.com. After seeing that 25% of my IRA had evaporated overnight seeing this pretty much sealed it as a shitty day.

Trent: I haven't actually experienced the "Diddy blog" but just putting those two words together leads me to think I'm not missing much.

Are you and Rob Sheridan still working together?

Trent: Yes of course. He's art directing HTDA as well as working on a few other items with me at the moment.

Will multi-track audio be made available for fans to remix, like with NIN?

Trent: You know, I haven't really thought about that. Yes probably. I'd like to build out the HTDA site a bit to accommodate it directly rather than piggyback it into NIN.com, but (thinking as I'm writing) fuck it maybe I'll put the multitracks up there in the meantime. Thanks for bringing that up.

Are you still planning on doing a live action adaptation of Year Zero or are you planning a sequel to Year Zero?

Trent: I'm still getting used to the incredibly slow pace that television works, but for now just let me say YZ is very much alive. Can't say any more yet. The fate of the musical sequel / conclusion / coda to YZ is somewhat dependent on how things play out with the series as well as the how the tone of the new material I have earmarked for NIN develops.
Did that make any sense?

I dig the Cranes-y juxtaposition of female vocals and noisy music. Can we expect a dream pop/shoegaze/ethereal sound for the EP? Alternately, since I noticed Gang of Four and Cabaret Voltaire listed as influences on your Myspace page, will there be a current of funkiness? Finally, there's a piece called "A Drowning" in Tuxedomoon's Ghost Sonata; was this in any way an influence (or just coincidental)?

Trent: A Drowning is fairly unlike the rest of the EP. The rest of it gets noisier.
Early to mid-period Cabaret Voltaire is a big influence, as is GO4, as is P.i.L. and the like. I'm aware of Tuxedomoon but never listened to them.

I am 7 months sober and a dancer., I've been dancing since I was a baby. Ever since I got sober, I am finding it hard to create/choreograph. Did you experience a lapse in creativity when you got sober? How did u move past it?

Trent: For me personally, I waited a while to feel somewhat human and then found creating to be much easier and natural. Drugs hindered me much more than they ever helped creatively.

Any details regarding the Spaces in Between video?

Trent: Lots have been asking about the video for The Space In Between. Here's some details.
The concept was conceived by the band as the song was being written. Rupert Sanders (who happens to be Atticus' brother-in-law) showed interest and embellished the concept into what you see now. Laurie Boccaccio went the extra mile pulling this together producing. Greig Fraser was the DP and we shot on 35mm using anamorphic lenses. Visual effects were done by The Mill LA.
Full credits here:
http://creativity-online.com/work/how-to-destroy-angels-the-space-in-between/20081

The mysterious woman on the phone is Molly McDowell.