How has been your "Album" received by the audience and the press?
- Mostly the feedback has been really positive, actually surprisingly positive. I mean I first doubt how metal press would react but so far reviews have been good, almost all of them, of course there's somebody who doesn't like us.
Metal fans have found us and that's a little surprise to me, especially here in Finland I have always doubted our "success" but people have liked our music and now we have more gigs in Finland than never before. Also people from all over the world have liked. Atmosphere for this kind of music is more open than few years ago.
How different is "Album" from "Fast Material"?
- Fast Material has guitar, it's more straightforward stuff. Really fast and even faster. I played guitar to it and it's still a good album, but somehow we walked that path to the end, we had to check our vision and songs started
to change into more complex/jazzy direction. Dropping guitar out was a critical decision and in time we weren't sure about it but later it was clear that it was right decision.
Album is more complex, more different parts and rhythms, it's just better.
Fast Material showed what we were in 1998 and Album showed us in 2001.
How is the process of composition of Cause For Effect´s tunes?
- Just a normal weekday after the work. Sometimes I have some sort of vision but usually we just start to play and if the mood is right, then something new starts to born. We aren't perfectionists; we don't re-compose or re-arrange our songs over and over again. We trust our intuition and we can feel almost right away is the song good or not.
Why did you decide to become a duo in 1999?
- Two reasons: Our guitarist was kicked out in 1996, between 1996-1999 my brother was a session guitarist for us but because of lack of time and his own band, he decided to leave. Then we didn't find any suitable guitar player. We thought the situation and then decided to continue without guitar. It wasn't a sudden decision, it took several weeks to think and make a decision.
Which are your plans with Cause For Effect in the near future?
- Playing gigs here in Finland, European tour in October, 6way compilation CD will be released in august where we participate as live material. February 2004 new miniCD.
Do you have plans of a new recording for 2003?
- We recorded 15 new songs in may 2003 and they will be released in February 2004 as miniCD. Also we will compose few songs more in autumn and add them to the miniCD.
Are you going to play older material (1992-1996 material) or rerecord it in the future?
- No, we have so much new material to play that we don't have to use nor play old stuff. It doesn't interest us.
Which is Cause for Effect´s equipment in studio and live?
- At the studio we use normal mixing desk and hardware and computer with audio software, sorry I don't remember the name. The studio is our friend's band's rehearsal place and he has all equipments you need for a studio, he run a studio with his friend but quitted and then built his own.
At live, there usual PA system and then my own bass and bass amplifier, Ari uses his own drums because it's easy to put them in the front of stage. Because we are two man band Ari's drums are beside me in the front of the stage and he's a bit sideways towards the audience.
Do you have other bands or parallel projects?
- Ari has a stoner rock band called Mount Moses. I don't have time nor energy for second band. CFE is enough for me.
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