D&B bristling with sharp, fibrous antennae, buzzing with kinetic intent, editing a vibe that may not be safe to approach. At all. That’s pretty much what Gydra have dropped from a great height in Dystopia. Harsh, weighty and laden with contaminants… with household appliances liable to run riot, as you’ll read: excellent!
Hello Gydra, I love this sound. Let me get this straight: there are three of you?
There’s Bes: one of hydra-head… in Russian Gydra sounds like a Hydra, so we changed one character for a unique name.
Tell us more???
I am engaged in D&B since the late nineties. I have my own label Tamrecords and a podcast called Neuropunk.
Through them, I find new musicians, am with them social work, get acquainted with each other, doing collaborations.
Mizo came to the podcast and label in 2010 and gradually increasing his skills. Menfort appeared quite unexpectedly.
We did another remix contest on the Agressor Bunx. And unknown guy came and killed all, took the grand prix. Then I introduced them.
They made some great collaborations. After that I joined the project as a manager, supervisor and sometimes a musician.
This is ep is fire: must have been hot in the studio! When did the recording of the Dystopia ep come about?
We wrote the EP over all of last year. I’ve known Vegas and Kloe a long time and we decided give this release to Bad Taste. For a good aftertaste!
Take us behind the blinding title track, wow, what a monster.
The working title was ‘Murdered’. When we wrote the song, we were inspired by Technical Itch, and by the works of Limewax.
We wanted to make it a heavy roller, you know. But at the finish, we consulted with Kloe, and she offered a brilliant title that perfectly. It characterized the entire EP. She’s a great label manager, big respect for her.
What was the theme behind ‘A New Dawn’… by the title, it could be ‘nice’ or could be scary too, like a new dawn of fascism in society or… ? You tell us.
He speaks of a new dawn with the positive side, after all the damage that had been done the previous tracks. “Continue, captain”… continue to live and build a new life!
Take us into ‘Insurrection’, what was the approach here?
Yeah! Insurrection of all machines, included microwaves, refrigerators and smartphones. They kill people for their greed and their consumer desires.
For the fact that they made money god, you know!
And where do you guys produce, you all work together?
We live in different cities, and constantly share files, you know. everybody does. The glory of the internet.
I love the cover, it feels like it is timeless, maybe from the past… like a ‘rock’ cover too… what sort of music do you dig aside from D&B?
Menfort likes rock, Mizo hip-hop… I like all what sounds perfect.
What is one inspirational tune that you would cite?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme.