Introduce yourself; who are you / what do you do?

Hi my name is Mekano and I am the heart and soul of Embodi.

What is Embodi? Can you give us a brief bio?

Embodi is a project I started in late 2005 as an outlet to express a

lot of the negative emotions I was dealing with at the time. I was signed to 

Mechanismz in early 2006. I've had the pleasure of remixing some of my 

favorite artists in the scene and have been working on my debut for

about 2 years.

How did you come up with the name Embodi? What does it mean?

I actually found the name in a medical dictionary. To me it's an

embodiment of my personal feelings towards life.

What do you hope to achieve with / though the medium of music? What

CAN be achieved through this medium?

Basically just to connect with people.. Like the 1st time I heard The

Smiths or Depeche Mode. I was able to connect and feel something really

unique and different. This is what I am trying to achieve with Embodi.

What inspires you to write music?

women, lust, life, emptiness, love...

How is the process writing a harsh track like “All Night!” different

from a more ambient track like “Oceans (I love you when you smile)”

With a track like all night I was purposely trying to make a clubby harsh 

track. I wanted to make something that people could dance too and

would be fun to play live.

With Oceans I basically tried the capture the feeling of hopelessness

and despair. I wanted to make the listener feel what I was feeling when I

wrote it. So a track like that is much more personal and "real".

I can see the gridlock/bitcrush influence in tracks like Hours (wasted). 

Would you ever do an entire album like this or will you always include

songs from a variety of musical styles?

YES! Album #2 will explore that sound way more than ever. It will be way 

more ambient and harsh. But not in a 4/4 kinda way. I've been

listening to a lot of Keef Baker and Marching Dynamics so it'll be interesting!

I notice that you tend to use a lot of samples in your music? Any

reason for this? How do you feel about sampling in music in general?

Blame Skinny Puppy! I loved listening to their albums and trying to figure 

out where the samples came from. So I carry this on with Embodi. I will 

sample anything that makes me laugh or makes me feel! I do think a lot

of bands tend to sample the same movies over and over and that can get

really lame. Now I'm not saying that I have never sampled a film like Aliens or 

Hellraiser for example. But I do try my best to sample a lot of films

that would most of the time go under the radar...like TOY STORY!

How does living in California influence you / your music?

Downtown L.A., Hollywood, Laguna Beach...all these places have done nothing 

but fuel my creative process. Certain places at certain times leave you with 

a memory or a feeling that I have been able to incorporate into Embodi. 

What do you think the future of industrial music is? Where is there

left to go?

Sadly I think we'll just recycle ourselves over and over...For an

example TBM? What the fuck is that! I think bands will just keep thinking of

more stupid genres and people will keep thinking it's new. Kinda sad...

What are the top albums that inspire you?

The Chameleons U.K. - Script of the Bridge

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels

Cranes - Loved

Bitcrush - in distance

Slowdive - Souvlaki

Keef Baker - The Widnes Years

Death in June - Nada!

Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

The Smiths - Meat is Murder

Depeche Mode - Ultra

What are the top movies?

Lost in Translation

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

C.H.U.D.

Monsters Inc.

Dawn of the Dead (original)

Evil Dead 2

Judge Dredd

Wedding Singer

Amelie

Clerks

Closer

What is currently on the Embodi agenda?

Putting Excursions into Sleep out!

Preparing for a show at minimal club called M/R/X on July 7th

Heading up to San Francisco to play with Savak, Exillon, and Marching 

Dynamics on August 19th.

Playing Terrorkamp (festival) on August 25th here in L.A.

Working on remixes and album #2!!!

Any final words?

check out these links!

www.trig.com/embodi

www.myspace.com/embodimusic

www.mechanismz.com

www.myspace.com/marchingdynamics

www.infektedsound.com

brap on...

Thanks for taking the time to do this interview. Wounds of the Earth

wishes Embodi much success in the future.

- by [.d4n b4rr3tt.]

july 2007