Jamie: The performance went really well. The show was both intensive and physical. The audience were fantastic and it was a lot of fun for everybody. Very memorable. 

• What impressions have you got from Moscow and people here?

Jamie: People in Moscow were very honest, treated us well and were very good hosts. One funny thing was seeing historical monuments of communism and people walking by using their brand new smart-phones. Isn't that an amazing contrast ? 

• Blind Passenger have a new form as a band. What has changed in the sound of Blind Passenger or the band’s philosophy?

Jamie: We are redefining Blind Passenger as a band unit. This may not be apparent at the moment as we are performing the album which Nik originally did as a solo project. I think if you watch our stage show now, you will get the idea of where we are headed. There are new experimental instruments appearing on stage, we are developing a uniformal look, there are two frontmen and a much directer sound with more audience interaction. This is the shape of things to come.

• You’ve recently released the video for «Electrocop». How did the shootings of the video go?

Nik: All in all we worked one year on the clip. Last autumn I wrote the script and bought all the props that we needed to tell the story. But the winter came too early and it was too cold to film with children. We made the shooting in spring, but then it took so much time to create the cartoon animations. Now we have finally finished the clip and are happy to get so much positive feedback on it. 

• What’s the main concept of the video?

Nik: The story of the clip is inspired by the visions of Huxley and Orwell. In retrospect their visions of a sad and bitter future for humanity caught in a new kind of dictatorship I fear "The Brave New World” is closer than we expect. The clip shows what will happen when we believe that computers and robots should be responsible for law and order. 

• You work with many musicians at your albums. How do you decide and choose who to work with?

Nik: I only work together with other musicians if I like their music and if I have an idea to create something new combining his and my music style.

For the Blind Passenger album  we created or personal Sci-Fi-synth-pop-sound and that’s why I choosed guest singers who will fit to my vision of electronic music. Joke Jay from And One and Gari wagner from Dance Or Die are old friends of mine. That made it easier to work together. 

• Would you like to try your hand at some other spheres of art apart from music?

Nik: I already did: I wrote a science fiction novel (Neosapiens) – a cyber punk story about the underground scene in Berlin in the year 2088, I made a lot of acrylic paintings and I also produce videoclips for other bands, such as Angelzoom and Tanzwut. 

• What’s the most unusual thing that’s ever inspired you to write music?

Jamie: I get inspiration when I mow the lawn and buy milk at the supermarket. The ordinary is unusual enough to be inspiring. 

• What are your plans for the future?

Jamie: To get the next album finished and released before the end of 2012, just in case the Aztec calendar is right. 

• What would you like to wish to our readers and your fans in Russia?

Nik: It was great to play in Moscow and we hope that we will have the chance to come back to Russia again soon.

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Interview by Olga Polomoshnova

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