ragazzi: "Robbi, would you be so kind to introduce the band to our readers? What is the story of Tribe after Tribe?"
Robbi: "Tribe after tribe was formed in 1984 in Johannesburg South Africa. Due to political stresses and South Africa’s mediocre music scene the band fled to Los Angeles. Pretty soon they made their own record and it was picked up by Megaforce. So began a strange journey through a maze of the unpredictable music scene in America, with record companies folding and the band time and again on the brink of success with a lot of support from the music press and a great live show, found themselves starting over again."
ragazzi: "Where are your musical roots and what are current influences?"
Robbi: "The roots of tribe’s sound is nourished by traditional African drumming and heavy psychedelic rock."
ragazzi: "What are the lyrics about?"
Robbi: "Many of the lyrics are what I would call “dreamspeak’. They are the language of the subconscious mind and communicate directly with the subconscious mind of the listener. Some of them are laced with spiritual symbolism others are like photocopies of the environment."
ragazzi: "In how far are there still relations to your home country South Africa?"
Robbi: "We have very little to do with South Africa right now although we do look forward to touring there soon."
ragazzi: "Drums and percussion’s are significant elements in your music. Why?"
Robbi: "When we were kids hanging out in the mountains in Swaziland we would often times listen to the African drummers playing around the fireside. They would use the drums to achieve very high states of consciousness from where they would channel messages from the ancestors that would help the tribe in many ways. These ideas have stuck with us and grown to be apart of how we are and how we approach music."
ragazzi: "The song 100 000 reminds me of Ministry or Killing Joke and thus, sounds most American. Why and where does especially this song stand for?"
Robbi: "The rhythm track on 100 000 is made up djembe’s and tablas and other African percussion. The idea was to try to make an industrial sounding song using only organic instruments. I guess you could call it an African Industrial Rock song. It is an angry song about false beliefs and limitations and the stresses of trying to bring down the walls of those limitations. "
ragazzi: "Do you realize anything of the German music scene? Which bands do you know?"
Robbi: "A lot of music that comes out of Germany I love. especially the very hard and dark stuff. But also there is a lot of experimental and psychedelic type music out of Germany that I like too. There is so much - too many to mention"
ragazzi: "When will you be on tour here in Germany?"
Robbi: "I hope in the next year or so. The last tour we did was so much fun we definitely are looking forward to going on tour there."

Stefan




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