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Cordell Klier Cordell Klier is perhaps most known from Monstrare and Vedisni. Hosting a multitude of different projects, Cordell has proved to be one of the most active musicians at presence with a great number of CD's and CD-R's released as well as more than 10 albums with his various projects, due to be released during the coming year. Some on his own label DOCTSECT while some on labels such as Force of Nature and Flesh Made World. While Monstrare and Vedisni already have albums out on various labels, Cordell's selfnamed project had until recently only been releasing low-budget CD-R's. It was the German label Ad Noiseam that got the honor of breaking this tradition by releasing the splendid Apparitions, the first professional CD by Cordell Klier and a professional CD it surely is. Apparitions is a superb journey through sound, both in psychological way for its ability to alter the state of the listener as well as in a technical way for the precision and complexity in the soundstructures that constitute the music. Read the review in the 'reviews' section to find out more. Now on to the interview which Cordell answered in the beginning of November. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECTONAUT: Could you please introduce yourself to the Ortus Obscurum readers? Who are you? CORDELL: I'm terrible with introductions....um...My name is Cordell Klier. I run a small label called DOCTSECT. Currently I have a ton of music projects and release material on a ton of different labels. That pretty much sums me up I'd say.. :) ECTONAUT: Ad Noiseam recently issued Apparitions, an excellent 44-minute long journey through delicate glitch and click soundscapes. How would you describe this album in your own words? Is this perhaps your most ambitious release to date? CORDELL: Not sure how to describe it really..., I guess just a post digital album. I don't want to give my listeners any preconceived notions about the material. So I'll just let people preview the material with their own definitions in mind. ...But as far as ambitious..well.... I have about 12 CDRs that have a similar style or sound to them equal to that of Apparitions, so I wouldn't say that Apparitions is all that ambitious considering this is only my first proCD via my own name. Although, if you've only heard Monstrare, Vedisni, or Kreptkrept discs then it might seem out of character or something. But this style of music is something I have been exploring for the last couple of years now. Even the later Vedisni material covers some glitchy ground... speaking of Vedisni.. we did a side project with the same members minus jeff and + Stevil called Odd November which sounds similar to Pan Sonic mixed with Hazard. DOCTSECT just released the disc "deadmicrowave" if any one is interested.. ??..,,,, ECTONAUT: Judging from the selected quotes on the CD, it seems like there’s a concept dealing with 'apparitions' and 'glitches' behind this CD. Could you develop this concept and how it is linked to the music further? ECTONAUT: I’m really impressed by the complexity of the sound textures on Apparitions. It makes me suspect that we are dealing with a perfectionist here. Is this true Cordell? Are you a perfectionist? CORDELL: ...haha... depends upon what you mean by perfection. giggle.. I would say that most of my songs build themselves. So I just let them take control during the construction process. The more input I release into a song the more lost it seems, so I tend to leave my songs unfinished. So I'm not sure if I'm a "REAL" perfectionist in the classic sense of the term. ECTONAUT: How did you work when Apparitions was conceived? ECTONAUT: By the Gods, I didn't think you would take the word 'conceive' so literary. Anyway, I had barely picked up Apparitions when I learned that you have five new discs with your self named project coming out in the next months. Do you have any details on these that you could give us? Will they deal with the same glitchy music as on Apparitions? CORDELL: Fleshmadeword is releasing Blue Devouring. Wide Area Network is releasing the CFR and other related secrets. DOCTSECT will be releasing "night, onlooking". MIISC will be releasing a 12 inch rendition of "cavern poems"... and as far as the others.... James P Keeler of Wilt and myself are working on an artsy little collaboration together that is pending a release date a side from the Wilt+Monstrare split.. so I don't want to give out to much info on that yet. ECTONAUT: What’s your own view of glitch music as a genre? Is this the music of the future or is it a genre that is forever destined to remain underground, only to be understood by a few? ECTONAUT: ‘Cordell Klier’ is just one of many musical projects maintained by yourself. I know Monstrare and Vedisni from your albums Dragonflight Recordings but I understand you are active in several others as well. Could you please give us a briefing on all your projects and why you have decided to separate them from each other? Ahous, Canopy of Stars, Cordell Klier, Evening Death's Reply, Ever, Fractal Spine, Gurdjieff, Helaxqom, I12 , Kreptkrept, Kulifuunum, Kunt, Monstrare, No Human Day, Odd November, Of, Old Hands, O.rder of the W.ild L.ocust, Remember, Sent, Success, the act of principle, under crushing wings, Vedisni As to why I do so many; it's because I like to explore my creativity in many very dissimilar genres of music. I don't like the limitations of genere-isation... so for release purposes I just separate the songs into categories that are easily digestible to recording labels and the audience needs. Most people wouldn't understand a disc that was comprised of one old school Black Metal song, then an ultraminimailst/sound/art piece, followed by a noise track, and then a spoken word track. So inevitably they get segregated into different projects. That's the only thing I compromise on with my creativity... project dispersment. ECTONAUT: This new project of yours isn’t just ‘the solo-project of Cordell Klier’ as one could think due to its name. You also work alone in Monstrare. Is there a special reason to why you have decided to release Apparitions under the banner of your own name? Is this perhaps an indication that this project is going to be your main project in the future? ECTONAUT: I believe Monstrare is also alive and kicking with a new CD due to be out any day now, as well as split-CD’s with Wilt and the Law Rah Collective planned. Any details on this? ECTONAUT: How do you find time to produce all this albums? Along with the earlier mentioned 'Cordell Klier' albums, this totals 10 new albums in one year and you also told me that you are currently collaborating with 10 different artists on various other projects? Can you really shape a project to its full extent when you are occupied with so many others at the same time? And how do you combine this with whatever you do for a living? ECTONAUT: As you are a very active composer, obtaining information on all your projects on the net take a lot of time. At least this was the impression I got when I was searching for information prior to this interview. I sort of lack a homepage dealing with all your projects, offering status reports and updates. Any plans of creating one? ECTONAUT: Have you ever received any offers concerning composing music for films or exhibitions etc.? Is this something you could imagine doing for a living? ECTONAUT: Your own label DOCTSECT has been mentioned a couple of times in this interview. Could you give us some information on this label? What have you released so far and what is planned for the future? J. frede, brain, Suspicion Breeds Confidence, Luasa Raelon, Goose, Mag Wheels, and maybe a Francisco Lopez disc in the future.. if I can get some more cash together. ECTONAUT: You recently did a couple of shows with a couple of more established acts from the scene, for example Deutsch Nepal, Genocide Organ and Slogun. I believe you were also supposed to play a show with Death In June but I don’t know if this ever happened. Anyway, was playing live with these acts a positive experience for you? Do you feel that your “glitchier” music found its way to the crowd, who probably expected more Industrial and Harsh Noise that evening due to the presence of the above mentioned acts? ECTONAUT: Any more live shows planned with your projects? Perhaps a visit to Europe? ECTONAUT: Well Cordell, this is the end. If you feel that anything has been left unsaid, now is the time to say it. Thanks for taking the time and answering my questions Cordell Klier Correspondence Relevant Links |
ECTONAUT: Fans of Vedisni may rejoice in the fact that you have three new albums planned with this project in 2003. Could you give us some information on these? 
ECTONAUT: With so many projects, isn’t it an unavoidable fact that some are going to become defunct in the future in order to give more room to the others as they grow? Do you really think you can maintain all of them at once?