I was told that you have very cool backdrop video with clips from Soviet propaganda... Are you into our propaganda art?

Of course, all kinds, but of course with a twist some that it suites our purposes. On that particular video we have some soviet-futurists, some stealworkers, some shots of "Light Space Modulator" but also a woman doing an instructutional video for microwave-cooking (and some very very short clippings of Pasolinis "Salo")

I have seen quite a number of reviews of Nihil - your new split-album with IRM. Some of them are really positive, but there are people who claim that it's not as good as the debut CD. I'd like to hear your own opinion about that release.

We had all kinds of reviews on the Nihil-album and some of them are negative to the INSTITUT stuff, but that's maybe because they are big fans of IRM and want us to sound more PE, but then I don't think they have been listening that well to "Great Day to Get Even"

Some time ago INSTITUT was live-band, but now you have quite a number of releases on CDs and vinyl. What do you think about your records? Do they manage to create right image of INSTITUT or your live shows extremely different from the stuff on your releases?

INSTITUT is still a live band. We firmly belive that playing live is the ultimate means of expression for INSTITUT. We play live as often as we are given the opportunity to do so. As for the releases we think that they are very "Institutional": taken all together they give a good audio aid to understand INSTITUT. Live we play mostly songs that are released, really. Maybe it's not easy for the audience to hear that. It always sounds harsher and most important: LOUDER! Also the visual part creates some new meanings. Johanna stands concentrated behind all the technical equipment but helps the visual parts of the show with the slidepicture-show or video wich she creates herself. Lirim is always very inspired when performing live, making the lyrics come out different then on recordings and he is very charismatic as a singer and frontfigure.

How do you see evolution/ development of INSTITUT? What can be the ultimate goal for your band?

It's difficult to say anything about the future. We'll keep up INSTITUT as long as we like it.

Could you tell me about your upcoming releases... I've heard you'll be on some compilation... I don't remember it's name but I guess it'll be released by the guy from Recycle Your Ears e-zine...

Yes INSTITUT will appear with a great song called "Coming your Way" on the cd-r compilation "Krach Test" released by Ad Noiseam (It's probably hard to get but check out www.adnoiseam.net)But cd-rs are not our main
source of releasing: there is a beautiful double 7" coming up on Cold Meat Industry this autumn and sooner or later our second fullength album...

This interview will be printed in a mag from Riga. What do you think about your gig in this city? What did you enjoy most on this gig? Are there any negative impressions from Baltia?

We loved everything about Riga. The audience was the best! Allthough it was very cold some people took there shirts off, jumped around banging the safety-barriers. It was also the second largest audience, almost 500 people, we have ever performed in front of. The arrangements, the enviroments, the town also were astonishing. We were taken care of by really dedicated people. It was also a great surprise and a pleasure to be able to see ERROR abuse his PC live at De Fabrikk. (There might be some pictures from the event soon at ww.noisemaker.lv or www.eunet.lv/huh/huh2). Nothing negative what so ever. We'll be back!

How do you people write your music? Are you just play around with different sounds or there is more than that? Do you see any differences between writing a power electronics stuff and "traditional" music?

Maybe we have less rules to follow? Of course we play around a bit, but we then take charge or the chaos, thus creating rhythms and walls of sound that we think causes the most positive aggressive feeling.

I do not know about Sweden but in my country most people believe that there are two types of music: popular and underground. So, popular music is something pathetic, vulgar and tasteless, and underground music is art.... You describe your music as a disco. What do you think about such separation?

Well first of all: we would not call our music disco in a popular sense. Second: disco has become too popular in both popular and underground genres. In 1996 disco was not popular in Sweden, so that's why we could call ourselves harsh-disco-industrial while making our first songs for the cd. Now we have to come up with a new epitet... But we would not mind becoming popular (still with the same sound of course): we have got nothing against crowds, we like mass-movements, demonstrations, sport-events...

�Contact addresses:

c/o Lirim Cajani
Skepparegatan 3
602 27 Norrkoping
Sweden

E-mail: megafon@yahoo.com