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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, I'm a Fabian drammer in Biltze.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
And my name's Okoy guitars and vocals. Yeah, we've Boots
has been around since two thousand and eight. We're a
duo and we've always been a duo. Yeah, since then,
played all over the world.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Alight, So now you're coming to Australia as part of
the playing all over the world.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, we've been to Australia before. It's been a few
years now, and yeah we last supported Behemoth and Wattin
over there, and yeah, we're looking forward to playing with Portal.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
They're also friends of ours.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
So nice that is actually happening next month. You'll be
here with Portal starting in Sydney on August and fifteenth,
then you hit Melbourne at Hobart, finish up at Necrosonic
Festival in Brisbane on the twenty third. So that's certainly
about a bunth the way he's packed and ready to
go or do you leave that sort of thing till
the last minute?
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, we're ready to go. Of course, we have another
show here in Europe before we hit over and otherwise
got a lot to do surrounding the coming album.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah. Yeah, nice nice as you said, it has been
a few years since you've been out here, so what's
changed with the band since last time.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Well, that's a coin mentioned.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
We just finished studio session for a new album, but
that one is due for next year, so for now
we're just preparing everything and also starting to play a
few new songs live. So definitely some of them will
appear on this Australian tour as well. Very much looking
(01:44):
forward to plays on fresh material as well.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
It's mentioned that our portal our Frenzy also, you're coming
out here to Australia with them. Have you played much
overseas with them?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I think one of once or twice, Yeah, a few
festivals in Europe, I think one of the ka remember, Yeah, yeah,
for sure. And I think we played once one show
in Australia with them, may I'm not too sure.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Were they just hanging around, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
I would just take it around backstage waiting.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
So for the benefit of those who may not have
seen Bottler before, then run us through a typical live
show from you guys.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
That's I think we're immersive in the sense that the
music's very.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Powerful in an organic sense. You know, there's a lot of.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Not just aggressive energy, but powerful human, honest energy around
and people seem to seem to connect with that when
we play play live, Yeah, and it's it's energetic.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
We put a lot of a lot of our passion
into it. Yeah, I think in a personal way. You're
not putting up theatrics.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
It's more like really exactly, there are no masks, there's
no makeup.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
It's it's very down to worth but in your face.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Nice. Nice.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
And it's actually been described as a form of spiritual
rapture your show, So does that mean that it's a
merged with the crowd, Like is it that to do
with stage props? Like, what's what's actually spiritual rapture?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I don't know. I think the music itself has.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Been written in a way that really makes Fabian and
myself feel a lot when it's it's been being created
and performed, it's like a bit of a conduit for
for what we feel and want to express. So I
think it begins and ends in a very spiritual way,
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and it's it's about elevation and enlightenment.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Really the music.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
So I think people can tap into that energy if
they're you know, if they're willing.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Yeah, So just say someone's coming to see Portal and
they haven't don't know too much about Ballzers, what three
songs would you recommend they listened to before they covered
the show in order to get to know the band better.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
H Well, I mean there's some sort of classics I think.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
I mean for most people our EP Oral YEP seems
to kind of be there the starting point, and also
are Herald lp Ye, which.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Is the only full length to date.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
I would say it's a good way say the start.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Heah, yeah, those would be the best places to start.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Oh and as we said, the tour finishes in Brincebure
at Necrosonic Festival. She's a massive beat of guise. It's
got thirty bands across three stages. But not a bad
way to finish the straw with a bank.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yeah, yeah, that's quite quite the line up exactly. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Look, there's a lot of Australian bands there of course,
like you got a Bravel and Bean Flipper Days and
Frank and Bakalara just name a few. But for you
guys coming into a festival that like, do you do
your research and try and find out a bit about
bands that you're playing with or would you rather come
in on the day and just take it.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
All in then yeah, actually we do.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I mean if we're not familiar with the names yet,
which is the.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Case in Brisbane.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I knew about day's end, just very very loosely, and
I checked up more and isn't it. I really am
like it, you know, the sold touch on things, take
on things and good mate of mind. He was really
into them too, And yeah, I'm familiar with Blindfolders, Led
to the Woods, the Kiwis, they've been around Gageous.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah, I had to had to check out. Yeah, check
out a little of the bands there for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Yeah, that's going to be a brutal data because it's
not there's no like softer bands there on the day.
It's all just fall on video your face, kick your
cups like it's going to be a full day.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Definitely.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Cool.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Come back to the start, you both form Bowls are
back in two thousand and eight. So what was a
musical climate like that gave birth to the band and
where did you fit in initially?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
I think I think the what we were doing at
first was you know, experimentation and the inspirations let's say
right then, were vastly different to what we're actually doing now,
and it just sort of grew wave and from itself
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very quickly into something I guess unique sounding, and yeah,
just kept on evolving from there direct inspirations.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
I don't know it was.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
We were just listening to a lot of different stuff
as we do now. We're probably listening to more heavy
stuff back then than we do nowadays.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I mean we're into all you know, all avenues and music.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Yeah, it's a bit hard to pinpoint certain bands because
I would say it's an amalgamation of all our pretty
broad musical tastes we have. And yeah, it kind of
became its own entity.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I was never the kind of guy to write things with,
you know, direct inspirational references.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
I actually dislike that. I try to keep it as.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
As honest and pure as possible, you know, stemming from
a place that that which is wholly your own.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Ye actually raise a good point there, because what you
do is fairly you know, like it's not copied off
any other bands.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
It's like your own style.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
But when you first came in, that would have been
easy to do. But over the years have gone by,
like coming up with newer stuff, that's you the whole
way through, Like Channe over Canny is now, like, does
that become more difficult?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
I think it becomes easier, But I mean it's becomes
difficult in the sense that you have to work harder
to you know, not backtrack on yourself.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Yeah, because a lot of bands like they keep drawing
inspiration from other bands out there. But from what I've
heard of you guys, just don't you just keep begging
up from any here and there's only so much it
comes from here until you puce it out.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I also think it's important, I mean, each to their own,
but if you're true to yourself, then just let let
your inspiration take you wherever it does.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
You know.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
If that means that your style changes vastly over the
course of.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Decade or more than so, be it, you know. I mean,
I'd rather take that path in adheres to some kind
of a code. You know.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
You guys have spoken a couple of times about this,
but you've got a new album coming out in twenty
twenty six, So what further can you tell us?
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Yes, as I mentioned, we just finished the recording sessions
in Stockholm at a studio Cobra It went pretty well,
and we're now just finishing all the mixing and artworks
and then everything surrounding it as we're all doing that
on our own, so it's quite a big task ahead
(09:41):
of us still, but we're very excited about.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
How things start coming together. We're very happy with the material.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Yeah, what is is it what fans would expect from Bolsa?
Are you going to throw a few curve balls in
there for them?
Speaker 2 (09:56):
No, I think it's just as we who have tapped
them before. It's definitely a growth. Yeah, it's very solid,
solid songs.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I don't think people, you know, I don't think current
fans would be disappointed whatsoever, and I'd say would probably
get a few new ones.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Yeah, fantastic.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
All right, guys, Well, thanks very much for your time.
It's been a pleasure speaking with It will be out
here with Portal in August, so check out all your
socials to see where to find them. I'll be at
the prisonal today guy, so I'll come up and have
a beer.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Cool man. Nice thanks for having us. Chris