Who are you? Moraine

I know, but really? I will not divulge my name, but I will venture that I am under eighteen and am in high school.

Why Moraine? 'Tis pretty.

Are you a smart-ass? Nah...but you sound like a British journalist.

How many people are in Moraine? Just me. And me. Oh, yes, and also me, how could I forget?

Does Moraine tour/perform concerts? We at Moraine do not believe in touring (it wastes money), and our music would not sound great in a live setting. We might do a one-off show sometime, but only if we get to open for Mira. I doubt we would alienate their audience.

Mira? As in the Projekt label band Mira? Yes, Mira. I appear on their website, actually, but you would have to find me personally.

Where is Moraine based? A void known as North Florida. Or, rather, a vortex known as Tallahassee.

What brand of music do you play? Brand? Brand? Ugh...makes me think of soddin' cows... Never consider yourself under any genre of music...branch out, carve your own niche, discover your identity, find your forte. Just listen to the mp3s below for yourself, but please do not tell me where you think I should be pigeon-holed.

What's in your record collection? Thank you! A competent question deserves a competent answer (if I can muster that up). Aspiring music journalists, take note...never ask an artist's influences or inspirations. Anyhow, my music collection's not terribly diverse (since I tend to collect post-punk era reissues and I have nothing older than 1975, although there are items on my want list dating earlier than that), but encompasses everything from Throwing Muses to Portishead to Xiu Xiu to The Birthday Party to Freestylers to 23 Skidoo to The New Age Steppers. Hard to believe I mentioned them in the same sentence.

What roles do you have in Moraine and what instruments do you play? In Moraine, I am the voice, the lyrical content, the ideas, everything. I do not play any proper instruments and only make use with what's around me (banging on empty canisters of sherbet and Electrasol, rubber bands, myself, random nearby objects, and even once sampling Homestar Runner). On my old computer I was able to use WinDAT (which made recording much easier for me), but my current computer does not even have that, so I have to use the sound recorder that comes with every PC made after 1995, sadly, hence the rough production that sounds like a record. I do like the production, but I will not deny wishing it were cleaner (not TOO clean). Some of the compositions are mostly recordings of my voice, but warbled/distorted/reversed/looped into samples, made to echo and reverberate and whatnot).

Who do you think your music sounds similar to so far? Honestly, four bands (Public Image Limited, Liquid Liquid, Cabaret Voltaire, and 23 Skidoo) and what they were doing around 1981. Out of all of them, I think the latter two draw the closest resemblance, with Chris Watson's (Cabaret Voltaire) noise and 23 Skidoo's weird tape loops, as well as both groups' ethnic sensibilities. Hell, from what I have said, it sounds like I do my recording at Western Works in Sheffield. However, the percussion workouts sound like the original four bands I mentioned. Out of those four, I have only been listening to Public Image Limited and Cabaret Voltaire lately, but that's because I recieved some records of theirs recently. Yet I also picked up some Kitchens of Distinction and am enjoying that just as much, but what I do sounds nothing like Kitchens of Distinction.

Have you been involved with any other artists/bands? Actually, two friends of mine and I did make a proposal to start a band since we are really fed up with the music scene here, but I have not been able to keep in touch with either since they are busy...but we were really serious and I hope my friends still are. But otherwise, sadly, no...I have tried starting several bands but have never gotten them off the launch pad (because I am rather difficult and everyone suckles the same corporate nipple; it does not lactate, damnit! When will the junkies ever learn?).