Tom:  Hello BR. Thanks for having me. A difficult question for starters, but I think I would go for these. Joy Division with “Still” (1981), as a representative for a chaotic and gloomy youth. Anne Clark with “Joined up writing” (1984), as a representative for a chaotic and gloomy youth. The Cure with “Disintegration” (1989), as a representative for a chaotic and gloomy youth, and my first great love.

Tom:  I filled my entire life with music, since a was a few years old. I remember being a very young boy playing old records from my parents on a huge ancient record player, records like from Demis Roussos, who was very popular in the old ages apparently. When I was a rooky teenager I discovered bands like Front 242, A Split Second, The Neon Judgement, Nitzer Ebb, etc., and fell totally in love with this genre, and subgenres, for their pumping basslines, their modern electronics, fresh ideas, the energy in the songs.

Tom:  Reality's Despair is a reference to the desperation in everyone's life, the falling and getting up, the reaching to the unattainable, pursuing the dream that always will stay just a dream, the pain and loss we meet in our lives, the little to no impact we have on existence.

Tom:  Pretty much was still analog in that time, I remember that only my DAW was housed in a PC. On a certain day I was working on a new song, when my brand new PC broke and seemed unrepairable, when I didn't have the funds to replace the machine. This lead to loss of motivation, frustration, and when some real life issues followed soon after, I decided to put the project on hold for a while. That while turned into years. To this day I regret that decision. I always wonder where I would be now, music-wise, if I didn't gave up and kept going.

Tom:  Well, I always stayed in love with the scene and kept listening to our beloved genres. One night I was watching some music videos on YouTube when I stumbled on this great song by Droid Sector Decay, called 'Exorcism Rites'. In some way this was my trigger to dive back in the music studio. I researched new analog equipment but became very amazed with the progression music software and PC technology (multicores) had made since 2000, so pretty soon I started noodling around again with a new keyboard and some new fancy software, which resulted in “ Societal Collapse” in 2018.

Tom:  In the old days I relied on a Roland synth, sampler, drum computer, a voice effects processor and a quite basic mixer, all in the analog domain, and I just had little to no “know how” about mixing and mastering. Nowadays I produce 100% in the box on a very powerful PC, and a youthful enthusiasm made room for a more organized and skillful creativity. With every new song I try to keep evolving in my skills, and am still attending a mixing and mastering course for a few months now, to uncover every little secret and “know how” in present music production.

Tom:  Humanity on this planet is controlled by a small faction of very wealthy and obsessed people, who advocate a reduction in human population, just to stay in control of things, and to keep possession of earth's declining resources. All our wars, religion conflicts, the so called human induced global warming, terrible diseases like covid-19 and even their advertised coming “great reset”, are a sign we live on a prison planet controlled by that elite. We do as they please, there's free will to just a certain point. As long as they are in control, we as a human species can not evolve or transcend to a higher level very much needed to claim our place and responsibilities in space and time, in the universal society of species.

Tom:  Firstly, on the new album I tried to improve the “analog feel” of the sound of Reality's Despair, there's nothing more kinky than a fat and analog sounding synth bass, or is there? Secondly, lyrics wise these song lean more to present day problems and dangers facing humanity, than previous releases.

Tom:  Definitely 'Our Future is Cold'! Not only for the composition and cool baseline. It's also a warning about the coming and circular reoccurring macronova, that will bring havoc on our earth and will probably lead us to a new temporary ice age. You see, our sun is the most influential and determining factor of earth's climate, not humanity.

Tom:  Well, I already am working on some new songs and ideas, with the intention of releasing a new album in the beginning of 2022. Furthermore I'm going to finish my mixing and mastering course after the summer. There are no plans regarding live shows. I would like to keep this a studio only project for now.

Tom:  I would like to thank the people behind Insane Records, for believing in, and supporting this project, and also my loyal fans that have been gathering since 2018. Without them there wouldn't be any motivation to keep going on. Thank you.