The stereo delay on the vocal is part of the remix. I think I had no delay when I recorded it originally. So what does 'Kernkraft ' actually mean? But it's nonsense, it's got no political message or anything. It's just for fun, you know — you record many tracks and then you have to choose names Florian enjoys an unexpected result from his new shampoo The turning point, however, came when the record was licensed by Spectra Records in Italy, whose DJ Gius also did the remix that was to become an international hit.
I don't know what happened, but in the end they got it. They are also the main licensors to other countries. First there was Polydor Germany, who pushed it to number 21 in the German charts. I never expected anything like that, so it was something like a positive accident.
At first, the publishers and the first label that was licensing it were asking labels in England, and nobody wanted it. Finally Ministry of Sound bought it through the publishing company. I hear that the guy from the publishing firm, Universal, met many other labels at the Popkomm conference afterwards, and they all were totally angry that they didn't take it.
But first there was Italy, then the others, like Belgium, the Netherlands, France. It started in Germany in the small clubs, and then it was in the DJ pool, and became popular there, and then it went in the charts. In England, before the record came out, it was already on number 63 in the charts over import, because it was a little bit late — don't ask me why, it may be some secret of the business.
They wanted to wait for the Ibiza season to end, because then is a good point or something. You can't do it from another country. If you're Sony or Warners, you have your own arm in every country, but smaller labels don't, and you can't do it over imports, not selling so many records. You have to know the structures. For example, in Mexico they said 'Why Kernkraft ? It's now! There are so many steps that you can't know what's going on in every other part of the world.
Or, for another example, Ministry didn't put the original version on the vinyl. That makes me angry because I think even if the original was jazz music or something, it should also be on the vinyl, because the remix is always from an original, and people have to know the story. But it's always too late — when you hear it, it's already done, and then you can do nothing. So I hope next time many things will go better. As well as adding the stereo delay to the vocals, the remixers' main contribution was to change the drum sounds and pattern: "It's different drums, more punchy, more straight.
The filter over the drums at the end is part of the remix too. I think they wouldn't play the original on the radio because there have to be certain standards of production.
Florian sent the remixers the individual elements of the mix to work on, which gave them the freedom to mix it into a more commercial style, but which has also caused him some grief since: "When they did the remix it was just the beginning. They did it mainly for their own release in italy, so they didn't get much money.
Maybe that's why they spread the 'live chant mix' bootleg illegally. We haven't got one pence off those guys yet. That's a sad story. When I sent them the individual parts, they also gave them away to Canada. We don't know it for sure, but there's an Italian connection in Canada, so we guess they gave the parts to them to do another bootleg.
But I think that's normal, you know, it's just the first time I've experienced it. I wanted to, but there were really so many things happening and you don't want to deal any more with people who rip you off. There's also another thing in England called 'Domination' — it's nothing to do with the original, it's a bootleg, but it's just the same thing with a stupid voice over it. I'm not so happy with that. Of course, many people try to use the same tone or something, but I have the good luck that the melody is so strong that you can't — I can't do a better melody myself!
The interesting thing is that the melody's so strong and that it's the main thing. There's nothing else. Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October Thursday 14 October Friday 15 October Saturday 16 October Sunday 17 October Monday 18 October Tuesday 19 October Wednesday 20 October Thursday 21 October Friday 22 October Saturday 23 October Sunday 24 October Monday 25 October Tuesday 26 October Wednesday 27 October Thursday 28 October Friday 29 October Saturday 30 October Sunday 31 October Monday 1 November Tuesday 2 November Wednesday 3 November Thursday 4 November Friday 5 November Saturday 6 November Sunday 7 November Monday 8 November Tuesday 9 November Wednesday 10 November Thursday 11 November Friday 12 November Saturday 13 November Sunday 14 November Monday 15 November Tuesday 16 November Wednesday 17 November Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October
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