>> ^thegrimsleeper:
Here you go. A very rough translation of the interview.
Also, just so
you know, his answers don't make much sense so the interview is also pretty bizarre...


Thank you so very much, thegrimsleeper! Very cool of you to translate!

I'd have to agree w/ you on the bizarreness, I mean, WTF? Einar seems an all around goofball...

Here you go. A very rough translation of the interview.
Also, just so you know, his answers don't make much sense so the interview is also pretty bizarre.

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-What is the band Kukl trying to say with it's music and it's lyrics?

It has been said that we mainly play songs about religion, sex and death.
That can be argued about if we want,
but we don't like arguing so we don't do that.
We are six different personalities in this band,
and we all come together under the name Kukl.
We believe that anybody can unite to do some specific hard work.
we are doing this.
The cero is our goal, to get up to the zero and when we get there, then we can move on.

-And from where do you get to the zero?

From where? we get there by recording our music, to do proper work or regular work.
And to be in touch with society.
It has happened many times that pop artists, when they get famous they loose touch with reality and
can't see anything exept themselves and the mirror. We are far away from that dream.



-This song you were playing here earlier wich is called Sálmur (psalm), what is it about?

Well, Sálmur. The song is called Sálmur 323 and it's mainly... what do you say?
I suppose we will be arrested for blasphemy, but I am god, you are god, everybody is god.
What we want to say is that nobody controls you but youself. Everybody is their own master.


-The band has been much more popular abroad than here home. How do you explain that?

The explanation is that there are just more people abroad. We are only about 220.000 or 230.000 here in Iceland. (Now it's more like 310.000 )
We are playing in cities with 220.000 people and cities with millions of people like: London, Paris, Berlin.
They also show more consideration for other kinds of music than some higer class music,
so it's more simple and often easier to get to play.
There are more places to play in and there is much wider interest in all stages of the society in the music we are playing.


-Is this music for a minority?

No, we are not a minority. We will be a majority in the end.

-What is happening with you now, isn't there a new album coming out soon?

Yes, this song we just heard, Sálmur 323, that will be on our first big LP album.
It will come out in February or March. We have also been asked to play in Italy over the Easter
and if all the members of Kukl can go to Italy then we will go. But if not then we won't go.
We also have an offer to play on Roskilde Festival in Denmark, which is the largest festial there.
And again if everybody can go then we will go.
We are not exactly a working band, we do this when we can, and only when we can. So we wait.
Time won't tell us anything, we can only find it out by ourselves.
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