ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE iNTERViEWS SONARPiLOT

APRiL 21, 2010
iT'S FULL OF STARS
MiCHAEL MOPPERT OF SONARPiLOT TALKS TO ROCKWiRED
ABOUT THE DOUBLE CD MOTHERSHiP
RETURNiNG TO MUSiC AFTER TWENTY YEARS
AND THE ADVANTAGES AND DiSADVANTAGES
OF MUSiC MAKiNG iN THE DiGiTAL AGE
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH
A double CD release may seem a bit much for a debut from a new artist but for SONARPILOT, ‘MOTHERSHIP’ is more than a debut. It is a return to music making after spending the better part of twenty years in the corporate world as the CEO of a software company in Switzerland. The sense of otherworldliness that SONARPILOT’s ambient sound portrays almost serves as an aural documentation of one mans exploration in that disconcerting world of electronic music. The appropriately named DESERT SONG perfectly conjures up the desolation one can feel in the desert (believe me I live in one) with it’s distant yet insistent electronic bounce that builds gradually throughout the twelve minute piece into a thin slice of electronica heaven. VOODOO LOGIC is a curious addition to largely celestial themed recording. It is centered around an arrhythmic clap enveloped by an echo-y middle-eastern motif. If celestial bodies are the images that SONARPILOT’s music conjures up the best, then PLANET POP is MOTHERSHIP’s crowning jewel. As with many of the double albums tracks, things get off to an atmospheric and ominous start, but eventually settles on an irresistible groove a third of the way through . PLANET POP is indeed a planet in motion! With CELTIC LOUNGE, things take a sexier turn as the track sounds like the perfect background music for a make out scene in a big budget sci-fi flick or a nude scene at the very least. It wouldn’t be too hard to imagine SONARPILOT finding an outlet in film scoring seeing as how MOTHERSHIP is probably the most moody, rhythmic and atmospheric collection that I can think of since 1984 (FOR THE LOVE OF BIG BROTHER) by EURYTHMICS. (READ MORE)