In every life, in every relation, there are good things and bad things. Mark Jansen: There are always some bad things and good things in everything I guess. What are your feelings about all this time? Did you meet any bad situations during all these years? RockOverdose: So, you’re having the tenth-year anniversary. It’s cool so see such a DVD on the big screen, in cinemas, and I don’t know what to expect, what it will be to watch your own stuff on the big screen, but I think it’s quite a cool idea, and I think that more bands are doing that, having premiers on DVD in cinema, and I think that it’s also a cool thing for the fans. Mark Jansen: Yeah, we contacted quite a few promoters in order to arrange something like that, and it’s cool because this can happen. RockOverdose: So, like a cinema premiere. One in Germany, one in Netherlands, one in Belgium, and some in North America. The day before, there are some DVD shows in some cinemas. Mark Jansen: I think it is 11 of November, if I’m correct. RockOverdose: Do you know maybe about the release day? It works very well, but I know now how much work it will be for the next time. It was like we were like 200 people involved in the project, so you can imagine that it was quite big, and it was the first time to organize a show like this by ourselves. We started one year before because we needed all that time to organize everything, because it was a huge amount of work, a huge amount of people involved. Then, we didn’t realize how much work it will be to organize such a show totally by ourselves. So we thought that if we could do a very special show in the Netherlands with the same orchestra, and release a DVD out of it, it would be the perfect anniversary. Mark Jansen: We started working on that project something like one and half year ago, because we wanted to do something special for the tenth anniversary of Epica, and we were talking what can we do, how can we make it special, and very soon the idea emerged, that we should ask the Hungarian Orchestra and Choir again to work with us, as they worked with us on the “Classical Conspiracy” album, and it was a very nice cooperation, and they always kept in touch with us. I think you’re going to release also a DVD, under the title “Restrospect”? Can you tell us a few words about this release? Mark Jansen: I’d like to do that but then they’ll get mad at me (laughing). RockOverdose: So you won’t give us an exclusive information. We don’t have the permission yet from Nuclear Blast to release the title of the album. Mark Jansen: Well, that’s still a secret. RockOverdose: What about the songs titles? Or it’s too early about it? What about the title of the album? I hope you will be able to hear that in the sound, because all this effort will be helpful to make a good sound.
Every sound has been tested and the best selection was made. For example, you spend the whole afternoon making the drum sound, and do the recording for it. They are really focused on the little details about the sound, so we have quite a big pre-production, the biggest we had, with a lot of drum sound, a lot of guitar, that’s just only what we have done in two weeks, and this is something we had never done before. Mark Jansen: For the first time we went in another studio, because we recorded all the previous albums in the Gate Studio in Germany, with Sascha Paeth, but now we look for a new environment, so we came to the Sandlane Facilities in the Netherlands. RockOverdose: What about the first impressions of the sound of the new album? I always like the process of creation, it’s also time consuming, but in the end when it’s finished and you are quite happy with the result, that feeling is indescribable. Mark Jansen: Yes, definitely, it’d been a while and now we have written quite some songs for the new album, it’s great when you see them developing in the studio and record them. RockOverdose: I suppose you must be really happy about returning back to the studio with Epica. Mark Jansen: Thank you! Very busy but I’m doing fine, I’m in Italy and I’m having a little break from all the recording process of the Epica and Maya, and one week from now I will be back in studio for two weeks, with Epica, to record the new album.
RockOverdose: Mark, welcome to Rock Overdose! How are you these days? Here’s the transcript of the interview by Anna Maria Tranca: You can also listen to the audio interview at the Rock Overdose homepage. Rock Overdose through Zisis Petkanas recently held an interview with guitarist, Mark Jansen of Epica.
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