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1 – Although Livimorket goes back to 2008 is still an unknown project. Can you write some limes telling why you created Livimorker and what were your goals back then musically?
Livimørket started in 2007, while I played in a couple of other groups. I have always produced music by myself and upon acquiring some new equipment I recorded various demos, which eventually became the basis for the first release, Dark Totality. Reasons for starting projects are often the same, the release of energy and feeling, wanting to create something you would like to hear but cannot find, I am no different.
2 – My first contact with Livimorket was with the split with Deafest. How did this release happened? Where the songs written in mind for this split or were a demo / ep that turned to be this?
I contacted Deafest after hearing some of their work and we talked back and forth, eventually deciding to work on a split release together. Songs were recorded specifically for that release, with demo tracks being sent to each other before the project was finished.
3 - That specific release got my attention because of your “rude” approach to black metal; the sound was so intense something I think is lacking nowadays. But after getting more releases and doing more research I can say that Livimorket is more than that, you can touch various musical genres but the bleak atmosphere is like your trademark. Do you try to follow some guide lines with Livimorket or this is something you really don’t care about?
First and foremost Livimørket is a black metal project. It wanders into other avenues often but the core of the project never ideologically strays far from black metal.
4 – “Voidness” is your last release which for what I understand is a collaborative release. This is by far the most minimal stuff you have done under the Livimorket banner, i How did this came to life?
I recorded an hour long improvised guitar drone tape loop track at 5am one morning after not sleeping for a few days. I was unsure of what it would be used for but I kept it regardless and thought perhaps in the future I could do something with it. A few months later I started talking to Niels, of Sequences, and upon hearing his drone/ambient compositions I thought that a collaboration would be perfect. I sent him my guitar track and he worked on adding his contributions. I am very pleased with the finished result, it is possibly my favourite Livimørket release.
5 – A new tape was release Dimensional Cull” , unfortunately I don’t have it but for the description appoints to a more black metal approach; I find this important because you have two releases this year that seems to be very different, This gets me to my question. Being “Voidness” a collaboration where Livimorket past is almost absent, and Dimensional Cult a more black metal oriented which one is closer to what Livimorket will be in the future?
Dimensional Cull is a demo recordings from 2010, originally intended as demos for a full length record, but these plans were later scrapped. In the future I believe Livimørket will stay as a black metal project, however collaborations may happen and these are when the other sides of the project often come to the surface. 
6 – You´re also the mind beyond Life in the dark, I can feel a connection to Livimorket but this is done with a total different approach, this has (for me ) the bleak atmosphere but instead of the rude approach this has a more industrial, heavy clean, approach.When did you felt that you needed to create Life in the dark?
The first Life In The Dark recording, The Sunya Is Rising, was originally intended as a Livimørket release but as the recording progressed it became apparent that it would not fit that moniker, and so Life In The Dark was created. Nowadays, they are two entirely separate projects with no crossover.
7 – Although they are different projects how do you separate the composition of them? Do you need to be in a certain mood for Livimorket or something like that?
For Life In The Dark, influence does not come from black metal, but instead from 90s indie rock, gothic synth music + industrial metal. The primary instruments are synthesizer, keyboard + drum machine with clean vocals. While I have played guitar for many years, over the past couple of years I have preferred to play less guitar and more synthesizer, so Life In The Dark has been easier for me to create recently and has been the project I spend most time with.
8 – Livimorket and Life in the Dark till today has only release demos, splits in very limited edition, for someone like me this is a bit annoying because the only way of me having this album on my collection is on mp3. Why this limitation?
Livimørket has had some release available in larger number, although these are now gone. The reason for limiting most recent output has been because I dub each cassette tape in real time between high quality tape decks and so even dubbing a handful of tapes is very time consuming. Where I live now is also very small and I have no room to keep any more tapes. Hopefully in the future I can release larger amount of each release, this is certainly a goal.
9 – Although the limitation you have some material available for digital download for a very low price (you can get two Life in the dark albums and the livimorker /Sequences for something like 6 euros, 2 euros each!). is this something you have in mind for future releases?
Some releases work as digital downloads, some are meant only for the few people who have the cassette.
10 – Are there any plans to release the sold out releases again in different formats?
'Hushed Bloom' has been released on CD by Music Ruins Lives, that version of the album also contains an extra track. Some other cassette tapes may see 2nd editions.
11 – Livimorket, Life In The Dark and for last Sunyata recordings. You’re also behind this label that till now only released tapes. Why did you started the label?
Originally it was maintained by myself and one other person and the aims were different however it is now almost solely my outlet and exists to release my own music and music of my acquaintances and friends in music.
12- I notice the following sentence in the sunyata recording store page “ Please respect the artists and do not share these files elsewhere on the Internet”. This gives me the impression that even selling them almost for free people still share them on the web. How are your feelings towards this attitude?
File sharing happens, no matter what I say. However, I wish that people would respect my wishes when I ask for my work not to be shared in such a way.
13 – When I got the Sunya is rising compilation I was impressed by the quality of the bands / albums that were on your label. How are things going with the label so far (not counting the internet problems)?
Things are fine. I work on music 24/7 and rarely take a break so I suppose it's hard for me to sit back and really calculate exactly how well (or not) things are going, but I suppose it's best that way..
14 - Are you still planning to release something of Cara Neir?
Not right now, they just self-released their newest album. I have a copy, but I haven't had a real chance to digest it yet.
15- Thanks for this. The last words are yours!
Thanks.
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