Neglige music: presents Emerald City
written, recorded and mixed at the Burn Out by
Steven Caine, Maurice Mayerling and Rene Anton Lopez
mastered at XARC Mastering Germany by Lorenz Vauck.
Lay-out and design of redgurl: Laura Satana


Electronics by Steven Caine
Vocals by Maurice Mayerling
Guitar and keyboards on all tracks by
Rene Anton Lopez
Female vocals by Rockel Thomas
Whisling and backing vocals on track 5 by Dimitri
Off-beat percussions on track 1 by Dottore Satta


The music can be described as cross-over,
the basis is electronics...that's the foundation,
then a lot of different styles are added to make it whole,
like African rhythms, blues, jazz, punk, rock and roll,
off-beat percussions and so on...
it's a concoction of all the things the band members
like to hear in music.
It's a very strange group of people coming from all over,
people who savour the surreal,
and try to poor it into a series of records.


HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BY THE IN-CROWD !





Bits and pieces: the Maurice Mayerling interview by
Basil Bassarov

MM: " I was born running, trying to get away from it all,
but mostly trying to escape myself, being creative
caused me to be the tormented crazy I am...but it
ain't that bad, I like watching the crazies kicking up
dust, don't you?"

BB: Um, yeah I guess, so what you're...

MM: Listen I don't like this, don't like this at
all...I'd like nothing more then to be one of these
fucking obese, ignorant assholes who seem to be
content just sitting in front of their TV all day,
wasting their lives...but see these assholes are
happy, and I fucking envy them because I got this urge
inside me to write lyrics or poetry, to compose music,
or to make a film...that don't make me happy man,
that's fucking torment, because I'm just this little
man trying to climb this huge mountain, not knowing if
I'll ever succeed, it's simplicity I crave, but
instead my mind plays these cruel tricks on me, giving
me ideas and inspiration...it's oh so complex, and
sometimes I feel like I'm loosing my fucking grip,
understand?

BB: Yeah, but doesn't it feel right to convert your
ideas into something real?

MM:(irritated)Real, what's real? I won't be remembered
for this, I ain't no fucking rock star on MTV, only
thing that soothes me is knowing I didn't waste my
fucking life in front of the TV, that, and the
positive feed back I get from the people who hear the
music.

BB:(sensing his anger rise)So about the music?

MM: It's a cross over style, the basis is
electronics...that's the foundation, then we added a
lot of different styles to make it whole, like African
rhythms, blues, jazz, punk, rock and roll, off-beat
percussions and so on...it's a concoction of all the
things my fellow band members and me like to hear in
music...(grinning)and apparently it worked out very
well...I mean I'm proud of what it is now...

BB: About the band, is it true you had to kick a habit
in order to...
(his eyes shut me up, silence...)

MM: Well it was more then just one habit I guess, I've
been weak...getting off of that...it's freedom, but
the kind you get when you get released from prison,
it's awkward...you have to change everything you're
used to, and never do that again or else...or else it
lands you right back where you were, no place...it's a
constant struggle...but it's worth the fight...

BB: So coming from no place you formed 'emerald city'?

MM: Not at first, I just started to write a few songs
you know, something I'd carried with me all those
years, it just had to get out...the first song I
recorded was 'go go go', and it carries an important
message, it's not belonging somewhere, or the urge we
have sometimes to just pack up and go...be a new and
improved version of ourselves...truth is nothing
changes when you're on the run, only surroundings
do...only way to make it right is to change who you
are, evolution, that's what I had to do...huge fucking
mountain

BB: And that song was a jump into something new.

MM: Exactly, I'd found a new way for myself, and it
was all so clear now, the music, the words...that's
when we really got started on making the record. At
first it was just me and Steven writing lyrics and
composing the music, of course the fact Steven had his
own studio gave us the opportunity to experiment
without having to worry about time, when we finished
the demo we started looking for the right people to
fit in and add something to it all, we found the
wonderful Rockel Thomas who sings on the last three
tracks of the record, the amazing Rene Anton Lopez
who dazzled us with his guitar playing, and who also
played the keys for us, the somewhat strange Dimitri
who brought just what we needed on the 'evil woman
blues' and the crazy Mr. Satta who made the opening
track what it is today with his bone chilling screams
and his off-beat percussions...It's a very strange
group of people coming from all over, people who
savour the surreal, and tried to poor it into a
record...

BB: I believe there's a red line connecting all the songs...

MM: Right, it's about love, the kind you want but
can't have, the kind you want to get rid of but can't,
it's about defeat and acceptance...about wanting to
get out, getting out and finding yourself in an even
bigger mess...it's the claws of the underbelly of
society pulling us down...and we go along, 'cause
that's the kind of people we are...we are all victims,
perfect prey for our surroundings, nothing more
nothing less...but it's not depressing, it is actually
a very cool way to live your life...it's the search,
the find and the realisation of yourself, it's the
final embrace...so yeah to sum it up I guess it's
about love... 

BB: Sounds heavy...

MM: it contains many layers, but yeah over all it's
very obscure with a kind of sexiness to it, to
me it's more like a sunny day at the beach, but of
course I have all this other stuff on my mind, I just
think a lot of people out there can identify with what
I say in the songs, identify with the flow and the
vibe of the music...it's weird but it's a message of
love from me to anyone out there listening...You're
not alone in this love, in this life, we walk together
through this torment...
BB: About that message of love, lost church of god?
MM: We created the site www.lostchurchofgod.com because I
felt the need to do something for the have-nots in
this crazed society something personal from us to
them, it's a collection plate really, it's a way
to tell them we respect them, see them as true
adventurers, sailors through misery! it just feels
like the right thing to do, and maybe, just maybe we
can help some of them! but I want to stress the fact
that in no way we are connected to any religion, even
though it's an internet church, it's more of a
spiritual thing, do good, without expecting to be
rewarded, try to walk the strait path even tough we
keep straying all the time, zig-zagging between good
and evil! it's a quest!

BB: Any last words?

MM: yeah, people on the move leave something behind at
some point in time... some point in
time...(pondering)...that and I'm like a cum shot, I
don't expect to last long...(lights a cigarette)