How would you describe your music? What are you hoping to prove
through your music?

> People should have more sense of humour and except that there is always
> something in between. My music is like that too.It is not electro pop it is
> not punk or indie music. It is just
> beats and parts of my heart throwed right into your face..
>Yes, people are too quick to categorize.

The 80's revival has sparked the creation of many new projects and media
lately. It seems like you cant be cool these days without referencing the
80's or looking somehow "retro". Is 80's music new to your ears?

> My passion for music started in the 80s.I am a real 80¹s kid. I soaked the
> trash beats like a sponge. Now look what it made of me.
 
But I can definitely hear a hard edge on your tracks.

> I loved and love punk music and it has mixed inside of me with pop and
> electro music.
> Now it is a big Nad Mika sound cocktail.
>
Some artists suffer for inspiration and art. Can you claim this?

> I slept on dirty discofloors and throwed up the lyrics for my songs.

That does make you a true artist! Did having such a strong personality and
unique outlook ever make you feel lonely, isolated? Is it possible to create
in a vacuum just for yourself?
 
> I have met so many people in that 2 years that I am doing this music stuff
> now and they are all
> so supportive. Before I made music I always thought it was very silly for
> artists to say that but
> now I know very well how much it is to an artist to have people around that
> understands what you want to say.

Having self-minded people seems to be a quinrissential part of life,
especially if one is an eccentric like yourself! Now that you have released
your debut album have thing changed at all in your life? Is it exactly what
you expected?

> Sometimes it is very hard to keep going.You wake up and just ask yourself
> why you are
> doing all that shit. But there are days that I am very satisfied to do what
> I do.

So I guess the paradox of being a starving artist stimulated by discomfort
must be true! Sounds like feeling unhappy or unsatisfied only pushes you to
do more and better? Those feelings would often make non-creative types give
up.  It's a tough world out there with lot's of competition, each and every
artist wants to upstage the others, always trying to come up with new
outrageous ideas, but it doesn't always work for everyone. Seems like you
got it down,
Somehow you get away with repeating the most overdone formulas of
punk-rooted musicians, like teenage angst, anger, wanting to change the
system, and of course sex and drugs! (surprise). How do you give this a
fresh edge?
 
> I think that people should not be so shy and they should just let
> theirselves go.I mean life is too short to just dream of what you want to be
> or what you want to do.Life is life(nanananana)

Don't tell me you have plans to cover that trashy tune, :) It's like a
nightmare now, stuck in my head! Let's move on so I could stop singing it
over and over! Let's talk about something else.....Now only trash is on my
mind....So anyway, are you a nymphomaniac? Seems like you'd do anything that
moves! Sex is in every one of your songs. What's the story?

> People keep asking me why I am always writing songs about sex.I think there
> can¹t be enough
> songs about it. I mean we had sexual revolution in the 70s and now it seems
> that noone under-
> stood anything about it. People are still so shocked about it even they see
> titts on TV 24hours.
> I guess we will have to start a new revolution again. Fuck and love is ok!

Not me, I've never been shocked by tits on 24 hours TV, maybe turned on...
I'll make sure to expect the NAD MIKA revolution in my pants! How do you
come up with all the clever ideas for your tracks?
> I really don¹t plan to write a song. It just comes out of me. It just has to
> be said. And there will be much more! That¹s for sure.
Who would you say are your role models? Were you always dedicated to the
Whole new wave and punk movement?

> The first musicians that impressed me was Billy Idol, Nina Hagen, Kraftwerk,
> Kim Wilde,
> Sex Pistols and  Neue Deutsche Welle. Then I suffered from the music of the
> 90s.I mean in Europe it was kind of horrible. But I was exempted when
> artists like Peaches showed up
> and gave me a lot of power to walk my way.

I know what you mean! You said Peaches was an inspiration for you. I heard
from Katya that Peaches actually was spinning your tracks the other night!
Congratulations! You must feel very honoured and accomplished when your role
models admire you vice versa! Or is it more about the artistic exchange
rather then fame?
 
> To have an exchange with other people especially artists in every kind of
> way gives me a lot
> of energy. I love changing ideas and just do stuff instead of talking.So
> there are two tracks on
> my album ³Electronic Beat Bitch² that are produced with a band from France
> ³Sexy Sushi²
> and the bi porn rapper Houston Bernard from NYC.

I listened to your tracks and I feel like they should surely be released
on vinyl for DJs, not just consumer-friendly CD format. Any plans to go "old
school" with the format?
 
> I will release a remix vinyl soon in may or june.It will be a 12ich remix
> vinyl of the song
> ³girlfriend².It will have very different mixes and it is a big adventure to
> do all that stuff.

Releases so far :
 
„Julie was a whore lep“ vinyl (Dictation of Brady Records) 2005
“Julie was a whore lep”  CD/vinyl “Electric Pop 2”  (Neuton)  2005
“Too Intennse”  CD  “Berlin Insane”  (Pale Music)  2006
“Electronic Beat Bitch”  CD  (Eigenvertrieb)  2006
“Electronic Beat Bitch“ CD „Placeres Culpables“ (Dinero Rosa rec. MEX) 2006
“Special kick” feat.Houston Bernard CD „Placeres Culpables“ (Dinero Rosa rec. MEX) 2006
“Girlfriend” the remixes vinyl  coming in aug/sept. 2006
 
 Press:
 
Dancemusic/About:
“WARNING! As Nad Mika lyrically vomits sexual innuendos in an absurdly
stereotypical German accent, listeners may inexplicably find themselves
dancing naked in front of mirrors while smearing whip-cream on their roommates.”
 
some live! actions:
 
Zwischenfall  Bochum DE
Open Air „WeArtSatisFashion“  Essen  DE
Tanzpalast im Schauspielhaus Bochum DE   www.spinclub.de
FZW Dortmund DE  www.fzw.de <http://www.fzw.de/>
Rocket Ride Dortmund DE
Hotel Shanghai Essen  DE  www.hotelshanghai.de
BANG! Oberhausen DE     www.bang.de <http://www.bang.de/>
Queer as Pop Paris FR   www.popingays.com <http://www.popingays.com/>
Europride OSLO NO  www.europride.no
JUICY BEATS DORTMUND DE www.juicybeats.net <http://www.juicybeats.net/>
Monophobia Berlin DE  www.insel-berlin.net <http://www.insel-berlin.net/>
unart     ZÜRICH CH  www.unart.ch <http://www.unart.ch/>
Bahnhof Langendreer Bochum DE www.bahnhof-langendreer.de <http://www.bahnhof-langendreer.de/>
Genderterror AZ Mülheim DE  www.az-muelheim.de <http://www.az-muelheim.de/>
Bader Deinhoff Berlin  DE  www.bader-deinhoff.de <http://www.bader-deinhoff.de/>
Pretty Vacant Düsseldorf DE www.prettyvacant.de <http://www.prettyvacant.de/>
King Kong Club  Berlin  DE    www.king-kong-klub.de <http://www.king-kong-klub.de/>
The George Dublin  IE   www.alaf.com <http://www.alaf.com/>
Lovelite  Berlin DE   www.lovelite.de <http://www.lovelite.de/>
Luna Bar Münster DE  www.lunabar.de <http://www.lunabar.de/>
AZ Mülheim+ Lesbians On Ecstacy DE   www.az-muelheim.de <http://www.az-muelheim.de/>
Din A Queer Münster DE   www.din-a-queer.de <http://www.din-a-queer.de/>
 
 
www.nadmika.com <http://www.nadmika.com/>
www.myspace.com/nadmika <http://www.myspace.com/nadmika>