Please, tell us more about the name Ľahká Múza. What is it ´ s English translation and how does it relate to the band´s mission?

By the term Lahká Múza, used to be named in the past so called morally fallen, not serious kinds of art. The boundary between "serious" and other art is obviously very subjective and in a way also snobbish, as with time not once shows up the true meaning and significance of the specific kind of art, so after all the original damners can end up as fools. We chose the name in the context of pop-culture in the second half of 20th century, which is even now - despite the fact, that in time it has produced also high - quality works - being considered as "not serious". The precise translation of our name into the English, "The Light Muse", will perhaps not tell you much. The English language has surely its special term for this kind of art.

In the reviews I´ve read on-line, I´ve found that most reviewers compare you to the sound of Dead Can Dance and Jarboe from Swans. Can you give us a better, more complete description of your music and Gudrun´s unique vocal style?

Listener, who is short of more global knowledge about the facts of the evolution in the music of 20th century immediately slides down to comparing and since there is still not many bands having the non-rock character, and taking an advantage of the female vocal, they used to compare us to probably each band, that includes female vocalist. However, we think, that our overall expression is rather different, and not only from the above mentioned, artists, but from many others, because it is built on entirely different, specific social and territorial context of the country, that we live in. Despite of this we do naturally leave to the listeners and reviewers the right of comparison with any artist...

What is the current line-up of the band and what does each member contribute to the group?

For a long time consisted the band of two people collaborating with many guest musicians playing live shows mostly bass guitar players and drummers. The "live" drummer we do substitute also for the live shows by samples. In the last few years have proven its worth, when playing "live", the form of a trio, that is: female vocalist (Gudrun), guitar (677) and bass (Voda). All the remainig sounds and rhythms are provided by sampler. The only exception in comparison with the past is that to the present bass guitar player we grant the statute of a proper member of the band, so there are three members now included in the studio work and at the concerts we do at the moment quite well without guest players.

So far, there have been three Ľahká Múza CD releases. Do you see each release as reflecting concept or theme or is each album made up of individual songs with each one having its own theme? Also, which of the three discs is most liked by your fans?

Right, each CD has certain concept and about its gist speaks itself the name of each CD. It is hard to say, considering the clear moments between each album, which of them is the most liked. Each have "seized" different group of audience. For example, TIEŇ BOLESTI (The shadow of pain) is quite popular among the fans of industrial, the second - CHVENIE ABSOÚTNA (The vibration of absolute) more interested the gothics and so far the last SEN OHRANIČENÉHO ŽIVOTA (A dream of a defined live) basically conected both of these camps, but it also pelled to us listeners from completely different and unexpected territories.

Gudrun´s voice is beautiful and emotive. It soars to the highest heights and gracefully falls to a velvet low. Have Gudrun´s had voice training?

Singing, just as all the other instruments of Ľahká Múza is not academically trained (if I am not including the 15 years long existence of Ľahká Múza, it is the gift from God) and is absolutely intuitive in a sense of German "geniale diletanten". Gudrun stands nowadays in a position that she could herself give the voice training lessons.

The Lyrics to the newest release, SEN OHRANIČENÉHO ŽIVOTA, are very moving. What inspires your lyrics and what message do you want listeners to leave with?

The inspiration for our lyrics, but also the general expression, we try to seek right in our "subsistence". We always make attempts to catch the actual state of our consciousness, but not according to the habit of rock stars and to their subjective lamentation over their live, indeed we seek for more general expressions of powerful, though not always positive, energies of human psychic and we try to express this to the listeners.

The packaging of each of your discs is quite simple, yet exquisite in its simplicity. Each disc uses its own identic color theme. The first uses the black triangle on dark purple, the second uses an eye that falls apart in fiery red, while the newest release features black snakes and the sun on gold paper... and even the CD itself is gold! Are the color themes symbolic in some way and, if so, how are they related to the message and music of each release?

Yes, the covers are the symbolic formulation of the CD´s content. The verbal interpretation misses the power of effect of non-verbal symbol as an entrance gate to the subconsciousness and therefore it stands upon each individual listener in what way he will manage to unite the cover with music of our CD and on the basis of it, how will he break through by that symbol to the deeper level of lyrics.

What can we except from Ľahká Múza in the future? Any new releases planned? Tours? In what direction do you see the band heading?

Yes, we do work on new CD. If everything turns out well, it should be symbolically released in the year 2000. For the moment it is in the state of completing of all music material. Relating to playing live, the band programmatically does not realize tours but single concerts or we play occasionally on some suitable festivals. And concerning to the next direction of our band - we look for some evolution and changes with each new CD, but only the listener himself can consider, whether it did really come off well...

Ľahká Múza is one of the best bands I ´ve heard since the heyday of goth in the 80s and I wish the band well in all its endeavors. Do you have any last words you´d like to share?

At the turn of centuries, in the time of apparent absolute victory of the consumer society almost on the whole planet we wish to all a bit more creative people enough energy for the struggle with demon of consumption and conformity in a sense of Fromm´s: "rather to be (to live, create) than to have (to statically own)".