Last month we had the pleasure to sit and talk with Black Tiger Sex Machine after they performed to a sold out show at the Loft in Minneapolis with Dabin and Apashe. Here’s what they had to say:
EDM Assassin: Hi guys, if you guys could go around and introduce yourself
Julien: I’m Julien of Black Tiger Sex Machine
Marc: I’m Marc but sometimes I’m Mike from Black Tiger Sex Machine
Patrick: My name is Patrick I’m part of Black Tiger Sex Machine
EDM Assassin: Nice to meet you all. Alright so you guys have been on tour for a while, how have things been?
Marc: Uh yeah we’ve been in the van for like three weeks and before that we were two weekends out, one weekend in Ontario and one weekend in Texas and Louisiana and yeah it’s been super awesome. Going from city to city it’s a bit weird, you kind of lose part of your soul because you lose all independence and sense of individuality but yeah it’s going well it’s pretty cool. Tonight was sold out in Minnesota, life is good.
EDM Assassin: I know nothing compares to a hometown show but where has been your favorite place to play so far?
Marc: Tonight and Chicago have been two of the craziest shows so far. Both places were sold out and the energy was just way up there.
Julien: There’s no real “best city”, everywhere we play it’s a different vibe, different crowd, people drive out to our shows so I’d say every night on this tour has been special one way or another. There’s no real good “best crowd”.
EDM Assassin: I know we drove two and a half hours to come see you guys, wouldn’t miss it.
Julien: You guys are going to get back safe?
EDM Assassin: Don’t worry we have a place to stay up here!
Julien: I’m always very worried about those who drive far to our shows, how they’re getting back after I don’t like that.
EDM Assassin: It’s nice of you guys to care!
Julien: We love our fans!
EDM Assassin: We’ve noticed! You guys are always so active on social media whether it’s doing giveaways, responding to comments. Do you guys have anything special to say to your fans?
Julien: Well I would say, BTSM Church is growing! But the whole thing, the church, it’s exactly why we are doing this. It’s the community aspect, it’s nothing religious of music, it’s all about the fans and the fact that something like Electric Forest where there is community everybody that comes to the shows are coming with friends, meeting new people. There’s no aggressiveness, no violence and I think for once in a while it’s really good to kind of doze off and just enjoy pure love. During our shows that’s what we try to have. That’s why we created this whole BTSM church so people can have this place to come rage and have fun. Raging without violence.
EDM Assassin: It’s definitely a movement and we love being a part of it. Could you guys give us a little insight on your name and how you came up with it?
Julien: So uh basically it’s a very sad story but it’s a great story. This girl was texting me over and over again and uh I was sitting in class and I was thinking how do I tell her to stop and for her to understand without being a douche bag. My friend was like you should just text her the most random words back to her and I texted “Black Tiger Sex Machine”. Then we were playing soccer that afternoon and was like “Yo, we should call ourselves Black Tiger Sex Machine”. It just happened like that. Then the entire world the image, the church the helmets all came after that.
EDM Assassin: We love the helmets, they’re so unique gives you guys a nice touch. How do you guys manage your own record label, releasing your new album, going on tour, you guys are so busy how do you do it?
Julien: We don’t balance it at all (laughs).
Julien and Marc: We don’t sleep.
Marc: We don’t have much of a personal life.
Julien: We just work all of the time.
Marc: We work, work out, sit in vans and do shows but it’s fucking awesome!
EDM Assassin: We’re proud of you guys
Julien: Yeah I think when you start doing something you love and it’s going well there’s no reason to do something else. I’ll sleep when I’m older.
Marc: One year ago we had like no one on our team and now we have four people full time helping us with the label and the management team so it’s taking a little bit of work off of our shoulders but everyday new things need to be done, need to make new music, play new shows so yeah.
EDM Assassin: It definitely shows in your live performance how much you guys love doing what you’re doing!
Marc: Yeah when you get to rage for a living it’s pretty sick!
EDM Assassin: Well I think that is all we have for you; we know you’re pretty busy so do you have any last words to say to your fans?!
Julien: You guys are with EDM Assassin right?
EDM Assassin: Yup!
Julien: Yeah you guys tweet all of the time! EDM Assassin what’s up we love you we’re Black Tiger Sex Machine and we love you!
Marc: Thanks for the support, thanks for coming to our shows and supporting Kannibalen records. Keep doing what you do and we love Minneapolis, even if you live two hours away.
Julien: Yeah even if you’re not from Minneapolis, we still love you! Peace out Minneapolis.
We want to give a special thanks to Marc, Julien and Patrick for taking the time to talk to us despite their busy schedule. If you have yet to see the tigers in action be sure to stop at any of their remaining tour dates, you won’t want to miss it.