by Matt Dixon, April '08

1. Please introduce Scribbler and give some background behind the band.
Scribbler are a 5 sometimes 6 piece band from Halifax NS. We formed in 2005, had a moog player then he quit and moved back to Moncton, so we played as a four piece for a while, until 2006 when we found new wave, he's our k-station player. We have a temporary drummer while Franc is in South America.

2. What does Scribbler mean to you?
Scribbler is the main focus of Craig Currie (me), I write the most of the songs and have dreams of us practicing them.

3. Where does Scribbler draw its influences from?
Psychedelic Pop, Folk rock, Experimental Rock, Kraut Rock, Noise-Rock, Dream Pop, Lo-Fi, Noise, Avant-Garde, Industrial, Sound Collage, Obscuro, Ambient, New Age, Local demos, Children's Music, Sing along, pre-war blues, Grunge, Acid Folk, Power Electronics

4. Could you tell me a bit about the evolution of the band, from a free noise project to a bent-folk/experimental band?
We released our first album 'Scannopapia' in 2005, it was a free release with 29 noise, ambient, experimental .... songs/clips on it. After its release we were offered a spot at the hamburger party (a noise show in Halifax). Then we stated doing random noise shows, we would play noise sets with regular bands and give no 'warning', so the crowd never knew what they were gonna get, we really piss some folks off at times.

5. What are some of the things you try to communicate through the music?
We try to convince the crowd to have ritualistic orgies with us after the show.

6. Could you tell me a bit about the Radiator Collective and what your part is in it?
We release compilations far from never, we're really slack. It's mostly projects other members of the band are in. My brother Alex Currie fronts 'Journalists, Wolf, and is Fuck Montreal. Him and our temp drummer Mike Dorton make the 'Money over Bitches' songs. Mike also does 'Hoop Dreams' and played in The Lampshapes. Franc writes pretty folk songs that we do with Scribbler sometimes. Nathan Pilon (new wave) plays in 'Windom Earle. I (Craig Currie) do Chief Thundercloud and drum in a band called Omon Ra. The radiator collective is just a big inbred mess. Look for our second comp never.

7. You're scheduled to play the Obey Convention this spring; what is your take on the current state of punk rock / experimental fringe music in Halifax?
Punk in Halifax does it for me sometimes. The experimental scene is always growing, places in the north end are good for holding shows, or house shows. A place called the Blue Moon has a free jam every Tuesday, it's full of crazy folk.

8. When do you think the best moment to listen to a Scribbler record is?
Our two musical albums ' Prussia' (2006) and 'Backitis' (2007) are probobly good to listen to whenever. It's never a good time to listen to our noise albums, 'Scannopapia' (2005) , 'Scandopapia' (2008), unless you want to kill a party.

9. What are the last five records you bought and your current top five?
I get stuff mailed or given to me mostly. The last record I bought was a Divorse cassete. Top five would have to be: in this order
1) Syd Barrett- the mad cap laughs
2) Can- Ege Bamyasi
3) Beck- golden feelings
4) Half Japenese- Loud
5) Disco Inferno- D. I pop go

10. What's up next for the band? Any new records or tours in the works?
We wrote a bunch of new songs without Franc, so we want to release those as an e. p or somthing. And Franc and I haver been writing slow folk songs that we want to release on a folk album called 'Abiogenesis'. Mike has been making songs for our third noise release 'Scanyopapia'.

11. How can ppl contact you?
http://www. myspace. com/scribblerns ------ contact us here
scribblermail@gmail. com --------- send us stuff here

12. Final words?
http://youtube. com/watch?v=4WCpzaJCGCw