written by Marko Jakob

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Pix666: Hello Michael. The most important question right at the beginning. Are you well and are you healthy?

Michael: Hi there! Well, as we here in Russia say – “I’m so healthy that even can’t be broken with the crowbar” (“Меня ломом не перешибёшь”). I already was ill with the Covid. In 2009.

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Pix 666: You had fantastic live performances with Otto Dix in the past. How much do you miss being on stage these days?

Michael: Oh I really miss it! I need to talk to the Universe. And I can do it only on stage.

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Pix666: I had the opportunity to see one of your shows myself – at the NCN Festival 2017 in Germany. Who is responsible for the extravagant stage outfits and the cool make-up? Do you do it yourself?

Michael: I do everything myself. Nobody has the right to touch my face >:) And also I’m responsible for the outfit of the rest band crew.

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Pix666: You sing in Russian. I find it quite interesting that you sing in your native language. Do you get positive feedback from the fans from abroad – or do many of them ask you: Why don’t you sing in English?

Michael: The labels usually insist on the English language for all. At least German, if we talk about German labels. But in my opinion, the language of Pushkin, Dostoevski and Tolstoi is not worse than the language of Wilde, Goethe, Cervantes etc. Camon, Russia’s the largest country in the world! Everyone supposed to speak Russian, not English 😀 And by the way, the German language wasn’t an obstacle for Rammstein in their world conquest.

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Pix666: What was actually the reason for the artist name Michael Draw or the band name Otto Dix? I hope you now have an interesting explanation for this ?

Michael: Well, my real name is Mikhail (Михаил) – in English and German it is spelled like Michael. And Draw – it is a kind of pun. I like to draw and I draw rather well, Herr Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix was an artist. And also “draw” is a wrong spelling of “drow” – the elf of darkness. That’s me 😉 And talking about the reason I chose the name of a German Expressionist as a name for my band – well, I find something common in our art. I’m also an Expressionist, but I use the music, my voice and dance instead of the paint. He passed the WWI with the Bible and the Nietzsche’s book. In my art you can also see those three main points – War, God and the Misanthropy (I’m very disappointed in the humanity).

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Pix666: You recently released the first single from your upcoming album. Also the second single ‚эффект бабочки‘ will be released soon. Is there already a date set for the release of your album ‚Autoctrator‘?

Michael: I hope it will be no obstacles and the album “Autocrator” will be released in the middle of summer.

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Pix666: Do you have concerts (with audience) planned for this year?

Michael: I hope so… May be in autumn. Noone can see the future.

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Pix666: How are your friends and families? How do you stay in touch with them, what kind of technics do you use?

Michael: Here in Russia people usually don’t give a f-k and live their lives as usual. We wear masks only when we are forced to. Usually not. Moscow of course has the most strict rules, in my neighborhood in St.Petersburg the life almost the same as usual. But yes, we wash our hands 😀

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