I did a quick search, and it turns out it was from an interview from 2014:Network23 wrote:Not sure if it was Edgar, but I don't see who else could have said it.
It was a compromise, because the idea was orginally, maybe to form a band, between my son, Thorsten and myself. It didn't work at all, because Thorsten and Jerome were like... [clenches fists together]. (http://www.voices-in-the-net.de/jeanne_darc.htm)
Well, to be fair, that track is apparently derived from the demo that preceded Edgar's guitar contribution. What mystifies me and other reviewers is why an Edgar composition has popped up on the otherwise Jerome-centric Orange Sized Dreams. Unless I've overlooked something, all of Jerome's retrospective compilations save Dream Mixes V consisted solely of his own TD compositions. (I'm assuming Edgar produced the Touareg remix of "Mombasa" himself, as it doesn't sound Jerome-esque and Jerome tends to keep his hands off his dad's material.) At least one reviewer speculated that "Cymbeline" (aka "Hamlet") originated from Jerome rather than Edgar, and while the evidence is tempting, I don't consider it conclusive. Perhaps Edgar wrote the basic track and Jerome took some liberties by releasing this "redux."Network23 wrote:But apart from Edgar's fantastic guitar solo in "Hamlet" (which is d e l e t e d ! from the Orange Sized Dreams version)
That's definitely a fair assessment of the 220 Volt tour. I myself love all of TD's work during the 90s, but I can totally understand why the music shocked and/or alienated many traditional fans. I read somewhere that Edgar spoke favorably about Eddie Van Halen's guitar work in the late 80s or early 90s. If this is true, it provides some context for why he allowed Jerome and Zlatko to get away with such a heavy rock sound during that period.Network23 wrote:the proceedings resembled a band with an identity crisis.
Again, this is where our tastes differ. I will say, however, that while I generally prefer Jerome's compositions over Edgar's on Rockoon through Goblin's Club, I still like most of Edgar's tracks very much. In fact, I suspect that Edgar's output would have been far better had he not been burdened with remixing TD's extensive back catalog at the time. Maybe even Beyond The Storm would have turned out different, but who can really say?Network23 wrote:We didn't know it then, but Jerome had been assigned an extremely significant level of control, and I think many will agree that it resulted in the single worst "era" of the band. It got to the point I could barely listen to TD with Jerome. His techno/EDM leanings were stifling (yet mysteriously nonexistent in the context of Loom). The Dream Mixes albums are almost nearly complete throwaways for me.