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; Keeping Great Food A Reality! < M Te R B tGNNGTS BISTRO 3 4 884â€"9297 l ; PTOGQ) Z & S : Dennis Hus ost current bands Mwould rarely conâ€" sider their parents to be fans of their art, conâ€" sidering that for many, playâ€" ing perverse or obscure music is the first trace of rebellion, with or without cause. When _ Dennis _ Huss phoned the Chronicle to promote his son Darrin‘s band, a narrow mind conâ€" cluded that it was an empty endorsement. The parental seal of approval is usually a warning flare. On speaking to Huss senior, though, it becomes apparent that his prodigal son has a music career in Germany as vocalist with synth duo Psyche, and is planning a North American tour to promote the new e.p. ‘Sanctuary‘. The tour includes a date in Waterlo0, his former hometown, July 5 at Time Square. His father is understandâ€" ably biased, but he‘s a fan of the band and is happy to divulge a contact number in Bochum, near Cologne, as well as the Psyche web address for a quick initiation before a call. Dennis Huss brings his synth duo Psyche to Waterloo Lyrics from the website include the charming titles ‘Brain Collapse‘, ‘Children Carry Knives‘, and the someâ€" what psychotic ‘Mr. Eyeball Ooze‘. It‘s hardly reminiscent of Erasure camping it up as ABBA and Darrin Huss is phoned with slight trepidaâ€" tion. Thirtyâ€"Fiveâ€"yearâ€"old Huss explains that his dad‘s enthusiasm for the gig is due to the fact that, "The poor man‘s been waiting long Prodigal son returns: By Conor McCarerey For The Chronicle Wimbledon Tennis Championship enough â€" we haven‘t had a release in Canada since 1988! It‘s a bit sad really, because it was just my brother and me in the beginning. But since around 1992 I‘ve been working â€" with various keyboardists." The Huss brothers Tirst performed as Psyche in December 1982 in Edmonton, Alberta, and were apparently "A comâ€" bination of horror and electronics that was comâ€" pletely unheard of at the time." PS When the Russ family moved to Waterloo in 1985, the boys, under the assumed names Evan Panic _ (Darrin) _ and Anthony Red (Stephen) produced _ their _ own debut album, ‘Insomnia Theatre, and released it on their own Malignant Prod label. They grafted to book concerts, proâ€" duced promo videos, and had some radio play. But apart from a cult followâ€" ing in Quebec, North America all but snubbed their efforts, and they relocated to Europe. "Our dream was Europe anyway, as most of the good electronic groups were comâ€" ing from there, nothing was happening at home," Huss says. "We thought wed have to go somewhere where we‘d be promoted. We immediâ€" ately got a deal with New Rose in France and they basically built the founda:â€" tions of our career." The first Psyche high point was a support slot with pioneering _ synth _ duo Suicide, at the Elysee Montmartel in Paris. Their â€" second _ album ARTS FOCUS Psyche, a.k.a Dennis Huss (left) and Remi Szyszka will perform at Time Square in Waterloo July 5. ‘Unveiling _ the _ Secret received enough critical acclaim to warrant a European tour. They perâ€" formed throughout France, Belgium, Sweden and evenâ€" tually Germany. Dreams of conquering Britain were exactly that, as Huss explains. "Most Canadian boys wanted to land at some English record company and get a deal, but it never hapâ€" pened," he laughs. "So we did the European thing. Germany kind of attached itself to us because it‘s where electro originated, really. We moved to German label SPV in 1989 and I‘ve pretty much stuck with that." Psyche has released eight albums and over 20 singles since 1985, but since the late ‘B0s, Huss has worked with an array of keyboard partâ€" ners. Due to illness, Stephen had stopped performing in 1988, and made his final recording in 1994 with ‘Intimacy‘. Huss‘ current partner is 24â€"yearâ€"old Remi Szyszka, who is originally from Poland but moved _ to Duisburg, Germany in 1992. Szyszka helps maintain what the singer describes as "your basic classic synthesizer Psyche recently signed to Canadian label Art Of Fact and Misguided Angels, an anthology of tracks from 1983â€"2000 was â€" released. This, along with new e.p. Sanctuary is the main incenâ€" tive for the tour. Huss hopes that "a lot of friends and curious folk" come to the shows. | The new album, ‘The Hiding _ Place‘ _ was released on June 18 and is in the top 10 of the German alternative chart, which represents a seal of approval from DJs. "It‘s a pretty big deal for us really," says Huss. "It means we‘re getting a hell of a lot of play in the clubs. It‘s like being in the top 10 in college radio charts." duo, although not as popular as, say, The Pet Shop Boys or something." With the assimilation of limitless subâ€"genres and chart fodgtf\/vithin the electronic scene, especially in the last decade, the Psyche sound isn‘t easily filed. "Nobody knows what to call us," says Huss, "We‘ve been through them all â€" everything from gothic to techno to synthâ€"pop, and even just pop â€" anything that‘s handy. I mean, we‘d probâ€" ably be in a similar brackâ€" et to Depeche Mode, but we‘re â€" obviously more independent and not as easy to categorize." Psyche has had it‘s greatest _ success _ in Germany, with the first three albums shooting around the 20,000 sales mark, although this bareâ€" ly grazes the commercial charts. 234 King St. S., Waterloo tzj:nel?::f‘l(?;hs: ;v:).;?::l ) 74 1 '0770 www.goligerstravel.com "It would be weird, but amazing if some people actually remember us playâ€" ing in Waterloo or Toronto about 12 years ago," says Huss hopefully. So those tired of the stagâ€" nant scene here might want to head out to Time Square â€" say hello, wave goodbye â€" because considering the track record, Psyche may not return for a while. Huss halfâ€"jokingly states that he might be "going through some kind of renaissance" in his career, and gives the advice, "Maybe it‘s better to keep doing what you‘re doing, and maybe people will catch up eventuâ€" ally. I don‘t think we‘ll comâ€" promise and jump on any bandwagons, _ we‘re just moving along our little route. But you never know, right? Let‘s face it, I‘ve been doing this for 19 years already." "The funny thing is," he says, "we do Sex Dwarf as a little tribute, and always play it live. I‘d be really embarâ€" rassed if we met and he hated my version." Huss has had one of his tracks remixed by ‘Man Machine‘ Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk by "some cool accident", but still maintains his dreamâ€"is to have "a drink and maybe a nice little chat" with Marc Almond of Soft Cell, which figures as Huss once said his main inspiraâ€" tions are ‘"insecurities, perâ€" versions and romance." "It‘s a really theatrical show â€" a personal, emoâ€" tional performance," Huss promises. "The songs are like my life story... but with a lot of cool synth sounds." For more information, visit www.psycheâ€"hq.de/.