Maybe somebody would disagree with me but I'm deeply convinced that the leader and founder of Samsas Traum Alexander Kaschte is one of the most interesting and talented musicians of the 2000's. He is contradictory and sometimes uncomfortable to get along with, often he is unpredictable, but he’s always interesting due to his creativity, his judgments and his desire to get to the problem heart. When someone asks me to recommend something from the extensive Samsas Traum’s discography, normally, I’m lost, since the most Alexander’s albums are completely different, each one has its own best points and the final choice always depends on personal preferences of a listener. Gothic, black, heavy, symphonic, trip-hop (a little bit) - all of this organically gets along together in Samsas Traum’s music not affecting conceptual peculiarity of every single work. That's why in some ways I even envy those who only have to embark on a journey into a strange and sickly charismatic world of Samsas Traum where one can get lost. Alexander Kaschte’s interests of today are connected not only with the music itself. Combining his Samsas Traum’s visions with prose, being inspired by personal reflections as well as the experiences and impressions of childhood and opening possibilities of the photography, Alexander manages to combine all mentioned in his literary and artistic projects. But his humanitarian activities of helping children who live in the Chernobyl Exclusion zone deserve a big respect. It has been a long way for me to get the opportunity of such interview, but the result really worth! Alexander is one of the most convincing and sincere interviewees I’ve ever talked to. I think even those who are really familiar with Samsas Traum music will be able to look at it from a different angle after reading this stuff.