Mirexxx will perform for the third time at a Dark Entries Night, our free concert series in Ghent’s Kinky Star, on Saturday 8 March. That’s because we were able to program the Spanish dark electro act Larva, and we can’t think of a better support act than Mirexxx, who have been making dance floors in Belgium shake for a long time now. We asked frontman Stijn Szin a few questions in the run-up to the performance.

On Saturday March 8th you will perform with Mirexxx for the third time at a Dark Entries Night. There is a reason for that, since you will be playing with the Spanish dark electro project Larva. May I know where that good relationship with Larva comes from?

I like the sound of Larva, and frontman InQuesT is just very open-minded. And of course we also like Dark Entries and the Dark Entries Nights.

Racso Agroyam, world-famous from Hocico, did the mastering of your latest release, ‘Addiction’, of which a new video was released last year, in 2024. What can you tell us about ‘Addiction’ and its video?

‘Addiction’ is about a goth fetish model who wants to make it as a professional model. She stays positive in a dark time. There is a line in the song about ‘missiles and wars we face’, because at the same time the war between Russia and Ukraine starts. War can also be an addiction for some people. ‘Addiction’ is about the rebellion against world destruction. A lot of people die because some world leaders are addicted to power and start wars. That is the main theme of ‘Addiction’.

Let’s go back to the beginning of Mirexxx. How and when did the project come into being?

I started out in a punk band called Defy. I was the singer. My mate Posse was a PA operator at metal concerts at the time. We started experimenting with synthesizers, drum beats and effects together. After several electro projects, Posse and I founded Mirexxx. It started in 2007, and we still look at things the same way. We only have to look at the world around us to see the confusion, the hatred, the division, the lack of wisdom, the stupidity. What is the source of all this negative energy that prevents people from understanding genuine knowledge? Mirexxx counteracts this negativity.

In 2008 ‘Erratica’ was released, a cd-r with seven tracks. What was the importance of this release?

The demo-CD ‘Erratica’ was our first album. It was a transitional phase for me between punk and electronic music or electro. In that sense it was very important for me, yes. I still miss the time of my punk band Defy.

In 2011 the successor ‘Nine angles’ was released. The record was well received and confirmed Mirexxx as an important band in the Belgian electronic scene. What can you tell about this record?

With ‘Nine Angles’ we could create a better sound. It was the period after I moved to Brussels, around 2009/2010. I became more creative. ‘Nine Angles’ deals with subjects like sin, fetishism, death, pleasure, pain… That record saved me a bit. It was the basis for what would come later.

It was not until 2018 that ‘Vault’ was released, this time on the German label Echozone. This was an important release for you, or not?

Absolutely. ‘Vault’ was actually our debut album, and it was released on the German label Echozone, as you said. The single ‘Inside You’, which preceded the album, is about introspection, about looking inside yourself, rather than looking for answers outside yourself. In that way, ‘Inside You’ leads to ‘Vault’, a place where you will only find emptiness, to resource yourself. It is the place where you can find your ‘true self’.

In these days, we are going through dark ages, and most people underestimate the importance of spirituality in life. There is not much time left for humanity to grasp this. In the pan-Indian tradition, this period of decadence and decline that the world is in at this moment, has long been foreseen, and is known as the 'Kali Yuga', which in Sanskrit means the unlucky age or the black age. It is the cycle when creation and sustenance turn into destruction.

Blood is a recurring motif in your lyrics. If I’m not mistaken, the sample at the beginning of ‘Bleeding Sky’ comes from the movie 'Blade'. What inspires you in this subject?

Blood refers to the color red. In ancient Egypt, the color red represented anger, chaos, and fire, and was closely associated with the Egyptian god of deserts, chaos, and violence, Seth. Red could also represent life.

You’re right about that sample. It’s from ‘Blade’, a movie that says ‘wake up, there's another world beneath it’. I believe in a different view of reality. Only through spiritual attainment can we see through the delusion of conventional reality.

As mentioned, ‘Vault’ dates back to 2018. Are you working on a new album? If so, when can we expect it?

There are musicians who talk about their new material in advance, but we don't. Maybe I'll come up with a side project first. Who knows?

Mirexxx: bandcamp / facebook

Mirexxx will play on Saturday March 8th at a Dark Entries Night, together with the Spanish darkelectro group Larva, from 8pm, Kinky Star, Vlasmarkt 9 in Ghent, free entrance.