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Photo: Roman Zeschky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

It took 25 years to wait for a new album from Phantoms of Future. But it finally happened: \u201cForever Dark\u201d has been released. To chat about it at length with mastermind Sir Hannes, I meet him one Friday at his record store. It\u2019s quite busy, as I notice when I walk in. I\u2019m led straight to the back, to Hannes\u2019s office. He\u2019s still in the middle of a conversation with a customer, but he invites me in anyway. <\/p>\n\n

Obsessed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

He seems full of energy right away. And so this becomes the first interview I conduct mostly while standing. Because Hannes doesn\u2019t stay in his seat for long: As he talks, he walks animatedly around his office, where, amid vinyl records, posters, and memorabilia, one can discover countless mementos from his decades-long career. Over the next hour, we talk about more than just the latest Phantoms of the Future album, \u201cForever Dark.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m obsessed with music,\u201d Hannes says during our conversation. In fact, this passion runs like a common thread through his entire story\u2014from the band\u2019s early days through the long hiatus to the surprising return of Phantoms of Future. Among other things, Phantoms of Future toured with Iggy Pop in the mid-1990s. Hannes still vividly remembers how Iggy approached him and said, \u201cSir Hannes, you\u2019ve got the punk inside.\u201d It\u2019s a moment that will always stay with him. <\/p>\n\n