Names: Jenny Fey and Robert Drakogiannakis
Currently Residing: Cologne, Germany
Currently Listening to: Digitalism, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, The Sounds, Von Sudenfed
Current Release: Out Of The Club Into The Night (Street Date: August 24.)

Planetakis is crack. German crack! Well the truth is that their love for Robert Smith and the Cure is what hooked me in the first place. I mean "Don't Fuck with Robert Smith"? Genius.

On August 24, 2007, Planetakis will release "Out of the Club Into the Night" and if you want music that is going to rock your bod and make you strut the runway, this is it. You know what I love about this band? They are fun. Here is a band out there making fun songs to dance to and they are doing it very well. This duo is electropop punkwave discocalifragilisticespiallidocious. Check them out, you will pogo like you're in the shoes of Kylie Minogue.

How long have you both known each other and what prompted Planetakis?

Robert: When i first met Jenny she was intentionally making me drunk with Jagermeister. It was during the Cologne Carnival 2 years ago. My band Angelika Express had just been dropped by Sony. I started an electro project and was looking for a female keyboarder with a voice. And there she was. We talked about music and rock n roll and drank our heads off.
Jenny: Oh yes, the beginning of a wonderful story...

How do you go about creating a song? What prompts it or how does it form?

Robert: Sometimes it takes several months from the first spark to the finished piece. "Pogo In The Shoes Of Kylie Minogue" started with this very chorus line which came to us sunbathing in the park. Then we tried a lot of different beats and tunes over the course of a year until it was "there".
Jenny: Sometimes a song seems to be ready in quite a short time, i mean all the vocals and instruments are recorded very quickly. Then we don`t listen to it for a while and after a few months we begin to mix and that sometimes takes ages.

You all have been involved in other bands, how does this differ, if at all, from Planetakis?

Robert: I am the singer/guitarist of Angelika Express, an indie rock band. No electronics but very straightforward pop songs with a punky edge and ironic German lyrics.
Jenny: I am the singer of the German hardcore punk band Inner Conflict. The Music, the other boys in the band, the places where we play and even the people who come to our gigs, everything is pretty different to Planetakis. It sometimes appears to me like two different worlds.

Do you tour at all and if so where? Any plans to hit the states?

Robert: We played a lot of gigs in Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, and France. We have played in London twice which was great.
Jenny: I would like to play everywhere in the world!

What do you love most about making music?

Robert: The sheer energy, the constant challenge of turning failure to success.
Jenny: The feeling of making me and the people around me happy.

I hear Jenny is an actress....what do you like more, acting or making music?

Jenny: Hmm... Hard question. during the last 6 months i did a lot more music than acting, so it seems i like making music more.

How did the concept of "Don't Fuck with Robert Smith" come about? Do you know if he's heard the song?

Robert: We are HUGE fans of Robert Smith and the Cure. Recently, there are too many mediocre copycats of Smith´s genuine showmanship and artistry, none of them really touches him. That´s what we mean. Nothing sexual like some people think.

I've heard how Americans view playing over there, how do you feel about the two playing fields?

Robert: We have no experience in playing in the US yet, so we can´t elaborate on the differences.
Jenny: There was a movie about the German band "Die Goldenen Zitronen" (The Golden Lemons) a few years ago, that showed a pretty hard reality of what it`s like to tour through the US without being famous there. They drove about 1000 miles a day to play somewhere in a corner of an italian restaurant in the middle of nowhere. I think it can be very hard for European bands.

How do the Germans have such a great sense of humor?

Robert: We eat lots of SAUERKRAUT with our coffee every morning! Keeps you nimble-witted. And in the evening we always gargle german beer and SCHNAPS. When we go to bed we never wear pyjamas. LEDERHOSEN are much better. These factors all promote our good and healthy humor.
Jenny: Aha, good to know...

Favorite live show moment?

Robert: Last weekend. First time we ever played with a real live drummer (we used to play the beats from a laptop). The audience consisted mainly of young drunk christian boy scouts, under a circus tent.
Jenny: Oh yes that was fun!

If you would like to more information on Planetakis plese visit their site or have a listen here or go visit the lovely Germans on MySpace. Also check out the awesome photos of Andi Mueller.

Check out their video for "Pogo in the Shoes of Kylie Minogue"