8 posts tagged “music”
Seefeel's Mark Clifford on collaborating with Cocteau Twins:
When I was about 13, when I kind of discovered the Cocteau Twins they were a really, really important band to me. At the time I remember thinking, "I wanna make music and I wanna work with the Cocteau Twins." So yeah it was. When we did our first EP, More Like Space, I just sent Elizabeth [Fraser, vocals] a copy of it, just basically saying, "I've been a lifelong fan of your music." It was kind of like saying thank you. I didn't expect to get a reply or anything. It was just a gesture really. I certainly didn't think they'd like it. So then I got a letter from Robin [Guthrie, guitar] saying they really enjoyed it and would I like to come and meet them. So I went up to their studio with Daren and sat there and chatted with them and they were really nice, friendly people. I kind of expected them to be a bit hostile and confrontational, but they weren't, they were the most chilled out people you could possibly meet. [Laughs.] We sat there and he played demos of their new material. At the time it seemed all really natural, but when we walked away it was like, "I can't believe we just sat there and we chatted to Robin and listened to his new songs while he was mixing them and stuff." I think we got on well with them from the start because it was a very short time after he just rang up and said, "Would you like to come and do some work with us?" And he basically just said to me that I could just pick whatever tracks I wanted to, to remix, and that was just... He took us to this little room with all these like tapes of every Cocteau Twins track ever. He said, "Mix two tracks off the new album and pick whatever two tracks you want from the back catalog." So I just kind of looked at all these tapes and thought, "Well I'll have that one and that one."
never was goth myself, but in the early 90s my penchant for 4ad-type bands landed me at many shows with 'those people'. and then when i met a she was a bit more into the scene, occasionally looking the part, etc.
why i am thinking about this is, last night a put on a track by lycia, and i instantly flashed back to chicago c1996 - sticky summer day - lycia (was it them?) playing an unplugged in-store at a tiny record shop on fullerton st - me in a scratchy, decidedly un-goth sweater (why? in the summer?!) - we are crammed into the shop with a dozen other folks while these nice middle-aged dudes perform their goth-y acoustic thing - yeah i am feeling weird & out of place - - - and then saved at last by a, who after 3 songs makes eye contact, we both silently nod, let's go, and we go.
some sweet new recordings from a multi-talented friend of mine who records/performs under the moniker toromiro. check 'em out.
rebecca gates of the spinanes hasn't released much in the last few years, but recently she dropped a little acoustic demo onto her myspace page. sounds like a home recording, but it is lovely nonetheless.
01 . cliff
martinez . don’t blow it
02 . asobi seksu . new years
03 . css . music is my hot hot
sex
04 . the shins . we will become silhouettes
05 . +/- . steal the
blueprints
06 . kiss me deadly . dance 1
07 . citizens here & abroad .
the neighbors called the police
08 . headlights . tv
09 . aggro1 . since u
been hard to find (kelly clarkson vs american analog set)
10 . bark psychosis
. 400 winters
11 . boards of
canada . heard from telegraph lines
12 . yo la tengo . the race is on again
13 .
ulrich schnauss . crazy for you
14 . juana molina . malherido
15 . a cloud
mireya . winter sleep
16 . emily haines & the soft skeleton . our hell
17 . calexico with nicolai dunger and his band . alone again or
18 . savath +
savalas . folk song for cello
19 . sufjan stevens . i was invited for once
20 . sam prekop . something
i've been working on a new holiday mix for my drive to la with a next weekend. please don't give her any hints about the details!
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Inspired by Stephanie.
An iTunes shuffle from my library at work...
1. Lackluster - Bkt
2. Preston School of Industry - Caught in the Rain
3. Beck - Tropicalia
4. AB+ - Working Class
5. Boards of Canada - Ataronchronon
6. José González - Broken Arrows
7. Musicola - Девочка в платьице белом
8. The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
9. Nick Drake - Harvest Breed
10. Broken Social Scene - Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast
