On Tuesday the 13th of July from 23.45 to
01.15, UNKLE are going to close this year's Ejekt Festival, after the powerful live appearance of Faith no More.
Dimitris Antonopoulos spoke with James Lavelle and Pablo Clements about their concert in Greece and their new album "Where did the night fall", which was released at 10/05/2010. Read more below:
DA: FIRST OF ALL WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HERE IN ATHENS FROM UNKLE? THE WHOLE NEW ALBUM OR MORE...
Unkle: A mixture of all of the albums
DA: I THINK THAT 'WHERE DID THE NIGHT FALL' REALLY RULES!! FOR SURE,ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS THIS YEAR, SO TELL ME SOME DETAILS ABOUT IT...
Unkle: Well, we tried to make an album with out a concept or rule. We would write for a while and take the best bits and make a record. I think the only main issue we discussed at the beginning was that we wanted it to be more psychedelic, analog, groove based and have more of a female presence.
As it developed it grew into what became a modern psychedelic record with a sense of both the old and new Unkle. I like also that we worked with more up and coming artists and had the feel of a community to the process that collaborated with a lot of our band members from touring as well as new artists.
DA: WHAT ABOUT 'FALLING STARS' MY FAVORITE TRACK OF THE ALBUM?
Unkle: It was one of the first tracks we wrote and we wanted to do something different with Gavin and liked the idea of an Afro Groove with a techno synth feel with classic Gavin soul.
DA: I WAS TALKING TO COLIN NEWMAN OF 'WIRE' AND JON KING OF 'GANG OF FOUR' RECENTLY. DO YOU SEE AN INFLUENCE BY NAMES LIKE WIRE TO YOUR MUSIC?
Unkle: I would say more from Pablo. They are important in the fabric of post punk and that is ingrained in our musical history.
DA: WAR STORIES' WAS THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR ON MY RADIO SHOW,BACK IN 2007..ANY PARTICULAR MEMORIES FROM IAN ASTBURY?
Unkle: Lots, I've known him for years and he was the reason i met Goss and that's a particularly great memory .
DA: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE IN ENGLAND NOWADAYS?
Unkle: Great, the new Chemical Brothers album is amazing!
Thank You
Dimitris Antonopoulos spoke with James Lavelle and Pablo Clements about their concert in Greece and their new album "Where did the night fall", which was released at 10/05/2010. Read more below:
DA: FIRST OF ALL WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HERE IN ATHENS FROM UNKLE? THE WHOLE NEW ALBUM OR MORE...
Unkle: A mixture of all of the albums
DA: I THINK THAT 'WHERE DID THE NIGHT FALL' REALLY RULES!! FOR SURE,ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS THIS YEAR, SO TELL ME SOME DETAILS ABOUT IT...
Unkle: Well, we tried to make an album with out a concept or rule. We would write for a while and take the best bits and make a record. I think the only main issue we discussed at the beginning was that we wanted it to be more psychedelic, analog, groove based and have more of a female presence.As it developed it grew into what became a modern psychedelic record with a sense of both the old and new Unkle. I like also that we worked with more up and coming artists and had the feel of a community to the process that collaborated with a lot of our band members from touring as well as new artists.
DA: WHAT ABOUT 'FALLING STARS' MY FAVORITE TRACK OF THE ALBUM?
Unkle: It was one of the first tracks we wrote and we wanted to do something different with Gavin and liked the idea of an Afro Groove with a techno synth feel with classic Gavin soul.
DA: I WAS TALKING TO COLIN NEWMAN OF 'WIRE' AND JON KING OF 'GANG OF FOUR' RECENTLY. DO YOU SEE AN INFLUENCE BY NAMES LIKE WIRE TO YOUR MUSIC?
Unkle: I would say more from Pablo. They are important in the fabric of post punk and that is ingrained in our musical history. DA: WAR STORIES' WAS THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR ON MY RADIO SHOW,BACK IN 2007..ANY PARTICULAR MEMORIES FROM IAN ASTBURY?
Unkle: Lots, I've known him for years and he was the reason i met Goss and that's a particularly great memory .
DA: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE IN ENGLAND NOWADAYS?
Unkle: Great, the new Chemical Brothers album is amazing!
Thank You
Read all the details for Ejekt Festival 2010 here.