Category: Q10

10 Interview Questions for Musicians

  • Hydrogen Sea

    Hydrogen Sea

    PJ on guitar also triggers the wavy synths and drops the (gentle) beats whilst Birsen complements their distinctive sound with ethereal vocals and moony lyrics. In 2014 they released their first EP: Court the Dark. 1. How did you get started? Pj and I have been a couple…

  • The Ballroom Thieves

    The Ballroom Thieves

    A three piece band, utilising all three vocals – Devin Mauch, Calin Peters and Martin Earley make up the trio known as The Ballroom Thieves. Hailing from Boston they’ve recently released their début album ‘A Wolf in the Doorway’ an authentic expedition into folk, intertwined…

  • Springtime Carnivore

    Springtime Carnivore

    Greta Morgan (Salpeter) is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles (California, USA). Flying solo for the first time, having previously been fully fledged band member in such outfits like The Hush Sound and Gold Motel, her début album was released in autumn last year…

  • Captain Planet

    Captain Planet

    Chuck Wilder is the man behind the mask, behind the moniker! Living in Brooklyn (NYC), he’s got a refreshing blend of sounds and rhythms which borrow vibes from his hometown – Brooklyn – all the way through Brazil, Cuba, New Orleans and the Congo. 1.…

  • Cassorla

    Cassorla

    Ben Cassorla is a Los Angeles resident singer-songwriter and bona-fide (probably!) hipster with a phone book of “amazing talent”… 1. How did you get started? Cassorla started because I got jaded being a sideman for other (amazingly talented) acts. What I wanted to do was write songs all…

  • Sye Elaine Spence

    Sye Elaine Spence

    Hailing from New York City, Sye Elaine Spence is a singer/songwriter currently residing in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). Delving first into poetry as a child, Spence married her fascination with words and melodies at the age of eight after receiving her first piano, a gift from…

  • Astronauts

    Astronauts

    Dan Carney, formerly of critically acclaimed East London alt-folkers Dark Captain, started Astronauts as a new solo endeavour – enlisting help from friends and on occasion former band-mate Michael Cranny. His debut single ‘Skydive’ was released in June 2014 and enjoyed instant viral success; spending a week…

  • Secret Sun

    Secret Sun

    Based out of Montreal, Canada Secret Sun is the collective effort of Simon Landry and Anne-Marie Campbell. After almost a year of writing together they teamed up with producers François Lafontaine and Sebastien Blais-Montpetit to release a debut EP. This was followed up with the album,…

  • Telemetry Orchestra

    Telemetry Orchestra

    Out of Sydney, Australia, Telemetry Orchestra formed in the early ’90s as an electronic 3-piece. Part of the original Clan Analogue Collective, they have evolved into their current form through the exploration of organic and electronic sounds, fusing them with influences of psychedelia, folk and pop sensibilities.…

  • Island Boy

    Island Boy

    Island Boy is the ongoing project of San Diego-based, Puerto Rican musician/producer Richard Hunter-Rivera. Incorporating elements of French house, reggaeton, latin freestyle, and new wave with crooning vocals, his music pays clear homage to pop and the art of modern songwriting. In late 2012 Island…

  • NO

    NO

    The band NO is made up of drummer Tim Jarzabek, Bass player Justin Corman, Piano/keyboard player Mike Jarzabek and guitar/vocals Nick Jarzabek answering questions here. They hail from Los Angeles, USA. 1. How did you get started? My mom always played Beatles and Doors records…

  • Monophona

    Monophona

    Monophona are a Luxembourg trio born from a one time request to “borrow some vocals”. The story goes as such – Chook, a reputable DJ and drum & bass producer, borrows some vocals from a reputable folk artist and musician known as Claudine, (that is…

  • Autumn Owls

    Autumn Owls

    This Dublin three-piece of Gary McFarlane (guitar, vocals), Adam Browne (bass) and Will Purtill (drums) were formed in 2007, having converted a shed into a recording space where they began writing and recording. Their debut album ‘Between Buildings, Toward The Sea’ was recorded in April 2012…

  • Sun Glitters

    Sun Glitters

    Sun Glitters is Luxembourg’s Victor Ferreira. Starting out in rock bands playing bass guitar, Victor was soon to become hooked on an electronic sound through the discovery of bands like Portishead, Third Eye Foundation and Boards of Canada. He’s now fine tuned his own electronic…

  • Sophie Madeleine

    Sophie Madeleine

    Brighton based musician Sophie Madeline is ‘bringing the Ukulele back’! She’s got two albums under her belt and has a synonymous reputation on the internet as the ‘Queen of the Ukulele’, practically starting a movement that’s given the stunted guitar back its street cred! This…

  • Sea of Bees

    Sea of Bees

    Sea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee (Baenziger). From Sacramento, California she’s a singer who writes her own songs and is also a instrumentalist, playing many different instruments. She was picked up by producer John Baccigaluppi after he’d heard her singing…

  • The Pattern Theory

    The Pattern Theory

    Forming in 2007 in Leeds (UK), having met at university,  The Pattern Theory are triplet; Carl Schilde, Lukas Creswell-Rost & James Yates. In 2008 the band relocated to Berlin and gigged across much of northern Europe. They played alongside bands such as Epic45, Russian Circles,…

  • Jhameel

    Jhameel

    At one point Jhameel was on a career path with the United States Army. Armed with linguistic skills in Arabic, Spanish, Korean and Russian he would have had a promising future. But, he quit the program before signing the irrevocable contract, pulling out due to…

  • Norman Palm

    Norman Palm

    Originally from northern Germany, Norman Palm currently spends most his time between Berlin and Mexico City. He had an early talent in the arts alongside singing and playing instruments so Norman was encouraged by his family to go to art school – despite a desire…

  • K.Flay

    K.Flay

    Kristine Flaherty grew up just outside of Chicago. Early inspiration came from delving into her father’s classic rock records and staying up late dancing to Parliament-Funkadelic in the living room. She found her musical voice in college, fusing the eclectic power of the Bay Area…

  • Marthas & Arthurs

    Marthas & Arthurs

    Brought together by a mutual love of singing harmonies, the voices of Marthas & Arthurs (Mary Douglas, Esther Ball, Tom Ball & Matt Hart) were forged around a campfire in the Herefordshire woods. Their first few months were tucked away singing and playing just to…

  • Banco de Gaia

    Banco de Gaia

    Formed by Toby Marks in 1989, Banco de Gaia is an electronic music band from the UK. The band swelled in 1997 to 5 members with Ted Duggan (drums), Ashley Hopkins (bass), Larry Whelan (Wind Synth, Sax and Ethnic Flutes), and Gary Spacey-Foot (Percussion and…

  • Keep Shelly in Athens

    Keep Shelly in Athens

    Despite having acquired a top ten spot on the Hype Machine’s most blogged artist information on Keep Shelly in Athens is surprisingly scarce at the moment. What we do know is there is nobody called Shelly, the name actually being a pun on a Greek suburb…

  • Frightened Rabbit

    Frightened Rabbit

    Glasgow based Frightened Rabbit, originally from Selkirk, formed in 2003 under the lead of Scott Hutchison the bands lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and lyricist. Other members include brother Grant Hutchison on drums, guitarist and bassist Billy Kennedy, guitarist Andy Monaghan and keyboardist Gordon Skene. Originally…

  • Claudine Muno & the Luna Boots

    Claudine Muno & the Luna Boots

    Multi talented Claudine Muno grew up in the southern Luxembourg town of Pétange.  She completed her education with a diploma in languages, literature and Latin and followed up with a degree in History from the University of Strasbourg, France.  Alongside music she’s a well respected…

  • Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

    Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

    The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are a band of brothers from south side Chicago. Born into a musical heritage which started with well known jazz musician, father Phil Cohran whose roots run back to 1920s Mississippi. Many of the family work in the industry with sisters, brothers…

  • Daedelus

    Daedelus

    Alfred Darlington isn’t your average cookie-cutter musician. From how he looks (early Victorian Dandism), to how he makes music, to how he expresses himself and views the world, his is a very individual, a ‘bespoke’ outlook. Alfred was born in Santa Monica in 1977 to…

  • Max Tundra

    Max Tundra

    “Time signatures, musical genres and instrumentation have been given the thorough shake-up they have long needed!” Thanks to Max Tundra A.K.A Ben Jacobs who turned his hand to musical invention on discovering a piano and a penchant for replaying the theme songs and music from…

  • Mugison

    Mugison

    Örn Elías Guðmundsson is Mugison a ‘much easier for me to pronounce’ name for Icelandic born musician and singer. The name in itself has an interesting story. According to Wikipedia, ‘Mugison got his nickname Mugison while on holiday visiting his father Muggi (Muggur) in Malaysia.…

  • Artaban

    Artaban

    They were firstly nourished by their parent’s vinyl records and then fascinated from an early age by the atmosphere of movies and shows such as Fantômas, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or The Persuaders. Brothers Charles and Max Nilles created Luxembourg electronic outfit…

  • Eat Static

    Eat Static

    Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton formed Eat Static in 1989 as a creative outlet for the diverse range of electronic music they were producing. Having met in ‘space rock outfit’ Ozric Tentacles both Merv and Joie were drawn to the electronic sounds of the then…

  • Fieldhead

    Fieldhead

    Tape hiss, geography, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops are the ingredients that make up Fieldhead’s ambient/electronic music. Fieldhead is the project of current Vancouver resident Paul Elam who is often accompanied by violinists Sarah Kemp & Elaine Reynolds [esker]. Paul is also a full-time…

  • The Wedding Present

    The Wedding Present

    The Wedding Present have at times been accused of nearly slipping into a parody of themselves. Sensitive indie’ites from circa. 1990 will no doubt take great grievance to such a statement and staunchly defend the Presents corner. David Gedge and the ever changing ensemble do…

  • Modeselektor

    Modeselektor

    Modeselektor are a “wildly diverse, infused with exuberance and inspired by a slap of the absurd” music duo from Berlin. They’re considered a band that gets music journalists grammatically salivating and waxing ‘choice word’ lyrical. In addition, they’ve got Thom Yorke’s vocal admission as a…

  • The Wooden Birds

    The Wooden Birds

    The Wooden Birds are a US outfit concocted of native Texan Andrew Kenny, best known as singer/songwriter with American Analog Set, David Wingo, songwriter with Olda Podrida, singer-guitarist Leslie Sisson and Michael Bell, Lymbyc Systym drummer. One part mellow folk and one part indie-pop and…

  • Thieves Like Us

    Thieves Like Us

    Thieves Like Us came together in Berlin in 2002. A concoction of a couple of a Swedes and a Yank who found solace with each other as they struggled with foreign languages and culture. Starting out dj’ing, playing old krautrock, italo disco, Bowie, Iggy and…

  • Kevin Blechdom

    Kevin Blechdom

    Kevin Blechdom is from Florida and equipped with a laptop, self-made computer music programs, piano chops and a 5-string banjo she “sings from the heart”. Trained as a classical pianist and composer Kevin (originally named Kristin Erickson) always sought out new musical structures and patterns.…

  • Rue Royale

    Rue Royale

    Rue Royale (US/UK) have been on the road, quite literally! It’s a timeless quest from the acoustic duo, who’s melodic tunes induce pure auditory pleasure with seemly little effort! Seems like they’re always on an extensive tour schedule which, they are well advised to bring…