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Title: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Enjoyed on Jul 07, 2015, 17:35
These often get lost in various different posts so I thought we could start collating them here.

This new one from P4K is a pretty standard, albeit interesting, read. Some good stuff about how they've used old kit from the EPD days.
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9680-running-on-instinct-how-the-chemical-brothers-stay-vital/

I particularly like this quote: "There was only one thing that came out of me; I was trying to copy a Public Enemy record, but I wasn't up to it, so it came out like it did." - It's exactly how I feel about every track I make (if you replace Public Enemy with The Chems, Underworld, Fluke, BT etc.)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 07, 2015, 20:26
Great idea!

One of the most recent ones (2015)
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/28/chemical-brothers-been-together-longer-than-marriages

And one that was recently republished online from 1995
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/17/chemical-brothers-classic-interview-1995-muzik-rocks-backpages

1999 Surrender era, where Tom calls Liam Howlett a genius
http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/chemical_int.htm

2010, Further era
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/sound-and-vision-the-chemical-brothers
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Quote from: clashmusic
Some fans assumed that 'Further' was an EP, as there are only eight tracks...
Ed: Yeah. Someone was saying, 'Surely they've got an hour and ten minutes of music'. Of course we have. We've got hours and hours we could give to the world,
Ed, I demand those hours and hours! Like.. now!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Jul 07, 2015, 22:35
Brotherhood (2008), one that i really like: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3559048/Chemical-Brothers-talking-about-new-album-Brotherhood.html
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Enjoyed on Jul 08, 2015, 09:18
Quote from: Explud on Jul 07, 2015, 22:35

Brotherhood (2008), one that i really like: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3559048/Chemical-Brothers-talking-about-new-album-Brotherhood.html

This is great. Thanks, Explud!

If anyone finds any detailed stuff about their (more recent) live show and how it works, I would very much appreciate a read of that. I'm trying to redesign my live show at the moment and could do with some more specific inspiration than "I wanna jam through my tunes like The Chems do!".
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Jul 08, 2015, 11:23
Quote from: Enjoyed on Jul 08, 2015, 09:18

This is great. Thanks, Explud!

If anyone finds any detailed stuff about their (more recent) live show and how it works, I would very much appreciate a read of that. I'm trying to redesign my live show at the moment and could do with some more specific inspiration than "I wanna jam through my tunes like The Chems do!".
There are some details about it in this article: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec11/articles/chem-bros.htm
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Enjoyed on Jul 08, 2015, 11:36
I skimmed this before and didn't think much of it but it's actually super detailed. Thanks.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 08, 2015, 13:22
Pitchfork's bewilderingly hilarious review of WATN from 2007 discussing the brothers "descent into ineptitude".  Beware, all sort of puzzling comparisons ahead!
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10369-we-are-the-night/

Tom's radio interview on triple J, breakfast with Matt & Alex
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s4222916.htm
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Nekcore on Jul 08, 2015, 19:24
I think this interview it's from 2002, Come With Us Era
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/music/0402/chemicalbrothersinterview.htm


Remember kids, uncle Tom says, don't do drugs.
http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2007/09/28/chemical-brothers-tom-interview-drugs-are-bad-mmkay
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: inchemwetrust on Jul 08, 2015, 21:07
Review of BITE via NME! Very optimistic now for the release. JacksRevenge posted it on FB earlier today.

http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-chemical-brothers/16161


'I'll See You There' takes them closer than ever to the perennial psychedelic touchstone of The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows'


This section of electro-psych wonder culminates in the fantastic 'Radiate'

'Taste of Honey' is odder still, coming on like the kind of obscure gem you'd uncover on a small-selling seven-inch from 1968


Descriptions are priceless!


Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Enjoyed on Jul 08, 2015, 22:09
Quote from: inchemwetrust on Jul 08, 2015, 21:07

'I'll See You There' takes them closer than ever to the perennial psychedelic touchstone of The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows'[/i]

I honestly can't see how they could get closer to Tomorrow Never Knows than they did with Let Forever Be, but I'm completely prepared to be surprised.
They played ISYT at Glastonbury though and it didn't exactly make me think Beatles.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 10, 2015, 09:57
Quote from: Enjoyed on Jul 08, 2015, 22:09

I honestly can't see how they could get closer to Tomorrow Never Knows than they did with Let Forever Be, but I'm completely prepared to be surprised.
They played ISYT at Glastonbury though and it didn't exactly make me think Beatles.
To be honest, I never really shared the common belief that Let Forever Be sounded anything like Tommorrow Never Knows. Maybe they have a similiar vibe going on. But even beat-wise, Setting Sun is much closer to TNK than LFB. When I listen to LFB I never get the association with TKN, likewise with TKN. They're both so distinctively different to me.

As for interviews, Pitchfork has come up with a surprisingly positive review about BITE
Running on instinct: How the Chemical Brothers stay vital (http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9680-running-on-instinct-how-the-chemical-brothers-stay-vital/)

Quote from: Philip Sherburne, July 7, 2015

Fittingly, Born in the Echoes contains some of the duo's most effective club cuts in years: "Just Bang", a gnarly house bruiser that sounds like the bastard child of Ron Hardy and the Bomb Squad; "EML Ritual", a seasick acid-house burner featuring the high-strung crooner Ali Love and a battery of rushing 909 snares; and "Reflexion", a pitch-bending instrumental that wails like a five-alarm fire in a synthesizer factory. Rowlands calls the album's tougher cuts "instinct records—they're not trying to be everything to everyone."

These subwoofer-stretchers are just part of the album, though. Elsewhere, St. Vincent plays an ice princess on the shuddering "Under Neon Lights", and Beck drops his guard on the melancholy "Wide Open". There are '60s-inspired psychedelic rave-ups and odd, radiophonic sketches; in my estimation, the spooky and slippery title track, featuring Cate Le Bon, is one of the best things they've ever written.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Jul 10, 2015, 14:45
Nice to see Pitchfork giving them some love. They tend to be obscure music loving and elitist critics in general - but whether it's painful to admit or not, they are tough critics and are respected in that regard.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 10, 2015, 16:51
Quote from: whirlygirl on Jul 10, 2015, 14:45

Nice to see Pitchfork giving them some love. They tend to be obscure music loving and elitist critics in general - but whether it's painful to admit or not, they are tough critics and are respected in that regard.
Well said, Whirls! I read some of their previous album reviews and really felt they were trying too hard to come across as elite and "educated". Sometimes I got the feeling they weren'event familiar with electronic music at all and merely comparing some of the prominent chems tunes with a new album.  Calling them predictable  in their  WATN review, just because they had guest vocalist again, really put me off.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 11, 2015, 11:29
A long review - too long- of BITE by Dave Faulkner of Aussie band Hoodoo Gurus HERE (https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2015/07/11/the-chemical-brothers-born-the-echoes/14365368002099#.VaD5V_laXuN)
Looks like the article's photo was taken when they went to Beachy Head (https://instagram.com/p/1jXCzRngxI/?taken-by=eddyboysimons), which  I reckon is near Tom's house.
And whilst we're looking at Ed's Instagram, he took a crap picture of a big poster. (https://instagram.com/p/467O5Qng36/?taken-by=eddyboysimons)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Jul 11, 2015, 14:42
Quote from: Skyscraper on Jul 11, 2015, 11:29

A long review - too long- of BITE by Dave Faulkner of Aussie band Hoodoo Gurus HERE (https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2015/07/11/the-chemical-brothers-born-the-echoes/14365368002099#.VaD5V_laXuN)
Looks like the article's photo was taken when they went to Beachy Head (https://instagram.com/p/1jXCzRngxI/?taken-by=eddyboysimons), which  I reckon is near Tom's house.
And whilst we're looking at Ed's Instagram, he took a crap picture of a big poster. (https://instagram.com/p/467O5Qng36/?taken-by=eddyboysimons)


Best review I've read and a lovely take of the album - vividly described and an intriguing look down the chemical rabbit hole. I like that it's not just some play by play one sentence review of each song, then punctuated with numerical score/star rating. The review has some meat on its bones and weaves in history as it draws similarities across previous bodies of work. Reading reviews and stuff like that is my teaser of choice as we're counting down the clock until release day. After Buying the first three tracks and playing EML Ritual (my favorite of the bunch so far) repeatedly on YouTube, I have been staying away from the digital previews and gig footage etc until I have the album in hand. Can wait to see where this journey takes me, and again will say that I can't wait to hear everything in context.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 11, 2015, 16:29
The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11732159/chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-review.html)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 11, 2015, 18:51
Quote from: whirlygirl on Jul 11, 2015, 14:42

Best review I've read and a lovely take of the album - vividly described and an intriguing look down the chemical rabbit hole. I like that it's not just some play by play one sentence review of each song, then punctuated with numerical score/star rating. The review has some meat on its bones and weaves in history as it draws similarities across previous bodies of work. Reading reviews and stuff like that is my teaser of choice as we're counting down the clock until release day. After Buying the first three tracks and playing EML Ritual (my favorite of the bunch so far) repeatedly on YouTube, I have been staying away from the digital previews and gig footage etc until I have the album in hand. Can wait to see where this journey takes me, and again will say that I can't wait to hear everything in context.


Yesh, it's a great one. I wasn't bothered by its length at all. The in-depth character of it made it really intriguing to read and gave enough room to explain why th reviewer thought like he thought. Also it didn't have an elite like or hard-trying attitude to come across as somehow really smart.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 14, 2015, 10:06
1) Consequences of Sound review (http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/album-review-the-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes/)

2) I don't agree with the  comments about Further in this review.  This magazine is normally aimed at um, mature rock audiences or something: Mojo Magazine (http://www.mojo4music.com/21077/the-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes/?utm_campaign=Contact+SNS+For+More+Referrer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=snsanalytics)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 15, 2015, 11:56
Whatever about the pretentious "7.8" score which Pitchfork favours, this feels like a well written review.
(Tells us the source of the line from I'll See You There)
PITCHFORK (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20721-born-in-the-echoes/)

Oh they sampled Bill Bissett before on the title track of WATN, and it sounds like that's where they got the WATN title from too.  But maybe everyone else knew that already. See the I'll See You There thread for more.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 16, 2015, 08:21
Talking of wanna-be smart ass, hard-trying reviews:
http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/24215-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-review/

How much Chems reference can you get in one article?

Also, I read in an German review that the album sounds in parts "directionless" because they say it's a "cocktail of styles". They also claim the chems' new album is devoid of trend setting sounds. Yeah, as if that's what albums are solely meant for... I'll never understand those kind of critics. There's just no pleasing them.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 16, 2015, 20:55
This article starts off boring, but then five paragraphs down, Tom Rowlands starts talking and it becomes interesting.  if I were the writer I would have included a quote from Tom earlier in the article to show that it was sort of an interview and not just a puff piece.

Yahoooooooo (https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/live-nation/the-chemical-brothers--still-galvanized-after-all-these-years-211049364.html)

This seems to have been moved or removed, it was under "Yahoo Music blog: Still Galvanized after all these years"

oh it's here now. (https://www.yahoo.com/music/the-chemical-brothers-still-galvanized-after-all-124273805116.html). ironically Google found it.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: MIKL on Jul 20, 2015, 13:24
Here's a better interview from Triple J (Australian radio) recently aired about the album and his opinion on today's electronic/dance/edm scene:

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s4276968.htm
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 20, 2015, 16:31
Nice find, MIKL!

Here's the interview with Adam Smith in Nowness and the start of a series for tour visuals.

https://www.nowness.com/series/the-chemical-brothers-takeover/the-chemical-brothers-eml-ritual-born-in-the-echoes
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Stefan on Jul 20, 2015, 17:34
Quote from: Csar on Jul 20, 2015, 16:31

Nice find, MIKL!

Here's the interview with Adam Smith in Nowness and the start of a series for tour visuals.

https://www.nowness.com/series/the-chemical-brothers-takeover/the-chemical-brothers-eml-ritual-born-in-the-echoes

"Joining The Chemical Brothers is the best summer job I've ever had"
;D
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 21, 2015, 20:15
An interview with Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall about the visual designing of the live sets. Awesome pictures ahead and the story on your new giant tin friends.

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/july/chemical-brothers


(http://www.creativereview.co.uk/images/uploads/2015/07/ch0zewnweaa0lnd.jpglarge_0.jpeg)
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"Marcus and I designed those based on a lot of the tin robot toys we'd used in shows before," explains Smith. "We made movies to go inside their eyes and mouth so they seemingly talk some of the vocal samples, and they march and look at each other.

"It was quite a challenge for the production manager and stage manager and the rigger to figure out how to get them on and reveal them. There's a whole sequence where some lights come on behind where the band play, then we hide them, their legs are assembled and hooked on to wires, and we distract the audience with some flashing strobes at the right point, until the robots are up and in place," he adds. "It was tricky, but we work with an amazing crew, including Paul Normandale our lighting designer, who works with Bjork and Grace Jones, and they did a brilliant job."
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Mumbo on Jul 21, 2015, 20:24
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-chemical-brothers-quest-for-transformative-music-20150721
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 21, 2015, 23:05
Quote from: Mumbo on Jul 21, 2015, 20:24

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-chemical-brothers-quest-for-transformative-music-20150721
Seen the comment underneath the article about Quentin Tarantino doing a new Chems video? I'm not sure if it's a joke (90's reference?), if it's someone getting confused with the unofficial Piku/Death Proof video, or if Tarantino has done a video for Wide Open - which I believe is the next single.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Jul 21, 2015, 23:08
Quote from: Skyscraper on Jul 21, 2015, 23:05

Seen the comment underneath the article about Quentin Tarantino doing a new Chems video? I'm not sure if it's a joke (90's reference?), if it's someone getting confused with the unofficial Piku/Death Proof video, or if Tarantino has done a video for Wide Open - which I believe is the next single.

I feel like that might be spam gibberish?

Or maybe that's happening...?
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 22, 2015, 09:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UH2CKMzj9I

Ed Simons and Ted Rowlands!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: inchemwetrust on Jul 24, 2015, 02:54
...and of course...The Guardian.
Ouch! http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/23/the-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-review
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Jul 24, 2015, 05:03
Modern journalism, fucking hell. "Let's slightly listen to an album so we know what we're talking about, write a half-assed paragraph, and go majorly against the consensus so we'll bring in some clicks." I am glad I use adblock.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Jul 24, 2015, 13:12
Quote from: inchemwetrust on Jul 24, 2015, 02:54

...and of course...The Guardian.
Ouch! http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/23/the-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-review

Not a good read with my morning coffee, I tell ya. And the reference to Electronic Battle Weapon 7 seems a bit odd to throw in there. Perhaps this person is quite familiar with the Chems and might have been expecting something else entirely.

Oh well! I guess you win some, you lose some!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 24, 2015, 14:33
EBW 7 and their career high? Clearly, this guy has no clue at all. I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know himself what he's up to. Sorry. This wasn't even a review. It was merely words put together to vent his spleen..
I wonder who pissed in this edlusional "critic's" morning coffee...
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: chemreact on Jul 24, 2015, 18:55
Made me laugh
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 24, 2015, 19:53
Brother's gonna work it (a headline tour) out.
HMV just emailed me this interview. (http://www.hmv.com/music/-at-this-stage-in-our-career-we-have-to-have-something-to-drive-us-forward-hmv-com-talks-to-the-chemical-brothers?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Newsletter_July_week_3)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Jul 25, 2015, 14:23
http://www.mixmag.net/feature/20-years-on-album-piece/11 (http://www.mixmag.net/feature/20-years-on-album-piece/11)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 26, 2015, 09:40
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/26/chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-review-victorious-racket

Quote from: Kitty Empire
"The Chemicals could have cashed into the scene they helped create. Instead, they are crashing around, making a racket. That's a little victory."
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 28, 2015, 15:09
I suppose I could have put this in Chemical Tweets but it isn't actually a tweet from the Chems...

https://twitter.com/PurplePR_Ent/status/626038713525633024

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Jul 29, 2015, 13:54


http://www.mixmag.net/read/the-chemical-brothers-new-album-on-course-to-become-6th-number-one-seller-in-a-row-news
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 29, 2015, 14:28
More a general stance on the Chems rather than an album review.

Quote from: Marcus K. Dowling
"[...] with their eighth studio album Born in the Echoes, it may be time to forget history with the Chemical Brothers. Instead, we should consider that this album doesn't so much define their legacy as inform the future of what lies beyond EDM."

http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/born-in-the-echoes-review-could-the-chemical-brothers-hold-the-key-to-our-post-edm-era?utm_source=thumptwitterca

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Jul 29, 2015, 14:48
Quote from: Csar on Jul 29, 2015, 14:28

More a general stance on the Chems rather than an album review.

http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/born-in-the-echoes-review-could-the-chemical-brothers-hold-the-key-to-our-post-edm-era?utm_source=thumptwitterca



*edited because I fail at the interwebz this morning.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Jul 29, 2015, 14:50

Interesting perspective and one that seems to be a theme I've seen hinted at in other reviews - this album is a reprieve in the current state dance music is in. I suppose time will tell if this album helps reinvent the wheel as EDM (am I the only one that feels weird saying 'EDM'?) evolves.

Bonus points for calling out the Aioki 'Tomorrowland' train wreck as the nail in the coffin. If you feel like throwing up in your mouth a little, just google it.

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: nekoland on Jul 29, 2015, 15:44
Behind The Scenes: "Go "Visuals

http://www.shazam.com/news/how-the-chemical-brothers-brought-their-live-show-to-life (http://www.shazam.com/news/how-the-chemical-brothers-brought-their-live-show-to-life)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 29, 2015, 16:44
Quote from: whirlygirl on Jul 29, 2015, 14:50

Interesting perspective and one that seems to be a theme I've seen hinted at in other reviews - this album is a reprieve in the current state dance music is in. I suppose time will tell if this album helps reinvent the wheel as EDM (am I the only one that feels weird saying 'EDM'?) evolves.

Bonus points for calling out the Aioki 'Tomorrowland' train wreck as the nail in the coffin. If you feel like throwing up in your mouth a little, just google it.



Or should that be a Titanic disaster? Yikes! Celine Dion is not/was not/never will be a reason to see any 'dance' music DJ play. And Guetta doing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands" is even worse. How are sketch comedians even meant to take the piss out of this? You can't get any dumber.  I think it may be wishful thinking on behalf of the writer that the  Chems will bring the wheel around to a good place again for the scene in general, but we can hope. In the mean time you just have to know where to go. Last months Field Day festival had the likes of Weatherall, Avery, Robertson and Floating Points on the DJ roster (as well as lots of live bands). I'm just glad it was a hell of a lot nearer to me than Tomorrowland.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 29, 2015, 21:18
Quote from: whirlygirl on Jul 29, 2015, 14:50

Interesting perspective and one that seems to be a theme I've seen hinted at in other reviews - this album is a reprieve in the current state dance music is in. I suppose time will tell if this album helps reinvent the wheel as EDM (am I the only one that feels weird saying 'EDM'?) evolves.

Bonus points for calling out the Aioki 'Tomorrowland' train wreck as the nail in the coffin. If you feel like throwing up in your mouth a little, just google it.


Quote from: Skyscraper on Jul 29, 2015, 16:44

Or should that be a Titanic disaster? Yikes! Celine Dion is not/was not/never will be a reason to see any 'dance' music DJ play. And Guetta doing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands" is even worse. How are sketch comedians even meant to take the piss out of this? You can't get any dumber.  I think it may be wishful thinking on behalf of the writer that the  Chems will bring the wheel around to a good place again for the scene in general, but we can hope. In the mean time you just have to know where to go. Last months Field Day festival had the likes of Weatherall, Avery, Robertson and Floating Points on the DJ roster (as well as lots of live bands). I'm just glad it was a hell of a lot nearer to me than Tomorrowland.

Ooooh, ouch, that hurts in every way possible. Thanks Whirls for the warning... I was about to let my lunch make its way up... This is exactly what I hate about most of those "artists" and why I despise the word EDM or that genre which it kind of has become to represent. The music of the mentioned DJs lacks almost everything what makes electronic music so engaging for me. One-dimensional, pretending, stageing, devoid of creativity, effect-laden and DJs who merely long for the limelight, it's disugsting.
I made myself watch a couple of Anoki sets, or rather skipped through them, and I was just stunned and/ or nauseated by what I witnessed. The pinnacle of that all was when I found out that this guy's "trademark" is cake throwing which he deems a type of performance art.

But perhaps this EDM movement is for them today what Euro Dance was for us back in the nineties - with the exception that Euro Dance did have some sort raw creativity considering its limited technology. But today it's more like effect over substance... And I feel that lots of young teens seem to embrace this kind of lightweighted, simple minded musical approach more and more. There's a YT comment I read under a chems set the other day in which a guy stated he had never felt so depressed coming from a gig and that only Tiësto saved the night...
But let's see if the Chems can bring back some sanity into the game :)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jul 30, 2015, 21:27
Quote from: Tom Rowlands
"It's got a kind of looseness and a kind of wildness. Our music is always a bit... not exactly what the big sound is - and we like that little space that we've carved out for ourselves really."

Seconded!

http://www.gigwise.com/features/101934/chemical-brothers-interview-born-in-the-echoes-st-vincent-edm
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Jul 31, 2015, 13:52
Quote from: Csar on Jul 30, 2015, 21:27

Seconded!

http://www.gigwise.com/features/101934/chemical-brothers-interview-born-in-the-echoes-st-vincent-edm

Quote from: Tom


"If it does happen," he eventually concedes, placing an inordinate amount of emphasis on the word 'if', "I would be obviously happy... but I also am prepared for it not to be. There's plenty of amazing records that have never been to No.1 and are still amazing, even though they didn't get there."

Humble skepticism. But was there ever any doubt? ;)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Jul 31, 2015, 19:44
It's sitting at number 1 right now! The Chems are officially the dance act with the most number one albums ever.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 31, 2015, 19:53
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Jul 31, 2015, 19:44

It's sitting at number 1 right now! The Chems are officially the dance act with the most number one albums ever.
dun dun dun dunnnn.

https://twitter.com/ChemBros/status/627199385290547201
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Joslyn on Aug 01, 2015, 11:39
2 Dutch articles voor the music site 3voor12.nl, 1 review off the album, 1 where do they get the samples from. Both good reads.

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2015/Lowlands/Lowlands--The-Chemical-Brothers-in-tien-cruciale-samples.html
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2015/Album-van-de-Week/Week-30-The-Chemical-Brothers.html
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Aug 02, 2015, 19:10


http://gulfnews.com/life-style/music/chemical-brothers-top-uk-album-chart-1.1559858
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Aug 04, 2015, 16:37
From Details Magazine April 1997, lots of funny questions..

Quote from: Tom Rowlands
"The thing is, we never thought we'd be playing live onstage-we just thought we'd be in our studio, making records," Tom tells me later. "With all that's happened lately, I don't know -what- we are anymore."

Quote
But, like the small-time criminals in the corner who occasionally stare over at us twits, the Chemical Brothers are most definately petty thieves. They don't bother to pay for the rights to much of what they sample. Somewhere on their new album, they explain, is a snatch from a famous classic-rock song, though they refuse to say which classic-rock song.
"I guarantee you," Ed Simons says, "we could play that track for ten of the top musicologists in the world, -and- the guy who actually played the music originally, and none of them would be able to figure it out."

Quote
Above the keyboard is an autographed photo of Boy George and a letter from him which begins "Dear Cunt Brothers..."

http://www.algonet.se/~akeen/chemical/details.htm
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 04, 2015, 17:19
Quote from: Csar on Aug 04, 2015, 16:37

From Details Magazine April 1997, lots of funny questions..

Somewhere on their new album, they explain, is a snatch from a famous classic-rock song, though they refuse to say which classic-rock song.
"I guarantee you," Ed Simons says, "we could play that track for ten of the top musicologists in the world, -and- the guy who actually played the music originally, and none of them would be able to figure it out

Anyone know what it is? If it were a later era I'd suggest they were discussing Bowie's Starman. I know they claim that the 'sample' on Star Guitar is actually Tom on the guitar, but personally I don't believe them. I think they sampled Bowie  and didn't pay him a penny.

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Biff on Aug 04, 2015, 17:31
Naaah, it's a simple chord change, plus the rhythm is different. I don't think they'd risk sampling Bowie.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 04, 2015, 17:59
I love that interview.

Do you cheat when you play games?
"No."
You -are- very different from Ed.
"He cheats, doesn't he? I didn't know he cheated, but I've had my suspicions, when we're playing cards and so forth. He gets so indignant if you say, 'You're cheating' that it's certainly not worth it."
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Aug 05, 2015, 20:44
http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/music-reviews/124811-chemical-brothers%5C-born-in-the-echoes-their-best-work-yet.html
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Aug 06, 2015, 03:17
http://www.occupyhifi.org/sonic-satori/2015/8/4/the-chems-are-re-born-in-the-echoes

"Bottom line, if I be so bold (or maybe even a bit silly) considering Papa Gretsky's words: Born in the Echoes is iced-out jack. And for those of you unfamiliar with the urban spin there: That means the record simply kicks fuckin' ASS."
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: androidgeoff on Aug 06, 2015, 23:12
The album is, and will always be, the epitome of shrimp life.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Joslyn on Aug 09, 2015, 14:00
Quote from: whirlygirl on Aug 06, 2015, 03:17

http://www.occupyhifi.org/sonic-satori/2015/8/4/the-chems-are-re-born-in-the-echoes

"Bottom line, if I be so bold (or maybe even a bit silly) considering Papa Gretsky's words: Born in the Echoes is iced-out jack. And for those of you unfamiliar with the urban spin there: That means the record simply kicks fuckin' ASS."


That's a very cool review to read.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 09, 2015, 18:47
Half Chems review, half half-done rundown of what some of the other dance music stalwarts have been up to:

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/the-review/why-the-chemical-brothers-and-the-elder-statesmen-of-dance-are-showing-no-signs-of-slowing-down
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 09, 2015, 19:26
Also, quite possibly the shittiest review of Born In The Echoes yet:

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/20150727/album-review-born-in-the-echoes-shows-chemical-brothers-chemistry-is-long-gone

Quote

I'll See You There is a nice, psychedelic tune, but I'm sure someone already did it – oh yes, it was The Chemical Brothers. In a track called Setting Sun. In 2002.

In 2002.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Aug 09, 2015, 20:42
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Aug 09, 2015, 19:26

Also, quite possibly the shittiest review of Born In The Echoes yet:

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/20150727/album-review-born-in-the-echoes-shows-chemical-brothers-chemistry-is-long-gone
He totally knows his shit! Setting Sun, released on Push the Button from 1995!
Only small minded people would compare this song to Setting Sun, Let Forever Be or Tomorrow Never Knows solely on the grounds of a vaguely akin drum pattern which isn't even that similar to any of those tracks. It doesn't sound like Setting Sun, doesn't sound like Let Forever Be and let alone, TKN. Bwah!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Joslyn on Aug 10, 2015, 11:31
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Aug 09, 2015, 18:47

Half Chems review, half half-done rundown of what some of the other dance music stalwarts have been up to:

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/the-review/why-the-chemical-brothers-and-the-elder-statesmen-of-dance-are-showing-no-signs-of-slowing-down
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Aug 09, 2015, 19:26

Also, quite possibly the shittiest review of Born In The Echoes yet:

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/20150727/album-review-born-in-the-echoes-shows-chemical-brothers-chemistry-is-long-gone


thenational.ae is very consistent in their views. Ver positive is the piece about EDM en very negative about the album.
Reads like cnewbould@thenational.ae has a grudge against the Chemical Brothers...
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Aug 11, 2015, 19:11
Quote from: Joslyn on Aug 10, 2015, 11:31

thenational.ae is very consistent in their views. Ver positive is the piece about EDM en very negative about the album.
Reads like cnewbould@thenational.ae has a grudge against the Chemical Brothers...
Well, the second review isn't that dismissive. But the other one reads like, as you said, someone had a beef with the brothers or just likes to wallow in old memories which don't seem to be that fresh obviously :D.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Aug 15, 2015, 10:43

http://www.mixmag.net/feature/q-a-the-chemical-brothers/
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Joslyn on Aug 15, 2015, 23:01
very cool piece

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/july/chemical-brothers
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: kosek on Aug 21, 2015, 19:01
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=17442


The first two tracks on Born In The Echoes, The Chemical Brothers' eighth album and first in five years, make it seem that Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons aren't worried about the EDM scene they inadvertently influenced, but are interested in how they can get involved. "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" is much scuzzier than EDM's usual production sheen, but it still has snare rolls, cheesy vocals and whooshes like Tiësto's private plane. "Go" is a rehash of "Galvanize" with extra fist-pumping synths in the chorus that will appeal more to frat boys than Q-Tip fans. Not that it matters—lyrics like "No time to rest / Just do your best" don't make for particularly eloquent rhyming.

Listen further, though, and Born In The Echoes becomes as much about middle-aged ennui as youthful euphoria. When St. Vincent ponders suicide on "Under Neon Lights" it hardly gets you reaching for the lasers, and same goes for Beck lamenting, "You're slipping away from me," on "Wide Open." On "EML Ritual," Ali Love intones, "I'm going to lose my mind," and it sounds more like a lesson in the pains of hedonism than the pleasures.

Considering Simons' semi-retirement and comments about the difficulties of keeping things "rewarding and exciting," it seems possible this is the last Chemical Brothers LP. But if they're feeling tired, the music more than makes up for it. Take "Reflexion," which is like James Holden after downing 12 pints of lager. Some ideas seem more exhausted, like "I'll See You There," the album's obligatory "Tomorrow Never Knows" clone, and the acidic "Just Bang," another bit of Chems-by-numbers.

Born In The Echoes follows the duo's formula of saving the more psychedelic tracks for the end. "Taste Of Honey" boasts a Grateful Dead guitar and general Haight-Ashbury vibe, and the unsettling title track's distorted beats and FX are about as weird as Cat Le Bon's featured performance. Gooey synths, a warmhearted vocal and shoegaze guitar make "Radiate" a gorgeous sunrise moment. Yet rather than bow out there, Rowlands and Simons ride off into the sunset on the sleek '80s synth-pop of "Wide Open." It's no blaze of glory, but it's not a bad way to go out.

3/5
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 21, 2015, 19:16
Quote from: kosek on Aug 21, 2015, 19:01

the acidic "Just Bang," another bit of Chems-by-numbers.
wat
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: androidgeoff on Aug 22, 2015, 00:26
More like Just Bang is akin to the DEEEEETROIIIIT BAAAASKETBAAAAAALL brought by Billups, Prince, Wallace, Hamilton, and the other Wallace.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on Aug 22, 2015, 00:58
lol, you know whenever you bring up basketball references here, you're talking to me and me alone, right?
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: androidgeoff on Aug 22, 2015, 02:49
Good. We can feel special about American Handball.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Aug 22, 2015, 10:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60t-IH762-w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60t-IH762-w)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Aug 22, 2015, 16:36
I liked the review at thenational.ae but I don't share the perspective in it
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Biff on Aug 22, 2015, 17:18
Quote from: wrclaguna on Aug 22, 2015, 10:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60t-IH762-w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60t-IH762-w)
"Kemikaru Tomu-San..." has a nice ring.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Aug 22, 2015, 17:43
Tumblr doll!

It rolls around and doesn't shut up about Doctor Who and Supernatural!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Aug 22, 2015, 20:41
Haha! You have to go through a lot of weird things when you're famous. The Japanese always bring something weird(er) to the table. But you've got to love them for it. Awkwardly cute.
I wonder what would have happened if Tom had worn one of those  ;D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVIGa3iFn8
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: androidgeoff on Aug 23, 2015, 17:32
I WANT THOSE
THEY ARE AWESOME
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: inchemwetrust on Aug 23, 2015, 18:08
Tom. So patient and willing to play along in that vid.i gotta little laugh out of it.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: nekoland on Aug 27, 2015, 02:38
Something about the artwork
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/august/record-sleeves-of-the-month (http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/august/record-sleeves-of-the-month)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 27, 2015, 07:31
Quote from: nekoland on Aug 27, 2015, 02:38

Something about the artwork
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/august/record-sleeves-of-the-month (http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2015/august/record-sleeves-of-the-month)
Ah yes, i put this on the main "BITE release date" thread a few days ago. Perhaps I should have put it on this one.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Ford on Aug 27, 2015, 12:11
Interesting story, nice to get some context to the artwork. I would love to see the original Thomson and Sons art.

Hingston Studio also did the art direction for Don't Think cover and Further cover.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Sep 18, 2015, 15:57


https://www.mixcloud.com/xmasevet/the-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-tour-setlist-encore/     :music
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: ThePumisher on Sep 21, 2015, 19:31
Quote from: wrclaguna on Sep 18, 2015, 15:57


https://www.mixcloud.com/xmasevet/the-chemical-brothers-born-in-the-echoes-tour-setlist-encore/     :music
woo haa

but it shows that the brothers hove lost a lot of their quality transitions skills, i mentioned it before on the old forums related to the further tour
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Sep 21, 2015, 22:28
^ I haven't listened to it extremely closely, but that Mixcloud link is just a slightly modified version of the Glasto soundboard recording, with studio versions of Reflexion and The Reel added to the end.

And for the most part I totally disagree about the transitions! When you're there they're smooth as fuck, especially when you don't know what's coming. Star Guitar into SIFSD sounds like the SG synthline just transforms into the SIFSD synthline, no crossfade.

Then again I do disagree with the synth sliding up in pitch twice in a row for transitions... and as great of an idea TSU -> EV is, it does sound kind of funny...
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: KNE on Sep 24, 2015, 18:57
I hear don't think album audio in there too.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Joslyn on Sep 28, 2015, 20:06
Quote from: ThePumisher on Sep 21, 2015, 19:31

woo haa

but it shows that the brothers hove lost a lot of their quality transitions skills, i mentioned it before on the old forums related to the further tour

I haven't listened to this mix on Soundcloud but I do have listened (and am now as I type) to the live recording from the Aplle music festival and IMO the live transitions are great. Do it again into Go, SG into SIFSD, I'll see you there into Believe, Snow.Surface into EV into UTI into Galvanize. I think they are all good.
When I first saw them live at Werchter I thought the show was a bit messy. I'll see you there was just a whole bunch of noise. But it was the 3rd (edit: not 3rd but early) set in the tour. They evolved the show so much. And Snow/Surface fits in the set so much better than TSSU. I love this set so much more than the Don't Think set.

on topic:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/25/chemical-brothers-roundhouse-camden-live-review
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bouh on Sep 29, 2015, 02:34
I have to agree on the transitions between songs being a bit messy. I fairly dislike how the first five songs are being played. They doesn't go so well altogether. The begining of the show feels a bit forced to me. It gets way better as soon as chemical beats kicks in.
Really love how  snow/surface to air goes into EV and then into UTI. Pure madness.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Sep 29, 2015, 19:29
The review is interesting in so far as the author, who speaks so highly of their Roundhouse gig, totally trashed the chems' Glasto performance and received a heavy beating from Guardian commentators for it. Oh the irony :D
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Sep 30, 2015, 05:50
Quote from: Bouh on Sep 29, 2015, 02:34

I have to agree on the transitions between songs being a bit messy. I fairly dislike how the first five songs are being played. They doesn't go so well altogether. The begining of the show feels a bit forced to me. It gets way better as soon as chemical beats kicks in.
Really love how  snow/surface to air goes into EV and then into UTI. Pure madness.
Okay but Do It Again -> Go is genius.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Mar 15, 2016, 19:11
http://www.elektronauts.com/talk/view/77
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 15, 2016, 19:24
Quote from: Explud on Mar 15, 2016, 19:11

http://www.elektronauts.com/talk/view/77
Talking about the "Go"-Video:

Will any of the seven, properly dressed women be joining you on stage tonight?
Tom: If only!


I Like that part
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: nekoland on Oct 26, 2016, 16:20
In this interview: http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/the-chemical-brothers-poble-espanyol-entrevista-simons-5589049 (http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/the-chemical-brothers-poble-espanyol-entrevista-simons-5589049) Ed says they will return to the studio in December, and he is doing a therapeutic charity in a NGO two days a week.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Oct 26, 2016, 16:54
Official acknowledgement of what he's been up to.

10 minute version of Go.

Enjoying playing live to make up for lost time in 2015.

Intent to experiment in smaller live shows.

Suggestion of "sketches" of new ideas in live shows.

Re-entering studio in December.

Felt uncomfortable taking so long of a gap between Further and BITE.

Never know when the last album will be.

That interview is pure wish fulfillment!

Quote

After a season away from the stage by subjects of studies, Ed Simons returns to the bosom of The Chemical Brothers
Thanks Google Translate. I'm not sure if I sausage on this.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Oct 26, 2016, 18:47
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Oct 26, 2016, 16:54

Thanks Google Translate. I'm not sure if I sausage on this.
Not being flippant, what would be a better translation? It's a legit expression (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+bosom+of) in my part of the world (bosom not sausage obvs!).
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Stefan on Oct 26, 2016, 19:25
Quote from: nekoland on Oct 26, 2016, 16:20

In this interview: http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/the-chemical-brothers-poble-espanyol-entrevista-simons-5589049 (http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/the-chemical-brothers-poble-espanyol-entrevista-simons-5589049) Ed says they will return to the studio in December, and he is doing a therapeutic charity in a NGO two days a week.
Ha, I was also just about to post this  ;D

Quote from: WhiteNoise on Oct 26, 2016, 16:54

Re-entering studio in December.
Let the hype for CHEM9 begin ;D
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Oct 26, 2016, 21:14
Quote from: Skyscraper on Oct 26, 2016, 18:47

Not being flippant, what would be a better translation? It's a legit expression (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+bosom+of) in my part of the world (bosom not sausage obvs!).
To me bosom is pretty exclusively an archaic way of referencing a female's chest. Never heard the idiom. So it was a very odd image, played up because I assumed it was a bad translation.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: ThePumisher on Oct 26, 2016, 23:38
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Oct 26, 2016, 16:54

I'm not sure if I sausage on this.
How did you remember and dig this up?  :o ;D
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Oct 27, 2016, 19:08
I've been meaning to translate a German interview they'd done for a local newspaper before the Gelsenkirchen show in which Ed really sounded promising too regarding the band's future. Probably going to do that on the weekend.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Nov 06, 2016, 19:05
Alright, one week late on this but anyways:

Quote from: Ruhrnachrichten
The Chemical Brothers are regarded as the band that reconciled alternative rock fans with electronic music. The duo, consisting of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, are currently touring Europe. The one and only stop in Germany is going to be on the 9th of September at the Amphitheatre Gelsenkirchen.

For more than 20 years, the band has essentially helped shaping the dance scene with the BigBeat sound; the most recent album "Born In the Echoes" is being  acclaimed by both fans and critics. However, Ed Simons doesn't like it to be called a comeback album.
Quote
"We aren't that young anymore to release a new album each or every other year but we have been musically active all this time"
, according to the Chemical Brother. Also, Simons doesn't believe in the pressure of bands having to continuously reinvent themselves.
Quote
"Musicians should of course evolve but they automatically do so if they take their job seriously."

Looked up on Google

Concerts by the Chemical Brothers have a reputation for being  a unique amalgamation of music and light show. The ambience of this exemplary venue, the Amphitheatre, will contribute to it making it an extraordinary concert experience.
Quote
"When we got the request to play there, we immediately looked this place up on Google and were instantly excited because of its location by the canal. It's going to be a real psychedelic and emotional show and the audience will not forget it in a hurry".
Simons promises.
He wasn't aware of the fact, though, that Gelsenkirchen is not that far away from Düsseldorf, the home of Kraftwerk. Their musical influence [on their shows] qualifies Simons with a more differentiated view.
Quote
"There's no doubt, we love Kraftwerk. But in comparison to our music which aims at emotions with its so-called BigBeat [I somehow doubt he said this], Kraftwerk focuses more on rather cold precision. However, we also have songs like Scale where you could easily claim they might be inspired by Kraftwerk."
During the band's history, the Chemical Brothers were able to witness how dance music progressed from small clubs to stadium-sized mega events. Yet, Ed Simons refuses to verify a decline in quality that might go along with it.
Quote
"First and foremost, the size of venues is an indicator of an increased acceptance. But after all it must be clear that with increasing numbers of musicians involved, the number of those who are lesser skilled increases as well."

Music is part of it

With amusement reacts Simons to the question where he might see himself with the Chemical Brothers in 10 years time.
Quote
"I for one see myself on a beautiful island, my girlfriend and a Piña Colada next to me and music on my iPod. Nah, kidding aside, that sounds tempting but you're a musician for all your life: as long as it can be and anyone still wants to hear us, I want to keep making music."
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: kosek on Nov 06, 2016, 20:51
Quote from: Csar on Nov 06, 2016, 19:05

Nah, kidding aside, that sounds tempting but you're a musician for all your life: as long as it can be and anyone still wants to hear us, I want to keep making music."

(https://media.giphy.com/media/GA2FNpP1kAQNi/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on Nov 07, 2016, 06:43
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/chemical-brothers-ready-reaction-gear-9201174

More of the same from Scotland. Apparently they played Surface To Air in 1994! (Should be 2004)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Nov 07, 2016, 10:33
These interviews make me so happy! It feels so relieving to see Ed's still so much into it and passionate about their music. I can tell you I was totally shocked to hear Ed's going to take a break from touring last year and feared he had lost interest in the whole music thing. These statements, however, profoundly restored hope in me that they're going to press on on their Golden Path. I want them to become the Rolling Stones of electronic music :)!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: wrclaguna on Nov 09, 2016, 13:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QTejM0MJPk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QTejM0MJPk)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Sep 05, 2017, 15:11
http://fastlane.fr/interview-technique-1-decryptage-technique-dernier-show-chemical-brothers/

Can someone translate into English?
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Ben_j on Sep 06, 2017, 09:34
Quote from: Explud on Sep 05, 2017, 15:11

http://fastlane.fr/interview-technique-1-decryptage-technique-dernier-show-chemical-brothers/

Can someone translate into English?

Here's a translation :

Quote
Matt has been the designated backliner of the Brothers for over  years. At that time, the show was an Akai MPC sampler, and a few hardware synths. But the configuration evolved with each tour, and it was Matt's responsibility to ensure that this impressive machinery worked.


It took 6 weeks to prepare this new tour. Matt first met with the Brothers in their studio and helped them extract stems of the tracks to prepare the main playback document. He also started assembling the gear that the Brothers and him would use and the playback rack.

After 4 weeks, everyone gathered in a small studio to plug everything together, rehearse and do the technical modifications for a flawless execution. Finaly, the team moves in a much bigger studio to build the stage and handle sync between sound, lights, and the giant robots that appear at the end of the show.

3 rigs filled with equipement and 8 people touring in 2 buses are required to perform the show. Once the team takes the stage, it handles all of the aspects of the show: sound, audio returns, lights and visuals. The festival team will only intervene for setting up the giant robots and that's all.

The performance is half way between a DJ set and a live concert because the tracks are linked together back to back. The backing track is pre recorded in audio and played from a Macbook, while the Brothers manipulate the textures of synths and mix every audio source in real time.

It's a linear show in which the timeline is triggered at the start and only stops at the end

The performance relies on the live mix of 25 signals thanks to a Soundcraft GB8 mixer. Most synth and drum patterns are pre-sequenced but some simple lines will be played live. The synth patches are loaded in the machines on stage and altered in real time.

The transitions between the tracks are the main improvisation moments. The Brothers trigger 'one shot' sounds with an Ableton Push controller and use their spacialisation effects to fill the void spaces of the timeline.


The playback system:

After he tuned the synths and set back the timeline to 0 (show start), Matt stays behind the computer to intervene if needed. Logic Pro is used to play the 8 stems and sends the LTC sync (Linead Time Code) to the visual team.
Two computers A and B play the same document at the same time, they are kept in perfect sync thanks to an MTC clock (MIDI Time Code) generated by a rack Rosendahl mif 4:

Thanks to that system, any Logic session can be stopped at any moment and the second one takes the relay automatically. Even better: the first can then be restarted and will sync back to the same timeline as the second one! Furthermore, the signals generated by the two Logic Pro X documents go through a StartTechCom unit that continually scans them in order to switch the source if one of the two signals stops.

Finally, an MTC clock is generated by a Sync-Gen II LE unit in order to trigger and synchronize the synths and the drum machines surrounding the Brothers. Those external racks have been conceived to resolve the sync problems between the software and hardware.

Instead of using a classic USB or Firewire MIDI interface, the Sync-Gen II LE is a plugin that generates a pulse send to an external Sync-Lock unit (that looks like a DI box), generating itself a MIDI clock. The pulse and conventional audio are aligned in this unit, producing a stable sync without time skips. The MIDI signal is then sent to a Kenton LNDR MIDI to be transported via an Ethernet cable to the control board. It is received by a MOTU MIDI Patchbay that dispatches the signals to the different hardware.

The synths are vintage and error prone by nature. They can desync at any time. Matt built an iPad patch to restart the MTC signal during the show. By picking the right moment (a calm moment without drums) he can resync all the machines on the next high point.

A third laptop equiped with Ableton Live is used as a sampler and also handles Maschine Studio (NI). Some drum scenes are triggered by the Brothers from the Maschine Studio hardware. All the voice tracks are played from Ableton as audio clips, as well as 'one shots' triggered from Push and played from a Drum Rack in Live.

A fourth computer handles Pro Tools to record each show, including mics to capture the crowd sound.

Two sound engineers travel with the crew. One of them is responsible of the mix of the main control board and the other one of the on stage returns. They are very active during the show, where they adjust levels and control the frequency peaks sent by the Brothers. They also handle the compression in real time, in order to get a solid yet organic mix. The MIDAS mixers are also pushed to their limits, to get an even warmer sound. Here is a chart of the signal flow for the show :
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Sep 06, 2017, 11:31
Much appreciated, Benji! My French is just too rusty, I seriously need to brush it up.
The article does seem to be intriguing.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Sep 06, 2017, 14:15
Bah, Ben J has amended his post and done the translation. I got down as far as the "Rack de synchro Rosendahl mif 4" (red clock image).

Here's what I got,so you get the native English speakers perspective (dammit, I spent time on this so you're gonna read it!). No mistakes here, oh no....

The Chemical Brother's ten (!) albums have garnered an international and timeless reputation.  Their show and electronic performance are considered among the best that exist.  We have come to meet their technician, Matt Cox at this year's Creamfields festival in Liverpool for a guided tour of the staging and equipment used. You can see the show in action here (click link).

Matt is the backliner employed by the Chemical Brothers for the past 20 years. At the beginning, the show consisted of an Akai MPC sampler and various hardware synths.  But the configuration has evolved with each new tour and it has always been up to Matt to ensure the smooth running of this impressive machine setup.

Six weeks are needed to prepare for each tour. First of all Matt meets the Chemical Brothers in their studio and helps them extract the stems of the tracks, and also to prepare the principal playback "document". He also starts to prepare the equipment that the Brothers use as well as the playback rack. Matt says, "Sometimes I ask Ed about how they make all this music, he mutters something about Brexit whilst glancing over at Tom for backup. Tom then goes into insane detail and I wish I hadn't asked!"

After 4 weeks, everyone convenes in a small studio to connect all the equipment, repeat and put into place the modification techniques for an infallible system. Finally everyone moves to a larger studio in order to put together the staging, and manage the synchronisation between the sound, the lights, and the giant robots which appear at the end of the show.

3 trailers full of equipment and 8 people trouring in two busses are required to run the show. Once the team gets to the site/venue, they manage all aspects of the show: The sound (?), the audio returns , the lights and the visuals.  The festival employees don't get involved except to help put the giant robots in place, and that's all.

The performance is like a cross between a DJ set and a live performance, as all the tracks are played/mixed back to back. The backing track is pre-recorded in audio format and played from a  portable Mac (cheats!), whilst the Brothers manipulate the synth textures and mix all the sources/elements in real time.

It's a linear show in which the time line is tripped/released at the start and doesn't stop until the end. 

The performance relies on mixing 25 signals/feeds using a Soundcraft GB8 mixing console/desk. Most of the synth and drum patterns are pre-sequenced but certain simple lines are played live.  The synth patches are put in the machines on stage and transformed/played in real time. Matt Cox: "Sometimes Tom whispers in my ear, 'Don't let Ed's live playing come out of the speakers whatever you do'. I don't know why he says that. Tom's funny!"

The transitions between the tracks are the principal moments of improvisation. The Brothers release their "one shots" thanks to an Ableton Push controller and use their special effects to fill the empty spaces in the time line.

BIG PICTURE OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT
(Here is a detailed description of the live set up of the Chemical Brothers)

Once he has set up all the synths and put the time line at zero (show start), Matt sits behind the computers in order to intervene if necessary. Sometimes at the end Tom kinda plays live but it's mostly for show and the crowd are too off their faces to know what's going on anyway. Logic Pro is used to play the 8 stems and send the LTC (Linear Time Code) synchronisation to the visuals team.
Two computers, A and B play the same "document" simultaneously, they are held in perfect synchronicity thanks to a MTC (Midi Time Code) clock generated by Rosendahl mif 4:

Picture of red Rosendahl mif 4 clock.

And that's as far as I got, the dog ate my homework etc...


ps: the bits where Matt is quoted may... or may not be an accurate translation. You decide.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Sep 06, 2017, 18:08
Thanks, guys. Lovely.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Sep 06, 2017, 18:16
I second that! Thank you both! That's a pretty fun interview to read as I always wanted to know how they work things out live.

But the most important part is this one:
Quote
A fourth computer handles Pro Tools to record each show, including mics to capture the crowd sound.

I know Matt mentioned/confirmed it before on here but one can't highlight it enough ;) How bad I want to browse through their archives is beyond description.

Oh, and by the way, the fact that they accomplish such a complex show with just 8 people is truely impressive. Kudos!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Ben_j on Sep 07, 2017, 09:52
Quote from: Skyscraper on Sep 06, 2017, 14:15

The performance relies on mixing 25 signals/feeds using a Soundcraft GB8 mixing console/desk. Most of the synth and drum patterns are pre-sequenced but certain simple lines are played live.  The synth patches are put in the machines on stage and transformed/played in real time. Matt Cox: "Sometimes Tom whispers in my ear, 'Don't let Ed's live playing come out of the speakers whatever you do'. I don't know why he says that. Tom's funny!"

ps: the bits where Matt is quoted may... or may not be an accurate translation. You decide.

I can confirm they're 100% true
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Sep 07, 2017, 13:28
There's no quotes from Matt in the interview!
Why you little??!!...

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98RbeUllar4/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Enjoyed on Apr 11, 2019, 17:32
Really great interview with Ed (https://www.dummymag.com/features/the-chemical-brothers-no-geography-interview/) over on Dummy.

Biggest take aways for me:
There's a logo for The London Dust Explosion, which I desperately want to see.
And. Ed's least favourite album... COME WITH US!

He and I, shall never be friends.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Apr 11, 2019, 17:54
London Dust Explosion! Ha, that used to be a username on the old forum.

Quote from: Enjoyed on Apr 11, 2019, 17:32

And. Ed's least favourite album... COME WITH US!
He and I, shall never be friends.
Word!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 11, 2019, 19:14
Quote from: Enjoyed on Apr 11, 2019, 17:32

And. Ed's least favourite album... COME WITH US!

He and I, shall never be friends.

Ed: voted to remain, like me
Ed: supports MUFC, like me
Ed: Favourite band is New Order and he went to see them at Ally Pally on 9th November, like me
Ed: Signed the petition and went on the Remainer march threee weeks ago, like me
Ed: Reads the Guardian, like me
Ed: Least favourite Chems album is CWU, like me

Sometimes I swear he's just copying me (!). But I'll be his friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34_TnLsXxEI

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Apr 11, 2019, 19:28
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 11, 2019, 19:14

✅ Ed: voted to remain, like me
✅ Ed: supports MUFC, like me
✅ Ed: Favourite band is New Order and he went to see them at Ally Pally on 9th November, like me
✅ Ed: Signed the petition and went on the Remainer march threee weeks ago, like me
✅ Ed: Reads the Guardian, like me
 Ed: Least favourite Chems album is CWU, like me

Sometimes I swear he's just copying me (!). But I'll be his friend.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on May 14, 2019, 20:26
New interview with Marcus Lyall and Adam Smith on the aspects of live show.

https://www.laweekly.com/arts/adam-smith-and-marcus-lyall-controlling-the-beast-of-a-chemical-brothers-concert-10150966

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"The music is the script," says Smith, whose day job is as a director of film, television, music videos and commercials. "It's the spine of the show. They do a live mix which changes every night. And the live versions of the songs are different to what appears on albums and singles."
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on May 16, 2019, 00:57
I don't know how to pull a link from Apple iTunes Beats 1 radio, but the segment with Zane Lowe is now available in the interview section. About an hour long!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/the-chemical-brothers-interview/ra.1463896406
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: ThePumisher on Jun 21, 2019, 14:00
https://www.nme.com/big-read-chemical-brothers-glastonbury-no-geography-interview
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jun 21, 2019, 21:08
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jun 21, 2019, 14:00

https://www.nme.com/big-read-chemical-brothers-glastonbury-no-geography-interview
Aurora lost in the woods, haha. Now that I've seen a couple of interviews and performances I totally get this episode. Could you imagine what would have happend if Björk hadn't rejeceted a remix with the bros? Where would she had gone lost?
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: ThePumisher on Aug 12, 2019, 16:51
Quote from: Csar on Jun 21, 2019, 21:08
Aurora lost in the woods, haha. Now that I've seen a couple of interviews and performances I totally get this episode.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/aurora-chemical-brothers-no-geography-collab-forest-story-2537293
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Aug 12, 2019, 22:00
I don't know how to say polite about this in an english language, but i can in Russian!

По-моему, она, того..

P.S. Google translate won't help you )))
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Aug 13, 2019, 09:43
Quote from: ThePumisher on Aug 12, 2019, 16:51

https://www.nme.com/news/music/aurora-chemical-brothers-no-geography-collab-forest-story-2537293
Quote from: Explud on Aug 12, 2019, 22:00

I don't know how to say polite about this in an english language, but i can in Russian!

По-моему, она, того..

P.S. Google translate won't help you )))
Haha, oh well. She's adorable but a little oddball too. But maybe that's what's so charming about her. I hope she'll never be ruined/ exploided by the industry or shady figures.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Champiness on Aug 13, 2019, 21:44
Quote from: ThePumisher on Aug 12, 2019, 16:51

https://www.nme.com/news/music/aurora-chemical-brothers-no-geography-collab-forest-story-2537293

I can't really convey or explain how thoroughly happy I am to have Aurora's version of events here
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Aug 14, 2019, 00:36
Quote from: Explud on Aug 12, 2019, 22:00

I don't know how to say polite about this in an english language, but i can in Russian!

По-моему, она, того..

P.S. Google translate won't help you )))

(https://i.imgur.com/tW82w1y.png)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: rynostar on Aug 14, 2019, 06:37
"Then I went to his house and forgot to order a hotel..."

This story just keeps getting more ridiculous. Add the fact that it involved a birthday party for toms' daughter...

What's next?
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on Aug 16, 2019, 02:02
Quote from: Csar on Aug 13, 2019, 09:43

She's adorable but a little oddball too.

Agreed. I will add, she seems like pretty amazing people person. Watching her interact with her fans is pretty special and looks incredibly natural:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svuKqoS5Cx8


(lol, even the goth chicks dig her!)
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: WhiteNoise on May 01, 2020, 21:07
A meanderingly thorough and amazing interview from 1997 was recently re-shared by The Face digitally, in lieu of a piece on their now cancelled London Design Museum exhibit.

It's the one with the photoshoot where they dressed up as classical composers.

https://theface.com/music/the-chemical-brothers-archive-1997-techno-dig-your-own-hole

Just a few highlights are them judging contemporary songs on whether or not they were "Chemically inspired" (of note Tom talks about writing Bill Drummond concerning 1987 and receiving a white fluffy hat in return), the state of their Orinoco Studio when recording the album, whispers of Ed's university afro, and probably the longest they've ever awkwardly fielded questions about their own drug use in an interview.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on May 02, 2020, 06:29
I've seen that center fold photo before, but never really digested it until now. I'm getting Wes Borland vibes from the photoshoot (especially the eyes). I'm starting to think they're closet Limp Bizkit Fans. Remember when they made fun of them last year on Beats 1 retelling old tour stories... usually admire those that you razz... :P

Any artistic significance to the Nosferatu type nails on Tom?


Lesson from this article: Drink with your peers and listen to music.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on May 02, 2020, 19:21
This one quote right there sums it all up for me about them.
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Ed: ​"I think we are. Of all the dance bands. Doing something different. And interesting. We're in this weird position of being in America and being seen as the leaders of the dance music explosion that's happening there when most of the inspiration we've had has come from America, as anyone can hear on the new album. It's ridiculous that they see The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers as the dance music."

Ah. But you're not denying your importance any more, right?

"It's not important," says Ed, ruining everything. ​"I would never put much import into our music. I think the sound we popularised, which is a big one, is a good thing, but that's about it." The cumbersome shackles of modesty, once again, clamp shut around their conscience. So you blow their trumpets for them, tell them they are epoch-defining artistes, titans of all that is good and vital and visionary. And mean it. And feel like a right berk.

Modest, everyday guys having a huge impact on electronic music while keeping it low-key. I think this has been their unintented receipe for success for all these years. Not having a big ego is a pretty rare breed these days..
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on May 03, 2020, 11:20
definitely. i think a big ego about it would have destroyed ed a long time ago..
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: mfc83 on May 04, 2020, 03:37
Quote from: WhiteNoise on May 01, 2020, 21:07
probably the longest they've ever awkwardly fielded questions about their own drug use in an interview.

I love the descriptions used for the silence between question and answer "Men land on Mars" :))

Great interview btw, thanks for posting.

I remember reading a French interview a long time ago that someone translated, where one of them talks openly about drugs just to wind the other one up. Wish I could find it now!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Oct 21, 2022, 22:29
Interview from 1996 on MTV 120 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P09WVvTiLIA
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on Oct 23, 2022, 05:23
Quote from: Csar on Oct 21, 2022, 22:29

Interview from 1996 on MTV 120 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P09WVvTiLIA

Matt Pinfield awesome music interviewer opposed to Kennedy. Unfortunately, Tom and Ed not very talkative in their youth...

Would love to see this done again today.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: satur8 on Jan 07, 2023, 16:48
Quote from: Bosco on Oct 23, 2022, 05:23
Matt Pinfield awesome music interviewer opposed to Kennedy. Unfortunately, Tom and Ed not very talkative in their youth...

Would love to see this done again today.
Agreed, Bosco.

My friend used to videotape 120 Minutes so we could all watch it after a long night out on the weekends. I ended up doing the same for Amp! Ah, to have the energy of a 20-something again!

Also, I never watched that interview with Aurora before. Truthfully, I'm not very familiar with her other than her work on No Geography. She's delightful and kind. I will learn more and investigate her solo work.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jan 07, 2023, 18:26
Quote from: satur8 on Jan 07, 2023, 16:48
Also, I never watched that interview with Aurora before. Truthfully, I'm not very familiar with her other than her work on No Geography. She's delightful and kind. I will learn more and investigate her solo work.
I've come to love quite a bit of her body of work as well as her personality over the last three years. Especially her live performances are great. Maybe we should open a topic, so we can discuss and share recommendations and stuff?
There's also a very interesting, almost surreal, documentary about her, which gave a look into her life showing some of the boon and bane of becoming a signed artist and the commercial and personal pressure that goes along with it. It even got to a point where I had to stop watching because she (and I) seemingly felt uncomfortable with the situations (e.g. people always want to get real close, hugging etc.) and also her producer seemed to be kind of annoying. It made me kind of uneasy watching her discomfort so much so that I haven't even finished it yet.


But if you want to get to know more about Aurora, maybe you would also like to check out the music of one of her previous background vocalists Silja Sol (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9N_ZH2htXSs1wcuDA2TAw). She had been a staple at her shows with an incredible versatile voice until recently when she decided to focus a bit more on her own music which she had going for years besides her Aurora gig. And it's really good, even a bit more interesting than Aurora's in my opinion, more and more involving electronis sounds over the course of her discography. Definitely worth a listen.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on Jan 08, 2023, 08:10
Quote from: Csar on Jan 07, 2023, 18:26
There's also a very interesting, almost surreal, documentary about her, 
posting trailer, because you have me interested, and the trailer is actually really well done...

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Jan 08, 2023, 10:39
Yes, this must be the one. I could bite me in the rear because I can't find it on my pc anymore and I could swear I had it somewhere to go back and finish it sometime later. Rrrr.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: rynostar on Apr 12, 2023, 23:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSZ5rmchlVM

Let me know if this has already been posted.

Uhhhhh....I haven't seen this before. It's from the tail end of an interview on "The New Music" which was on the Canadian station MuchMusic. The interviewer is Terry David Mulligan who is a known (not well known) tv/radio host and actor.

The interview looks to be prior their May 8, 1997 show at "The Rage" here in Vancouver which is now called the Plaza of Nations or Harbour Events Centre. It's weird cause, I walk past this spot every few weeks.

Interesting to see a young Adam filming the experience...and then nutting Terry David Mulligan.

Edit: Also found this brief clip from Glastonbury '97 by the same program (The New Music) uploaded by the same user. Sponsored Freestyle Dust wellies...we need them as merch.

https://youtu.be/-R-30q_lvYM?t=232
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Apr 16, 2023, 08:00
My gosh, that first (Canadian) video!! Pure chaos, no one gives a duck. Only in the 90s could that have been produced. It's like hovering between discomfort and amusement watching it.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: gfa2001 on Apr 16, 2023, 19:17
Quote from: rynostar on Apr 12, 2023, 23:06
Edit: Also found this brief clip from Glastonbury '97 by the same program (The New Music) uploaded by the same user. Sponsored Freestyle Dust wellies...we need them as merch.

https://youtu.be/-R-30q_lvYM?t=232
Interesting clip at the end. Got anymore on it / anyone know if its online somewhere. quite like it but cannot quite figure out what song it is haha
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: nekoland on Apr 22, 2023, 18:19
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Apr 22, 2023, 19:03
Quote from: nekoland on Apr 22, 2023, 18:19


Heh, the huff and the look on Tom's face when the 91% thingie was quoted. 🙈

Nice little interview. Long live Tufty.

Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Bosco on Apr 22, 2023, 19:18
The interviewer not exactly simpatico ::) . I honestly don't understand why these media outlets even bother sometimes. 
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Apr 22, 2023, 19:23
Quote from: Bosco on Apr 22, 2023, 19:18
The interviewer not exactly simpatico ::) . I honestly don't understand why these media outlets even bother sometimes.

Tom shall not be bamboozled!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Apr 22, 2023, 22:39
I get the feeling Tom drew the short straw here and Ed's enjoying life at some gig.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: whirlygirl on Apr 23, 2023, 20:51
Quote from: Csar on Apr 22, 2023, 22:39
I get the feeling Tom drew the short straw here and Ed's enjoying life at some gig.
:D
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 23, 2023, 23:44
Mini-scoop at 5:07 on Glastonbury: We might be going this year, we're not playing live this year.
In other words, they might have another go at that cancelled DJ set on the Arcadia Spider thingy.

You heard it here first.

The interviewer wasn't that bad, I think he just wanted to have an engaging interview instead of a sycophantic love-in.

Quote from: gfa2001 on Apr 16, 2023, 19:17
Interesting clip at the end. Got anymore on it / anyone know if its online somewhere. quite like it but cannot quite figure out what song it is haha
Hmm, the track from 4:51 in that Glasto '97 footage? Trance & Roll perhaps? (https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-chemical-brothers/1997/worthy-farm-pilton-england-33f680a1.html)*
Also what's that clip at 3:20 with Dan Ackroyd? And why is it on a Glastonbury video tape?

* or maybe not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV-jfs8rUGY
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Explud on Apr 24, 2023, 08:21
It's just Setting Sun live from 1997, folks!
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Csar on Apr 24, 2023, 08:58
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 23, 2023, 23:44
The interviewer wasn't that bad, I think he just wanted to have an engaging interview instead of a sycophantic love-in.

Yes, I can appreciate that. At least he tried to ask not too cliche questions. The style though felt a bit "chummy" like and he didn't quite get Tom's vibe. But I've seen worse interviews for sure.

Quote from: gfa2001 on Apr 16, 2023, 19:17
Interesting clip at the end. Got anymore on it / anyone know if its online somewhere. quite like it but cannot quite figure out what song it is haha
Quote from: Explud on Apr 24, 2023, 08:21
It's just Setting Sun live from 1997, folks!
Yes, it's the segue from Dig Your Own Hole to Setting Sun from their 97 Glasto set.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: gfa2001 on Apr 24, 2023, 09:16
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 23, 2023, 23:44
Mini-scoop at 5:07 on Glastonbury: We might be going this year, we're not playing live this year.
In other words, they might have another go at that cancelled DJ set on the Arcadia Spider thingy.

You heard it here first.
Nice spot. Thank you :)

EDIT:
Just spoke to some glasto mates, not too sure. Arcadia is already very full from stuff we've heard rumours of - think they are just going as punters maybe. will not complain otherwise of course! They did say no more dj sets for a while in december as well
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: gfa2001 on Apr 30, 2023, 19:52
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/apr/30/five-hottest-music-festival-acts-2023-chemical-brothers-young-fathers-yard-act-biig-piig-yeule

Not too exciting of an article. Think glasto is on as well on second thoughts, too specific not to be a hint.
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 30, 2023, 22:08
Quote from: gfa2001 on Apr 30, 2023, 19:52
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/apr/30/five-hottest-music-festival-acts-2023-chemical-brothers-young-fathers-yard-act-biig-piig-yeule

Not too exciting of an article. Think glasto is on as well on second thoughts, too specific not to be a hint.
Mmm I posted this in Chemical Spotting earlier. The article names events they are playing at the top but I can't see which bit is specific about this years' Glastonbury. However I'm happy to stick with the idea that they might do a DJ set (after Tom's "We're not playing live" comment).
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: Fine Time on May 06, 2023, 20:07
I've no idea if this 1997 interview has been on here before , but it's new to me , there's some great clips of early live shows , and halfway through , what looks to be like an alternative (maybe never used) video for Elektrobank . . (correction , i think it's just video effects from the MTV peeps :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1VEB5SiAO4
Title: Re: Interviews & Articles
Post by: ThePumisher on May 06, 2023, 22:30
Quote from: Fine Time on May 06, 2023, 20:07
I've no idea if this 1997 interview has been on here before , but it's new to me , there's some great clips of early live shows , and halfway through , what looks to be like an alternative (maybe never used) video for Elektrobank . . (correction , i think it's just video effects from the MTV peeps :)

Yeah, it has it's own topic in the Social section

https://forum.thechembase.com/index.php/topic,3261.msg31798.html