Caught some of this afternoon's Thievery Corp.
online chat at washingtonpost.com. The idgits who run
these websites never cease to amaze me. I'm submitting
all these pertinent questions about their involvement
with the Easy Tempo label and they're asking posting
questions like, "boxers or briefs?" Regardless, there
was some interesting stuff leaked out.
* Desmond Williams is working on a full length and has
been engineering some Thievery sessions along with
working on a See-I solo project. No mention of release
dates.
* ESL just signed a guy from England who works under
the name Broadway Project. "His debut is dark,
emotional and very beautiful. It should be out later
this year," Eric Hilton said.
* The new Ursula album is alsmost finished and should
have a release date early next year.
* The new Thunderball record (to be released in
September) is creating a big buzz with reviewers, the
boys said.
* As for themselves, Thievery is in the studio working
on a new album. They hope to finish soon and have it
released next Spring. "Coming From the Top," which
will also be included on the duo's upcoming album, is
based on an uncharacteristically assertive horn
sample. Hilton: "Our style is always changing. We have
stuff on the next album that's even more up-tempo than
that. But then, we have stuff that's very, very
chilled out."
* To a question about beat matching and dj skills
(which goes back to a previous thread here), Hilton
said: "I can beat mix, but I don't think it's
necessary to beat mix to be a good deejay. Rob can't
mix a cake, but his selection is first rate. Giles
Peterson doesn't beat mix and he may be the best
deejay that I know. Remixes in general seem to be
drying up. Perhaps record companies are cutting back."
* In regards to the state of popular music, especially
hip-hop: "I don't think much of the current state of
music in general. This may the biggest draught that
I've seen. We listen primarily to old music - reggae,
bossa nova, soundtracks, etc. I really don't
understand the appeal in any commercial hip-hop. It
seems that the art of cutting up beats and using
samples is almost gone. I miss Eric B and Rakim, early
Geto Boys and Jungle Brothers. The fact that guys like
Jay Z sell records confounds me."
* "Who would you love to work with but didn't yet? Rob
Garza: "Busta Rhymes."
* "What’s your favorite remix of yours?" Garza: "I
love the Nicola Conte remix we did of Bossa per Due. I
don't know why."
* "Anyone ever unhappy with one of your remixes?"
Hilton: "Yes, the people from Island didn't like the
Baba Maal mix and Courtney Love didn't like our Hole
mix. The Baba Maal is one of my favorites."
* Regarding Fat Boy Slim: Hilton -- "I can only say
that I have enormous repect for Norman Cook and I
think that he more than anyone deserves to cash in.
And that's exactly what he's doing. But I don't dig
Frat Boy Slim."
* Hilton and Garza recently returned from a deejaying
tour of Austria, Germany, France, Holland, Greece and
Italy to promote "DJ Kicks." Soon they'll be doing
similar gigs around the United States and Canada,
visiting many cities where they've never worked the
turntables before.
*
For the full interview go to:
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/music_thievery072501.htm
-B-
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