Chemical Brothers, The - Come With Us Interview Disc

Chemical Brothers, The ‎– Come With Us Interview Disc

Label:
Freestyle Dust – XDUSTCDIV5
Format:
CD, Promo, Interview Disc
Country:
UK
Released:
2002
Genre:
Non-Music
Style:
Interview

Tracklist

1 Mixmag recently described the new album as a proper "back to the dance-floor record"; did you have a clear initial idea of the album when you were starting? 0:58
2 Is it the case that you start from a blank sheet? 0:58
3 How easy has this album been compared to the others, do they get easier? 0:43
4 What are the mechanics of how you create your music, are you disagreeing violently on some ideas for instance? 1:18
5 The album title and opening track Come With Us sounds like a statement of intent; how did you choose the title? 1:00
6 How much editing goes into tracks, for example, are you editing the album as a whole thing? 1:17
7 It Began In Afrika is on the new album; are you approaching all your tracks as album tracks rather than singles? 0:57
8 Dance music still moves very quickly, with new supposed stars popping up all the time, was there any sense of you coming back with this album? 0:34
9 How important are samples still for your work? 1:13
10 Have you ever considered going acoustic or hiring a 70 piece orchestra? 0:09
11 There still seems to be a perception in some quarters that acoustic instruments are somehow better than electronic ones? 0:58
12 One of your best known samples remains "Hey Boy Hey Girl, Superstar Djs, here we go," when you first found it, did you have to keep it a secret? 1:48
13 Was there a sense that you became superstar DJs after Hey Boy Hey Girl? 0:10
14 Didn't it take you to a different level? 0:25
15 You've chosen Star Guitar as the next single, why? 0:50
16 How important is playing live compared to DJing? 0:56
17 Are you planning to travel abroad, come what may? 0:12
18 How important is America to you? 1:01
19 How big a factor is the commercial side when you're thinking about the album, have you got the freedom to do what you like? 1:02
20 One of the tracks is called Hoops, you do seem to favour strange title tracks, why? 0:25
21 Another track is called Denmark, do you spend a lot of time there? 0:14
22 You both fill the role of DJ and music producer, do you see the DJ role as artistic in the same way as a song creator? 1:16
23 How do you DJ as a pair; track by track, or taking turns? 0:54
24 When you both started DJing out, could both of you beat mix? 1:06
25 Asking about remixes, you don't do very many, when you do someone else's or someone does yours, who do you feel the finished mix belongs to, for example; Daft Punk's remix of Life Is Sweet? 0:33
26 How do you regard living life in the public eye? 0:58
27 Do you ever get people who don't believe who you are? 0:48
28 So what did you say to Mick Jagger? 0:09
29 The album seems to be almost a record of two halves, with a certain melancholic vibe creeping into the second half, did you make the album as a journey is that a term you recognize? 1:22
30 How are you choosing collaborators? 1:38
31 How did you direct Richard Ashcroft? 1:06
32 What was the procedure of working with collaborators generally? 0:29
33 Have there been many collaborators you've tried and failed with? 0:09
34 Does the word underground have any relevance to you these days? 1:29
35 Do you still get a buzz from being out at 6am, dancing? 0:53
36 I was at Gaz's Rocking Blues sound system... 0:21
37 Do you pay much attention to the dance press? 0:13
38 Orbital have parted company from ffrr, it seems like a lot of your peer bands like them, Underworld, Leftfield etc have slipped away, why do you think there have been so few bands to emerge from electronic music compared to rock music? 2:08
39 Which bands out there do you feel empathy with these days, what do you think of the Prodigy and Radiohead, for example? 0:22
40 thechemicalbrothers.com, what's the idea with the site? 0:29
41 How much has the internet changed your lives? 0:35
42 How about MP3 mixing? 0:42
43 What's been the most unusual place the band's taken you to? 0:29
44 Are you looking to tour worldwide again? 0:30
45 Are you going to be doing an Ibiza show next season? 0:44
46 Are you competing with Kylie these days? 0:45
47 Do you have many Saturday nights at home, watching TV? 0:36
48 Is that a whale sound on The Test? 0:10
49 I feel a sense of melancholy on Pioneer Skies,... 0:32
50 Is there any sense that you're mellowing with age? 1:33

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