You seem to be balancing on a thin line between obscure electronica and radiofriendly dance pop. How do you look upon your artistic ambitions and development in relation to fame and fortune versus art?
– Very glad to hear you say that! If you heard a Being Boiled dj set that’s exactly what you would get! I think we package radio friendly pop songs with interesting backing tracks! I gave up on fame and fortune about 15 years ago. The fortune would make life easier (but then what would I write about!?) but I couldn’t think of anything worse than fame. It would make me far too self concious to write and writing and performing is my lifeline. Fame is such a shallow fickle thing, art touches people on a deeper more personal level and lasts longer. It means so much to me when fans take words I have written and use them as their tag lines on the message boards. That means so much more than an embarassing picture of me in a bikini in a magazine that will end up lining a hamster cage!!
Describe a typical Client song-writing session. What comes first, and how do you divide the job?
- Kate starts it with a drum loop then adds bass and chords and sings a basic melody. Then I come in and write a few words over it. Then Kate adds more words, we have heated discussions over what the song is about, I try to write a chorus, fail, lots of anxiety and brow beating then kate writes the chorus. A bit more tweaking and its done! Or sometimes it just happens so efforlessly which is an absolute joy.
How has the work with Command been different from your previous releases?
– It wasn’t that much different to the other albums really. It was mostly recorded in Kates bedroom! Heartland was the exception in that we used Youth’s lovely studio in spain. So this album when I was singing I shut my eyes and pretended I was looking out over the mountains instead of Kates wardrobe!!!
What are your musical backgrounds and what other projects have you been involved in?
- Kates musical background is far more wide ranging and interesting than mine! She played flute on Lee Perry and the Mad Proffessor sessions as a student. Then she was in a band called Frasier Chorus before she formed Technique, which I later joined. I played violin as a kid but was always a frustrated singer until I joined Dubstar, then [simpletag]Technique[/simpletag] and now [simpletag]Client[/simpletag]!
What part does sex and sexuality play in your music?
- It’s very important. You can’t beat a sexy bass line and we have loads of them! The whole thing about Client is strict repressed sexuality, from the beats to the stage performance and tight uniforms holding in the frustrated passion. It’s all about what you don’t see… it’s far more sexy in our opinion than letting it all hang out!!!
Your music is very urban – which is your favourite city and why?
– We are so lucky in Client to have had the opportunity to travel extensively and everytime we come back from a city it becomes our new favourite place and we start fantisizing about living there. But I think our favourite is [simpletag]Berlin[/simpletag]. We love the energy and the spirit and have lots of friends there.
