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He's got a little setup there, and there was no clear communication from him until December. That's when he told me he was ready to make the album.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar, we wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up hip-hop record. He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do. The goal, in many, many ways, was to avoid rock roll.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They can play something at the drop of a dime, [Keyboardist] Jason [Lindner] was a godsend. We gave him some pretty far-out chords, but he brought a jazz sensibility to re-voice them.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He also took some words from A Clockwork Orange, the lyrics are wacky, but a lot of British people, especially Londoners, will get every word.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know what the song is referring to, but what he gives away is what he writes about. I think a lot of writers feel like, 'If you want to know about me, just study my lyrics.' That's why he doesn't give interviews. He's has revealed plenty in past interviews, but I think his life now is about his art. It's totally about what he's doing now.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
At one point we were talking about three producers for the album: David, James and myself, [Murphy] was there for a brief time, but he had his own projects to go off to.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
That's the hallmark of the way we work, he sounds really good when we do this effect called ADT, automatic double-tracking. Then we fooled around with some rippling, repeat echoes. They're all custom-made effects.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think he's ever going to play live again, if he does, it will be a total surprise.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
When he put out albums like Heroes and Low, no one was doing anything like that, and then he gave birth to the New Romantic scene. He's a genre-breaker, and I can't wait for the ? imitation albums to start coming out.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Jason's synthesizer didn't have a computer with souped-up programs like Omnisphere on it, he would just do it with guitar pedals, making all the sounds unique. We're like old school like that. Also, [bassist] Tim Lefebvre was just phenomenal to work with. He pretty much nailed every take right on the spot.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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