Saturday, April 24, 2021

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—”๐—ก ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—Ÿ๐—˜, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ

Today I want to share a short ♦️๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ช♦️ from 2015 with Stefan. It took place shortly before the band's “20 years” tour. Enjoy reading.

Photo credit: Afterdepth Photography


๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—” ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ – ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—•๐—ข ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ?
๐Ÿ“ข ”If you really want a relationship to work, you find a way. It's about how much it means to you and the effort you are prepared to put in.”

๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—”๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง?
๐Ÿ“ข ”Cello and I wish I could play it!”

๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—”๐—ก ๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—•๐—ข ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—”๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ?
๐Ÿ“ข ”Easy to work with.”

๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ง ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜๐—•๐—ข ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ข ๐— ๐—จ๐—–๐—› ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—™?
๐Ÿ“ข ”I put all of myself into producing Lantalba’s album. I've been a fan for years and I couldn't help but let all my ideas flood out! Most of it she liked, but some ideas had to go, naturally.”

๐—–๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—™๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ'๐—ฆ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ'๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—–๐—ž ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ?
๐Ÿ“ข ”I spent a few sleepless nights trying to get the rhythms right. The vocals and groove carry the song. Even though I had spent years recording, I found that some of my mixing techniques needed some adjusting. It's all about getting the best possible recorded source sound. It makes every stage up to and including mixing much easier.”

๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—” ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐——?
๐Ÿ“ข ”One is cerebrally more rewarding, whereas the live experience is more of a primal rush. My body needs both!”

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—” ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง, ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก?
๐Ÿ“ข ”Ennio Morricone in London.”

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๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ?
๐Ÿ“ข ”Placebo will be doing some special events for its 20 year anniversary during the next year. I am also doing an electronic project with Digital21. The first single 'War' is out now and the album along with live shows will follow shortly.”

๐—–๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐— ๐—”๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——?
๐Ÿ“ข ”A slow stroll from one end of town to the other. It's a great city for walking as people live their lives more out on the streets.”

๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š ๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—Ÿ๐—˜, ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐——๐—œ๐—— ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—•๐—จ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ, ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ?
๐Ÿ“ข ”It has gradually become more black and functional with too many overpriced designer shirts thrown in. I am very tall and skinny so sometimes only the catwalk sizes fit me.”

๐—œ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜...
๐Ÿ“ข ”Musicians don't retire.”

๐—ฉ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐— ๐—˜๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ...
๐Ÿ“ข ”Time at home.”

๐—ข๐—ก ๐— ๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—–๐—›...
๐Ÿ“ข ”Seldom.”

๐—œ๐—ก ๐— ๐—ฌ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—˜...
๐Ÿ“ข ”Duplicates of my favorite clothes.”

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ...
๐Ÿ“ข ”You.”
(Backstyle, June 2015)

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