𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬

16 years ago, on the 30th of May 2005, “First day“ was released, so today we can celebrate its ♦️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬♦️. The song was a collaboration of German DJ W Timo Maas, Brian and Jokate (or Jo Kate) Benson, a relatively unknown singer from Bristol. The song reached no. 51 in the UK Single Charts.

🎬 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐒 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 – 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘
🎵 http://bit.ly/2vRUPvH 🎵

Photo credit: Screenshots of the video (3), unknown (Maas & Molko) / edit by Silke

Two different versions of the single were put out. One of them includes the radio edit of “First day“ and an extendend version, the other one consists of six remixes plus the video clip. The song also appears on the album “Pictures“ which was released in June 2005.
“First day“ was written by Brian, Jokate, Timo Maas and Martin Buttrich, the two last-named were the producers of the single. Martin is obviously an all-rounder when it comes to playing instruments he did the bass, guitar, drums and also keybords on the track.

Last but not least remember this:
It's always the first day of the rest of your life. Seize it, soulmates!

📌 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 📌
"We were coming to the end of the summer and Michael (sic!) and me were kind of stuck. We'd finished the instrumentals and were looking for our dream collaborators but they weren't easy to get. Then we sent something to Brian and he was totally up for it, came over to Hannover and recorded two of the three tracks in a day, then we met up in London to do the third. It was great to work with him, to get into his world – we had a fantastic time."
(MusicOMH, June 2005)

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 📌
"I find that aspect of working with other people collaboratively interesting. When you get into a collaboration, you have to relinquish control. The final product is up to other people. It's a good lesson for me, it teaches me to be less precious about it. I haven't necessarily been able to put that into practice when working on a Placebo record just yet."
(Suicide Girls, 2007)

Brian Molko and Timo Maas on July 31, 2018, in Ibiza at a DJ Set. Photo credit unknown

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
I see you found my underground
Help yourself to guns and ammo
Nothing here has ever seen the light of day
I leave it in my head
It's the first day of the rest of your life
You'll remember me, for the rest of your life
You'll remember me, for the rest of your life
It's the first day of the rest of your life
It's the first day of the rest of your life
Don't fuck it up
Don't fuck it up
You'll remember me, for the rest of your life
You'll remember me, for the rest of your life
It's the first day of the rest of your life

Timo Maas official page:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/timomaasfans/
Discography on Discogs:
👉 https://www.discogs.com/artist/1014-Timo-Maas
Maas on Soundcloud:
👉 https://soundcloud.com/timo-maas

Post by Silke