At the quick meet-the-press session a couple of hours ago, two members oflove party rockers The Go! Team were asked if they’ve heard anything negative about Singapore prior to coming here.
“The bubblegum thing’s quite famous,” offered guitarist and band leader Ian Parton.
Which then led to bandmate Ninja’s Bubblegum Experiment.
The curious firecracker singer/rapper was given a quick run-through of the illegality of selling bubblegum.
“I have some chewing gum in my bag. If you were to offer me some money, I’d be breaking the law? Shall we bring out some money to see how close we come?” she teased.
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Ninja holding a certain “illegal” substance.
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And here’s the transaction. Which wasn’t really a transaction because she and the journo didn’t exactly do the deed. “We’re in the edges of criminality here,” she quipped.
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The Go! Team on…
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SAMPLING
Ian said there’ll still be samples for their third album, which is still in the works. “I don’t have a backlog of samples and I’m kind of starting out again. So I’m going to blogs and listening to thousands of records. But I’m still obsessed with samples and random sounds… I like the idea of not being able to tell what’s sampled or what is live. What kind of baffled people about the first record was, is that sampled or isn’t it? When you put distortion over it, it just becomes a massive stuff and bleeds into one, like a massive noise.”
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THE ‘RETRO’ SOUND
“I probably wouldn’t even use the word ‘retro’ personally,” said Ian. “I like the idea of tring to make something modern out of all my favourite things. It could be `60s, Phil Spector, `80s electro… I kind of compare it to your life flashing before you and you’re picking out all the things you like. It could be an Ennio Morricone soundtrack, all these things comin’ at you.
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THE BAND’S CHAOS THEORY
Said Ninja: “We’re terrible with rehearsin’. Maybe once every six months, we might rehearse. But when it comes to the stage, we manage to pull it together somehow. We never really know what’s gonna happen apart from the fact that something will usually go wrong.”
“But we don’t strive for slickness. We don’t aspire to be Beyonce slick,” added Ian.
“When something is planned out too much, I get anxious. So everyday is different. I’ve worked not really knowing what happened. I get told but I don’t take it in. Eight days till we go away! Seven days till we go away! Six days till we go away! I start doing that and worrying… so it’s not so much chaos but—“
“Ignorance.”
“Which is bliss.”
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INDIE WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
According to them, “indie” has lost its meaning today and has become, well, a look.
Said Ninja: “I saw the Kings of Leon at a festival. I couldn’t’ believe their jeans were… you know when they do bodypaint on women? I thought their jeans had been painted on! There wasn’t even a wrinkle on it! I was wondering how they could even walk! I just hope those jeans had lyrca in them or something cos I dunno how they move.”
loveSo if you’re heading for their gigs tonight, make sure to wear something comfy enough for you to dance in. I’ll update this post about the concert later.love
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“The bubblegum thing’s quite famous,” offered guitarist and band leader Ian Parton.
Which then led to bandmate Ninja’s Bubblegum Experiment.
The curious firecracker singer/rapper was given a quick run-through of the illegality of selling bubblegum.
“I have some chewing gum in my bag. If you were to offer me some money, I’d be breaking the law? Shall we bring out some money to see how close we come?” she teased.
love
Ninja holding a certain “illegal” substance.
love
And here’s the transaction. Which wasn’t really a transaction because she and the journo didn’t exactly do the deed. “We’re in the edges of criminality here,” she quipped.
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The Go! Team on…
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SAMPLING
Ian said there’ll still be samples for their third album, which is still in the works. “I don’t have a backlog of samples and I’m kind of starting out again. So I’m going to blogs and listening to thousands of records. But I’m still obsessed with samples and random sounds… I like the idea of not being able to tell what’s sampled or what is live. What kind of baffled people about the first record was, is that sampled or isn’t it? When you put distortion over it, it just becomes a massive stuff and bleeds into one, like a massive noise.”
love
THE ‘RETRO’ SOUND
“I probably wouldn’t even use the word ‘retro’ personally,” said Ian. “I like the idea of tring to make something modern out of all my favourite things. It could be `60s, Phil Spector, `80s electro… I kind of compare it to your life flashing before you and you’re picking out all the things you like. It could be an Ennio Morricone soundtrack, all these things comin’ at you.
love
THE BAND’S CHAOS THEORY
Said Ninja: “We’re terrible with rehearsin’. Maybe once every six months, we might rehearse. But when it comes to the stage, we manage to pull it together somehow. We never really know what’s gonna happen apart from the fact that something will usually go wrong.”
“But we don’t strive for slickness. We don’t aspire to be Beyonce slick,” added Ian.
“When something is planned out too much, I get anxious. So everyday is different. I’ve worked not really knowing what happened. I get told but I don’t take it in. Eight days till we go away! Seven days till we go away! Six days till we go away! I start doing that and worrying… so it’s not so much chaos but—“
“Ignorance.”
“Which is bliss.”
love
INDIE WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
According to them, “indie” has lost its meaning today and has become, well, a look.
Said Ninja: “I saw the Kings of Leon at a festival. I couldn’t’ believe their jeans were… you know when they do bodypaint on women? I thought their jeans had been painted on! There wasn’t even a wrinkle on it! I was wondering how they could even walk! I just hope those jeans had lyrca in them or something cos I dunno how they move.”
loveSo if you’re heading for their gigs tonight, make sure to wear something comfy enough for you to dance in. I’ll update this post about the concert later.love
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