Friday 27 September 2013

STOCKHOLM: Interview with indie, alternative and electronic foursome Go Native!

 
PART 1 - "THE INTERVIEW"
 
1 - What was your earliest musical memory and what pushed you towards pursuing a career in the music industry?
 
"The most poignant moment for me was listening to Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel and Shine on You Crazy Diamond on LP whilst being in 'an altered state' many moons ago. It definitely had a profound effect on me and I realised how magical music could be."
 
2 - Had you been involved in any other band prior to Go Native?
 
"We all have, all sorts of styles over the years! Too many to mention!"
 
3 - How did Go Native begin?
 
"We formed a splinter group from a previous band."
 
4 - Where did the name Go Native come from?
 
"A dead racehorse."
 
5 - How would you describe the sound of Go Native?
 
"We were once described as indie-electronicists. We'll run with that."
 
6 - Do you have any rituals before you go on stage?
 
"Just trying to get our bass-player, Alex, focused means we have no time for rituals."
 
7 - Any live dates coming up?
 
"Rab C Nesbitt."
 
8 - Any new songs in the pipeline?
 
"We have loads of exciting ideas in the pipeline - it's just finding the time to get them all sorted. A good sign is we feel each new idea is a little better than the last."
 
9 - When can fans be expecting the next release?
 
"We've only just released our single, 'Stockholm', which you can hear and see here!" (see link at bottom of interview) 
 
10 - Who would be your dream collaboration?
 
"Doing something more song-based with someone like Modeselektor would be good!"
 
11 - Who would be in your dream supergroup?
 
"Rolf Harris (pre-allegation), Chas and Dave and Kenny Rodgers. Wow..."
 
PART 2 - "THE QUICKFIRE ROUND"
 
1 - Favourite Beatle?
 
"George."
 
2 - Favourite band?
 
"Spiritualized."
 
3 - Favourite new band?
 
"Daughter."
 
4 - Favourite song?
 
"Black Dog - Led Zep."
 
5 - Favourite album?
 
"Dark Side of the Moon."
 
6 - Vinyl, CD or download?
 
"Download."
 
7 - Style icon?
 
"Alan Partridge."
 
8 - Favourite clothing brand?
 
"Anything non-branded."
 
9 - Favourite film?
 
"Apocalypse Now."
 
10 - Favourite TV show?
 
"Anything involving Rick Stein."
 
11 - Who would play you in a film of your life?
 
"Judy Dench."
 
12 - Favourite food?
 
"Curry."
 
13 - Football team?
 
"Liverpool, shhhhh!"
 
Hope you enjoyed this feature on Go Native! Check out our previous feature on Annie Winter!
 
Watch the video for "Stockholm" here - http://vimeo.com/72756312
 
You can also like our Facebook page to keep up to date with all future interviews at the following link - https://www.facebook.com/aldorabritainrecords
 
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