The Charlatans UK 2023 |
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between ' 87 and ' 89 . I don ' t in any way think that I ' m an expert , but it reminded me of the Northern Soul scene , which is kind of like lots of these fantastic records that you dance to , but you have no idea who it is . I had lots of records that said something probably like ( deepens voice ) " Pump up the …" whatever , or " da BASS " ( laughs ). I actually can ' t remember anyone right now , but that ' s okay ' cause it was so long ago . That was the connection with Chicago house . Then , it was the most glorious thing when we played Chicago Metro because that felt like home to us . That was the link , and that was what we were about . That was the vibe . Going there was like going to Graceland or something . |
IE : Metro is still a favorite . My first show when moving back here was seeing Guided by Voices there . TB : Wow , wow , wow . There ' s a great recording of us ; |
IE : Maybe he ' s ready to produce another Charlatans album . Has he turned ten already ? TB : No , May 1st . He ' s so into music , but it comes from a new place , and that ' s Minecraft and Fortnite . We find music through his games and then on Shazam and YouTube . It ' s just amazing , really . They ' re all quite hip-hop based . So , maybe I ' ll start teaching him about N . W . A . or something like that in the future . It ' ll be like ( exaggerated voice ), " When I was a lad , there was this band …" ( laughs ). " Eazy-E , his name was !" |
IE : I recently spoke with Mike Love , who advocated for the benefits of transcendental meditation . I believe that you have also found TM to be healthy for you . Was it something you found to be beneficial right away , or did you grow into it ? Is it hard to keep it in your routine when you ' re traveling ? Is it a necessity on the road ? |
TB : I think it ' s necessary for me . I do it twice a day . It ' s interesting that you said , " Did it affect you straight away ?" I think you have to grow into it . I dunno what anybody else thinks , but I was hoping it was gonna happen straight away . I had to calm down a little bit to properly integrate the technique . It took maybe six or eight months , although everything changed after the first one I did . The brightness of the colors of life seemed to change .
IE : It ' s interesting trying to connect the dots to sources of the Charlatans sound because they ' re broad but so well integrated . You drew from things I didn ' t have access to when I first heard the band . I had heard some British music bubbling up in the late ' 80s but knew nothing about house music . I enjoyed recognizing bits of the Rolling Stones in your sound , but the biggest rock band I knew that played dance music was INXS . TB : Connections with other bands – there ' s Inspiral Carpets , Happy Mondays , and Stone Roses . There
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are bands like Soup Dragons and Primal Scream , who were all kind of shifting towards a dance element . That basically came from going to the Haçienda . There ' s this guy called Dave Haslam who would play Indie rock and dance music and Carly Simon . So , it was kind of a mashup . And then the Chemical Brothers were there , and they kind of latched onto it as well . You know , I guess the Rolling Stones did stuff like that on Emotional Rescue . It ' s not something that had never been done before , but it was a new sound for a new time or a new version of that sound . I didn ' t dislike INXS , but I didn ' t follow them either . Now I think they ' re brilliant , but you just miss out on stuff . I really love New Order . For me , Factory Records were the absolute trailblazers . They were all kids from Manchester who borrowed New Order ' s equipment and made dance records that were big in America . I grew up thinking that was my goal .
Jeff Elbell
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