Peter Cat Recording Co.
Bismillah Album Cover Art
When you create and play your music, is there
one core idea/notion/sentiment that you
hope your listeners take away from it?
Each song has a different sentiment it is meant
to evoke. We are always hoping that comes
across, be it something painful or hopeful.
What is the ideal emotional state for your creative peak?
Uncertainty
One would say that your lyrics dabble deeply
with surrealism. Has there been any particular
songwriter or any particular genre that has
influenced such an innovative mode of writing?
It's hard to say. As a writer, working harder and harder
towards finding the best way of expressing an emotion
or idea, with simpler and fewer words is the real goal.
Surrealism is a byproduct of hunting for them although
sometimes words are selected on the basis of their
musicality, as opposed to their literal meaning.
What are the various shifts and changes that your
listener will experience as they listen to your new
album Bismillah, and how different is it from your
other albums like Sinema and Portrait of a Time?
This album seems more like a refinement of our
previous sounds, rather than a leap into a new
direction. It is certainly better produced by Robin
and us. The quest for what we are still continues.
How does Suryakant Sawhney manage to strike
a balance between the electronic/Bollywood
fusion as Lifafa, and the jazz fusion along with the
progressive nature of Peter Cat Recording Co.?
Everyone in the band has their own side projects which
demand balancing such things. In Suryakant's case,
perhaps the difference in languages allows him to
maintain that balance in a slightly easier manner.
If you had to talk about your music to someone
from another galaxy, how would you do so?
We would describe it as Earth music, bereft
of cultural and national identity.
What is the worst thing about being creatively driven?
The eternal struggle between knowing what could make you
money and where the beauty of what you are doing truly lies.
Can you name a series or film that would be the
perfect fit for your music (as background score)?
We'll make such a series/film one day.
What reactions are you hoping to Bismillah?
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Do you ever listen to your own music as recreation?
Most certainly not haha.
What is best compliment you could receive?
We enjoy being undefinable with no obvious
connection to anything else.
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