Onze laatste liverecensie.
Onze laatste albumrecensie.
Ons laatste interview.
Onze laatste video.
Does the visual play a strong role in your music? Judging from the Buscemi
name and the cover-art, I would think so.
"Well, yes. A record-sleeve must draw attention, I think. It must also be
timeless and elegant.
A bit like the legendary Blue Note-sleeves. They were made in the fifties
and sixties and they still
look beautiful and stylish concerning typographics. "
There is a strong South-American influence on "Our Girl in Havana". What
attracts you to samba and latin jazz?
"I like the raw, pure, percussive feeling from the Samba-records of the
sixties. It's party-time when you play these records."
Your records are catalogued under Trip Hop, which I find to be somewhat
surprising. How would describe your own music?
"I certainly wouldn't call it triphop. I don't like to categorize music
anyway.
But I think Buscemi stands for different things. Samba, Batacuda, Bossa,
Drum'n Bass,
House and jazz. Anyway, it's "feel good"-music. I would call it NU LOUNGE."
When you prepare to work on a record, more specifically a song, how do you
start? How do you build a song?
"I compose a theme, and I build some sounds around it. After this process,
I try to make a kind of structure in these collection of tunes."
I noticed you used an instrument called the batacuda. Can you tell me more
about that? Did you use any other *weird* instruments?
"Batacuda is a musicstyle from Brazil. It's percussive music with a lot of
banging drums.
I don't use much instruments. I mostly work with a sampler (S200O Akai) and
an electric piano (Fender)."
Angel of LA contains some female vocals. How did that come about? It seems
as though she's just talking over the music.
"Yes, correct. The voice in Angel of LA reads an extract of an obscure
American poem."
Playing your record, I get a very strong party-feeling. When you compose,
what goals do you have in regard to the listener?
"I want to make funky, feel-good music with a lot of percussive elements in
it.
It's nice that people want to dance when they listen to my music, but it's
not my main goal.
I think my new album is one that you can listen to as well home as on the
dancefloor"
First Flight To London is it based on a real experience? How much of the
music is related to your own life?
"Mmm, yeah. I go a lot to London, but mostly by train. To buy records and
hang out in
clubs. I could have titled the track "First Train to London", but that sounds
pretty silly, no?
"
You included the My Suitor-cover you made for Studio Brussels. I have never
heard of Berntholer, nor the original version. How does your cover differ
from the original one?
"My Suitor is a track from '81. It's an all-time classic from a Belgian
band called Berntholer.
It's a slow, beautiful song with a piano, a cello and a female voice in it.
I made a drum'n bass-tune out of it.
I didn't use samples from the original piece, so it sounds completely
different. The things I kept
were the melody and the text. I used a real voice. The Buscemi-track is
beautifully sung by the Belgian singer
Lies Steppe."
The Buscemi sound is obviously influenced by Latin Jazz. But are there any
other influences or musicians that inspired you to make music?
"Well, I like practically all styles of music. Some bands that really
influenced me:
Sun Ra, Nurse With Wound, Antena, Basement Jaxx, Fila Brazilia, Marcus
Valle, Organic Audio
and lots of others...
"
The band has supported bands from Einsturzende Neubauten, Front 242, Junkie
XL, Ian Pooley to Laurent Garnier. Now the last couple of names I can
understand. But what about Front 242 and the Neubauten? How did you end up
playing for them?
"We got the opportunity to play as support for Neubauten in the Anciennce
Belgique.
It was in the early days of the band and we were really happy with it. It
was one of our first gigs.
The event was sold out. People liked it, by the way. The same with Front.
It's a cultband,
so when we could play with them, we didn't hesitate. "
When you go touring, will you be using musicians and singers?
"Yes, of ourse. I play together with a drummer, Luuk Cox, and a bass-player,
Hans Mullens.
They're really brilliant musicians, I think. Together we give new
interpretations to the Buscemi-songs. Live,
we sound like a real band and not just a dance-act. We improvise a lot.
Buscemi live sounds quite heavy, actually."
Could you give a top-10 play list of records currently playing on your
turntable?
* IDJUT BOYS/MORE OR LESS
* ST GERMAIN/TOURIST
* VARIOUS/BRAZILIAN BEATS
* STEVEN BROWN/SUBWAY TO CATHEDRAL
* DJ CAM/THE LOA PROJECT
* FILA BRAZILIA/BRAZILIFICATION
* AMON TOBIN/SUPERMODIFIED
* VARIOUS/UN-TOUCHABLE
* GILLES PETERSON'S INCREDIBILE
* FUTURE CUT/BLOODLINE
http://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/buscemi/buscemi/422/
Meer Buscemi op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/buscemi
Deel dit artikel: