Phoenix.THE DANCEHALL dance·hall n. 1. or dance hall A building or part of a building with facilities for dancing. 2. See ragga. dancehall Noun a style of dance-oriented reggae DAYS of Alphabetical and United are so far gone from this album that you may not even recognize them at first, but hang up your dancing shoes for a minute and check out It's Never Been Like That anyway. It's a Phoenix for a different occasion. At the start of a small United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. preview tour to promote their forthcoming album, dueling The fighting of two persons, one against the other, at an appointed time and place, due to an earlier quarrel. If death results, the crime is murder. It differs from an affray in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden quarrel, while the former is always the result of design. guitarists and brothers Branco and Christian Mazzalai gave us the lowdown low·down n. Slang The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party. lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it → on the early days, their new sound, and their favorite way to let off a little steam. So you know the mag? Christian Mazzalai: Yeah, yeah. When I was 15 Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. was a Bible for me. In France, it was very rare to have them. Branco Mazzalai: But we don't skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). that much now. Christian Mazzalai: Now we stopped, but we're still in love with skating skating: see ice skating; ice dancing; roller skating. skating Sport in which bladelike runners or sets of wheels attached to shoes are used for gliding on ice or on surfaces other than ice. . We were very bad skaters. Branco Mazzalai: Because we had no reference. Christian Mazzalai: Only videos. It wasn't very popular where you grew up? Christian: No, because we weren't in Paris, we were in Versailles. There were very few skaters at this time. In the late '90s it was big, but when we started we were the only ones. Were you guys friends growing up? Christian: We're brothers, and we've been friends with the bass player since we were six years old, and Thomas since we were 14. That's when we started our band. At 14? Christian: Yeah. And we never had another band. Except Branco. Branco: My first band, actually, was with the two guys from Daft Punk Daft Punk is the collective name of Paris house musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974)<ref name="MusiqueVol.1" /> and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975).<ref name="MusiqueVol. . Darling, we were called. So you guys knew from an early age that you wanted to play music? Christian: Yeah. It was obvious, because our city was so boring that music was the only way to escape. Branco: At one point I just thought, "I should play guitar." I was imagining myself as an old guy playing guitar for my grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. , I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why, and I thought, "Yeah, I should do it." I was very bad; I had a very bad teacher who taught me only to play classical guitar with an electric guitar, so afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. I had to forget everything. It took me a long time to just learn it. Christian: Yeah, it was like skating. We learned, in three years, only like six chords. Very, very slowly. Branco: With no one--no teacher, just looking at videos and ... Christian: Making poses, looking at their fingers. Supergrass supergrass Noun Brit, Austral & NZ an informer who names a large number of people as terrorists or criminals, esp. one who gives this information in order to avoid being put on trial Noun 1. used a lot of cool chords. They taught us via video. Branco: Because they used the major sevenths. Christian: Which was a revolution for us, because it's a special chord, which can break every girl's heart. Branco: The "tenderness chord." We use it often. The new album is a lot different than the previous two. How did that happen? Branco: This time we just wanted to do a basic rock set. Christian: Because we'd done quite complex arrangements on the last two records, this time we wanted to do the opposite. To be straightforward and very, very pure. As few instruments as possible was the idea. So you just fired your drummer and changed your sound? Christian: Yeah, new drummer, new style. And you went to Berlin and wrote the entire album in three months? Christian: Yeah, which is very short for us, because the album before took two years. We just wanted to forget all the habits we had, all the recipes of day-to-day, normal life. We went there with no songs and a very tight schedule. How did you end up getting a song on the Lost in Translation soundtrack? Branco: It was Sophia. We had already written that song and she told us she was listening to it a lot and reading that scene. Plus Thomas sang on the soundtrack of her first movie, The Virgin Suicides. What do you guys do for fun when you're not playing music? Christian: We are snipers. Professional? Christian: Yeah. Horses. We shoot horses. And then eat them, right? Because that's what French people do? Christian: Yeah. You never tried it? Just down my street there's a horse butcher; it's very rare now, very old school. Branco: I'm vegetarian so I just shoot them for pleasure. Anything else? Branco: My newest hobby is stereo photography. Christian: He bought one while we were on tour in Lawrence, KS--a strange town. Branco: Yeah, I did a little research and learned how to make my own stereo photographs. Now maybe I'm the only stereo photographer under the age of 60. So I guess I'm the coolest. Christian: On the booklet of the CD there's a stereo picture. Branco: But nobody knows ... it's a secret. |
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