Friday, September 26, 2008

Drew Danburry: October 4th

Drop Magazine is happy to bring you Drew Danburry, supporting will be The Alterations, and Marty Cain. If you're in the area make sure to come by, it's going to be a great show, promise.

Date: Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Time: 8pm
Location: The Tinder Box
Street: 17 Elliot St.
City/Town: Brattleboro, Vermont
Cost: Suggested $5 donation.

Facebook Event Page
View Map

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Air France Interview


Light playful and enjoyable are just a few words to describe Air France's sound. Music that doesn't stifle your mind but, encourages it day dream and explore new places and states of mind. They're like snuggling under lots of covers on a cold night and the joy of a beautiful spring day at the same time. Anytime is a good time to sit back and listen to them. Make sure to go to their page and download their 'Roof Top Music' mixtape, it's a must.

'June Evenings' - Air France

How did you decide upon the name Air France?

We wanted something that gave the sense of movement, of elevation. We’re both terribly afraid of flying, so when you think about it, it’s quite strange.
How/when did you two meet?
We met up at high school, and almost emidiatelly the mischief began. We listened to dreamy music, and behaved like popstars. We were always being creative in some way, everyday was a new adventure, new barriers to cross and new levels of being disorderly to be reached. We were often told to try to calm down by the principal.
Do you think where you grew up had a large impact on the music you make today?
We grew up in small towns, which had it’s pros and cons. The surroundings were beautiful; streams, bright landscapes, forests, glowing sunsets, but also a lot of frustration, boredom and conflict. It was easy not to fit in, and we were treated as such. About a year ago the local paper wanted to interview us, but it soon turned into a farse. The questions were silly, so we gave silly answers, and next thing you know there’s a hateful article about us that our parents had to read for breakfast. It’s funny now, but our folks keep a low profile nowadays haha.
Do you think where you reside today has a large impact on your music?
Gothenburg is bigger, but by no means big. It’s an industrial city with a lot of rain most of the year, so it’s only natural that the creativity is blooming here, even though most of what comes out of this city is utter rubbish. This place, when comparing to Stockholm, is more relaxed, more humble minded, cheaper, which makes it easier to spend most of your time on art.
Where do you get your ideas, and inspiration from? What's the driving force behind your music?
Ingmar Bergman once said that he could only make happy films when he was miserable, and dark films when he was happy, and that’s kind of how we operate as well. We don’t bury ourselves in self pity and gloom when making music, we try do turn the feeling around, but there’s always some of the melancholy left in there.
What is your creative process like? Do you have an idea of what your want to the product to sound like when you start?
No, there’s never any goal we try to achieve, the songs takes us where they are supposed to be. We don’t want to close any routes, we need to keep that naïve attitude about life, there’s no closed doors. You can tell straight away if a song is mapped out, perfectly executed from start to finish. It’s hollow.
If you could do a show anywhere, where would you play?
On a beach somewhere in front of a sunset that goes on forever. Or on the roof top of a light house. Or in an old wooden boat house. Or on a cricket field below a harvest moon. Anywhere, as long as it’s not indoors.
What's the weirdest thing that has ever happened during a show?
Actually, we have only done one performance as of yet, last summer. It was a freak show. Henning of the Tough Alliance stormed the stage with a drum and took the whole thing over, girls gried his name and climbed the stage and Joel got kicked out from his own concert by the security and the technicians pulled the plug after two songs. At least that’s what we’ve been told, can’t remember a thing haha, we need a bit more practise I think.
During your downtime, what do you enjoy to do?
Flying kites, sailing, badminton, swimming. Have you ever seen a sad person at a beach? Like, apart from a kid who got stung by a wasp? No.
How do you think the internet affects the music industry?
In the beginning we were happy, beacuse downloading meant the major labels would get a wake up call, but in the end it hurts small time labels even more. What worried us most though, was that the context of the music would get lost in the sea of mp3s, but you’ve just have got to find another way of working with it. Music is only 50% of Air France. We use text, images, geography, anything really, to create other levels of what we want to convey.
What kind of music could you go the rest of your days without listening?
We don’t care for most types of rock. There’s no playfullness in most of it, just stupidity, machoism, conservatism.
Favorite Expression?
Why have roots, when you have feet? Haha it’s better in Swedish when it rhymes.
If you could sum yourself up in a few words, what would they be?
Erratic and erotic.