NME Vibes section this week or last week has a page-long interview with Plaid,
with a picture to boot. I think it's the first time I've actually seen a
picture of their faces - I saw them live in SF a while ago but didn't remember
what they looked like. Not that it matters when it comes to enjoying the
music, obviously.
Anyways, some interesting paraphrased quotes:
- They seem to enjoy working and touring with Bjork. If their production work
was mishandled as Ken suggested, they seem to be hiding any bitterness pretty
well.
- All the gear used by the Black Dog was at Ken's place (does that mean Black
Dog Towers?), and Ed and Andy were too much of "wusses" to go back and get
some of it for themselves, so the Plaid boys had no gear at first, which is
partly why they resorted to doing a lot of collaboration work so they could
pay for new machines before starting work on the album.
- They hold no grudges towards Ken. They did say Ken wanted Black Dog to stay
very tight i.e. stay away from collaborations with other folks (like that
Anti-Cylob lady). Ed and Andy didn't share this attitude towards
collaborations, so for example on Not For Threes they worked with three guest
vocalists.
Any comments, Ken? I'm not taking sides or trying to tick you off. I think
both camps make brilliant music, although admittedly Music for Adverts took a
long time for me to get into, and Not For Threes is rather disappointing.
Also, are there artists / vocalists you would want to collaborate with?
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