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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Kele...is everywhere
The Kele movement is gathering steam...click here to watch three brilliant live videos of 'Tenderoni', 'Everything You Wanted' and 'On The Lam', recorded for a Steve Lamacq session a couple days ago.
He is also featured on the front cover of this week's NME...watch here a video interview he recorded for the magazine!
Edit: The three videos are now on YouTube...watch 'Everything You Wanted' below, and click here to watch the other two tracks!
He is also featured on the front cover of this week's NME...watch here a video interview he recorded for the magazine!
Edit: The three videos are now on YouTube...watch 'Everything You Wanted' below, and click here to watch the other two tracks!
Kele and his band performing 'Everything You Wanted' at the BBC
Labels: Interviews, Kele, Radio_sessions, The Boxer, Videos
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Bloc Party - Live from Abbey Road
Bloc Party recently performed at the famous Abbey Road studios as part of a programme which aired last Saturday on Channel 4 (UK). Watch the interview plus live versions of 'Mercury', 'Signs' and 'The Prayer' below...
Bloc Party recently performed at the famous Abbey Road studios as part of a programme which aired last Saturday on Channel 4 (UK). Watch the interview plus live versions of 'Mercury', 'Signs' and 'The Prayer' below...
Kele's in retrograde
I see signs now all the time
The Gord's Prayer
I see signs now all the time
The Gord's Prayer
Labels: Interviews, Intimacy, Television, Videos
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Going a bit Tong?
"The future of Bloc Party has been called into question by drummer Matt Tong, who hinted that he is not certain of his continued role in the band. Tong said the group is planning a long break, and that he "wouldn't mind trying something else for a while".
The band are in the middle of a month-long UK tour, but "unfortunately that is going to be it for the time being", Tong told the BBC's Subculture show. "We definitely need to have a break and gain a bit of perspective on life outside of the band. Hopefully, if we do reconvene at some point we'll be refreshed with many new ideas."
Frontman Kele Okereke has also mentioned taking a break, telling an Australian interviewer: "We may take a year off, we may take three years off. We may never make a record again or we may head straight back in and do a record." But while Okereke's comments suggest a temporary break – recalling bassist Gordon Moakes's "baby hiatus" – Tong's doubts seem to go deeper.
"I definitely don't think this will be the last you'll hear of the people who make up Bloc Party," he said, suggesting that side-projects or perhaps a rearranged lineup are likely. "Kele is an insatiable workaholic so you'll definitely hear from him again along with [guitarist] Russell [Lissack] and Gordon," Tong said."
Let's hope it's just tour fatigue syndrome kicking in. Either way, it looks like Bloctober will be the last we hear from Bloc Party for a while. UK Bloctober attendees, make the most of these gigs.
Labels: Interviews, Random
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Reading & Leeds Gubbins
And here's a Kele interview recorded backstage at Reading, 10 years since Kele and Russell first met and kickstarted the Bloc Party love...
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Saturday, August 01, 2009
One of Joan Armatrading's favourite guitarists...
...is Russell Lissack! A current BBC Radio 4 programme features Joan Armatrading, a West Indian-born singer songwriter, famous in the UK during the 1980s, interviewing her favourite guitarists. Listen to her 15 minute interview with Russell here, a "young pioneer whose extensive use of effects is expanding the range of the guitar to a new generation of musicians" (copyright Radio 4's posh announcer man).
...is Russell Lissack! A current BBC Radio 4 programme features Joan Armatrading, a West Indian-born singer songwriter, famous in the UK during the 1980s, interviewing her favourite guitarists. Listen to her 15 minute interview with Russell here, a "young pioneer whose extensive use of effects is expanding the range of the guitar to a new generation of musicians" (copyright Radio 4's posh announcer man).
Labels: Interviews, Random
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
XFM Interview
In which Matt lets slip that Bloc Party may be playing at a certain Somerset festival this summer...
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Bloc Party YouTubeage...
Gordy and Matt interviewed backstage in NYC for Elle.com
Possibly the most unusual / multi-layered mashup ever...'Where Is Diana's Home?' by Colatron
Bloc Party - 'Where Is Home?' (Burial Remix) vs. Sabres of Paradise - 'Haunted Dancefloor' vs. Michael Jackson - 'Dirty Diana' vs. Princess Diana - Martin Bashir interview
Labels: Interviews, Mashups, Videos
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Dummy interview Kele
Kele gave a rare UK interview for Dummy magazine last month...read his thoughts on synths, heartbreak and crap rock bands here.
Labels: Interviews
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
FaceCulture interview Matt...
Click on the links below to check out a FaceCulture video exclusive...watch Matt speak about the previous two albums ('Silent Alarm' = too long, 'A Weekend In The City' = too textured!), 'Intimacy''s subject matter, and taking a year off after the current tour's finished (he wants to learn how to kayak and Russell's going back to furniture making).
[Watch] Matt's FaceCulture interview: Part I, Part II, Part III
Click on the links below to check out a FaceCulture video exclusive...watch Matt speak about the previous two albums ('Silent Alarm' = too long, 'A Weekend In The City' = too textured!), 'Intimacy''s subject matter, and taking a year off after the current tour's finished (he wants to learn how to kayak and Russell's going back to furniture making).
[Watch] Matt's FaceCulture interview: Part I, Part II, Part III
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
'Signs' remixed, Kele interviewed!
With it's music box glockenspiel and electronic backbone, 'Signs' is just asking to be remixed and, lo-and-behold, that's exactly what German producer/remixer/DJ MMMatthias has gone and done. Download the reworking in all its sparkly, pulsating glory below...
[Download - 11.4MB] Signs (MMMatthias Remix)
And here's a recent interview that Kele gave with Australian radio station Triple J in which he talks about, amongst other things, the Brazil MTV mix-up. Thanks to Eleanor for the heads up!
[Download - 4.7MB] Kele interview (Triple J, Australian radio, 27th October 2008)
Labels: Audio, Interviews, Remixes
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed for NME.com...
In which Mr. Okereke and Mr. Tong watch biodiesel fuel being made in front of their very eyes, discuss their next album (only likely to be available as sheet music due to credit crunch-driven electricity shortages), and announce that they will be performing live on their upcoming South American tour. Clicky here.
In which Mr. Okereke and Mr. Tong watch biodiesel fuel being made in front of their very eyes, discuss their next album (only likely to be available as sheet music due to credit crunch-driven electricity shortages), and announce that they will be performing live on their upcoming South American tour. Clicky here.
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed for NYLON TV
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Kele interviewed on MTV Canada
(To be taken with a pinch of salt)
Labels: Interviews
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed at Scotland's Connect Festival!
In which Kele confesses his love for Paolo Nutini and describes a spooky experience...
In which Kele confesses his love for Paolo Nutini and describes a spooky experience...
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Kele and Matt interviewed at Reading Festival...
Edit: Watch Bloc Party's Reading Festival set here, courtesy of the lovely people at the BBC.
Edit: Watch Bloc Party's Reading Festival set here, courtesy of the lovely people at the BBC.
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Bloc Party session on 6 Music
On the eve of the third album release, Bloc Party this evening performed 'Mercury' and 'Flux' on Steve Lamacq's 6 Music show. Kele and Matt were also interviewed about 'Intimacy', which, according to this article, is Kele's break-up album (relationship-wise, not with the band). The production of the album was spread 50-50 between Paul Epworth (songs already pre-written) and Jacknife Lee (tracks which were written in the studio during the recording process).
Those on the ball will be able to download the new album in all its digital glory at 9am tomorrow morning, so get writing your sick notes now. It feels like Christmas Eve, aged 12, all over again!
To listen again to Bloc Party's 6 Music appearance, click here and fast-forward. The interview can be found at 1:43 and the session at 2:23.
Edit: Zane Lowe previewed another new song from the album tonight as his 'Hottest Record In The World'. To listen to 'One Month Off', click here and fast-forward 30 minutes (after Sigur Rós)!
Edit #2: Watch the BBC 6 Music session below...
Labels: Interviews, Intimacy, Radio_sessions
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Matt interview on Radio 1's Chart Show...
Clicky here and scroll down the page to hear Matt wax lyrical on Belgian chips, discuss his slightly unusual voicemail and update us with progress on new material.
Labels: Interviews
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Saturday, August 09, 2008
Kele from The Bloc Party...Lollapalooza interview
Labels: Interviews, Videos
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
Drowned in Sound interviews Kele
As a not-so-cleverly-disguised marketing ploy for the live webchat tomorrow, Kele has taken part in a preliminary Any Question Answered session with Drowned in Sound. Read the full article here. This is what he has to say on the new Bloc Party album:
"We're looking at putting a record out at the end of this year, or the start of next year. Right now it feels almost like we're standing in the middle of a forest fire or an earthquake…it’s hard to know where the music is going. We aim to make something organic and inorganic, made of very real components but that sounds not real and frightening. Almost hyper real in a certain aspect. I'm really excited."
As a not-so-cleverly-disguised marketing ploy for the live webchat tomorrow, Kele has taken part in a preliminary Any Question Answered session with Drowned in Sound. Read the full article here. This is what he has to say on the new Bloc Party album:
"We're looking at putting a record out at the end of this year, or the start of next year. Right now it feels almost like we're standing in the middle of a forest fire or an earthquake…it’s hard to know where the music is going. We aim to make something organic and inorganic, made of very real components but that sounds not real and frightening. Almost hyper real in a certain aspect. I'm really excited."
Labels: Interviews
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Kele webchat...live this Friday at 11am GMT!
Kele will be giving his first 'interview' for a long, long time (well, a few months anyway) on Friday when he takes part in a live webchat for AQA 63336 (Any Question Answered)...a UK text service which strives to find out the answer to any question texted in (e.g. Why do men have nipples? Why do you never see baby pigeons? Why do The Kooks exist?).
This is AQA's first live "celebrity answers" session...starting at 11am GMT on Friday 6th June you will be able to put your questions to Kele directly for free. Go here for more info. Maybe Kele will spill the beans on the new Bloc Party material. Anyone who asks what colour underwear he's wearing will be pelted with crunchy peanut butter...you have been warned.
Edit: read a transcript of the webchat here!
Labels: Interviews
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