Interview : Stranger Son (Gareth Smith)

1. Your first musical memories?
Puff the Magic Dragon

2. The best record you received as a present? / The worse one?
Philip Glass box set / Norah Jones record

3. The first record that you lost?
Puff the Magic Dragon

4. The name of your imaginary band?
U2

5. In which environment do you like to record music?
A quiet one

6. What will music sound like in 50 years / 5000 years?
50 years - exactly the same as today / 5000 years - hopefully everyone will have given up

7. Which underrated album will start a new musical genre?
Hopefully the one featuring John Cage's 4'33

8. Which album should never have been made?
Any by those modern indie bands signed to major labels

9. Your favourite album to have a drink?
Red Roses for Me - The Pogues

10. Your dream collaboration?
Bing and Bowie

11. The record that freaks you out?
The Monks - Black Monk Time

12. The record you would like to listen to right now?
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

13. The film that tickles your creativity?
Purple Rain

14. The little-known track that everyone should have heard of?
Hammell on Trial - John Lennon

15. An album or an artist you wouldn’t want to be?
Coldplay - how have they not been found out?

16. The cover version you would love to do?
Suicide - Space Blue Bamboo

17. The mashup you would love to do?
Anything by Lonnie Donegan vs anything by La Roux

18. The text you would like to produce a soundtrack for?
An Illustrated History of Hull City Football Club

19. Have you ever had auditory hallucinations?
No

20. How would you like to die?
With Debt




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Albums : Luna Marseille (2011) and Einstein's Getaway (2009). Best cuts : Inside Many Summers et Engine.