Aquí tenéis una entrevista en inglés que Gorka (Noise on tour) realizó a Karate para esta web con motivo de su gira por nuestro país:
KARATE
:: EUROPEAN TOUR 2005 :: SPANISH TOUR ::
BY GORKA BARAIAZARRA :: (www.noiseontour.com)
CRLM:
When I listen your records, I can´t understand how the people classificed
Karate like an underground and emocore band. I feel Karate like a jazz
band, could i become mad?
--No, you could not become mad. I'm not sure about this either, but if
you listen to some of our early records like In Place of Real Insight,
there are indeed songs that fit in with that genre.
CRLM: Besides Karate,
you are ½ of the Secret Stars, you have a solo career, and you've
been known to dabble in drum & bass. What part does Karate play in
your musical life? And does Karate get jealous?
--No, they don't get jealous. We all have other projects, but Karate is
our main project most of the time.
ENTZUN: Explain
us which is the finality of "THE GRANGE", it seems ver interesting.
--If you go to www.secretstars.com, you can read all about the Grange.
CRLM: The last
year has given us many goods and interesting bands, in U.S.A. and Europe
above all. In general, Are you keeping the music tendencies?
--I don't really keep up with new music. There's too much old music to
listen to catch up on that I just don't have the time to listen to everything.
CRLM: What can
we expect in your next tour around Europe? great level like the past tours
or anything else?
--We'll play a lot of new songs, and as always, some older music for people
who have been fans for a while.
CRLM: "Pockets"
hasn´t much connection between the rest of your discography, has
it?
--I think it does. It's kind of a culmination of a lot of the things we've
been doing, but it's more concise than a lot of our older music.
CRLM: Jazz, slowcore
and technical technologies are better represent than in previous releases.
Is it the contribution of this release in Karate´s course?
--I'm not sure what you're saying. What is "slowcore"? I think
some of our earlier releases like Unsolved and Cancel/Sing are much more
Jazz-oriented than Pockets.
CRLM: I enjoyed
reading the reviews of Karate and i have never readed about your influencies.
Do you think have influences is necessary to create and develop music?
--Sure. We have many and spend a lot of time listening to all kinds of
music. I think listening is the most important skill a musician or a band
can develop.
CRLM: When the
tour are started, how does Karate pass their free time between shows?
--Usually driving, reading and listening to music or talking about politics.
CRLM: I read somewhere
that you are a genius repairing amps, baffles,...What are some hardware
and/or techniques you think are essential to your music? The past year
I had an interview with some punk & roll groups and the said me that
the equipment hasn´t an essential importance. How important is your
equipment in Karate´s shows?
--I like to have a very specific guitar sound, and I find that I spend
a lot of time working towards a sound that I hear in my head. Equipment
is just a means to achieve a sound or sonic identity.
CRLM: You have
visited in 2 tours The Basque Country and always have left here a very
good sensations. Which are your memories of Basque Country?. Here the
band are opened their minds and someone of them have Karate like an icon
of influence. Do you know any basque band?
--I know Negu Gorriak. They came and played in Washington DC when I lived
there. We love playing in Spain in general, and we met a lot of interesting
people there. It's a little difficult for us because all the shows are
so late, and things are usually not on schedule. We're not used to that,
but we try and adapt.
Entrevista:
Gorka "Noise on tour"
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