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THE ROCKOMONDO INTERVIEW Recorded at the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Holland, in January 2004. Interviewer:
Jean-Pierre Moya The interview
was broadcast on French indie radio Rockomondo. The recording itself contained
too much background noise in some parts and only excerpts were used on
the air. Those are the ones included in the mp3. The program's host Jean-Pierre
Moya transcribed the whole interview, though. That edited transcription
is online
at the Rockomondo site. Many thanks to Jean-Pierre for providing the
recording. Download
the high quality mp3 (right-click and "save as") The soundfile does not include the questions asked, so here they are - plus the beginning of the answers.
1) Can you tell us about your hometown of Aarhus? How it's like and what's happening there so we can better imagine the place you live in? Give us the tourist office speech. Aarhus most of all is a city by the sea…
2) What was your musical background? Does it come from you childhood too? Did you get some classical training for instance? Katrine's family is very musical…
3) You formed the band almost ten years ago. It's something that started very early for you… that urge to express yourself through music? That's right. It's nice, we have know each other for so long now…
4) You found musicians who played acoustic instruments like accordion, violin, cello. So even before the band started you already had a very clear idea of the music you wanted to do and how it was going to sound...? Eh yes… it wasn't the idea of how it should sound…
5) There are clearly classical, folk and jazz influences all mixed together. Where does it come from actually? What are the roots of your music? Well it comes from the people in the band…
6) You chose the producer of your first album, Manne von Ahn Öberg, because of Swedish artist Stina Nordenstam...? Yes, we knew him from the Stina Nordenstam album called "Dynamite"…
7) If we consider that the creative team in Under Byen was mostly made of two girls at first, would you say also that there is a female aspect in what you're doing? Yes, very much so…
8) In 2002 you were chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the ten most promising bands for the years to come and you also played in New York. Did it help in opening doors for the band in the USA? We are talking with some people over there…
9) And what about the rest of the world? Until now, we haven't heard much about you outside Denmark... No, we don't know yet… We are going to play in Norway…
10) Have you been told already that you should better sing in English if you wanted to reach a wider audience? Some people have talked about it…
11) What are your lyrics about? Do they tell stories or is this something more poetic and more elusive? Yes... I think Thorbjørn should answer it…
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