It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band, we were able to be dragged along by the spirit of that time.
Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which c… - Stephen Mallinder
Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which c…
- Stephen Mallinder
You don't have to be trained in music to create sounds and to produce and release music. That's what we were saying back in 73-74. And that's the way… - Stephen Mallinder
You don't have to be trained in music to create sounds and to produce and release music. That's what we were saying back in 73-74. And that's the way…
I think we saw our reaction coming from Dada, but at the same time, it formed into punk, which was very much a reaction to the social conditions. Tha… - Stephen Mallinder
I think we saw our reaction coming from Dada, but at the same time, it formed into punk, which was very much a reaction to the social conditions. Tha…
[Kino] worked really well as a song title, and to build into a lyric, and also how we embraced mulit-media at the time. - Stephen Mallinder
[Kino] worked really well as a song title, and to build into a lyric, and also how we embraced mulit-media at the time.
We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people. - Stephen Mallinder
We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.
I edited Big Funk, some of the footage was shot by Peter Care. We were film buffs as much as music buffs, and so there are film reference as well as … - Stephen Mallinder
I edited Big Funk, some of the footage was shot by Peter Care. We were film buffs as much as music buffs, and so there are film reference as well as …
We were responding to a period in the 70s when we started that it was very much you cannot be involved in music unless you studied to do music. - Stephen Mallinder
We were responding to a period in the 70s when we started that it was very much you cannot be involved in music unless you studied to do music.
I think in everything we did, there's a sense of tension and a sense of things pulling in a different way. It's interesting calling it "beat music". … - Stephen Mallinder
I think in everything we did, there's a sense of tension and a sense of things pulling in a different way. It's interesting calling it "beat music". …
I think underneath it all [in the Big Funk] was a little bit of a Europeanness in it. - Stephen Mallinder
I think underneath it all [in the Big Funk] was a little bit of a Europeanness in it.
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