Interview from Rock-City.co.uk Posted there 16 May 2000 Q. How long have you been together? A. We have been together for seven years. My brother David started the band; I joined as the lead singer. We did gigs and got a record deal, it was very unspectacular. Q. Did you get help from your father? (Stephen and David’s father was a famous 60’s radio DJ called Zaki) A. No, we didn’t tell people that he was our father because we didn’t want that to influence the way people thought of us as a band. Q. I read that your backing singer Helmut left in January, why was this? A. He was never in the band, he’s just a friend of ours who sang with us for a while, and then he left to do his own thing. Q. In which country is your music most popular? A. Belgium, we have a gold record in Belgium, which means we have sold 30,000 copies of our album. Our music is also very popular in Holland and France but it is harder to get a gold record in Holland than it is in Belgium. Q. How would you describe your style of music? A. It is really hard to do this; we just do our own thing. We have over a thousand different influences. Some people say that we make pop, rock music but we also use samples with a hip-hop beat. Q. Why have the rest of the band apart from you two brothers been coming and going over the years? A. The people in our band are from our hometown; some have left to do other things. When people leave we don’t look for people to replace them, people from our hometown just join in, like Helmut. Q. Who has influenced your music the most why and how? A. Our music is influenced by every kind of music rock, pop and even techno. Q. How many languages do you sing in? A. We only sing in English. Q. Being brothers do you ever have arguments or just get bored with each other’s company? A. Yeah we argue with each other constantly, but its ok. I would rather leave the band than loose my brother though, if the arguments were that bad. After all it’s only a band, David is more important. Q. What are you doing in London, England at the moment? A. We were DJ ing at a club in London last night called trash and in Leeds the night before DJ ing there we are going home tonight. We are coming over next week to record the video for our next single. We are also playing at Glastonberry, T in the park and V 2000 this summer, I hope it doesn’t rain; I don’t like it when it rains. Q. How long have you been together? A. We have been together for seven years. My brother David started the band; I joined as the lead singer. We did gigs and got a record deal, it was very unspectacular. Q. Did you get help from your father? (Stephen and David’s father was a famous 60’s radio DJ called Zaki) A. No, we didn’t tell people that he was our father because we didn’t want that to influence the way people thought of us as a band. Q. I read that your backing singer Helmut left in January, why was this? A. He was never in the band, he’s just a friend of ours who sang with us for a while, and then he left to do his own thing. Q. In which country is your music most popular? A. Belgium, we have a gold record in Belgium, which means we have sold 30,000 copies of our album. Our music is also very popular in Holland and France but it is harder to get a gold record in Holland than it is in Belgium. Q. How would you describe your style of music? A. It is really hard to do this; we just do our own thing. We have over a thousand different influences. Some people say that we make pop, rock music but we also use samples with a hip-hop beat. Q. Why have the rest of the band apart from you two brothers been coming and going over the years? A. The people in our band are from our hometown; some have left to do other things. When people leave we don’t look for people to replace them, people from our hometown just join in, like Helmut. Q. Who has influenced your music the most why and how? A. Our music is influenced by every kind of music rock, pop and even techno. Q. How many languages do you sing in? A. We only sing in English Q. Being brothers do you ever have arguments or just get bored with each other’s company? A. Yeah we argue with each other constantly, but its ok. I would rather leave the band than loose my brother though, if the arguments were that bad. After all it’s only a band, David is more important. Q. What are you doing in London, England at the moment? A. We were DJ ing at a club in London last night called trash and in Leeds the night before DJ ing there we are going home tonight. We are coming over next week to record the video for our next single. We are also playing at Glastonberry, T in the park and V 2000 this summer, I hope it doesn’t rain; I don’t like it when it rains. Q. When is the next album due out, have you recorded any new tracks for it yet? A. We are recording our new album in October and November, we are always writing songs. Q. Who writes your songs? A. David and Me write the songs, because we do it the best. We have our own recording studio at home and we mix everything at the same time. Q. What is your favourite city in Europe and why? A. Barcelona because it’s European but still Spanish. Its really laid back and it has some cool architecture it’s also near the sea. Q. What does the future hold for Soulwax? A. I don’t know, I never look into the future it will be good and full of surprises I hope. |x|Q. How long have you been together? A. We have been together for seven years. My brother David started the band; I joined as the lead singer. We did gigs and got a record deal, it was very unspectacular. Q. Did you get help from your father? (Stephen and David’s father was a famous 60’s radio DJ called Zaki) A. No, we didn’t tell people that he was our father because we didn’t want that to influence the way people thought of us as a band. Q. I read that your backing singer Helmut left in January, why was this? A. He was never in the band, he’s just a friend of ours who sang with us for a while, and then he left to do his own thing. Q. In which country is your music most popular? A. Belgium, we have a gold record in Belgium, which means we have sold 30,000 copies of our album. Our music is also very popular in Holland and France but it is harder to get a gold record in Holland than it is in Belgium. Q. How would you describe your style of music? A. It is really hard to do this; we just do our own thing. We have over a thousand different influences. Some people say that we make pop, rock music but we also use samples with a hip-hop beat. Q. Why have the rest of the band apart from you two brothers been coming and going over the years? A. The people in our band are from our hometown; some have left to do other things. When people leave we don’t look for people to replace them, people from our hometown just join in, like Helmut. Q. Who has influenced your music the most why and how? A. Our music is influenced by every kind of music rock, pop and even techno. Q. How many languages do you sing in? A. We only sing in English. Q. Being brothers do you ever have arguments or just get bored with each other’s company? A. Yeah we argue with each other constantly, but its ok. I would rather leave the band than loose my brother though, if the arguments were that bad. After all it’s only a band, David is more important. Q. What are you doing in London, England at the moment? A. We were DJ ing at a club in London last night called trash and in Leeds the night before DJ ing there we are going home tonight. We are coming over next week to record the video for our next single. We are also playing at Glastonberry, T in the park and V 2000 this summer, I hope it doesn’t rain; I don’t like it when it rains. Q. How long have you been together? A. We have been together for seven years. My brother David started the band; I joined as the lead singer. We did gigs and got a record deal, it was very unspectacular. Q. Did you get help from your father? (Stephen and David’s father was a famous 60’s radio DJ called Zaki) A. No, we didn’t tell people that he was our father because we didn’t want that to influence the way people thought of us as a band. Q. I read that your backing singer Helmut left in January, why was this? A. He was never in the band, he’s just a friend of ours who sang with us for a while, and then he left to do his own thing. Q. In which country is your music most popular? A. Belgium, we have a gold record in Belgium, which means we have sold 30,000 copies of our album. Our music is also very popular in Holland and France but it is harder to get a gold record in Holland than it is in Belgium. Q. How would you describe your style of music? A. It is really hard to do this; we just do our own thing. We have over a thousand different influences. Some people say that we make pop, rock music but we also use samples with a hip-hop beat. Q. Why have the rest of the band apart from you two brothers been coming and going over the years? A. The people in our band are from our hometown; some have left to do other things. When people leave we don’t look for people to replace them, people from our hometown just join in, like Helmut. Q. Who has influenced your music the most why and how? A. Our music is influenced by every kind of music rock, pop and even techno. Q. How many languages do you sing in? A. We only sing in English Q. Being brothers do you ever have arguments or just get bored with each other’s company? A. Yeah we argue with each other constantly, but its ok. I would rather leave the band than loose my brother though, if the arguments were that bad. After all it’s only a band, David is more important. Q. What are you doing in London, England at the moment? A. We were DJ ing at a club in London last night called trash and in Leeds the night before DJ ing there we are going home tonight. We are coming over next week to record the video for our next single. We are also playing at Glastonberry, T in the park and V 2000 this summer, I hope it doesn’t rain; I don’t like it when it rains. Q. When is the next album due out, have you recorded any new tracks for it yet? A. We are recording our new album in October and November, we are always writing songs. Q. Who writes your songs? A. David and Me write the songs, because we do it the best. We have our own recording studio at home and we mix everything at the same time. Q. What is your favourite city in Europe and why? A. Barcelona because it’s European but still Spanish. Its really laid back and it has some cool architecture it’s also near the sea. Q. What does the future hold for Soulwax? A. I don’t know, I never look into the future it will be good and full of surprises I hope. 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