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Tell us about your new single ‘You control me’ – it’s your first outing on Gung-Ho! isn’t it?
((MARK)) Yes this is our first release with GUNG-HO! records, with our new release, we've been working on this specific sound for a while, its a kind of New romantic / nu-wave electronica house record, but its real bass and guitars with more of a ''BAND'' feel to it ((GARY)) We're drawing on a lot more of our non-house influences....our love for all music.... what we used to listen to when we were growing up and so on. What made you want to go with Gung-Ho!?
Its funny how it came together really, but a mate of ours Richard Murray (Housexy @ M.O.S resident) called to congratulate us on a track of ours which was doing the rounds. We told him that there was a new track we'd like to send him, but to have an open mind as it was a bit different. When he heard it, he asked if we didn’t mind whether he gave it to GUNG-HO! to check out. After about an hour Matt (Gung-Ho! boss) got in touch with his irresistible enthusiasm for the track. We've seen people get excited about music before but this was a real love for the track. It seemed like the right move, that and the fact he paid a bloody fortune for it!!! Only joking! The video looks fun, what’s the story behind that?
The video was on the cards from the start, we all had our own
ideas, it was loosely based on how Rich (Murray) and Matt (Gung-Ho!) became pals, I mean it happened JUST like it did at the start of the video, We DONT MEAN Rich hypnotized Matt from his bedroom with his voodoo remote control and had is ugly way with him (we think.....no, hope he didn't!). He met Matt when he answered an add to sell his TV!!! We loved the story and we added the, the bed, the streets and the eyeliner in afterwards. Is Lil*Devious very much a full time job? What are your plans for 2008?
Lil* Devious is a full time job yeah, were both working on an album
for 2008, its the first time in 15 years we've had the ability time and patience to sit down in our studio's to work on specific ideas. Its much easier having two set ups where we can both work, where as we both used to meet up at a certain time
each week and almost TRY to be creative, that’s NOT an easy thing to do, although its the way we've done it for so long, the way we do it now is much more enjoyable.
Mark – this is your vocal debut was it nerve wracking to do?
Yes!, its a weird way it turned out as the original vocal you hear is
the first and only version we recorded, it was supposed
to be a guide vocal, so we could send it to various singers, but as we
started to mix it into the track, Gary looked at me and I thought
OH NO!!... I ACTUALLY LIKE THIS VOCAL, he said it too at exactly the same
time!!! We do that quite often, there’s a real similarity in the way
we both think about the material were working on, comes with working
together for so long probably, like all the greats, Lennon & McCartney,
Torville & Dean, Rod Hull & Emu.
There’s more tracks with my vocals on so it seems I've gained a new job as
front man - sex god - tea maker.
((GARY)) I'm still the boffin and occasional triangle soloist........I know my place.
Tell us about your other ventures…
Us & Jay Forrester (Groove Invaderz) are currently setting up
a record label for the release our more "housier/techier" material under different guises probably -Mark re-starts a RADIO show in the coming weeks too that he
had during July & September, on Citybeat - its a small station
but with some good people. It's streamed around the world and seems to have a
decent sized listener base. All that and were going to start DJ'ing again
too. We took ourselves out the game for a while, we kind of felt we'd had enough, but now the tunes are getting more on our level again and we
feel there's music worth playing again. Keep your eyes peeled for forthcoming dates. You can watch the video to ‘You Control Me’ at http://youtube.com/watch?v=9zfmThKwpAA
http://www.myspace.com/lildeviousmusic
http://www.myspace.com/gunghorecordings
http://www.myspace.com/markdvs ‘You Control me’ is out Dec 17th on Gung-Ho! (information provided by the pr company)
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