international news _ 13th September, 2006
Motor Rev Up With Phil Kieran
Text by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)
Acclaimed electro-rockers Motor have announced they’re to release two tracks
off their recent debut album "Klunk", '1X1' and 'King Of USA', remixed by Phil
Kieran and Abe Duque respectively.
Bryan Black, the American half of the French-US duo learned his craft
engineering for Prince at his Paisley Park studios in Minneapolis and
chatting to Skrufff recently said the experience had taught him a lot.
“It was incredibly hard work but it was also so inspiring working with
Prince, itwas the hardest job I’ve ever had but it taught me everything I
know about producing music,” he recalled.
“He would perform shows at his Paisley Park studios and invite around a
hundred people from the city, they’d select people from downtown clubs in
Minneapolis to come to an after-party to see Prince play at 3 in the morning
and he’d play for three or four hours, for free,” he recalled.
“He just enjoyed performing and we’d do that virtually every day of the
week. So I’d be doing my day job then staying there all night for the gigs.
At one point Prince gave me a pager and he might page me in the middle of
the night to run up to the studio. I did that for about six months. Though
it was incredibly hard it was also so inspiring working with Prince. But I
was focused on making music for myself so after a while I decided to learn
what I could then have a go myself,” he said.
'1X1'/ 'King of USA' is out on Novamute on October 16.
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