SEEKAE interview - shorter
What:
Seekae interview
Who:
Dominic Kirkwood speaks to George Nicholas
On:
The Sound of Trees Falling on People is out on Rice is Nice
Win:
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Seekae are a three piece from Sydney who are re-releasing their debut album The Sound of Trees Falling on People (SOTFP). For the uninitiated, their sound is ethereal, mostly instrumental, twitchy music with deep filmic undertones. Although commonly described as sounding like early Aphex Twin or Boards of Canada, Seekae also take after an impressive lineage of Australian predecessors. I'm thinking bands like Essendon Airport, The Necks and the effervescent Pivot. With the other two members, John Hassel and Alex Cameron, in absentia I chatted with George Nicholas about the burden of the "ambient" tag, the benefits of receiving government money and their new musical direction.
Dominic Kirkwood: Does it feel weird to be re-releasing SOTFP?
George Nicholas: It does actually. We're happy that it's being re-released though because I feel that it didn't get much exposure at all. We were distributing the record ourselves and selling it online. We were quite surprised by how many people were buying it online.
DK: You've coined your sound as "Ghetto Ambient". I'm interested that you're using the ambient tag. Are you taking the piss or are you serious about it?
GN: We're kind of taking the piss (laughs).
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