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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/article2255204.ece
'For three moody b*****ds it's a really up record'
By JACQUI SWIFT
Published: 20 Feb 2009
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
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KEITH FLINT is jogging on the spot backstage, gearing up for what will be The Prodigy’s final Big Day Out show.
At the front of the Claremont Showground in Perth, the Aussie crowds are ready to erupt as they wait for the headlining Essex ravers.
Some fans are climbing trees to gain a better view of the stage.
Throughout Australia’s biggest touring festival, The Prodigy have been on top of their game.
“Adelaide was deafening, Melbourne was intense, Sydney was like going back to Raindance in 1989 and Perth will just blow your mind,” an elated Keith told me when we met a few hours earlier.
“We never suffer bad gigs but these have been something else. The crowd noise has been thunderous. We’re just ripping it apart. It feels like we’re causing a riot — a Prodigy uprising.”
It has been five years since the rave rockers released an album of new material.
They have still been performing but now, with the imminent arrival of their fifth album Invaders Must Die, and new tracks to play tonight, the trio are invigorated.
Even Liam Howlett, the group’s producer, main writer and overall musical brains, who is suffering from a hangover.
He tells me: “We are having a great time on this tour and it does take you back. Sydney was something special. It was as if we were in a time capsule, like The Fat Of The Land had just come out.”
In reality it is 12 years since the release of their multi-platinum, career-defining, crossover album. But that doesn’t mean The Prodigy are on a nostalgia tour.
While Invaders Must Die has plenty from their old skool days, it is also packed with fresh styles.
There’s the euphoric Take Me To The Hospital, the stomping Thunder and a ferocious track, Run With The Wolves, which features Foo Fighter Dave Grohl on drums.
Omen and Invaders Must Die were co-produced with Does It Offend You, Yeah? frontman James Rushent.
Liam says: “For me, Take Me To The Hospital is unhinged. It’s the total sound clash of us three guys. It’s like a car crash of our personalities and our inspirations. I really love that track.
Retro
“It sounds like we’re comfortable with who we are and our roots. Rave culture sometimes gets overlooked but it’s as important as the punk movement. We didn’t want to make a retro album that sounds like a blast from the past.”
It is also a record which Liam regards as their most collaborative.
Its predecessor, 2004’s Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned — Liam’s “solo Prodigy record” — marked a low point for the band.
There were huge fall-outs — Liam and Keith didn’t speak for a year — when Liam, who had written most of the album in his time away from the others, decided he wanted guest vocalists on the album rather than his bandmates.
He signed up actress Juliette Lewis, rapper Kool Keith, The Magnificent Ping Pong Bitches and Liam’s brother-in-law, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.
But Liam Howlett, married to former All Saint Natalie Appleton, has no regrets. “It had to happen. it is an album we’re ALL very proud of. Just because these guys aren’t on it, they were still part of it. I guess it was confusing to fans.
“Some thought we had split but it was just the scenario that was going on at that time.”
When The Prodigy formed in 1990, they became the first real band of the rave generation.
Keith says: “At the start of the rave scene, you had two creative outlets: The DJ and the PA.
“Liam had the freedom to write a DJ track and then we performed it. It slowly came together into one when we went from the Experience album to Music For The Jilted Generation. We almost became another band again.
“That freedom for Liam has had to remain because it was what kept the band fresh and exciting at the beginning.”
Whatever wounds Maxim and Keith suffered when Liam decided to work without them have clearly healed. For Invaders, released on their own label, it was “back to being a band” and today the trio say their friendship is as strong as ever.
Stubborn
Liam says: “We are like brothers and brothers fall out, but the band never broke up.
“There was never ever a day when I thought it didn’t exist. You might say that if you’re not touring, writing an album or hanging out together, then you’re not together. You’ve split. But call it what you like, this is not a reunion album.
“We’re three quite stubborn people and there’s no way we would have got into a studio if we didn’t want to. We really fought hard to make this a great album and I know to do that you’ve got to f****** leave behind a time when everything’s gone a bit s***. And we have.”
Although they had sorted out their differences and returned to playing live together in 2005, only two years ago was their camaraderie cemented when they began work on Invaders.
Keith says: “The first studio we were in was definitely a party studio. We had lots of fun.
“It can be quite daunting the first time that soundproof box is closed and you’re there to lay down your vocals. You have to approach it professionally but you also need to be expressive. We had to relax first and get into the mood for this album.”
Maxim adds: “We didn’t have a record deal then so that was less pressure. We were very relaxed. Maybe even too relaxed.”
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And so the band found themselves with plenty of ideas for tracks but no completed songs. Liam says: “We had 30 ideas but no finished tunes but had started to experiment.We wanted to push the vocals on this album. Omen is a lot more melodic than what we normally do, for example.”
In the process, Liam tried out a number of producers to work with. But after five months, he decided he’d be better producing the album himself
Does he feel he wasted time? Liam says: “No, because it was a learning process. It took me that long to figure it out. And I didn’t want to get in the comfort zone. That can happen with outside producers. Maybe I am just a bit of a control freak.”
Keith butts in: “Liam is a control freak but our strength means we’re not yes men either. We say no when we need to and that is a unique chemistry.”
One thing The Prodigy aren’t making a big thing of is having Dave Grohl drum on the track Run With The Wolves.
Keith says: “He’s credited but his name’s not in big letters and there won’t be any life-size cutout of him holding the album in the window of HMV.”
Liam explains: “We’ve known Dave for years, since the Foo Fighters started and they supported us a few times.
“He is the nicest guy in rock without a doubt. If he was in London for one night and we were playing a gig, he would just turn up and play.
“He emailed me after he had finished touring and said, ‘Why don’t we do a track?’
Venomous
“I was just about to deliver my album and so said yes, if he could get it out of the bag quickly. He sent me a hard drive full of drum tracks and Run With The Wolves was born out of that. It was a vocal Keith had done on an old tune and we assembled it together.
“It’s a venomous tune. It’s so different to the rest of the album which is uplifting and abrasive. For three moody bastards, it’s a really up record.
“I’m a beats man and a beat thief through and through. If there’s a drummer to sample, then Dave Grohl’s the man.”
Live, 2009 promises to be a big year for The Prodigy. As well as headlining Download and Global Gathering they go out on an arena tour in April.
Liam says: “The only thing that has changed in the way we tour now compared to the old days is we have certain rules.
“We don’t tour for six months at a time. I like going away for a maximum of three weeks. I miss my family too much. It’s all about getting a balance.”
Keith says: “We are just made to perform and that’s why our shows are so wicked. We give them our all.
“It’s like King Canute — you can’t turn the tide. It’s there and you’ve just got to roll with it. Otherwise you just become a dinosaur.”
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Gashonka
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самая жёлтая в мире газетёнка сподобилась написать о продигах? интересно)
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Oko
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В статье есть что-то новое?
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orangefox
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В статье есть что-то новое?
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о будущем нет ничего, очередной рассказ о прошлом и о создании IMD. |
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Gashonka
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может факты интересные какие-нибудь?
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orangefox
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может факты интересные какие-нибудь?
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гм... ну совсем немного:
- перед созданием альбома у Лиэма было около 30 задумок для треков
- 5 месяцев Лиэм парился с разными продюсерами в конце концов решил спродюсировать альбом сам |
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Provadd
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Одно и тоже рассказывают...
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JOEY
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повторение- мать учения)))
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Himera
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может факты интересные какие-нибудь?
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- 5 месяцев Лиэм парился с разными продюсерами в конце концов решил спродюсировать альбом сам
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Вот объясните что здесь имеется в виду? Бред же, с какими продюсерами он там парился? На самом деле, мне кажется что альбому не хватает музыкального продакшна, он какойто не коммерческий получился
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orangefox
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может факты интересные какие-нибудь?
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- 5 месяцев Лиэм парился с разными продюсерами в конце концов решил спродюсировать альбом сам
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Вот объясните что здесь имеется в виду? Бред же, с какими продюсерами он там парился? На самом деле, мне кажется что альбому не хватает музыкального продакшна, он какойто не коммерческий получился
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хз. просто перевод фразы:
In the process, Liam tried out a number of producers to work with. But after five months, he decided he’d be better producing the album himself |
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oledjan
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Одни говорят, что альбом попсовый и коммерческий, а другие что некоммерческий. Причем очень часто одно и другое утверждают одни и те же люди. Видимо не могут решить, какой же все таки альбом на самом деле.
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