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Der Retro und seine Bands

Eine Zitatensammlung zum Thema „Retromania“ + Fotoalbum! Mit Girls, David Byrne, CANT, Cults, Ghost Wolves, Dirty Beaches, Twin Shadow, The Drums, Ariel Pink u.v.m.

Seit ich mir im zarten Alter von sechs Jahren die Fingernägel am Corpus eines Softball Schlägers zu den Klängen von Elvis‘ „Hound Dog“ blutig geschlagen habe, interessiert mich das Thema Retro. Hier eine Zitatensammlung aus Interviews mit Pop-Acts der letzten zwei Jahre - inklusive vintage Digitalfotoalbum ...

Ariel Pink - Godfather of Chillwave

Christian Lehner

"I latch on to very early memories. Early 80s and stuff. I want to remain their innocence. After that everything got worse. I am the last defender."

Chris Taylor (CANT) - fell in love with a synth

Christian Lehner

"A lot of it is a Yamaha CS-80 which is an incredible synthesizer. I wish I could own one so badly. But it is impossibly expensive. I saw one on eBay for 20.000 Dollars. I think they only made 2000 pieces. The whole Blade Runner soundtrack was done with it. Stevie Wonder used it. My friends have one, so I could use it for the record."

Alan Palomo (Neon Indian) - Post Chillwave Jockey

Christian Lehner

"My dad was sort of a pop star in Mexico in the 80s. His music had this kind of Hall & Oates vibe to it. As hommage I sampled a few bits for two songs on "Psychic Chasms". I looked at his old pictures and he had this huge Afro and a wide open shirt with all this chains on it. He looked like John Oates! But it's my dad, you know."

David Byrne - Ex Talking Head & Post Punk Icon

Christian Lehner

"I do think it's a little bit odd when someone tells me their child is into Jimi Hendrix or Talking Heads. It's nice. It's flattering. It's good to know that it's not forever lost and that a new generation discovers it. But then you think: Wow! Pop music hasn't changed that much. There are a lot of innovative things and styles. But the basic structure, the form of the song hasn't changed in years."

Ghost Wolves – Rock 'n' Roll Natives from Texas

Tina Schula

"The energy is from a greater source. All the people who have done it before are with us when we are sharing." Pic by Tina Schula.

Sharon Jones - Godmother of Brooklyn-Soul

Christian Lehner

"Hi, my name is Sharon Jones from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Some consider us retro. But we don't. We just make music that connects to your soul".

Christopher Owens (Girls) - Gospel Slacker

Christian Lehner

"Maybe some people are not aware of their influences and they think they do something very original. But most people are just not honest when they tell you they are not copying."

The Drums - keep it simple but be pretentious - pop

Christian Lehner

Conner: "We can talk about nostalgia but right NOW is way much more interesting, confusing and fucked up than the 60s ever were. In 20 years people will look back on the music and the political climate and they will say: Holy shit! Crazy times! I wish I was there." – Jonathan: "I think people right now look for a way to escape. Everything seems so mundane but at the same time so unsure. In America we are in a constant limbo. There is something very comforting in sounding like the Shangri-Las because, in a subconscious way, everything is simple again."

Chris Keating (Yeasayer) Eso-Pop-Futurist

Christian Lehner

"Sure, I love the way the Smiths or Joy Divison sound. But that's done and I didn't grow up in their times. The best way, as I see it, is to engage in a dialogue with the past and include contemporary culture. But I am definitely no "Retroist" as I call it".

Dee Dee Penny (Dum Dum Girls) - Romantic Folk Punk Rocker

Christian Lehner

"When I play a song on an acoustic guitar it always will sound like The Mamas and The Papas. But if i plug in an electric guitar it is pure punk rock."

Cults - Film Noir, Phil Spector and Electronic Beats

Christian Lehner

"The 60s and 70s? That's the dream. That period will always be idolized. People respected experimental stuff. Now we try to bring it there again."

Twin Shadow - Touching Things

Christian Lehner

"The physicals have been taken away from everything. When you type an "m" on the computer, the keys are soft and you don't hear a lot of noise, it's simply there. But when you are on a type writer you smash a "m" on a piece of paper. It's a tangible thing. I like that."

Jon Spencer (Heavy Trash) - Rock 'n' Roll Animal

Christian Lehner

"We are also hip and into new stuff."

John Paul Pitts (Surfer Blood) - Miami Anti-Beach Dude

Christian Lehner

"People tend to romanticize what they don't know.They also look back to what they grew up on, because they were too young to be involved in the scene to know what a sack of shit it was."

Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches) - Rock 'n' Roll Nomad

Christian Lehner

"It is a personal record for my father. He was a musician, but he gave up fast. So I wanted to show him, that his youth is in me. I channelled his image. I did the hair-thing just to look like him. And I wanted to play his music in my way and carry his name with me all across the USA, which he couldn't do in the 60s." – "We are the Fight Club generation. We just try to survive. So my life is on a constant repeat mode. I go from town to town, try to find work, play music, maybe find a girl too."