I think whatever we've done as a band at The Clientele, we've done because it's so natural. Our "old" sound isn't really like any actual bands from old times. We take elements of past music styles and past sounds as… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
When you're in a daze - whether it's from running or a hangover or whatever else - I think that ideas from your subconscious… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
There's nobody on a normal income who can afford to live anywhere centrally, so everything becomes displaced and decentralized. The city [of London] becomes… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
We're in a situation now where we've got five long-play records of sort of eerie psychedelic pop music. I don't think that we can… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
I remember the period in the 1980s where the Beatles were terminally uncool, and it seemed to me then like they were just my… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
I was very lucky, because when I was at school, I had a great music teacher who would just take out these free-jazz records… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
It's very interesting to read why Cornelius Cardew became disenchanted with academic avant-garde music. He wanted to reach as many people as possible and… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very idea of… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das Kapital over… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
I think that's one of the problems with downloading mps these days. You never really get a chance to attune to a different logic,… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
John [Lennon] as a singer - the way he sings on "Twist and Shout" and the way he sings on "Strawberry Fields Forever" -… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
Cornelius Cardew very famous in Britain, because he was the darling of the avant-garde, and he played in a band called AMM, which was… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
I'm a huge Boards Of Canada fan. They're my favorite contemporary band. The interesting thing about Boards Of Canada is, they use analog and… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share
