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ANDREAS & JAG / GELLER:
As far as I know
Andreas is Andreas Jansson and Jag is you. Actually I only know the song "Anyone's
dad". Can
you tell me a bit about the band history so far?
Andreas & Jag were formed in the Autumn of 1998. We started out mainly because
we felt that we wanted to indulge in the sanctuary of recording and that we wanted
to work differently than we had done with any other band. We wanted to record
fast and spontaneous using the equipment I had in my apartment that was more or
less Änglagård's old backline with Mellotrons, hand drums and analogue keyboards.
I also wanted to get away from the aspect of being " the drummer " so we started
to use loops and old autokomp drum machines as the rhythmic base for the recordings.
A lot of the early material was pretty acoustic and is sometimes recorded in a
pretty sketchy adventurous way. These first recordings are compiled on a demo
CD called The Uri Geller Syndrome. To enhance this idea of fast recording
with spontaneous overdubs we started to bring in guests for the recordings and
also live. We find it to be very interesting to hear how musicians react to what
they hear for the first time with an instrument at their hands. We have so far
had over thirty different people on our recordings and live stages. In the spring
of 1999 we toured America with an all American band. When we got back we were
very fuelled up by the experience and went back into recording mode. We returned
to America during the spring of 2000 as well as a joint venture with Pineforest
Crunch and Reminder. This meant obviously that was playing three sets a night
with three bands. So far we have recorded 26 songs on two CD's They new one is
was finished about two months back and is called Everyone Loves You. Have
you ever noticed that all the bands you played in have common names that are hard
to find in the internet? (Andreas & Jag, Reminder, and Anglagard ). Well
I don't really think any of my bands have been to good at the whole internet end
of things. But that is supposed to change, both Andreas & Jag and Pineforest Crunch
are working on their homepages as I write this. Why do you have a Swedish name
but English lyrics? The name means Andreas & I like in the King & I. Internationally
the band is called Geller but in Sweden we haven't really done the name change
yet. Do you miss playing complex epic (Änglagård-)songs sometimes? Occasionally
I miss a good old fashioned 15 minute bash out with complex time signatures and
loads of orchestral percussion and stuff. I produced an album with Texan Prog
rockers Deadwood Forest about two years back out which was good fun. But right
now I am very pleased with being on the production side of the recordings. Who
are your favourite drummers? I like Elvis Costello's drummer Pete Thomas a lot
for his sounds and timbre. Bill Bruford will probably have a special place with
me as well Stewart Copeland. I love Tom Waits "sense" of rhythm. What
are your favourite bands?
A couple bands that I like are Kraftwerk, Elvis Costello, John Cage, Neil Finn,
The Eels, Aphex twin, Can, Genesis, King Crimson, Tom Waits, Fiona Apple, Rufus
Wainright, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead to mention but a few. One artist that I am
really fond of is a "new" artist on Peter Gabriels label called Joseph Arthur.
Great solid songwriting and interesting production. I also like Pavements last
album and Beck's last two albums. I am also very fond of Electronica and old 60s
easy listening albums by Les Baxter and his likes. Any
further comments on your future plans, side projects I forgot to mention, upcoming
concerts or releases? Right
now Me and Andreas are working on a debut "real" mini album with the working title
Leather Gun. It will be released on the english label Fierce Panda sometime late
August early September. There will also be a single out from that mentioned album.
I am also working with my own solo project called Molesome which is a kind of
collagey melting pot of electronica, pop moods and sounds. It started as music
for a fashion show but now I think ( knock on wood ) it will turn into a full
length album sometime this summer. This project grew out of a new found love I
have which is to write and perform music to old Silent Movies. On the side of
that I am also currently working with Olle Söderström from Pineforest Crunch on
a project called Nanook of the North which is very light pop with dark sounds,
moods and lyrics. We are working on a ep that also will be finished sometime this
summer. Sometime this late spring/summer I will start with the artist Akaba s
debut album. I am currently developing the recording and production side of my
life as it is now which is fine by me. I am constantly finding new projects that
awakes me and interests me which is a blessing. I am also building and developing
my own studio where I will hopefully be able to host full scale recordings and
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