![]() ![]() I found them mostly through personal relationships, some of them were strangers at first, but we had similar friends. ![]() But I think we’ve found a lot of growth in many of our live shows and with the current band members. I’m super shy, I get so much anxiety performing that is so hard to open up. JOE JACKSON STEPPIN OUT MP3 320 KB HOW TOI’m still learning how to become a stage personality. I’ve stopped playing most of the instrument myself and have given it to other people so I can just be a front person. Surprisingly, the band itself comes off more as a funk group, that is not so much in the recordings, but when we perform live, and when we practice, we have tons of groove. How much did your band help develop the songs of the EP? That was a stretch and a challenge for me. Our EP “Tenderness” is probably the most pop and the most defined work that I have done. Yeah, I think being irreverent stylistically is somewhat punk rock in a way. So, having a name that applies from a genre that’s totally opposite from my sound, I feel like it kind of already confuses people and opens up the listener, it doesn’t always have to be clearly defined!Įven though your music is stylistically not punk, your mindset is. It’s pretty amazing when I see artists recording an album and I can see there is a general style, but that is not really what I want for that project. But also, stylistically I feel irreverent, staying within a mold, my mind doesn’t work that way, I guess. So the name is like an ode to that punk-foundation. Before, it was just top-40 rock songs that I’d hear on the radio as a kid and then also orchestra but that all wasn’t really interesting to me. ![]() I guess that was sort of the first connection to it, but my first music was all punk, I really found my music light and energy through punk music and I really developed from there. Why did you choose your band’s name after the 70s punk rock song from The Germs? I know your name is Richie -short for Richard- but that can’t be the only reason, can it? Your band is the reason why we skype today. I still put together shows with our band. We also started a monthly at a club called Kremwerk, a club with a bunch of electronic music. But it works, we release music online, on CD and on tape. We are a collective around 20 people and we kind of all want to be artists. It’s kind of hard though, because you need some sales people with you at a label. Yeah, I started the label CTPAK with my best friend. Richie, last time I visited Seattle and hung out with you must have been almost 3 years ago. Out of similar interests we stayed in touch, even with the big difference of having back to Cologne. He was my student during my three years of being a teaching assistant at the Department of Germanics, wrote his bachelor thesis with me and the years thereafter we developed a friendship. I met Richie when he was just nineteen years old and sat with nerdy glasses, colorful sweaters and a very interested gaze from the front row in my class at University of Washington. You can listen to on his EP “Tenderness”, released this summer, featuring remixes from stylistically different bands such as Joe Jackson, Jamie XX and Gonjasufi.ĭue to the nine hour time difference between Seattle and Cologne, I’m drinking my after-work beer, whereas Richie Nelson sits in front of me via skype with his morning coffee – same moment but different times of day. Nelson’s classical training and unconventional production techniques define the immersive and genre-skipping style. With his band Richie Dagger’s Crime, Seattleite Richie Nelson combines styles ranging from R&B, soul, psychedelic funk and ambient electronics. ![]()
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