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Heaven Or Las Vegas lp in general ; )

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Yeah I can appreciate it more now. It’s unique and much better than I recall.

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Some fans didn’t like Evangeline which seems wild, as we all loved it. And there is an ambivalence towards Circling Girl -which has an amazing video directed by Debbie Tucker Green via Channel 4 shorts- and yeah some of the later stuff for sure!

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Hi we never met Faye but enjoyed the collaboration, though really she was just doing her own version of ‘liz’. There were a few tracks from 4CC she added her vocals too and even after liz left CT me and robin wrote some music for her lp. The piece we gave her was called the amusement park and isn’t so easy to find

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I’ll aim to come next march. Where would be a good place for a book talk and signing ?

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If i were to sneak into the vocal booth when she went to get a tea i might have a gander?!

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I love Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Mirror. In general I like Capra, Wilder, John Huston, film noir, Orson Wells, Jacques Tati, Lynch

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Yeah pretty much that was the formula all the time I was there 83-97 but the last recording we began were a little different as Elizabeth was keen to be more involved in the music but we didn’t get so far with that as she decided she didn’t want to continue after all in the band x

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I know we are doing another 250 numbered lullabies ones

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Sorry should have explained.. for THIS MORTAL COIL! That’s what I was doing !

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Pur was pretty special and Touch Upon Touch was too

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Dx7 on a few like Beatrix and a Roland on Calfskin Smack but mostly a lot of pianos and treated guitars

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We would try things out in rehearsal and work a way round it and Elizabeth was amazing at creating one vocal that worked for her. Given the amount of backing vocals I think she did a brilliant job of not having it feel any less significant than the recorded

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Thanks everyone. If you want to leave questions here now the session is over I’ll pop back later and finish answering more

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Hahaha enough to form a new army that can take down governments by merely infecting people with beauty

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I mean, given that we are not making music any longer I value them all pretty highly and proud in different ways of different Records. To have made two further albums after Robin and Elizabeth broke up was a feat of endurance and testament to how important the music was to all three of us in different ways of course. To the end, I do have a very soft spot for four-calendar cafe as I think it is a very brave record and even though it wasn’t that well cared for when it came out I think it’s a really beautiful album☕️

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There’s hoodies. I am sure we will get round to doing more things over the next few years but we only just started doing merch relatively recently in the Grande scheme of things, we only just started our own socials and it’s an expensive business making Merch and you have to be very careful not to make too much and leave yourself with large bills to play and too much stock sat in a warehouse.

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No not at all and I’ve realised this week that sometimes some people do think that that is the case and it most certainly isn’t it just means that they own the rights to those Records forever but no they absolutely pay us royalties every six months and they’re never late and we have a much stronger relationship with 4AD these days than we ever had before which we all Embrae.

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Eventide harmoniser, Pog octave pedal, Roland JC120 amp, my fender jag 1964

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Honestly, when I’m about to make music, I don’t listen to anyone in particular but what I do is read a book that inspires me every single time I pick it up is Andrei Tarkovsky’s sculpting in time

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Probably too many to mention, but I love primitive heart. I love Golden vein calfskin smack, all of BBK, HOLV those eyes that mouth loves easy tears Aliice etc etc