Passage & Bomarr interview [BLEACH BLACK]

03.11.2009 | Author: kristin

I’ve been talking about Matt and Dave for a while now, so here’s the actual interview:

(KR) What inspires your song writing? Where do the concepts come from?

(Dave) Lately I’m writing songs people can connect to with less of an agenda. Things that activate on a human level… love, death, fun. Theme-wise that’s where I’m headed. TV Loves You Back I drew from really image heavy pop culture hilarious shit. I thought it was funny, but I think people took it too seriously

(KR) I HATED music theory and didn’t understand a minute of it… do you guys get into and/or study that type of thing or does this all come naturally?

(Dave/Matt) Neither one of us read music. Sometimes people go to school and develop disdain for something they once loved… unfortunately, it can become a technical educational pursuit.

(KR)Do you love all music or is there some you hate?

(Dave/Matt) Yeah, we like all music. It’s not my intention to isolate anyone ever or to say someone isn’t cool. I don’t play that game…. except for Kenny G.

(KR) Is fashion important in your lives? Favorite designers???

(Dave/Matt) I really like American Apparel. I wear tons of it. I like RVCA, too. Fashion should be visually entertaining… Matt rocks this terrible Christmas sweater sometimes.

(KR) Nice, I love that. You have some Aliases like Passage (Dave), Bomarr (Matt)…. Where do the these nick names come from?

(Dave/Matt) We initially wanted a traditional hip-hop vibe way back when we started making music. Bomarr is Matt’s pseudo last name and Passage is the idea that I was one little literary passage. One phrase of of a larger text.

(KR) Is there anything else you guys are working on at the moment?

(Dave/Matt) We’re working on a project called “TLDR”…Bat rays as well. Matt’s curated the sneakmove “minicomp vol 3″, which are a series of 7 inches that the label has been doing, featuring artists doing 1-minute songs. I’m working with a pop label out of Phoenix called Modern Art Records on a project called Brothers Backword. It’s Myself, Mike Busse and Ryan Breen who’s a part of this band called Back Ted n’ Ted. It’s kinda like Beastie Boys for the twenty first century. And We’re working with the producer from Inner Party System.

Source: BLEACH BLACK

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