can i let you in on a little secret internet? i dont really like recording.
dont get me wrong i love records and i love making music but there is something so definite about recording that i find slightly overwhelming. its hard when you have been living with an unfinished idea for months, sometimes even years. its been going round your head in so many different permutations and then you are given an opportunity to crystallize it forever, knowing that it will always exist for people even after you die. you will never be able to change it again, that thought itself can be quite intimidating.
knowing what to add to a song to make it better and not worse is a very delicate thing.
so when we started making this record i promised myself that i wouldnt listen to the songs during playback. i wanted this whole process to remain fresh for me as it could be.
it was only when i was alone in the studio this weekend trying out vocal ideas that i was able to take stock of where we are at right now in the process. im so glad that i did not immerse myself in the music like i have done previously. this way i was able to hear things that i have never heard before, things that inspired me in different ways. i realise now that it is the best feeling to be able to be able to experience your own music in the way that strangers will experience it.
although recording is definetly the most challenging part of the process, at times it can also be the most magical.
kele
Maqui
This is beautiful. Thank you, guys. Thank you for your music.
Henry
Kele your just a philosopher! your music inspires all of us , keep being you and make more music with the guys for us to enjoy! GOD BLESS BLOC PARTY!
SomeBlocPartyFan
…I love you so much.
Nick
Having waited for sometime since bloctober for bloc party to reappear, talk of the new album is now actually making me consider £75 tickets for the koko show having missed out on the sale period!
Alan
Awesome!
Rob
This passage has summed up a feeling I have had throughout my life, and it goes hand in hand with the constant need to develop and improve an idea. So I can’t begin to imagine how difficult it would be to apply this to something as delicate and intricate as music. From this new perspective, I cannot wait to hear the new stuff… And it’s a good job that for Kele & Bloc Party, their ‘crystallized’ back catalogue is sublime, and a legacy that me and my friends will always remember.
Jeff
Thanks for the insightful post. Really excited for new Bloc Party!
Adama
Dude keep up the stellar work, can’t wait to hear more, and for you to get back to MN; crowd surfing for days ^_^ lata
dominic TOOONON
Vibez x
McKenzie
Thanks for a really interesting post Kele. I really like the way you guys have let us see in to what you’ve been doing. Hope you like what you end up with! And keep playing with those songs live like you always have.
Arnaud
Magic Kele! That’s right, you and your guys are really magicians. I’m longing for being bewitched with your next album.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. With me
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riita
it’s like making art…
when i was a kid, i would take a lot of time to make my mind up and sign a picture i had painted because in my head i could never edit it after signing it. so once it was signed, it was “done”.
but for me, art is never quite “done” or finished, we can always do a little something there, add a little extra here… so it was very difficult for me to take that step of “closing” a picture for good and leave it be like that forever.
even though the processes of making music and art are quite different, i understand exactly what you mean (:
enjoy and good work!