The Miserable Rich
formed from the remnants of various classical and folk ensembles from Brighton to essay songs that rely on catgut, horsehair and rosin rather than drums and amplified guitars. With intsruments like cello, violin and double bass the quintet makes music that sounds like a movie by Tim Burton. Grotesquely leftfield and nonetheless still edge cutting.
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J: That album got somehow this revolting sound to it, dunno why. I’m actually building right now a new bicyle piece by piece. I just bought a 1930 frame.
J: Perfect for a plate of beans.
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J: Anything by Felix Da Housecat. Or a lot on DFA records.
J: Oscar Peterson playing Cole Porter’s classics.
R: Make me put more passion in it!
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W: Something by Rage Against The Machine.
R: Or something by Pantera.
J: Well, even more dramatically would be if we’d do it to Beethoven’s 5th symphony.
J: We love our 80’s power rock while driving to the next venue.
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J: When I started to jog I listened to stuff with faste beats. Lots of stuff by Prins Thomas and of course the ultimate piece for jogging: The «45:33 Mix» by LCD Soundsystem for Nike. Nowadays I can also losten to soul, folk and even classical music.
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J: Something by Aphex Twin or Luke Vibert.
J: Oh, I’m always with somebody at airports. So there’s no time to listen to music. We mostly play cards to make time pass by.
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J: If it’s a saturday morning.
R: If it’s a monday. To recognize my feminine side...haha
