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IAN ASTBURY Talks To BBC 6 MUSIC About BORIS Collaboration (Audio)

August 18, 2010

THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury was recently interviewed by BBC 6 Music's Adrian Larkin about his collaboration with Japanese rockers BORIS. You can now listen to excerpts from the chat using the audio player below.

When asked how his involvement with BORIS came out, Astbury told CraveOnline.com in a recent interview, "It was kind of a long time in the making, I'd say about two years. I saw BORIS play about five years ago at the Knitting Factory in New York and seeing them perform was such a profound experience. I tried to get them to perform with THE CULT, I kept emailing their manager, but our schedules never matched up Eventually being a big fan of SUNN O))) I got to meet up with Stephen (O'Malley) and Greg (Anderson) at a performance and they kind of made the introduction to BORIS a lot quicker. The collaboration was something BORIS instigated knowing I was a big fan of them and their music. They sent me ten pieces of music and worked out when the best time for me to come out and do vocals. I had a long time to live with the music and become very familiar with it so I choose three pieces I liked and went to Tokyo to do vocals."

Regarding what was it about BORIS that drove him to want to work with them, Astbury said, "I was just struck by the commitment of what they do and the totality of their music. There's no sort of jocular joking around or high fiving or "rock 'n' roll" (does it with a high voice) stuff, none of that. It's all about business very serious, it's fine art and Shakespearean in the scope. Very layered, very textured, the performances are incredibly committed. Every note they play, every sound the play is very serious."

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