Viva Brighton Issue #63 May 2018

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YOUR MUSIC CAREER STARTS HERE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT DIPLOMA GUITAR • BASS • DRUMS • VOCALS • SONGWRITING • EVENTS & SOUND PRODUCTION FULLY FUNDED TWO-YEAR FURTHER EDUCATION DIPLOMA COURSES FOR 16-18 YEAR OLDS EXCELLENT TEACHING FACILITIES AT BRIGHTON ALDRIDGE COMMUNITY ACADEMY (BACA) BIMM.CO.UK/BRIGHTON EUROPE’S MOST CONNECTED MUSIC COLLEGE
MUSIC .................. Ezra Furman A leap into the great unknown I had to be talked into coming to perform in England. There was so little interest in the States that I’d decided to quit. I’d been doing it too long. Then five years ago this guy I know in England, who had booked us before, said ‘you gotta get over here. Something’s happening, it’s time to strike!’ I didn’t really believe him, but he talked me into coming. When I saw the audiences at the shows, then I believed him. There’s a change of mood on the new record. The aim was to make music that’s a little less about having a good time. It’s more concerned with saying something real and vital and challenging. I wanted the new record to be a leap into the great unknown. I’m really good at ignoring everyone’s advice. I don’t think much about how music will be released while I’m working on it and I try to block off most input from anyone else. There’s a private world that I inhabit where the good stuff comes from. I always write about what I’m obsessed with. Right now, it’s fear and solidarity. Reading the news aggravates my childhood fears of white supremacy. I’m descended from refugees on one side of my family, and it’s a story that goes straight to the Holocaust. It’s a story I’ve been hearing about since I was a child. So to have a white supremacist president really scares me. And it also awakens this urgent need to show solidarity with people who are frightened and threatened. I’m not totally sure what identity politics means. People sometimes take a conversational tone with each other that divides them. I don’t think that’s the way it needs to be, or should be. For instance, if you’re trying to advocate for the poor, that goes across a bunch of different identities. It’s shocking to me that somehow a lot of people are convinced that it’s white men versus everybody else. I don’t like to divide it that way. I’m not comfortable with labels and I often float between them. There’s a few that I do claim as my own: I’m comfortable with queer, I’m comfortable with Jewish, I feel like the word male applies to me... pretty much. I feel a little bit wobbly on that one, but I’ll take it because it seems arbitrary to me. I’m sort of like, well, you can call me what you want, but if you get to know me you’ll see that it’s a little more complex. But I’m definitely an American. I’m influenced by a lot of American music and imagery, but in the past five years we’ve probably played more shows in the UK than we have in the US. We still have a rock’n’roll garage band set-up, but we’ve also incorporated some unusual elements. If I told you more it wouldn’t be a surprise. It’s good to retain the ability to surprise. As told to Ben Bailey <strong>Brighton</strong> Dome, 26th <strong>May</strong>, 8pm £17.50/15 ....57....
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Page 52 and 53: Dv8 Artist Open House A selection o
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Page 83 and 84: Fringe Special 20% Off with ticket
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