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Artist Interviews
Q&A: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 11 August 2010
Sam Duckworth, aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, released his debut EP through indie label Big Scary Monsters before signing to Warner/Atlantic in 2006. He has since released two albums, ‘The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager’ and 2008’s ‘Searching For The Hows And Whys’.
Sam has just released ‘Collapsing Cities’ via Cooking Vinyl, a collaboration with Shy FX and the first single to be taken from his third LP, which is eponymous in title and due out in September. Performing at London’s Borderline tonight, we caught up with Sam to ask the Same Six.
Q1 How did you start out making music?
My dad plays guitar and decided to teach me when I was younger. There were always instruments around the house. After picking up the guitar and just bashing out noise my dad started to teach me.
Q2 What inspired your latest album?
I wanted to make a record about the social situation of current times without being dismissive. I wanted to make a record that shows that a crisis isn’t the end of the world; there’s no point wallowing. I wanted to put across a sense of community and solidarity, to try and see a positive side to things that are happening in society.
Q3 What process do you go through when creating a track?
I guess it usually starts off the same way but changes for each album and project that I’m working on. The basis is on guitar, it’s the core of the sound and more so for this album. There was a lot of time spent on trying to build up the beat and the groove and using the drum machine. I wanted to try and keep things upbeat to portray energy and a sense of joy; working with Shy FX on some of the album helped to do that.
Q4 Which artists influence your work?
Growing up I listened to punk rock and nothing but punk rock. My influences now vary a lot, and change from week to week. For this album in particular I was influenced by Fela Kuti, Parliament, and Don Blackman for the funk sound, De La Soul for the hip hop sound, and Radiohead are always a core influence for me for their experimental style.
Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time?
I would say good luck. Everyone hears things differently, people pick up different things when they listen to music, so just listen and I hope you enjoy it.
Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album and for the future?
Just to be able to carry on doing what I enjoy doing, I’m lucky to be able to do what I’m doing at the moment.
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