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Artist Interviews
Q&A: Hidden Cameras
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 17 March 2010
The Hidden Cameras are a Canadian indie-pop band. Fronted by singer-songwriter Joel Gibb, they have a varying roster of musicians who play what Gibb describes as “gay church folk music”. Often considered as an anti-folk band, their live performances are elaborate, high energy shows with go-go dancers in balaclavas, a choir and string section.
The band released their debut album ‘Ecce Homo’ on EvilEvil in 2001, after which Gibb assembled a group of musicians and began performing in venues varying from churches to porn theatres to parks. The band have since released four LPs, and have just re-released their fifth album ‘Origin:Orphan’ via Arts & Crafts, with their new single ‘Underage’ released on 22 Mar. Ahead of their gig at London’s St Leonard’s Church in Shoreditch on 18 Mar, as well as a string of other UK tour dates, we spoke to Joel Gibb to ask the Same Six.
Q1 How did you start out making music?
I just loved listening to music as a child and became obsessed with it as a teenager, then just started playing guitar and four-tracking songs in University and eventually started performing…
Q2 What inspired ‘Origin:Orphan’?
My life and experiences. The record is actually a collection of songs that span many years, so they were not written as a “record”.
Q3 What process do you go through in creating an album?
There is no “process” for this record, as such. I continually work on songs and I am continually recording and mixing new songs. ‘Origin:Orphan’ is a selection of the songs I have been working on over the past few years.
Q4 Which artists influence your work?
Everybody.
Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing Hidden Camera’s music for the first time?
Nothing, I would just let them listen to it.
Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future?
That people buy the album and enjoy it. Keep living and making music.
MORE>> www.thehiddencameras.com
