Dead Disco vocalist Victoria Hesketh returns with her new solo outing, Little Boots, and her official debut single, 'Meddle' (following on from 'Stuck On Repeat', which set the blogosphere alight earlier this year). With Hot Chip's Joe Goddard on board as producer, 'Meddle' comes on with forceful beats, sultry vocals, razor-sharp synths and some super hooky hooks. The single is out on 4 Aug via 50 Bones
Q1 How did you start out making music?
I started playing piano when I was five... don't think there's been many days I haven't played since. I've just branched out, learnt more instruments, synthesisers, music technology, vocals, songwriting... can never really stop learning.
Q2 What inspired your latest single?
It was actually inspired by a song by Frankmusik called 'Confusion Girl' about a girl who's pretty messed up... 'Meddle' has a similar theme, although I guess maybe parts of it are also about myself.
Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track?
It depends, a lot of the time I just sit at the piano and see what comes out. Other times people send me tracks to write over or I get together in the studio with a producer and we put our heads together.
Q4 Which artists influence your work?
I'm a big fan of great songwriting so I listen to a lot of stuff like Beach Boys and Elton John. I love characters as well like Kate Bush and David Bowie. Production-wise, I like a lot of late 70s stuff where people were experimenting with how to use synthesizers... Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley, also Gary Numan & Tubeway Army... all sorts really.
Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time?
All the songs are quite different and have their own characters so maybe bear that in mind... but I guess just see if you like it!
Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest single, and for the future?
Just to achieve as much as I can and reach as many people as possible with my music, I'm very hard working and ambitious... as soon as I achieve one of my goals I'll already probably have another five lined up round the corner...
Download a free Little Boots mixtape from www.littlebootsmusic.co.uk