An awesome Electro remix of a Lily Allen track called The Fear. Sounds like it could be a nightmare but the production duo Sparrow pull it off somewhat!
Take a listen and let's find out more!
Lily Allen - The Fear (Sparrow Remix) by Sparrow_CT
MTTM: So tell us, who is Sparrow?
SP: Sparrow is an electro duo based in Cape Town. It's comprised of Gareth H. Graham (me) and Gavin Gillowey, and we both produce our own original tracks, as well as remixing others and DJing.
MTTM: How did the name come about?
SP: Well, I had for a while been thinking about names, as well as listening to a lot of Sarah Mclachlan's cover of Blackbird by The Beatles, so the idea of "Black Bird" or "The Black Bird" popped into my mind, but when I proposed the name to Gavin, he (and everybody else) assured me it was a terrible name, which I now can see, it is. Not wanting to stray too far from the avian theme, I came up with a bunch of other ideas, one of which was "Sparrow". We then decided that it was the best of a bad bunch and that is the name that stuck, lol.
MTTM: What sort of genre's you guys looking to cover?
SP: We originally started out as wanting to play pretty much primarily dirty electro, but our influences are so diverse that we're kinda cover a wide spectrum of electronic music. From 8-bit chiptuney stuff all the way up to massive, orchestral stuff. Gavin's background is in metal, and mine is in electronica, so our stuff (in particular the drums) have quite a big metal feel to them, but they are still dancable.
MTTM: Gear in the studio?
SP: We're both self-confessed gear nerds. In the studio at the moment we're running Reason and Reaper as our software front-end, with a couple of VSTs which we occasionally use to flesh out the synth sections. Hardware wise, we use a Korg microKontrol keyboard for laying down all the synthlines and doing some of the automation. We also use a BCR2000 to record some automation too. That's all running on a Line6 UX1 audio interface.
Our live setup for our DJ shows is basically a Macbook Pro running Traktor Pro. We use a BCD3000 for mixing, juggling cue points, EQing and filtering. Then we also have the BCR2000 connected to Traktor controlling 4 FX decks and all their parameters. Finally all of that goes throu a Korg miniKP effects unit for some on-the-fly filtering and flangering. We're looking at also incorporating our Novation Launchpad at some point.
We're working on a new version of our live show, where we would play predominantely our own stuff with some real instruments while remixing on the fly, but we're keeping the details of that under wraps for now.
MTTM: Dream set up?
SP: For the studio, I'd love to get a few analog synths. A lot of older stuff, like a Korg MS-20, as well as some new stuff like the new Moog SlimPhatty, and maybe a better audio recording interface, with a nice big desk and some decent mics so we can lay down some vocal stuff.
MTTM: Future plans for Sparrow?
SP: We're just looking to play out as much as possible, and we're busy working on our debut EP, which should be coming out in the next few months.
MTTM: What would be your ulitmate gig? Including DJ's you'd wana play alongside.
SP: It would be an amazing experience to play alongside someone like Soulwax, who are a massive inspiration for us. But we have so many amazing local DJs and producers, so to play with some guys like Haezer, Battle Beyond the Stars, Double Adapter - they are all great.
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