“We were coming from a completely different place, which was saying "sound" is what you want to define it as, and you can shape it into music in whichever way you want.” WayWantDifferentSoundShapesWhat You WantDifferent Place Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think what we tried to do lyrically, vocally and musically was to capture a sound.” ThinkingSoundCapture Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I edited Big Funk, some of the footage was shot by Peter Care. We were film buffs as much as music buffs, and so there are film reference as well as sound references.” WellsBigsCareFilmSoundShotsPeterEditedFunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“As sonic journalists, we were increasingly becoming bombarded with global images. It was the early idea of the cut-up, the idea of images being juxtapositioned, which we were doing with sound. That was the early days of samples.” IdeasSoundCuttingBecomingJournalistSampleBombarded Author:Stephen Mallinder
“We had always used found sound, but we had always used it in an analogue way. And it was the early days of using collage and sound in a digital way. MTV, a couple of years later would be that way.” WayYearsWould BeUsedFoundSoundCoupleDigitalMtvCollagesAnalogue Author:Stephen Mallinder
“You don't have to be trained in music to create sounds and to produce and release music. That's what we were saying back in 73-74. And that's the way the world is now - and all the tools of creation, production and dissemination are there in everybody's bedrooms, front rooms and studios.” WorldWaySoundRoomsFrontsCreationProduceToolsProductionsStudiosReleaseBedroomDissemination Author:Stephen Mallinder
