Friend or Foe Interview

By , 2011年 11月 6日

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Add Friend or Foe to the ongoing wave of intrepid Shanghai DIY-ers who are forging their own path to the capital. Their show at D-22 this past April was a rager, and they’re back in Beijing on Saturday, November 19th — again at D-22 — with a brand new CD in tow. Check out previous audio/video coverage of the band from pangbianr here and here, and below find the band’s account of producing their debut album (which comes with a comic book insert) and linking up with locals Deadly Cradle Death and Yantiao for their Beijing album release party:

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[+] 豆瓣页面 douban event page

Add Friend or Foe to the ongoing wave of intrepid Shanghai DIY-ers who are forging their own path to the capital. Their show at D-22 this past April was a rager, and they’re back in Beijing on Saturday, November 19th — again at D-22 — with a brand new CD in tow. Check out previous audio/video coverage of the band from pangbianr here and here, and below find the band’s account of producing their debut album (which comes with a comic book insert) and linking up with locals Deadly Cradle Death and Yantiao for their Beijing album release party:

Friend or Foe – “Double Down”

pangbianr: Can you talk about the process of self-releasing your first cd: where and how did you record/produce it? How did you press it? How did you come up with the concept to make the insert a comic book and how did you put that together?

Friend or Foe: Running around Shanghai like dogs! However, self-releasing is a misnomer because any successful project becomes a cobbling together of efforts from people who are kind enough to help us attain the sound and look we want. Much of the vocals and drums were recorded at Postape Studios in the Juju rehearsal space. Shout out to Li Wei and Li Wei Yu for their superb efforts. Then we did the guitars in a bunch of different places. Wu Mao from Zangnan Recordings did an initial mix, and then The Horses did a final mix with a bunch of consultation. Also, Adam Gaensler from Luwan Rock was in there, as well. He worked with us on the demo tracks and other stuff.

The comic basically wrote itself, as it is the chronicle of what actually happened at Friend or Foe’s inception. Ivan took some pretty rough notes and turned the saga into a format that humans can grok and Mei Wah fit it all together in the format we needed. Jack Zhang made us (hopefully) not sound like aliens when expressing our story in Mandarin. Disc Turnkey from Shenzhen did all the pressing and sent it back to us in timely fashion.

Got all that?

pbr: What can a Beijinger who missed your last appearance at D-22 expect from your live show? Has anything changed since you’ve “killed” Bill?

FoF: We have a new bass player. His name is Bob. He likes to dress in drag and smoke cigarettes. Look out, ladies!

pbr: You are playing in Beijing with locals Deadly Cradle Death, Yan Tiao and Yun Dong Ji, some bands you’ve met on the festival and tour circuit. The styles of these bands doesn’t really match FoF’s, so why did you choose to play with them?

FoF: Having seen Yan Tiao and Yun Dong Ji personally, I think they complement us nicely. They rock, and that is important. I’ve only heard Deadly Cradle Death on Douban, but the when I mentioned them to Mahanadan (drums) he was pumped.

Mahanadan says: Deadly Cradle Death sounds like puppies and kittens, especially on the song “Deadly keithyeetal”, so that’s why we like them. For me, it’s always a good idea to play with bands you want to see, rather than trying to pigeonhole yourself.

pbr: Can you namedrop some other Shanghai bands/happenings that we in BJ should keep an eye on?

FoF: Death to Giants is a new band doing great stuff. Also, high hopes for a new live house named Shanhai. Should be a great place for bands from Beijing to come down and play.

Friend or Foe plays on Saturday, November 19 @ D-22

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