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1. please introduce yourself
Hi there..... yeah my name is TM Juke?
2. tell us why we are asking
you these questions
Because I've just released my debut album on Tru Thoughts Records
'Maps From The Wilderness'
3. you used to be called 'al stylus'
which i thought was a great name - is al tylus dead now?
...he was a loser
4. nice album sleeve, although
someone remarked that it reminds them of a crime scene?
A few people
have said it looks like a 'Charmin' advert? All the design was put together
by my good friend Adam Farley, who incidentally is the twin brother of
Joe 90....he's a very talented guy....he's also just finished a promo
for the first track on the LP 'Knee Deep' which is looking pretty ace....It
features cameos from none other than your man: Bonobo, Quantic, Russ (The
Limp Twins) Sri (Tru Thoughts fortified press officer) Alice Russell,
Jim Oxborough...and loads more good guys n girls! So look out for that.
5. and what's with the 'funny
little man and arm' scenario?
Well Ad Farley found the little guy...We felt a bit sorry for
him....(the whole arm thing) so we thought we would try and make him slightly
famous. It also gives me the option to start a splinter group 'The Arm
Of TM Juke' which will mainly be based around covers of Guns N' Roses
6. you got your own coat of arms
- freesshh - do you have delusions of
grandeur or are you genuinely like, aristocracy or something?
...er delusions of grandeur
7. s'pose we should talk about
the LP right? it's your debut and it's damn
good. what are you saying about it?
I'm pretty please with it now....there was a period of big depression
when i was finishing it up 'I hate it, I hate it!!!!' but i'm over that
now. It feels good to have it finished up, i kinda hope people either
love it or hate. I'm looking forward to now getting on with some new stuff,
the best thing its given me is confidence to continue making music.
8. 'classically trained guitarist
since the age of 7'. you kept that a bit quiet didn't you? so are you
some kind of charlotte church of the downtempo world then?
Yeah it's not a lie....I used to play in guitar ensembles as well!
But i enjoyed all of that. It was all because my dad wanted me to be the
next segovia i think? He force taught me until i cried....but i thank
him now.
9. what would you like people
to be saying about your lp?
'I Listened to that TM Juke album the other day I think its fresh'
10. what would you like them not to be sayin?
'I'd rather eat my own hat than listen to
that Sh*t'
11. what else goes on in tm juke
world - i heard you were starting some kindof supergroup with bonobo?
Well myself, Evil Sun (who is an amazing producer, watch out for
him in the future!) and Bonobo are trying to get together to work on a
completely live studio project...Mainly funk / soul / folk influenced...we
have started writing it...but its going to be hard work to record as some
of the instrumentation is quite ambitious but hey that will be the fun
stuff!
12. the future's bright, the
future's ....?
er...........A Futuristic wilderness?
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