Alex has talked in the past about working with producers who want to put their own ideas on stuff. It’s funny you say that because, actually, there was nothing I did consciously to make something sound like me. Just from listening to your records as Miaoux Miaoux, I can hear your influence on Always Ascending. As the new guy, how did you go about inserting your ideas on the record? It’s not going to change.” I appreciate the approach of being flexible with ideas. When I was writing before, I would say, “This is the song. Something I really respect about their creative process is they are constantly remixing ideas. Proper blood and sweat went into those. Working with other people is a challenge at first, but the more I got into it, the more I realized how liberating it was. Is this your first time collaborating with a band?īoth of the Miaoux Miaoux records I wrote by myself, which is cool, but it is really hard work. It is a total honor to be with the band now. The honest voice of the band was there, but it was very peculiar. When Tonight: Franz Ferdinand came out, I remember being really into that, especially the single “Ulysses.” I said, “What is this?” It had the same effect on me like we were talking about earlier. Honestly, when “Take Me Out” came out, it was everywhere. I remember the first single “Darts of Pleasure” coming out and seeing them on TV. I assume you were a fan before you were approached about joining the band.Ībsolutely. It’s a really fun record and reflective of the fun we had making it. When we came to make Always Ascending, we all agreed we wanted to follow our instincts and find sounds, songs, and ideas that really excited us and see where they led. I think what has been really satisfying about working with them is they have a good idea of what excites them. Is what you are doing now with Franz Ferdinand exciting in the way you described? That’s a little abstract, but it’s the best way I can put it. I think when you hear an act and they’re talking in someone else’s voice, that is less interesting. If it comes through, I think that is what I am looking for. I think a lot of good music, regardless of genre, you can hear the voice of the creator. I think I look for stuff that surprises me and is made honestly. That and hearing The Prodigy for the first time made me say, “Man, I want to make sounds like that!” It was an inspirational record from that point of view. The spy stuff that seemed quite trendy in the trip-hop scene doesn’t seem so cool now, but the drumming is fantastic. Listening to that now, some of it has aged quite badly, but some of it is pretty cool. I bought a sampler and started making songs from that. I got into DJ Shadow after that, which got me into hip-hop. Julian Corrie: My older brother had the Propellerheads’ record. Phoenix New Times: I was reading about your life before joining Franz Ferdinand and noticed you were a fan of the seemingly forgotten ’90s electronica duo Propellerheads, who I loved back in the day. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. The dance-pop songs conjure up images of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Jim drinking 40s and Instagram stars winning Academy Awards for taking videos of their seemingly happy lives.Ĭorrie took some time before a show to speak over the phone with Phoenix New Times about discovering music through his older brother and being the youngest member of a band that has been around since he was 17 years old. Instead of talking about society’s ills (smartphones, social media, and American politics) with condescension and gloom, the band tackles these issues with a wink and a laugh. You can hear Corrie’s sensibility shine through on Franz Ferdinand’s fifth full-length album, Always Ascending. They’re very easy guys to get along with, but creatively we are in the same place as well.” “It kind of worked from the start,” Corrie recalls from his first meeting with Kapranos at his studio. Many critics have credited the musician with helping to revitalize Franz Ferdinand’s art-rock sound. (Guitarist Dino Bardot also was added to the lineup.) Before Corrie was emailed by lead singer and guitarist Alex Kapranos to possibly join the band, he was recording bright and poppy electronica under the name Miaoux Miaoux (pronounced “meow meow”). The keyboardist was listening to “Take Me Out” with the rest of us, chasing musical aspirations of his own.Ĭorrie joined the quintet in 2017 to help replace Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy, who departed to spend more time with his family. It doesn’t make much sense to ask Julian Corrie about what it was like when Franz Ferdinand was breaking out of Glasgow, Scotland, in 2004.
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