German duo performs this Saturday (18) at the Coolritiba Festival
When he takes the stage at Coolritiba, this Saturday night (18), the Milky Chance will have the mission of warming the city that finally receives the cold winds of a late autumn. Nothing impossible for the German duo, used to lifting the spirits of much colder audiences with their electronic and sunny pop around the world.
The duo arrives at the festival with tracks from Living in a Hazethe fourth album, released in 2023 and celebrated for further exploring elements of genres such as folk and reggae in the already vast sonic kaleidoscope of Clemens Rehbein It is Philipp Dausch.
“Things have been going well. We toured it last summer around the States and it was great. I feel like people are still listening to the tracks.”he said Clemens The Rolling Stone Brazil.
Their arrival in Brazil comes six years after their debut in the country – a delay justified both by the group’s creative process and by their proposal to tour more sustainably, which includes a manager to minimize the impacts of the tour.
The show takes place after a remarkable visit to Mexico, in which Rehbein It is Daush saw the audience sing along to both new songs and hits from a decade ago, such as “Stolen Dance” It is “Flash Junked Mind”which made the duo a global success.
“It’s different when we play in the United States, everyone speaks English, we kind of know the culture, the vibe… When we get to Latin America, everything is different. The food, the people, the language… it’s really cool dive into this vibe“, says the musician.
Part of how it explains their decade-long continued success comes, according to Clemens, from the identity the duo maintains in their creative process. Despite the structure that accompanied his rise to fame, he says, the Milky Chance still keeps its feet firmly on the ground when it comes to the influences and sound it proposes: “We’re still ourselves making our music and we still have our personal taste, our DNA, which is still there, but you develop things a lot.”
O Milky Chance takes to the Cool Stage at the Coolritiba Festival at 9:30 pm this Saturday (18). See below the conversation with Clemens Rehbein:
Rolling Stone Brasil: “Living in a Haze” came out almost a year ago now. How has the reception been?
Clemens Rehbein:I think it’s been good so far [risos]. Things have been going well. We rode with him last summer around the United States and it was great. I feel like people are still listening to the tracks. The last tour we did was three weeks ago in Mexico and people knew a lot of the new songs, they were singing along to a lot of them. It was amazing. People liked it.
Rolling Stone Brasil: “Living on a Haze”, the track, was recently reimagined, together with The Beaches. What did they bring to the mix? How was that?
Clemens Rehbein:Yeah, it was too much. Unfortunately we didn’t meet them in person, we should meet them very soon, I think, at a festival this summer, at Bonnaroo [que acontece em junho, em Manchester, Tennessee, Estados Unidos]. And they’re a great band, really really good. We simply came up with the idea, asked if they would be willing to participate in the song and they quickly said yes, luckily for us. It was very cool. From time to time, we try to bring together other artists that we like, you know? Making a connection, or sending a DM – that’s how you do it these days… Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. They responded. And I think they did a great job, they wrote a great verse for the song and the voice was perfect for this song, it gave a cool feminine touch to the whole disco boy thing we do [risos].
Rolling Stone Brasil: We’re talking about your latest releases, but you’ve now been on the road for a decade. How do you feel your music has evolved since 2012, 2013?
Clemens Rehbein:A lot, in different ways. It was our first time recording music, so it was all very do-it-yourself for us, very limited in terms of equipment and everything. We had a guitar, a laptop and an interface, you know? That’s what we worked with. Which is great. That’s how we did what we did, all for the first time, trying new stops. And of course, over the years we ended up learning a lot about recording, production, the whole thing. We become more professional, better at art, with more experience and influences for the music we make. We’re still ourselves making our music and we still have our personal taste, our DNA, which is still there, but you develop things a lot.
Rolling Stone Brasil: Last January you released Reckless Child, which somewhat resembles the sound of your beginnings. How do you deal with the passage of time, musically speaking?
Clemens Rehbein:In general, we go very intuitively. We don’t go into the studio thinking “no, let’s make a song that sounds like something we made 10 years ago.” We just go to the studio, grab the guitar, the piano, whatever and we start. This leads us. What it ends up looking like we don’t know. It’s always surprising.
Rolling Stone Brasil: Since we’re talking about time, it’s been five years since you came to Brazil. Fans missed it.
Clemens Rehbein:See, it takes a while to go around the world, we live on a big planet [risos].As much as we love touring, it can be very tiring. And we also have our families and kids at home, plus we need time to write if we want to keep releasing music. It’s been a while. But we are very happy to be back, even if it took a while to get back.
Rolling Stone Brasil: You will play at Coolritiba this time. When they came, did they pass through Curitiba, the city? What are your expectations for playing there, for the audience and everything?
Clemens Rehbein:We only played in São Paulo last time. We are very excited to visit other cities this time. It’s very cool. And I don’t know, it’s going to be an adventure. The audience that came to see us in São Paulo was incredible, I hope it will be like that time again. Without generalizing, we feel that there is a big difference in relation to the “Western world”, you know? It’s different when we play in the United States, everyone speaks English, we kind of know the culture, the vibe… when we get to Latin America, everything is different. The food, the people, the language… it’s really cool to immerse yourself in this vibe, you know?
Rolling Stone Brasil: The last time you were here, you played at a party in São Paulo, Mamba Negra, which ended up being a huge surprise for everyone who was there. This time you will play in three different cities, should we expect a new adventure? Will you have time to enjoy the country outside of the shows?
Clemens Rehbein:[suspira] I don’t know. The tour schedule is tight. But I can look. Tours are usually very busy. We shouldn’t have that much time. We must have a day of rest in Rio de Janeiro and then it’s just shows, shows, shows. The day we have in Rio, we should enjoy the city, but without any other plans.
Source: Rollingstone
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