groundbreaking and visionary are two words often applied to this new orleans
words often applied to this new orleans
words often applied to this new orleans ban hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
ban hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome
ban hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with galactic about their
speaking with galactic about their
speaking with galactic about their evolution and their album yeah khmer
evolution and their album yeah khmer
evolution and their album yeah khmer tell us about i hope i pronounced is
tell us about i hope i pronounced is
tell us about i hope i pronounced is correctly yeah khmer tell us what the
correctly yeah khmer tell us what the
correctly yeah khmer tell us what the the album title means it’s like a new
the album title means it’s like a new
the album title means it’s like a new orleans noodle dish there’s a lot of
orleans noodle dish there’s a lot of
orleans noodle dish there’s a lot of folklore about it and it’s purported to
folklore about it and it’s purported to
folklore about it and it’s purported to be a hangover here you can use a lot of
be a hangover here you can use a lot of
be a hangover here you can use a lot of different ingredients outside of that I
different ingredients outside of that I
different ingredients outside of that I mean whatever you kind of have different
mean whatever you kind of have different
mean whatever you kind of have different meats and whatever to us you know our
meats and whatever to us you know our
meats and whatever to us you know our album it seemed like it was a good idea
album it seemed like it was a good idea
album it seemed like it was a good idea it made sense with kind of what that
it made sense with kind of what that
it made sense with kind of what that what we were doing and how we were
what we were doing and how we were
what we were doing and how we were collaborating we were trying to bring
collaborating we were trying to bring
collaborating we were trying to bring these really different elements like
these really different elements like
these really different elements like that you know from from Allen Toussaint
that you know from from Allen Toussaint
that you know from from Allen Toussaint to assistindo be candy red you know
to assistindo be candy red you know
to assistindo be candy red you know rebirth brass band a lot of different
rebirth brass band a lot of different
rebirth brass band a lot of different elements and we thought it all really
elements and we thought it all really
elements and we thought it all really made up New Orleans we’ve had a hard
made up New Orleans we’ve had a hard
made up New Orleans we’ve had a hard time kind of juggling how do you bring
time kind of juggling how do you bring
time kind of juggling how do you bring it all together and make it cohesive
it all together and make it cohesive
it all together and make it cohesive when we thought of the name for the soup
when we thought of the name for the soup
when we thought of the name for the soup it just seemed like oh that’s how you
it just seemed like oh that’s how you
it just seemed like oh that’s how you gots how you do it the soon tell us a
gots how you do it the soon tell us a
gots how you do it the soon tell us a bit about the live show and how the live
bit about the live show and how the live
bit about the live show and how the live show will differ from what we hear
show will differ from what we hear
show will differ from what we hear recorded on the album well I’ve show
recorded on the album well I’ve show
recorded on the album well I’ve show kind of encompasses every stage I guess
kind of encompasses every stage I guess
kind of encompasses every stage I guess of our career we do obviously a fair
of our career we do obviously a fair
of our career we do obviously a fair number of stuff off the new record
number of stuff off the new record
number of stuff off the new record couple the instrumentals couple of vocal
couple the instrumentals couple of vocal
couple the instrumentals couple of vocal tombs which Cyril Neville’s been singing
tombs which Cyril Neville’s been singing
tombs which Cyril Neville’s been singing for us probably one of the only people
for us probably one of the only people
for us probably one of the only people in New Orleans I could cover all the
in New Orleans I could cover all the
in New Orleans I could cover all the different over there is he make it all
different over there is he make it all
different over there is he make it all sound like his own so why don’t you tell
sound like his own so why don’t you tell
sound like his own so why don’t you tell us a bit about the musical evolution of
us a bit about the musical evolution of
us a bit about the musical evolution of galactic we were really trying to play
galactic we were really trying to play
galactic we were really trying to play pretty authentic sounding old school
pretty authentic sounding old school
pretty authentic sounding old school funk in our first record we made kind of
funk in our first record we made kind of
funk in our first record we made kind of almost sounded like it could have been
almost sounded like it could have been
almost sounded like it could have been recorded in the 70s and we were going
recorded in the 70s and we were going
recorded in the 70s and we were going for that really i mean we went recorded
for that really i mean we went recorded
for that really i mean we went recorded it at sea st. which was allen toussaint
it at sea st. which was allen toussaint
it at sea st. which was allen toussaint old studio where he produced a lot of
old studio where he produced a lot of
old studio where he produced a lot of his recordings where the meters cut a
his recordings where the meters cut a
his recordings where the meters cut a lot of things and played on a lot of
lot of things and played on a lot of
lot of things and played on a lot of other people’s records
I think after a while we realized the
I think after a while we realized the sound was changing and maybe sometimes a
sound was changing and maybe sometimes a
sound was changing and maybe sometimes a little more aggressive a little darker
little more aggressive a little darker
little more aggressive a little darker than some of that music and we just
than some of that music and we just
than some of that music and we just started kind of developing a sound that
started kind of developing a sound that
started kind of developing a sound that this for lack of a better word maybes a
this for lack of a better word maybes a
this for lack of a better word maybes a little more contemporary utilizes maybe
little more contemporary utilizes maybe
little more contemporary utilizes maybe more tones and sounds that people
more tones and sounds that people
more tones and sounds that people associate with you know music being made
associate with you know music being made
associate with you know music being made today and that always kind of drawing
today and that always kind of drawing
today and that always kind of drawing from that what we learn from the
from that what we learn from the
from that what we learn from the tradition
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