What’s The Best Night Out You’ve ever Had?
Every time we play a show.
What’s Your Favourite Club?
I f*cking hate clubs.
What’s Your Favourite Record Of All-time?
John Coltrane ‘A Love Supreme’
What Record Can’t You Stand?
When I was growing up I loved all that west coast rap – NWA, Ice Cube, Ice-T. And stuff like Geto Boys too. In a fit of sentimentality I recently bought a whole bunch of those records, and sadly, now I find them unlistenable. I find the language so grating. I think I must be getting old. (although I still love Public Enemy).
What Record Did You Lose Your Virginity To?
Probably New Order or something like that. Can’t remember.
What Was The Last Record You Bought?
Glenn Gould plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations (1955 version). Awesome.
Name Three Of Your Biggest Influences…
Food, dancing, sunlight. Seriously.
Who Would Play You In ‘The Presets The Movie’
In my dreams River Phoenix, or Richard E Grant.
What’s Your Dream?
Be happy.
How Do You Escape?
Sitting in the sun in the backyard, or spending an afternoon in the kitchen cooking something slow for my girlfriend.
What Is Your Favourite Possession?
My piano.
What Is Your Life Philosophy?
Try and be nice to people. I find it hard sometimes.
What’s In Your Pockets?
My Presets backstage pass, and a whole bunch of stupid US currency. Why do they still have 1 dollar bills?
If You Were An Animal, What Animal and Why?
Oh my GOD! I feel like I’m on a first date. I dunno, a cat. I would lie around all day. Cats are cool.
You Are Having A Party, Whom Dead Or Alive Is On The Guest List?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Um, all my grandparents. My family. My girlfriend. Lots of nice wine and food. No fucking DJs or celebrities or bloggers.
When Was The Last Time You Embarrassed Yourself?
I never embarrass myself, I only get embarrassed when people around me say stupid things too loud.
Tell Us Something That We Don’t Know About The Presets
We secretly love doing website Q+A’s.
THE PRESETS ANNOUNCE NEW LIVE DATES FOR LATE SUMMER
With the release of their current single ‘This Boy’s In Love’, The Presets have announced further European live dates for August and September. They will be hitting some of this year’s hottest festivals, including V Festival, Creamfields, Get Loaded and Bestival in the UK.
A transcendent blend of driving electro house, radiant piano and soaring mirror-ball harmonies, ‘This Boy’s In Love’ is high octane Presets meeting the tech-pop soul of Pet Shop Boys and Gary Numan. Caspar Balslev’s video has the band performing amidst all manner of dirt and dust, sound-tracking a fierce wrestling match in super slow-mo, cast in showers of silver and strobe. All video links for ‘This Boy’s In Love’ at the bottom of this email.
Remixes come courtesy of Lifelike, Kevin Saunderson, Jori Hulkkonen and Kim Moyes. Their new album of liberating electro-pop Apocalypso is released on 23rd June.
