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“We work with people who master their
Whenever we engage in a new project craft. For instance, with Nathan
there are always hurdles. I asked Micha Nicholson, he’s so good at writing down
what challenges needed navigating early the right words. Sometimes we have
on as he and Jordi melded their styles. sessions where we start writing down
the chords and he’ll be in the
“Our backgrounds were totally different.
I come from drum and bass and more background trying to come up with lyrics
urban music, and he used to produce and we’ll discuss them.”
quite a lot of progressive house, As of our interview, Tinlicker had just
hardcore, and more four-to-the-floor released a remix of The Boxer Rebellion’s
oriented music. So, he had all these
revered hit, “Diamonds (Further Than I
Tinlicker rules of what a track should sound like, Ever Was).” The Boxer Rebellion is an
or how it should be, like white noise and
instrumental ensemble and Tinlicker has
no white noise and all these rules that worked with singer Nathan Nicholson
Review: Ben E. Zander were going on in these different genres. I previously, featuring his talent heavily on
was like, I don’t really like those rules
their album Cold Enough For Snow. They
(laughs). If I like it, I like it. If I don’t, I made the track more electronic by adding
don’t. I think my vision helped him to layers of echo, reverb, melodic synth
take away the borders he was struggling chords, and breakbeat drums creating a
with. Since then, we kind of have the faster feeling track. Despite the changes,
rule, if we like it, that’s the only rule we they kept the qualities that endeared many
should have. We should like what we’re towards the original version intact. I asked
doing (laughs).” Micha about how this remix came to be.
Tinlicker tracks are punctuated with “We’d been working on it for a little bit.
instrumental features like strings, horns, Last year it was the 20-year anniversary of
and keys. Many of their songs include the album it was on. We were sitting in the
talented vocalists like Nathan Nicholson studio, and Nathan asked if we wanted to
and Hero Baldwin. I inquired about the give it a go. He’s a really good guy, and I
creative process of crafting a track really like his voice. So, it was an honor to
alongside lyrical songwriters. do it. It’s a great song; it was a hit in the
Netherlands when it came out.”
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