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Whenever we engage in a new project “We work with people who master their
there are always hurdles. I asked Micha craft. For instance, with Nathan Nicholson,
what challenges needed navigating early he’s so good at writing down the right
on as he and Jordi melded their styles. words. Sometimes we have sessions
where we start writing down the chords
and he’ll be in the background trying to
“Our backgrounds were totally different. I
come from drum and bass and more urban come up with lyrics and we’ll discuss
music, and he used to produce quite a lot them.”
Tinlicker of progressive house, hardcore, and more As of our interview, Tinlicker had just
four-to-the-floor oriented music. So, he released a remix of The Boxer Rebellion’s
had all these rules of what a track should revered hit, “Diamonds (Further Than I
sound like, or how it should be, like white Ever Was).” The Boxer Rebellion is an
Photos and review by noise and no white noise and all these instrumental ensemble and Tinlicker has
Ben E Zander rules that were going on in these different worked with singer Nathan Nicholson
genres. I was like, I don’t really like those previously, featuring his talent heavily on
rules (laughs). If I like it, I like it. If I don’t, I their album Cold Enough For Snow. They
don’t. I think my vision helped him to take made the track more electronic by adding
away the borders he was struggling with. layers of echo, reverb, melodic synth
Since then, we kind of have the rule, if we chords, and breakbeat drums creating a
like it, that’s the only rule we should have. faster feeling track. Despite the changes,
We should like what we’re doing they kept the qualities that endeared many
(laughs).” towards the original version intact. I asked
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.”

Photos by Ben E
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