There’s some people we collaborated with but a lot of it is just us. I think that changed the creative process and made it a little more direct. And also I do the engineering and the recording now, whereas we used to hire people for that.
#Luscious jackson are you ready free#
We had amazing experiences during the ‘90s making albums but it was a much more high-pressure environment in terms of, you have a contract, you have to deliver this, that, and the other.īut at this point we were totally free and it was really fun. I think that’s because that was before we had any type of record labels involved and now we don’t have one either. It actually reminded me of the first record we did, which was called In Search of Manny, and it was this very spontaneous free flowing kind of like explosion of creativity, and that’s how it really felt. In terms of the songwriting and composing process, how different was it this time around with the new album as opposed to your last album 14 years ago? It was ’99, so that was like over a million years ago, but it also feels like yesterday and especially when we got in the studio and it all came back really fast and the vibe was there. We have to work it in with our other commitments.
It won’t be a huge tour, we might fly out to a few regions, we all have commitments now, not like the old days, so we can’t hit the road like we used to. Any plans for a larger tour outside of that in the future? Yeah we will be giving more dates but at the moment we are just concentrating on doing publicity and getting back out there so that was our choice to wait until the Spring to do some more dates. You’ve got two tour dates set, one here at Webster Hall and one in Philly. We also have the kid’s CD coming out November 12, so we’ve got two releases ready to go.
This pledge music drive came into our lives through a friend and we started to talk about it, we decided to do a whole album of new material, not kid’s music, and that’s how it started.
She was playing it in Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn and so that’s sort of how it started and we were just getting along really well. What was the catalyst to the reunion? We were talking about it, basically we started talking about doing some more kid's music because Gabby was sort of playing the music we’d done, some music she’d done a few years ago, and she came back to me and said let’s do some more, the kids are loving this. Cunniff recently took a few minutes to chat with us about the new album, the joys of walking around NYC and the passing of Adam "MCA" Yauch. Spawned from the Lower East Side in the '80s when they used to hit punk shows with the members of the Beastie Boys-who later signed them to their Grand Royal record label-Luscious Jackson formed in 1991 and burst onto the scene with a street smart sound showcased on classic tracks like "Naked Eye", "Here" and an ode to their hometown "City Song." After a 14 year hiatus, Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser and Kate Schellenbach are back and sounding better than ever with a new album titled "Magic Hour" being released on November 5th and a December 7th show at Webster Hall.
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