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February 26th, 2010 by Goblins
 Tobacco uses analog synths, tape machines and twisted vocals to create a sound that mixes Air with Boards of Canada. He has been busy since Black Moth Super Rainbow— his day job— wrapped up touring and promoting one of my top 10 albums of last year, ‘Eating Us’. In 2008 he released the excellent solo record ‘Fucked Up Friends’, which took the Black Moth sound in a more hip-hop direction.
I caught up with him on the eve of his spring tour (dates listed below) and new solo record ‘Maniac Meat’, which features a collaboration with Beck and will be released by Anticon May 25th:
IP: Tell us about your two new releases coming out, ‘Fucked Up Friends 2′ and ‘Maniac Meat’.
T: ‘Maniac Meat’ is my new record I’ve been working on for a couple years. It feels really good because I made it like I used to make them back in the day – just songs for the sake of entertaining myself with songs. There wasn’t any album in mind or anything. The idea of making a record for the sake of making a record really isn’t the healthiest way for me to work I’ve learned. ‘Fucked Up Friends 2′ is a blu-ray/dvd set of my live visuals that weren’t on the original FUF dvd. Those will only be available on tour.
IP: What can we expect to see and hear on the upcoming spring tour?
T: I’ll be doing a little bit of the new album with a lot of ‘Fucked Up Friends 2’s visuals worked in. We’ll have a third member on stage with special performances at a lot of the shows.
IP: How did the Beck collaboration come about on ‘Maniac Meat?’
T: It was stars aligning – I had Beck in mind the whole time, but didn’t think it was ever possible. Shaun (who runs Anticon) was taking a class with Beck’s music director, Brian, and they knew the first ‘Tobacco’ album. so it just came together from there.
IP: Do you have any other mixes or collaborations coming out?
T: Yeah. I don’t know if I’m allowed to mention them all, but I did a few remixes that aren’t out yet, like one for The Go! Team, and I’ll have a shitload of collaborations coming later in the year.
IP: Is anything on the horizon for Black Moth Super Rainbow?
T: No plans for BMSR.
IP: What have you been listening to lately?
T: My friend Laura has this new band The Mynabirds, and you wouldn’t think it, but it’s good treadmill music, at least for me.
Tour Dates:
03-12 Toledo, OH – Mickey Finn’s Pub
03-13 Cincinnati, OH – Northside Tavern
03-14 Nashville, TN – Exit In *
03-17-20 Austin, TX – SXSW
03-24 San Diego, CA – Casbah &^
03-25 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo &
03-26 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar &
03-27 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill &
03-28 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall &
03-29 Portland, OR – Holocene &%
03-30 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey &
04-02 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club &!
04-03 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle &
04-23 Annandale, NY – Bard College
04-24 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
* with DJ Kidsmeal, Blastoids
& with the Hood Internet
^ with Nice Nice
% with Small Black
! with High Places
Posted in: Interviews | Posted by: Goblins
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