"Have no doubt, this is dance music" could easily be the name of a song or a whole album of this amazing two Italian gentlemen; Dave and Francesco. Throw Down Bones have been around officially since 2014, and their debut album was released in 2015. But they're story goes a bit behind because they already knew each other from a previous band. The first song I listened was Bones in December 2015, I think the album had been released a couple of months before and I was searching for stuff for Christmas on Fuzz Club store and there it was. It was quite probable I would like the sound of it like most of the stuff I've known from Fuzz Club, but this was something else. It's was hypnotic and extreme, it was made to make you dance under a hard and hot rhythm that we can find in all Throw Down Bones songs. Most of them could easily evocate a quick return to the mid 80's when all the dance music turned upside down, but at the same time, they feel to be exactly at the time they are. Like Throw Down Bones said themselves; "Have no doubt, this is dance music"
This interview happened because Throw Down Bones were scheduled to play in Lisbon on the last weekend of June at Feedback Fever, a festival that was born from the collaboration between Fuzz Club (Throw Down Bones label) and Sabotage Club, my favorite venue in Lisbon. It was not published before because tragically Dave passed away a couple of days before the show. Thank you for the music Dave and Francesco.
This interview happened because Throw Down Bones were scheduled to play in Lisbon on the last weekend of June at Feedback Fever, a festival that was born from the collaboration between Fuzz Club (Throw Down Bones label) and Sabotage Club, my favorite venue in Lisbon. It was not published before because tragically Dave passed away a couple of days before the show. Thank you for the music Dave and Francesco.
Songs To Nowhere - Could you introduce Throw Down Bones to our readers and perhaps talk about how you guys met and how the band started?
Throw Down Bones - Hello, we are Dave and Frankie, we are from the Italian alps, we have been friends since we have been very young and have been involved in bands together for many years, TDB is what came about our previous band disintegrated.
STN - Is there a story behind the name of the band? Could you share it with our readers?
TDB - We wanted a name with a tribal feel that reflected elements both trance and violence. We stumbled across Throw Down Bones and it seemed to fit our intentions. We had completed our debut album before we found the name, so perhaps that informed choice.
STN - How would define your sound and it’s “evolution” from one álbum to the other?
TDB - Our sound is born of improvisation and jamming. We find sounds, grooves, and atmospheres that interest us and expand on them. A lot of people have commented on the difference between our albums, asked why we changed sounds, but we see the albums as a logical progression, they are both the sound of our inspirations and processes at the time. They are both constructed from the same raw materials. For the second album, we knew we wanted to make something more immediate and direct so maybe that’s why the beats and electronic are pushed more towards the front.
STN -Your live act is worthy of the main stage in any other festival, closing the hostilities in a dancing mood, but at the same time it also feels so right to get to see you guys on a small venue. Personally were do you prefer to play?
TDB - Both work fine for use, we have had amazing shows on massive stages and also in small clubs. We just want people to dance when we play and when they “get it “ they do!
STN - How important is the visual component to yourselves? Talking about projections in shows, your art-work, and your vídeos…
TDB - It’s become very important with the second record, we have been working very closely with a designer/video maker called Discordo he made the video for Golovkin and the projections for our tour, they fit our sound perfectly.
STN - Two is a very powerful álbum. You have some amazing songs there! Could you talk us a bit about a couple of them like Slow Violence and First Follower?
TDB - The First Follower is the first person to get on board with I new idea, not the person that came up with the idea but the first person to join them and legitimize the idea, seemed like a perfect title for an album opener. the track was built around an acid riff from a Roland 303 that we came up with when experimenting.
Slow Violence grew from bass guitar part Dave came up with once we got the bass sound working with the top end washed out in reverb and the low end solid with the house beat the track cane together with layers of guitars and synths, we have only played that track live once.
We are Drugs - Two - live in Angers
STN - Glovokin and We Are Drugs were the first two songs to be released. Both of them are pretty suitable for being played in a wide variety of places, was that your intention by choosing these two?
TDB - We wanted to put out a video as with the first taste of the new record Discordo wanted to work with Golovkin so we ran with that. It’s kind of an in your face track so good to lead with. A real statement of intent, the sounds, and video sum up what “Two” is all about. It was our label’s choice to put our “ We Are Drugs “ and we were happy about that.
STN - How did you got acquainted with your label?
TDB - Our previous band had released a record with Fuzz Club, we sent them our debut album and they loved it.
Slow Violence - Two
STN - Do you have any other professional occupation or are you involved in any other musical project?
TDB - Frankie builds instruments and Fx under the name Noise Militia, many of them we use in the studio and live.
STN - Two was out almost at the end of 2018, but can we expect any new songs soon?
TDB - We are currently working on a new video (with Discordo again) and hope to have that out before too long and we also have half a plan to make a remix/reinterpretation of the latest album. Then we will think about making some new music may be at the end of the year.
Golovkin - Two
STN - Name the last song, band or live show that absolutely blew your mind!!!
TDB - 7 by a band called Avalanche Party, very raw and powerful sounds.
STN - The Last word is yours!
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