{"id":6886,"date":"2025-01-16T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2025-01-16T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:04:58","slug":"blog-interview-ciao-ciao-marigold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/16\/blog-interview-ciao-ciao-marigold\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog interview: Ciao Ciao Marigold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/5MdvoiMcOaHXOAHKabtSpX?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-2048x1358.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/000014780015-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div><strong>Hello Mike how are you?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m ok, thank you for asking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations on the release of \u201cSatsuma\u201d how does it feel?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Thank you &#8211; it feels wonderful. I like the concept I came up with, I executed to the best of my abilities, and it&#8217;s been received well by my fans so far, so that&#8217;s a really gratifying feeling.<br \/><br \/>The more art I make, the more I realize it&#8217;s an absolute miracle that anything gets finished and made public. Movies, books, albums&#8230; only artists and their teams know just how much can go wrong or get in the way. Every album I am able to share is actually a small miracle, and I mean that with deep deep deep humility.<br \/><br \/><strong>It\u2019s a 9 track project what\u2019s the story behind it?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Before recording this album I felt like Ciao Ciao was at a fork in the road &#8211; I should either make the music far calmer and smoother, or much trippier. What I decided to do was the latter&#8230; make the music more melodic and more psychedelic. Just increase the saturation on everything, musically. I think the music will always have a relaxing quality, given how I write for Ciao Ciao, but &#8220;Satsuma&#8221; represents my choice to go for something more active.<br \/><br \/>It won&#8217;t take someone long to realize that every track is named after a different breed of orange. With Ciao Ciao, I have a history of giving every track in an album a title that fits within a certain category &#8211; traditionally it&#8217;s been the scientific names of plants that fascinate me. With &#8220;Satsuma&#8221;, I&#8217;m breaking away into other categories. (That one is still pretty plant-y admittedly, but there are other ideas in the works.) I like this categories-based approach because it&#8217;s an immediately-accessible pattern to casual listeners, while also communicating thoughtfulness in the work. I&#8217;m saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve created a detailed little world that has it&#8217;s own order to it&#8221; but also &#8220;anyone can understand it, if you want to join.&#8221;<br \/><br \/><strong>What\u2019s your favourite track from the album?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love all my children equally, but I have so say I&#8217;m really delighted at the reception of &#8220;sumo&#8221;, considering how it came together. I was in a recording session with my drummer Diego Ramirez, and at the very end I just said &#8220;why don&#8217;t hit record and you improvise for a minute or two and I will see if I can turn it into a song?&#8221; What you hear on &#8220;sumo&#8221; is the result of that. His drum take is unedited, and I quickly threw some ideas on top. It turned out really free-spirited and groovy, and it has become one of the more popular tracks from the album so far, which is just a delight.<br \/><br \/><strong>What was the easiest and most challenging part of recording?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>The easiest was starting and the hardest was stopping.<br \/><br \/><strong>You put it together with a select group of musicians from NYC, how did you find them?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I&#8217;m connected, however loosely, to lots of different music scenes and communities around NYC, and I pull from them all with my various music projects. On &#8220;Satsuma&#8221; we have drummer Diego Ramirez and guitarist Tim Watson. Diego I met through our mutual friend Addison Frei, who is a fantastic keys player. Tim I actually first met when he bought a tape machine off me via Facebook Marketplace, and then we just stayed in touch. That&#8217;s actually the only time I ever met a musician that way. All these musicians I&#8217;m mentioning are really strong composers too, I hasten to add.<br \/><br \/><strong>You also worked with Hannah Van der Weide on the animations what was that like?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>They have been my collaborator on Ciao Ciao since the very first album, and this one was no different. I love what we make together &#8211; they are just one of a kind in their style and vibe. I&#8217;m so lucky Hannah keeps working with me on this weirdo project I schemed up!<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hannah.frogs\/\">Hannah Van De Weide&#8217;s Instagram <\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Are there any animations\/animators that inspire you?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Many. I grew up on animated work from all over the world, and animation as a form is really near to my heart. Many of the Studio Ghibli films are obviously a primary text for Ciao Ciao Marigold &#8211; I don&#8217;t think anyone will be surprised to read that. <br \/><br \/>I&#8217;ve always loved the work of Satoshi Kon, but lately I&#8217;ve been catching some films of his that I hadn&#8217;t before; and I find that it all resonates with me. Niki Lindroth von Bahr is absolutely electrifying in everything she does, so I have to shout out Niki. Some newer\/younger animators whose work I&#8217;m super excited by include Kohana Wilson, Chloe Farr, Adam Sillard, and Martin Robic.<br \/><br \/><strong>You\u2019re a producer from New York City how did it all begin for you?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Somewhere a little after the Big Bang and a little before this very moment.<br \/><br \/><strong>What did you listen to growing up?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Here are some albums from my childhood that feel like they are imprinted onto every cell in my body.<br \/><br \/>D&#8217;Angelo &#8211; Voodoo<br \/>Jamiroquai &#8211; Travelling Without Moving<br \/>Angelique Kidjo &#8211; Oremi<br \/>Duncan Sheik &#8211; Duncan Sheik<br \/>Dave Matthews Band &#8211; Before These Crowded Streets<br \/>Michel Fugain &#8211; Petites F\u00eates Entre Amis<br \/><br \/><strong>You\u2019re about to play Nublu 151 on 6th February how are preparations going for that?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I think they&#8217;re going well so far! Tim Watson, Diego Ramirez, and Addison Frei will all be in my band for that show, which is meaningful to me.<br \/><br \/><strong>What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>A lot of House music, a lot of UK Garage. A lot of Mk.gee. <br \/><br \/><strong>What are you looking forward to doing in 2025?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Surviving it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Mike how are you? I&#8217;m ok, thank you for asking. Congratulations on the release of \u201cSatsuma\u201d how does it feel? Thank you &#8211; it feels wonderful. I like the concept I came up with, I executed to the best of my abilities, and it&#8217;s been received well by my fans so far, so that&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,42,118,129,174,256,172,139,31,170,30,185,130,261,153,37,142,150,175,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-band","category-bass","category-drums","category-electronica","category-funk","category-hip-hop","category-jazz","category-keyboards","category-live-gigs","category-music","category-neo-soul","category-new-york","category-new-york-city","category-percussion","category-piano","category-producer","category-songwriter","category-soul","category-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6888,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions\/6888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}