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Marcelo (Mr. A-Box)

My Close Interview with Anything Box

1. Was It Real Difficult For You To Find A Replacement After Mike Left The Band Back In The Days?
 
Claude: No. We lost him to Paul History has shown that this was the correct thing to happen. But, I do have very fond memories of Mike and I spending the night in the girls dorm in NJ when my car died. We stayed in Dania's room. She had to hide us!


 
2. What Was Each Of Your Parents And Family Members Reaction When You Told Them That You Your Signed To Epic?
 
Claude:  They were happier about it than I was. In fact, this is still the way it seems to me.

 
3. What Was Most Difficult Song Or Songs You And The Band Have Ever Done, Besides The New Version Of Carmen?
 
 
Claude: Carmen wasn't difficult. It was a challenge. Difficult... Can't think of any. Difficult songs get thrown away. We keep the ones that pass the easy test.

 
4. Do You Still Keep In Contact With Tito Torres, Paul Boyd And Mike?
 
Claude:  Tito is a dear friend to me, although we have not seen each other in over 13 years. He used to refer to me as "The Kid" when he spoke of me to others. Made me feel like Prince. I rather enjoyed that. Paul Boyd was great, Mike was awesome... Haven't kept in contact with them. Loved them both.

 
5. Is It Real Hard To Come Up With All The Music To The Lyrics Of A Song You Wrote?
 
Claude:  I consider it a song I wrote when the lyrics come out by themselves and magically appear in my books. Music first, or melodies, then words. Almost always. I wrote Carmen after I pulled over on the freeway. Had the whole thing, fast.

 
6. Where There Any Songs Which Epic Never Got To Hear That You And The Band Wanted To Be Released? If So, Which Ones?
 
Claude:  We released them. They never heard them. Or they heard them, we released them, or they never heard we released them.

 
7. How Do You And The Band Come Up With The Names Of Each Of Your Albums?
 
Claude: We wait.

 
8. I Noticed That On Some Of The Demos You Have Given Me Any The Past That Many Have Girl Names On Them, Were Any Of These Claude's Or Paul's Ex's?
 
Claude:  Paul?

 
9. Has Dania Ever Written More Songs With Claude Or Paul Besides The Ones Everyone Is Familar With?
 
Claude:  She wrote Carmen with me in Spanish. And some random song in a van with Dave.

 
10.  What Was The Most Joyful Moment When You Found Out You Were  Free Epic?
 
Claude:  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Next question...

 
11. Are There Any Other Songs Dania Sings Be Herself, Besides "All These Hours Undone"? If So, Which Ones?
 
Claude:  Yeah... What the hell...

 
12. When The Band Began Back In 1986, Did They Ever Do Covers From Other Artist Or Where They Always Original?
 
Claude:  We did "Tainted Love", "Just Can't Get Enough", and "Close to Me" at our first show. The Cure song was the best. We never did them again. Later on we did a few Beatles and Joy Division / New Order songs. Not many.

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Anything Box Interview May 2007

For those of you who may not know, Anything Box is set to release the long awaited EP entitled FuturePast. This EP will include 4 different remixes of "Carmen". Claude asked the ABOX street team to email their interviews to help promote the release, and here is mine:


    1 - You have so many great songs, name 3 songs that you favor the most.

Claude: Too hard. Let me see.  Automatons,  World Without Love,  Carmen.  Subject to change  without  notice.

    2 - Are there any plans to record an album similar to Peace, Worth, or Hope?


Claude: Similar?  If you mean electronic, yes. If you mean  copy  myself, no.

    3 - What's the most important lesson you learned in the music business?


Claude: That empires crumble. Seriously, though? I learned to be clear with my goals.

    4 - If you could travel back in time, what era would you want to go to and what would you bring from the future?


Claude: I do that all the time.  From the future I  bring a smile.

    5 - If you were given the chance to play anywhere in the world, where would you want to play and why?


Claude: Right now? Argentina, Japan, Australia, New Zealand.  Perhaps all in that order.  Peru! Spain...  Pretty much anywhere is fine with good company.

    6 - Describe how you feel right before your shows.


Claude:  Very nervous, but it all goes away once we are "on". I play mental pictures in my head of how it will go, almost always good of course, and it always ends up fine.

    7 - Has there ever been a time where any of you guys felt like you've had enough of this music thing?


Claude:  Oh yeah. But not with the act of writing music. There is magic there, always.

    8 - If you could work with any top-notch music producer, who would it be and why?


Claude:  I don't really care about that as much as I do the rooms they work in. I would rather rent a cottage on the ocean to get a vibe. A producer would only bring an outside influence, and I am not too into that. This is our music, not his.

    9 - Elecktrodelica was way beyond its time, what was the inspiration behind the album?


Claude:  Life was the thing on a very personal and emotional level. As far as the technical aspect, I wanted to make a new road for electronic music. Many people accused us of abandoning Synthpop with that album, and I don't agree. What I did was find new roads to travel on towards the future. It is one of my favorite albums. 

    10 - How is the ABOX of today different from ABOX of 1989?


Claude:  Smarter. More creative, yet firmly rooted in a sense of wonder and friendship. Aside from that, we're good.

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FuturePast EP track Listing:
Carmen Revisited
Carmen Castellano
Carmen (El Rosarino Mix)
Carmen (Pipeloop Mix)
Soul On Fire (Heartless Dub)
Clean (Hajas Edit)
Living In Oblivion (Chicago Haus Edit)
Where Is Love & Happiness (Ultraviolet Edit)
Interlude Movement 26
Every Distant Sigh... There will be an alternate download only version, plus a CD on CDBABY.

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