Delphic Interview

Delphic are the latest band to try and navigate the windy roads of hype and success. They comprise of James Cook (vocals), Matt Cocksedge (guitar) and Richard Boardman (multi-instrumentalist) Dan Theman (Drums) and have been tipped by many for great success through the usual channels of hype and word of mouth.

But this is all about to change with the help of major label Polydor who have snapped them up and put them on the road to success with their own Label, Chimeric.

The band were originally called ‘Snowfight in the City Centre’ minus their current lead singer (James Cook), but decided that they wanted to achieve more creative control and this lead them to form Delphic.

It all started when they were showcased on Manchester’s very own Channel M, and now the band is currently embarking on a whistle stop tour with Bloc Party throughout many major European cities. They have also just completed a couple of dates supporting The Streets where Mike Skinner liked them so much, he leant them one of his prize drum machines.

The band is very much influenced by the kings of old Manchester music with their first two tracks ‘Counterpoint’ and ‘Doubt’ drawing from many influences, including Manchester’s healthy dance and DJ scene. So if and when you go and see Delphic, which you should, you will get an experience that you might not expect, with the music never stopping from song to song. You will experience a band playing electronic music; more Soulwax than Oasis.

The band plans to release their first single on limited vinyl through R&S, an old school Belgium techno label, along with some impressive remixes coming from Paul Woolford, Ewan Pearson and up and coming tech-house producer Lumino. They could well have a tune of the year on their hands, getting them noticed in both the Indie and Dance circles, which is the Holy Grail for them in terms of breaking the usual band mould.

Delphic also has one of dance music hottest talents producing their album, which will hopefully be ready in time for the summer. This producer is none other than Ewan Pearson – an Englishman who has made the switch to Berlin, which is arguably the hottest Dance music scene of the moment.

We got the chance to pick the bands brains about all things music a few hours before they embarked on their Bloc Party tour.

Harderbloggerfaster: Tell us a bit about ‘Snow fight In The City Centre’?
Matt: Well we got a bit of attention but it wasn’t the music that we really wanted to make. Eventually we thought if we made it we wouldn’t be very happy. So we felt it was a natural progression because we wanted to change it up a bit, so we got James in who we knew him before but wasn’t part of the band.

We planned a lot about how we wanted the project to go and more importantly what sort of music we would make. We wrote a lot down before we even started making the music and I think that was really important. We kind of all sat down and said if we would make any type of music what would that be?

HBF: When will the album be out?
Matt: Either before or after the summer but hopefully the summer. When the tour has finished we are going to meet up with Ewan Pearson and we can’t wait. Originally when we were working on the album with our engineer Dan Hume we managed to get a lot done, but we felt we couldn’t get it sounding like we wanted in our heads, and that was when we decided we would get Ewan in who could bring it altogether for us. We met Ewan and Bruno his engineer and really like what we heard and as you can tell we are really excited – it’s been along time coming.

HBF: How do see the tour going with Bloc Party?
Matt: The tour is a great opportunity for us to get a foothold in Europe and that’s great, so hopefully we will get some European fans before we have even released anything.

HBF: How did you get signed?
Matt: Well, we knew Dan Parrot from Channel M, and he recorded us doing a little half hour set which managed to find it’s way down to London and then it all went a bit mental getting phone calls every 15 minutes, but it was cool. Then after that we wanted to get the right team around us and that’s where Polydor came in – the right management is very important.

4THBF: Tell out readers about some of your influences – do you like being labelled a Manchester band?
Matt: Well a lot of people say we sound a lot like New Order, which again is cool – we are very proud to be a Manchester band because it has such a good music heritage and we really want to be a part of that. You can’t be in a better place than Manchester if you’re an up and coming band.

HBF: Tell us about the video for ‘Counterpoint’?
Matt: The video was produced by a French dude called Hans and was filmed in Paris – We love it!

HBF: If you were stuck on a desert Island what three CD’s would you take?
In Rainbows – Radio Head
Carl Craig – The Carl Craig Sessions
The Beatlist Sessions

Check out Delphic at

www.myspace.com/delphic