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Artist Interviews
Q&A: French Horn Rebellion
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 11 December 2009
Originally from Milwaukee, and currently residing in Brooklyn, French Horn Rebellion are a dance-pop duo made up of brothers Robert and David Perlick-Molinari. It’s Robert who plays the french horn referenced in their name – he’s a former member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra don’t you know – and he says the band’s moniker is based on the frustration he once felt while mastering the instrument. The bleeps in this project presumably come a little bit easier.
Their debut single ‘Up All Night’ received high acclaim when it was released earlier this year, and appeared on an edition of the Kitsune compilation series, which is always a good sign of both quality and imminent success. The follow-up single, ‘Beaches And Friends’, a collaboration with Brazilian duo Database, is out on 1 Mar 2010 via Once Upon A Time Records, and an album is set to follow next summer. We spoke to David Perlick-Molinari to ask our Same Six Questions.
Q1 How did you start out making music?
I remember playing with my toys in the family room of our old house in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin and hearing my mom play the piano in the living room and going over to her and being very excited to play too.
Q2 What inspired your upcoming album?
It’s about the struggle of being human. It starts with the beginning, floating like a big whale through the free and fancy void of the universe beautiful and expansive and then our ‘spirit’ is sucked into the body of a baby human and we start our exploration of the known and the unknown. It goes on from there.
Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track?
Stories play a big role in our music. I find great meaning in telling stories that inspire me and help me come to grips with my hang-ups. I think it may be a process of getting to know myself better so then I am better equipped to help others around me. I think the music has a lot to do with self-realisation and how we exist in the environment we live in. Like growing up in America in the late 80s and 90s, and now struggling with what our surroundings have become and how our hopes and dreams may or may not fit in.
Q4 Which artists influence your work?
I’d say mostly The Beatles and the Beach Boys
Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time?
Have Fun!
Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future?
My biggest ambition is to try as hard as I can to get it right – to express truthfully using to tools around me, to do the best I can to create something truly inspiring on multiple levels to me, to my brother, and hopefully to anyone else who may be interested.
MORE>> www.frenchhornrebellion.com and www.myspace.com/frenchhornrebellion
