Ten bands everyone should know about:
Bamboo, Lio, Sean Nicholas Savage, Tashan, Craft Spells, Linda di Franco, Phyllis Hyman, Roberto Cacciapaglia, The Blue Nile and Montero.
Nine food items that you need to make a kick arse dinner party:
Champagne for all on entry, bottles of chardonnay, bottles of red, vodka and mixers, kale chips, quinoa, celery sticks, a selection of cheeses and whisky for after.
Eight possessions that define you:
My white Stratocaster pictured on the Off By Heart LP cover, my Musicman Stingray bass, my rosewood Jazzmaster guitar, my Bamboo 7” single Shanghai produced by Serge Gainsbourg, my black boots that have been re-built so many times, my selection of leather jackets, my Gemma Smith Boulder sculpture, the iPhone.
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape:
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Seinfeld, QI, ABC World News and music documentaries – all of them.
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
Champagne, chardonnay, pino gris, sav blanc, celebrity gossip websites and smoking.
Five people who inspire you:
Ugo Rondinone, Urs Fischer, Florian Maier-Aichen, Pierre Perrone, Pierre Huyghe.
Four things that turn you on:
Chardonnay, smoking, Yves Saint Laurent, Rick Owens.
Three goals for your music:
Keep ‘em under four minutes, a middle 8 – no one does this any more, Lana Del Ray to cover Don’t Do That To Yourself.
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
1. Suede, The Forum, Melbourne, 1999
It was my birthday, it was my favourite band and they didn’t disappoint except for the fact they didn’t play Pantomime Horse.
2. The house band at ‘Travellers Rest’ Restaurant, Bahamas, 2010
Right on the beach in the Bahamas, the house band of men in their fifties playing ‘80s ballads as the sun sets and your left drinking cocktails. I met them afterwards and they told me a story of the Bee Gees arriving by yacht and popping up for a drink.
One day left before the apocalypse and you…
Will need to check emails.
When’s the gig?
Darren Sylvester Off By Heart album launch at Kelvin Club this Friday November 8 with Montero and Fatti Frances.
