Tom Bailey Ua Si Thompson Twins'Into The Gap' Album Full for First Time

Tus kws ntaus nkauj Askiv Tom Bailey, paub zoo tshaj plaws rau nws txoj haujlwm ua ib tug tswv cuab ntawm 1980s New Wave band Thompson Twins, tej zaum yuav yog thawj tus qhia rau koj tias nws tsis tuaj yeem xav txog kev ua nws cov nkauj qub qub dua tom qab lub sijhawm ntev. Tom qab Thompson Twins 'kev sib tawg thaum xyoo 1990, Bailey tau ua haujlwm ntawm nws tus kheej lub suab paj nruag tab sis khaws cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem tsawg. Tab sis qhov ntawd txhua yam hloov pauv hauv 2014 thaum nws mus ncig ua si ib tus neeg ua yeeb yam thiab rov kho dua Thompson Twins cov classics xws li "Tuav Kuv Tam Sim No," "Cia Koj Tes Rau Kuv," "Lies" thiab "Nyob Hauv Lub Npe Kev Hlub. ” Yuav luag ib xyoo caum tom qab, nws nco qab nws rov qab los ua suab paj nruag pop.

Bailey hais tias "Kuv yeej xav tias cov suab paj nruag pop dhau lawm," Bailey hais. “Thompson ntxaib tuag faus. Kuv yeej tsis xav li cas tiag. Qhov tshwm sim tiag tiag yog ib tus kws kos duab Mev tau ntsib nrog kuv thiab hais tias, 'Kuv tabtom ua qhov haujlwm txawv no uas kuv tau sau ib zaj nkauj nrog rau tag nrho kuv cov mlom hluas, cov neeg uas kuv ntsia thaum kuv tseem yog menyuam yaus. Thiab koj yog ib tug ntawm lawv. Koj puas yuav sau ib zaj nkauj nrog kuv?' Thiab kuv xav tias, 'Vim li cas ho tsis?' Thiab kuv tau mus rau hauv nws. Qhov kuv tsis paub yog nws tau ntxias kuv rov qab los rau hauv lub tswv yim ntawm kev poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog suab paj nruag pop. "

Txij thaum ntawd los, Bailey tau ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev ncig xyuas ncig, hais txog nws tus kheej cov yeeb yam thiab ua rau pom ntawm 80s suab paj nruag festivals. Hnub Saturday, nws thiab nws pawg solo yuav ua yeeb yam classic xyoo 1984 Thompson Twins album, Nyob rau hauv lub Gap, nyob rau hauv nws tag nrho rau thawj zaug puas tau thiab lwm yam hits ntawm Britain Friars Aylesbury. Cov ntaub ntawv ntawd suav hais tias yog Thompson Twins 'kev ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws thiab kev lag luam, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Ua ntej ntawm qhov kev ua yeeb yam tshwj xeeb no, Bailey hais tias nws tab tom nrhiav kev hloov pauv yam uas yuav ua rau cov kiv cua nyuaj.

“Yog lawm, ib tug hais tias, 'Vim li cas koj tsis ua tag nrho Nyob rau hauv Gap, suav nrog cov lem uas tsis muaj leej twg hnov ​​tau ntev lawm?' Yog li ntawd nws thiaj li tuaj txog. Nws kuj yog ib qho kev sib tw muaj tswv yim rau kuv, yog li ntawd yog qhov zoo. Koj paub thaum nws tau yooj yim heev, qhov ntawd yog thaum tej yam tawm mus rau kuv. Koj yuav tsum muaj ntug ntawm unpredictability. "

Qhov kev ua yeeb yam no tseem yuav yog lub sijhawm rau Bailey ua lwm txoj hauv kev los ntawm thawj album uas tsis yog singles, suav nrog "Hnub Tom Qab" thiab "Storm on the Sea." "Ua ntej ntawm tag nrho cov, kuv yuav tsum rov mus xyuas lawv kuv tus kheej lossis rov paub kuv tus kheej nrog lawv yog dab tsi, lawv txhais li cas suab paj nruag, lawv hais txog dab tsi. Thiab tom qab ntawd kuv tau ua cov txheej txheem tshiab txhawm rau qhia kuv pawg neeg yuav ua li cas thiab tag nrho cov seem ntawm nws. Thiab tseem, vim kuv nyiam mus kawm, kuv tsis xav ua raws nraim li txoj kev uas peb tau xav txhua lub sijhawm dhau los. Rov saib tej qub qub rau kuv zoo li daim ntawv teev npe: koj nyeem koj cov kev xav ntawm ib hnub 40 xyoo dhau los. (laughs) Qhov ntawd tsis txhais hais tias koj dhau los ua tus neeg ntawd. Koj rov qab saib nws nrog kev hlub lossis kev txhawj xeeb, nyob ntawm seb nws yog dab tsi. "

Saib rov qab ntawm cov ntaub ntawv, uas nws tau tsim nrog Alex Sadkin, Bailey hais Nyob rau hauv Gap cim lub ncov muaj tswv yim rau Thompson Twins uas nyob rau lub sijhawm nce hauv kev muaj koob meej. Ua ntej tshaj tawm ntawm Nyob rau hauv Gap, pawg, uas tsim nyob rau hauv 1977 thiab pib tawm nyob rau hauv post-punk suab paj nruag, tau ntsib kev vam meej nrog rau yav dhau los album, 1983's Kauj ruam nrawm thiab sab ncaws. Cov ntaub ntawv ntawd tau mus rau tus lej thib ob hauv UK daim ntawv qhia thiab yog thawj tus ua yeeb yam classic Thompson Twins lineup ntawm Bailey, Alannah Currie thiab Joe Leeway.

"Rau qee qhov laj thawj, txhua yam tuaj ua ke thaum lub sijhawm ntawd," Bailey hais. “Peb cov nkauj dhau los [Kauj ruam ceev] kuj tau zoo siab heev thiab muaj tswv yim zoo, tab sis peb tau nqaim heev hauv peb cov ntaub ntawv. Yog li, piv txwv li, peb tsis muaj guitars - peb tsuas yog txwv tsis pub guitars ntawm qhov album sib nrug rau ib qho me ntsis uas snuck nyob rau ntawd. Raws li rau Nyob rau hauv Gap, peb mam li nco dheev tau los so ntau dua txog kev ntsuas lub suab thiab lub nruas tshuab suab nrog ntau cov khoom siv organic zoo li. Kuv xav tias Alannah, piv txwv li, tau dhau los ua neeg paub tab hauv qhov tob ntawm nws txoj kev sau ntawv ib yam nkaus. Nws zoo li kov qhov chaw siab ntsws uas ua rau cov nkauj zoo li "Tuav Kuv Tam Sim No" ua haujlwm zoo heev. Yog li kuv xav tias yog nws. Nws tsis zoo li cartoonish thiab me ntsis hnyav dua li cov album yav dhau los. "

Ib tug harbinger ntawm Mus rau Gap'txoj kev vam meej tuaj nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm cov lus hais saum toj no thiab ntxim hlub "Tuav Kuv Tam Sim No," thawj zaug tso tawm cov ntaub ntawv. Nws ncov ntawm tus lej peb ntawm lub Billboard daim ntawv qhia nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis 1984 thiab tau dhau los ua ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm 1980s pop suab paj nruag. Bailey hais tias "Kuv paub tias peb tau mus rau qhov zoo," “Tab sis kuv tsis paub tias zoo npaum li cas. Nco ntsoov koj, txhua pawg xav tias lawv ua dab tsi yog qhov zoo thaum lawv ua. (laughs) Tab sis kuv xav tias muaj ib qho kev xav tshwj xeeb tias qhov no yog ib yam tsim nyog tau tawm mus sai sai heev. Yog li ntawd yog vim li cas peb tau sau nws thiab ua tiav nws. Tab sis peb tsis tau xav tias nws yuav loj heev. Peb yeej tsis muaj lub tswv yim tias peb tseem yuav tham txog nws thiab tiag tiag hu nws 38 xyoo tom qab. Qhov tseeb yog hais tias nws yog ib zaj nkauj uas yuav tsum tau sau: peb muaj kev sib cav, peb tsim, thiab qhov ntawd yog zaj nkauj tawm ntawm nws. "

Lub album thib ob yog qhov zoo nkauj thiab cinematic "Tus kws kho mob! Dr!” uas mus txog Tus naj npawb 11 hauv Asmeskas "Qhov ntawd yog ib qho uas peb tau pib sau nrog Alex hauv Compass Point [Studios] hauv Bahamas, thiab qhov qhib qhov sib txuas ua ke—Kuv ua si rau Alex thiab nws hais tias, 'Lub suab zoo li ntaus rau kuv. .' Thiab nws tau ua. Nws zoo li peb lub siab xav, uas peb yuav tsum ua txhua yam ua tau kom nws zoo li ko taw-tappable thiab hu nkauj-nrog-tau, tab sis muaj hom style thiab lub ntsiab lus tib lub sijhawm. Yog li kuv xav tias peb ua tau zoo. Nws cia li poob ntawm tsob ntoo, cov txiv ntoo ntawd. "

Lub suab nrov thiab zoo-suab "Koj Coj Kuv Mus" tau los ua Twins thib peb ib leeg los ntawm album thiab tau nrog cov yeeb yaj kiab zoo nkauj thiab lom zem. Bailey nco qab tias: “Peb ib txwm muaj cov khoom xyaw no hauv peb cov ntawv sau… peb muaj qhov no uas peb tsis ntshai ua me ntsis ua dag thiab eccentric, txawm tias hom goofy, txog qhov peb tau ua. Nyob rau hauv lub dhau los album, muaj ib zaj nkauj hu ua "Peb Yog Detective." Nws yog ib zaj nkauj dag uas muaj lus phem tshaj tej zaum. Kuv xav tias "Koj Coj Kuv Mus" yog ib qho kev sim ua raws li cov hlab ntsha, kom muaj cov khoom xyaw hauv album uas zoo li ntawd. Tab sis qhov tseeb, nws lyric yog obviously liberational. Peb xav hais tias tib neeg muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau ib leeg, uas yog cov lus ntawm txhua zaj nkauj Thompson Twins. "

Cov kab "Qhov Gap" tej zaum hais txog Thompson Twins suab ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd: kev sib xyaw ntawm synthpop, funk, cov cuab yeej tseem ceeb, thiab lub ntiaj teb suab paj nruag cuam tshuam. Bailey hais tias, "Peb tau ua txhaum ntau heev," “Nws yog ib qho ntawm peb cov tswv yim hauv paus. Qhov tseeb yog tias txoj kev Thompson Twins xaus rau hauv qhov peb-thooj tsoo pwm vim tias txoj kev zoo nkauj ntawm kev saib cov suab paj nruag yog plaub tus neeg dawb nrog guitars ntawm theem. (laughs) Thiab mam li nco dheev koj tau txais dub, dawb, txiv neej, poj niam, synthesizers, thiab peb muaj costumes thiab video tswv yim. Nws yog ib qho kev tsis txaus ntseeg tab sis tib lub siab xav ua kom tawg lub tswv yim thiab nws yuav tsum yog dab tsi. Thiab tau kawg, "Lub Gap" hais txog qhov teeb meem no, thiab peb xav tias ntau dua li hais tias East thiab West yuav tsum tau sib cais los ntawm txoj kab ntawm kev sib cais, qhov tseeb uas ob kab lis kev cai sib ntsib yog qhov chaw txaus nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm txhua tus. "

Ob leeg Nyob rau hauv Gap thiab nws cov yeeb yaj kiab uas muaj suab npe nrov thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab tau ua rau Thompson Twins rau kev ua yeeb yam, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thaum cov pab pawg tau caij nkoj ntawm yoj ntawm Thib Ob British Invasion of America. Nws yog lub sijhawm zoo kawg rau cov trio uas tau ncig tom qab cov ntaub ntawv. Bailey hais tias "Nws tsis yog qhov kev ncig xyuas pob zeb thiab yob, yog qhov tseeb," "Thiab nyob rau hauv Thompson Twins, yeej ib txwm muaj kev faib tawm ntawm kev ua haujlwm: Kuv tau ua suab paj nruag, Alannah tau sau cov lus thiab saib xyuas cov duab pom, thiab Joe muaj keeb kwm kev ua yeeb yam - nws txaus siab rau txoj kev ua yeeb yam nyob. muab tso ua ke. Nws yog qhov nthuav heev uas ncig saib. Peb muaj qhov tsom teeb, peb muaj kev saib xyuas, thiab yog li ntawd peb muaj peev nyiaj los ua si nrog ob peb yam tsis zoo. "

Lub Thompson Twins tso tawm qhov kev taug qab mus rau Nyob rau hauv Gap, 1985's Nov yog rau Hnub Nyoog Kawg, uas tau muab cov qhab nia ntxiv rau hauv "Tag Koj Tes Rau Kuv" thiab "King for a Day." Tom qab Leeway tau ncaim ntawm pab pawg hauv xyoo 1986, Bailey thiab Currie txuas ntxiv Thompson Twins ua ib tug duo mus txog rau xyoo 1993, tom qab ntawd lawv tau los ua kev sim suab paj nruag duo Babble rau ib lub sijhawm. Nws tsis yog txog ob xyoo tom qab ntawd Bailey, uas tau ua suab paj nruag ntawm nws tus kheej raws li lub npe ntawm International Observer, rov qab mus ua yeeb yam Thompson Twins 'suab paj nruag nyob rau hauv lub suab seev suab paj nruag.

"Los ntawm lub sijhawm, Howard Jones hu kuv ob peb hnub tom qab thiab hais tias, 'Kuv xav ua qhov kev ncig xyuas no hauv Asmeskas. Koj puas txaus siab?' Thiab thawj zaug nyob rau hauv ze li ntawm 30 xyoo, nws cia li mus nias thiab kuv hais tias, 'Yog, kuv yuav ua nws,' uas tsis muaj lub tswv yim ntawm yuav ua li cas rub nws tawm. Thiab tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tsum mus nrhiav cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag thiab plua plav tawm ntawm cov keyboards thiab txhua yam uas kuv tau tso tseg ntev dhau los. Qhov tseeb, qee yam ntawm cov no yog qhov txawv heev vim tias koj tsis tuaj yeem khiav tawm ntawm koj yav dhau los. Kuv tsis muaj ib daim ntawv luam ntawm lub album txawm. Kuv yuav tsum tawm mus yuav Thompson Twins ' zoo tshaj plaws hits kom rov paub kuv tus kheej nrog qee yam ntawm cov khoom ntawd. "

Txog rau yav tom ntej, Bailey hais tias nws npaj yuav rov ua dua Nyob rau hauv Gap ua yeeb yam rau Australia tom qab lub xyoo no, nrog rau qhov muag rau kev mus ncig tebchaws Amelikas hauv 2023. Lub sijhawm no, Thompson Twins cov nkauj txuas ntxiv mus rau hauv lub siab thiab lub siab ntawm Generation X-ers uas muaj hnub nyoog thaum xyoo 1980s. Bailey puas tuaj yeem xav txog tias qhov kev nyiam ntawm nws cov nkauj qub qub yuav kav ntev txog 40 xyoo? "Tsis muaj," nws hais. "Thaum koj tab tom ua tiag tiag, koj xav tias nws yog qhov zoo thiab qhov ntawd yog txhua yam ... thiab koj txhawj xeeb ntxiv txog koj daim ntawv qhia lub lim tiam tom ntej - tsis yog ib qho hauv 40 xyoo.

"Qhov tseem ceeb uas kuv yuav tsum hais txog qhov ntawd yog cov nkauj no ua rau muaj kev nco-feem ntau nco txog lub sijhawm zoo thiab qhov phem. Yog li peb xav rov qab thiab peb zoo li kov lub siab lub ntsws pob txha hauv txoj kev, thiab qhov ntawd tso cai rau peb txuas nrog cov neeg tuaj saib ntawm qib uas tsis yog hais txog suab paj nruag ntxiv lawm. Nws tsis yog hais txog kev ua yeeb yam, nws tsis yog hais txog kev cuam tshuam. Nws yog qhov zoo dua ntawm nostalgia. Raws li ib pab pawg, qhov ntawd yog qhov peb tab tom nrhiav thaum peb ua cov nkauj ntawd. Peb tuaj yeem ua si lawv zoo nkauj, tab sis yog tias peb tsis ua qhov kev xav ntawd, nws tsis txhais tau dab tsi. Peb nyuam qhuav xyaum hu nkauj qub xwb. Tab sis yog tias peb ua kev sib txuas, kuv tus Vajtswv, nws hloov mus ua ib yam dab tsi uas muaj zog tag nrho. Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov peb ua neej nyob. "

Tom Bailey yuav ua ntawm Friars Aylesbury hnub Saturday no.