Electronic music royalty Groove Armada are ashamed of how British music is being hung out to dry by the government.
Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, back with new album Edge Of The Horizon, fear for the future of musicians and venues since the entire live scene was shut down by the pandemic.
Just days after Chancellor Rishi Sunak suggested musicians may have to “retrain” Tom Findlay told me: “Our musical innovation and exports are something the current government don’t seem to think matters which is deeply shameful.
“We have to collectively pull together. Nobody is sharing a vision to support those clubs which are an essential part of our culture and genuinely make our country great.
“We have to find way in meantime to support these industries, it’s part of cultural heritage and deeply worrying that it’s being vandalised.”
Groove Armada are ashamed of how British music is being hung out to dry by the government
Groove Armada, who invented Lovebox and a host of brilliant parties over the years, are just as fearful for Ibiza nightlife where they have spent 25 years DJing.
Tom explained: “We have a close association with island but it’s the first year in 20 years I’ve not been there. It made me realise how much my year revolves around those weekends there and it’s so special. We wrote I See You Baby there and a lot of our music has been informed by the island- those Cafe Mambo sunset sets.”
Speaking of Ibiza their new album is a bit of a throwback to their Ballearic heyday, as it conjures up a pre or post club vibe with a 1980s cinematic twist.
Tom Findlay and Andy Cato performing in 2011 (Image: Getty)
Tom agreed: “Recording at home with friends has a real sense of us getting back to our roots again, making a record for the joy and curiosity of it.
“If anything some of our records in past were trying to jam too many styles on one disc this one definitely has a mood. My big reference was Stranger Things, I must have been deep into the second series while making it.”
Edge Of The Horizon is out now.
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