Posted by Danni Le Toullec on March 11, 2010
A band that is completely unfazed by geographical separation, How Love is using digital technology to transform the unique sounds of three musicians into one cohesive sound. Angelic vocals similar to that of Au Revoir Simone feature on 'Time Song' and dream-like melodies akin to Röyksopp can be heard on 'Friend' and 'Ayaya'.
When he had a moment away from structuring and editing some beats, occasional Kluster contributor Andrew Worotniuk gave Danni Le Toullec the inside scoop on How Love.
Danni Le Toullec: How did How Love form?
Andrew Worotniuk: Pretty much formed the same way it happens now. I sent Finn some ideas, he sent me some, someone dragged Jamieson in and next thing we had a band.
DL: What inspired the name ‘How Love’?
AW: There really is no grand story. It'd be nice to give you a longwinded, metaphorical answer, but we'd be lying.
DL: Many musicians live by the motto that practice makes perfect. How do you manage to create such multifaceted music without rehearsals?
AW: Apart from spending a lot of time on it, we really just try hard to engage with everything we we're making. I don't think you need to spend a lot of time in a rehearsal studio to do good things anymore. When you bounce ideas of each other and put the effort in to work with them, you don't need much more than a computer connected to the net and some willing minds.
DL: How Love utilises a unique writing process compared to many other bands. How do you create a cohesive sound with all of you writing separately?
AW: In a weird way the electronic/digital side of things is what keeps the sound cohesive. Yeah we don't get together and write songs, but we all spend a lot of time structuring, editing and mixing sounds on our chosen computer programs. There's ways to make things sound cohesive even if they start out as a bunch of completely separate sounds.
DL: 2010 will see the band collaborating across the ocean, with some of you residing in Germany and others in Melbourne. Tell us about your plans and the logistics of this arrangement?
AW: One of the best things about writing music this way is that you can do it from almost anywhere. Berlin is a great city and there's a lot of music coming out of there that we just love. It seems like a logical place to be for a while. The good thing is we don't need to relocate an entire band. Some are there, some are here, it doesn't really matter. We'll just keep producing our stuff the same way we are and putting it out there.
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