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Defying Gravity With DANIEL MARAZITA From XCALIBRE · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: I'm Dan from Excaliba. We've got a new single coming
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  Speaker 1: out on Friday, the fifth September, and we're pumped and
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 2: Fantasty Daniel, thanks for joining us today.
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  Speaker 1: Brother, Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 2: Chris my pleasure. So, as you say, Excalibur premiere your
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  Speaker 2: new single Gravity this Friday. So how you feel about it? Oh?
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  Speaker 1: Man, We're pretty stoked. Yeah, we're just looking forward to
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  Speaker 1: getting it out. Did a lot of hard work on
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  Speaker 1: these tracks, so to have this one off the rank first,
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  Speaker 1: I guess it's pretty exciting.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So can you dive into the song a bit
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  Speaker 2: deeper for us from a musical point of view and
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  Speaker 2: what you're going for with it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's got a mixture of sounds with
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  Speaker 1: this one Brandon Fraser mixed, so you know, we've got
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  Speaker 1: that electronica in the background, that real sort of I
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  Speaker 1: hate the stereotype, you know songs but Lincoln Park sort
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  Speaker 1: of sounding where they rap with the big melodies. We've
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  Speaker 1: got that aggression, but we still keep that excale of
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  Speaker 1: a sound within it. So it's really important.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what's the song actually about? Like, Gravity could be
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  Speaker 2: any one of a number of things.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a good question. It's whatever anyone interprets to be.
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  Speaker 1: But for us, I think gravity is you know the
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  Speaker 1: world's changing at the moment. Things really get you down,
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  Speaker 1: So it's about dusting yourself off and you know, rising
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  Speaker 1: above it pretty much, not letting anything hold you down.
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  Speaker 1: So not even gravity can can force you down. So
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, keeping that strength up. And the world's
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  Speaker 1: a weird place at the moment. So yeah, just that
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  Speaker 1: encouragement sort of song, that that power.
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  Speaker 2: That's the understatement of the year, mate saying the world's
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  Speaker 2: a strange place at the moment. So the song's coming
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  Speaker 2: out with a music video, So how did this watch
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  Speaker 2: in the video tie in with the narrative of the song.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was fun. I mean we you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: reversing water getting thrown and you know, pushing things back
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  Speaker 1: out to the universe. They had me on a harness,
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  Speaker 1: so I was We recorded it and we filmed that.
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  Speaker 1: Danny Nolan filmed it for us, and we filmed it
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  Speaker 1: in a big old warehouse. I was in a harness
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  Speaker 1: and they it sort of lifted me up and yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's nearly lost my breath and passed out, but you've
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  Speaker 1: got to be careful. He had some fun with that.
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  Speaker 1: So it's it's it really relates to the song.
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  Speaker 2: You're not scared of height, say I am, actually, but.
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  Speaker 1: Luckily I wasn't that that high up.
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  Speaker 2: But it was fun the two feet off the ground, mate,
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  Speaker 2: And I'm starting to get nervous.
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  Speaker 1: The ball goes on the roof that stays there.
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  Speaker 2: Christ On, my kids out all the time. You've got
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  Speaker 2: a couple of up and coming guest artists on the
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  Speaker 2: song's role made with a guy called DJ Lethal from
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  Speaker 2: olymp Biscuit Programming and Marcos Peril from PO d On Guitars.
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  Speaker 2: Like what that? How did that come about? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: We we just got introduced to those guys, Brandon Fraser
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  Speaker 1: who recorded the track down there in La We headed
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  Speaker 1: over and you know, we sort of got mingling and
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  Speaker 1: they were keen to be to collaborate with us. Marcos
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  Speaker 1: has always been a great guitarist, great band pods some
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  Speaker 1: massive songs, and then we needed a programmer where djj
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  Speaker 1: Ethal came on board and you know, you know this
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  Speaker 1: stuff and we had learning from these guys in the
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  Speaker 1: studio were just was amazing. Chris, you know, just just
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  Speaker 1: was daunting even I thought it was a joke when
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  Speaker 1: they first said, yeah, they're going to come in the
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  Speaker 1: studio and you know they're going to work with you
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  Speaker 1: guys when we know it was just daunting and being there,
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  Speaker 1: but learning from them and the way they go about
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  Speaker 1: it in the studio, it was amazing. It was an opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and running through what each of them contributed to song.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll start with DJ Lethal.
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  Speaker 1: Uh Lethal did all the programming, all the keys, all
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  Speaker 1: the electronic sort of stuff in the background. Mark Is
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  Speaker 1: did all the guitars. So yeah, he's just a way
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  Speaker 1: he goes about doing his tracks with his guitars. It's
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  Speaker 1: he's got that unique sound. You know, he's got that
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  Speaker 1: custom signature sound. We recorded it at Matt Zoroms from
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  Speaker 1: from Guns N' Roses, So that was, you know, being
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  Speaker 1: in his garage and and meeting Matt and you know
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  Speaker 1: when we remember we're trying to we're tracking the drums
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  Speaker 1: and we're trying to get this really cool snare sound
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  Speaker 1: and he pulled this snare down. Why don't you try
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  Speaker 1: this one? And I use this at Wembley and I'm like, nah, man,
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  Speaker 1: you keep put that back on the shelf and but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: at moments like that you look back and you know,
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  Speaker 1: hearing their stories and yeah, it was great.
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  Speaker 2: What was the process for something like that? Guys are
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  Speaker 2: pretty big and what they do. So do you just
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  Speaker 2: let them have free range and they write whatever they
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  Speaker 2: want for the song or are you still ask him
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  Speaker 2: to go to a specific style?
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  Speaker 1: No? I think with the writing process, lethal does his
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  Speaker 1: thing like he knows what he's doing when I'm not
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  Speaker 1: really you know, privy to that, that electronic program sort
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  Speaker 1: of thing that he does, but it just makes a
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  Speaker 1: song bigger, It gives it that that cinema sort of
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  Speaker 1: sort of just brings you on that roller coaster. With Marcos,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we sat down and we bounced ideas together.
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  Speaker 1: So you know he's he's all open for that and
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  Speaker 1: his ideas are great. You know. So as I said,
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  Speaker 1: I just learned so much from these guys.
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  Speaker 2: Agrest you did, and like you mentioned those two an
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  Speaker 2: Matt Sarrem like, did I did I give you any
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  Speaker 2: advice or gott and sorry there? Or do they wait
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  Speaker 2: for you to ask him? Did I offer it? Like?
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  Speaker 2: It's what sort of.
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  Speaker 1: People, Chris, It's so easy, It just flowed, you know,
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't It wasn't uncomfortable. Everyone was just sort of creating.
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  Speaker 1: The juices were flowing, Everyone was strolling ideas out and
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  Speaker 1: it was it was a really good environment to be
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  Speaker 1: So they were really cool dudes, And it wasn't like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, do this through that. Yeah, it was everyone's
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  Speaker 1: had input, so it was it was really cool.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Gravity has taken from your debut album X,
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  Speaker 2: which comes out on January the thirties. So what choose
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  Speaker 2: that song to represent the album? I guess Bobby and
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  Speaker 2: the lead song.
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  Speaker 1: We just thought it was the right one. I guess
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  Speaker 1: to have these guys featured on it too, which was,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it was a big bonus to throw that
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  Speaker 1: out and and to have it's a big malady. It's
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  Speaker 1: got the rap, it's got everything that you know we
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  Speaker 1: signature with an EXCaliber. But we've got other songs coming
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  Speaker 1: out that you know, heavy, that a brutal, that a soft,
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  Speaker 1: that a crossover that are you know, so I think
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  Speaker 1: this one just incorporates it all. But yeah, we're pumped
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  Speaker 1: to get these songs out and see see what it
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  Speaker 1: does out there.
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  Speaker 2: So running through X a bit deep on a musical level,
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  Speaker 2: then may like, what are youse going for with this
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  Speaker 2: any debut album?
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  Speaker 1: Just diversity. With this album, we want to show that
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  Speaker 1: we can, you know, we can do all aspects of everything,
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  Speaker 1: not just one. And I guess a lot of albums
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  Speaker 1: are doing that at the moment. You know, you've got
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  Speaker 1: bands like Falling Reverse doing country songs. You know. It's
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  Speaker 1: so I think just for us to tap into that
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  Speaker 1: and show, you know, we've got diversity is really important.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and so Gravity isn't actually a representation of the
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  Speaker 2: album as whole sonically, is it's just a small piece
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  Speaker 2: of what do we expect?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, it's Look, it's a great song, but
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  Speaker 1: I think all the songs on the album are fantastic
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  Speaker 1: so and they're all different in their own way. So
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  Speaker 1: the next one coming out, I'm not sure if I
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  Speaker 1: can reveal that yet, but that's it's heavier again, it's brutal,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's it's completely different. So yeah, Gravity is it's
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  Speaker 1: it stays with people. It's got that that catch humality,
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  Speaker 1: it's got the rapid first, it's got the electronics, but
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  Speaker 1: it's it's engine it's engineered and recorded perfectly from Brandon too.
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  Speaker 1: So it was it was a good team effort.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sure. And are there going to be any other
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  Speaker 2: surprise guest artists on the album? Made or of your
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  Speaker 2: brain lid on those two?
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  Speaker 1: Well, these guys featured on another song which is on
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  Speaker 1: the album, which is will be part of the album,
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  Speaker 1: so look out for that one too. Yeah, no other guests,
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  Speaker 1: No other guest artist.
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  Speaker 2: But do you need anyone else?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Exactly, that's big enough for us.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So what's six scali we got planned for
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  Speaker 2: the rest of twenty twenty five?
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  Speaker 1: Moving forward? Mate, album comes out January. We'll book some shows,
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  Speaker 1: we'll do some runs, and we're just pumped. We're pumping
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  Speaker 1: at these songs that get back on the road and
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  Speaker 1: have some fun.
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  Speaker 2: I throw that's right too, Mate, Like a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people sort of wonder this, but you've got that song
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  Speaker 2: gravity with these two big superstars on it. But when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to playing them live, how do you handle
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  Speaker 2: their parts? Like you? Do they get overdubbed? Do they
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  Speaker 2: someone else come and play them?
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  Speaker 1: Like Vinnie our guitarist, Mate is legend of the guitar.
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  Speaker 1: You won't. That's different. They've got a very unique style
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  Speaker 1: of both of them, but it blends in perfectly the electronics. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we don't have a DJ on stage, so we have
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  Speaker 1: backing tracks for that. But yeah we guitars, drums and vocals.
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  Speaker 1: We all we get down pretty pat Chris.
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  Speaker 2: So we've seen it, brother, I can attest to that.
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  Speaker 2: You guys have truck an awesome life.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, mate, appreciate that.
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  Speaker 2: No way is it all?
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  Speaker 3: Brother?
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  Speaker 2: All right, Well, thanks for your time today, Daniel. The
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  Speaker 2: song Gravity is out Friday, and it is a cracker
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  Speaker 2: pick Hares who's on it. It's a great song anyway,
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  Speaker 2: but it's made even better by having them on it.
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  Speaker 2: But quality appa made look on here and the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the album. Thanks Chris, thanks for having me, mate,
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you brother, my pleasure.
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  Speaker 4: Let me speak.
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  Speaker 5: It's as forever I'm falling on my knees, lots as
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  Speaker 5: to speed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah that's my way.
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  Speaker 2: I'm all alone and need to find my way back home.
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  Speaker 6: Trying to feed one slipped inside on script. But I
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  Speaker 6: can't decide out.
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  Speaker 3: You can't see me, own said, I'm dying out, lots
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  Speaker 3: to say, what finding about y'alls till the sun not
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  Speaker 3: even ding if I see the yard, and I said,
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  Speaker 3: now see see it now?
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  Speaker 6: But notions clear up, waiting no seems disappear. There's gotta
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  Speaker 6: be more than I can do. Breaking through the WI,
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  Speaker 6: I said to be HERETI you got a call. This time,
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  Speaker 6: it'll walk long.
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  Speaker 2: I'll meet you up.
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  Speaker 3: But I can't hold on.
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  Speaker 2: And now I feel I got him.
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  Speaker 1: I'll see me here, I said.
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  Speaker 3: It's just say jobs keeping the shout.
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  Speaker 6: S S.
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  Speaker 1: S S.
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  Speaker 4: Wats the last come back, so I'm not That's just say.
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  Speaker 3: As a game Passamassia
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  Speaker 4: Jam Bassis