SOMEONE WE LIKE!

Forget Rebbecca Black, the guys over at the SFC are kicking off the pr arm of things by putting us in touch with Rebbecca Bergcrantz who is currently doing Norf' London with her inimitable mix of self-produced electro and acoustic styles. Unbelievably Rebbecca has forged a sound that actually manages to stand out in the current sea of female singer-songwriters in norf' Lahndahn. Given she ended up living with us for the past few weeks we decided it would probably be worth running an interview and posting it here and all the usual places. Catch you after the drop and without farther ado some words from the lady herself.

Hey Rebecca, we really like the fact that you produce all your tracks yourself. So what software do you use?

I use Logic, sometimes Garageband, sometimes Abelton. I like moving a project between the programs to get an optimal sound.
 
How long have you been into writing and performing music?
I've been performing music all my life. I've been writing music very rarely through the years. The songwriting took off for real when I started to do electroic music, which only was last year, and that's because  I love the whole arranging bit. I find it extremely stimulating to be in charge of every single sound instead of only write a melody with chords and lyrics.
 
Most of your family seem to be pretty musically talented in varying ways. Are you classically trained?
 
I guess I'm more of a "schooled musician" than many of the bands around nowadays, but I would never ever call myself a "master in music theory". But as my parents are composers in jazz and classical music, it's always been important that we are some what able to master the musical notation, it makes it a lot easier to mediate your ideas to the band you play with. I wish I knew loads more but I'm way too lazy.
 
How do you feel about the state of the music industry today? With everyone d/l everything for free and the arse dropping out of the record sales business how do you see the future for young emerging artists?
 
I do see a future for us cause the people in the world will allways need music. It's just gonna be different from how it has been before. Can't say in what way yet. I just hope I can release at least one or two actual physical CD's before all sales are gonna be done digitally.

Is there a particular message behind your music?
Nothing more than I really can't see a point of doing this if you're gonna do something that's already been done. It might sound a bit pretentious but I believe it's all about creating and the message and the music are all there already, in the air. You just have to hear it and get it down on a paper.
 
Where can we catch you performing next?
At the moment me and my band are just rehearsing and figuring out the perfect way to do it live. But there are a lot of venues in London who've wanted me to play already. So in the middle- the end of the summer. :)
 
Is there an album in the works?
Can only say that there are options and it's very exciting =).

WORDS: BOBBY PEE

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