Colourmusic
Check out our interview with Dfest headliner
Colourmusic. Colourmusic performs at the
VIP/Launch party at
9 p.m. on
Thursday at the
IDL Ballroom.
Dfest runs Friday and Saturday at the Blue Dome District in downtown Tulsa. Organizers said they expect 70,000 people over the two-day music conference and festival.
For more interviews with headliners Dengue Fever, Blue October, Cake, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Ian Moore and The Uglysuit, check out the Tulsa World mini-site at
tulsaworld.com/Dfest.
Here's a sample of that Colourmusic interview:
Q: What's your newest/latest music project?
A: We are finishing up our sophomore album this summer. For those who don't know of colourmusic (which I'm sure includes a lot of Oklahomans) we interpret colours via sound. Our debut record was our musical interpretation of orange, whereas our follow-up is inspired by the colour pink. For us, the musical interpretation of a colour is a great way to express ourselves because it allows us the artistic license to jump in and out of genres. Orange was a very bright, somewhat tempered, sunny and organic record. Naturally, pink's soundscape is dirtier, more suggestive and somewhat gross sounding at times. I'm eager to see what Oklahomans think of pink.
Q: What's the funniest thing to ever happen to you at a music festival?
A: We played a festival in Des Moines, Iowa last year on the Fourth of July. At that point in our live set, Ryan would throw a ton of streamers out to the audience and everyone would go crazy with them. On this tour, we decided we didn't want to have to worry about streamers for each show, so we chose to do without. When we played Des Moines on the Fourth of July, Ryan and I were brainstorming about doing something visual for the show, when he found one small streamer in his effects pedal bag. We got on stage, Ryan introduced the band and proceeded to throw the solitary streamer about five feet in front of him. It was one of the funniest moments in my life. That show still stands as the highest amount in merchandise sales we've ever made, all thanks to the tiny streamer.
Q: Where would you like your band to be 5 years from today?
A: Oddleighhallfield-upon-Leggerfordwood, the fastest growing, non-existing city in the world.
Also, see the Tulsa World interviews with emerging acts Billy Joe Winghead, Crocodile, Daniel Walcher, Dead Sea Choir, Gentleman Auction House, Mayola, Ptiaradactyl, Rainbows Are Free, Round Up Boys, Stars Go Dim and Three Penny Upright at tulsaworld.com/Dfest.
Video: "Yes!"
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