{"id":6484,"date":"2013-03-15T16:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2013-03-15T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T16:01:33","slug":"butterclock-prepares-for-first-prom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/03\/15\/butterclock-prepares-for-first-prom\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterclock prepares for First Prom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Kristel Jax<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Berlin via Paris artist Laura Clock has built Butterclock into an underground phenomenon slowly and mysteriously, fitting her foggy sound. Though Clock finds many fans through her live and recorded collaborations with Tri Angle oOoOO (NoWayBack, Try), Clock is committed to her own sound and vision: a dizzy blend of hip hop aesthetics, pastel-tinted fantasies, mirrored reflections of top 40 pop icons, and cold New German Cinema heroines. If this sounds like a visual artist you’d love to check out or at least follow on Tumblr, you\u2019ll be glad to learn Clock\u2019s new EP is due later this winter.\u00a0<\/em>
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\nStylus: As we publish this, you\u2019ll have released the first single of your long awaited EP. We want to know all about it: what’s it called, how long have you been working on it, and what secrets does it hold?<\/strong>
\nLaura Clock:<\/strong> It\u2019s hard to say when I actually started to work on the EP. Some songs are brand new and were recorded last month, some others started to be built two years ago. To me, where and when it was recorded doesn\u2019t really have an importance. It\u2019s more about a feeling that is timeless. Maybe somehow there\u2019s a reason why it\u2019s so separated in time. I wanted it to feel like different stories, sequences, and flashbacks. The EP is called First Prom.<\/em>Stylus: You’ve been recording and touring a lot with oOoOO. Is he on the EP?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> oOoOO co-produced the song \u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d And I did the rest of the EP myself. There are some touches of my friend M. E. S. H. on the song \u201cSorry love.\u201d Some drums I chopped at \u00a0the end. The song \u201cMilky Words\u201d was originally a beat by a very mysterious producer called Moon. I asked him if I could take it and sing on it and he agreed. So I did asked for some friends talents here and there, to \u201cadd\u201d some things, but mostly and overall, I was sitting alone in front my Logic session making the record alone.It was important for me to do something very personal and with full control. Even though it was painful. Yeah, sometimes I was envious of these people who just have to go in a studio, sing, and leave, and then have a team of people taking care of the rest\u2026 haha. When I started my project in 2009 I was producing, writing, every single thing on my own and then started working with oOoOO. I admit I was a little offended to be taken as a \u201csinger\u201d even though it\u2019s just ego shit. Who cares. I was mostly a live vocalist in that project, it\u2019s true. I only wrote \u00a0two songs with him for oOoOO. I guess it\u2019s just my values. I have a lot of respect for people who try to handle everything on their own. It\u2019s usually long and harsh, but gratifying in the end.<\/p>\n

Stylus: I\u2019m really into strange cover songs and I\u2019ve been listening to your version of \u201cCrush\u201d for two years now \u2013 I still can\u2019t get over it. What are your favourite covers by other artists?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> Thanks. One of my favorites is \u201cTurn Me On\u201d by CocoRosie. It\u2019s a classic.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Will any new cover songs appear on this new release?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> No. I tried to stop doing that \u2018cause I could just do it all day. It\u2019s addictive. It\u2019s just too easy and lazy to me somehow, but I\u2019ll release some on [the] internet for sure.<\/p>\n

Stylus: I read you like to get spaced out on valium and record late at night. What\u2019s more enjoyable for you, performing live, or recording? <\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> I switched to syrup now: it\u2019s way cooler to \u201chold a cup\u201d (take that as you want), haha. No, I don\u2019t wanna \u201cpromote\u201d drugs at all, but instead the power of crystals and automatic writing. I\u2019d rather promote that. All those anti-anxiety pills make you even more depressed…. well, that\u2019s my personal experience on the subject. Anyways, it really depends, I think I prefer live shows because I am not getting too pissed usually. I am very impatient and recording songs takes so long, it makes me nervous to sit and stay still when things don\u2019t sound the way I want. I\u2019ve stopped myself from breaking my laptop several times. When I play live I don\u2019t have time to think, so it\u2019s relaxing and peaceful.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Your singles have an intimate bedroom vibe \u2013 what kind of head space are you in personally when you perform live? <\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> Well I am trying to be as entertaining as possible. And I\u2019ve been told I was, but kind of besides my control. I am kind of clumsy, and I really try not to trip all the time, and be too clowny cause that\u2019s not hot. Like pros, you know. Like Rihanna and all those pop stars. I admire them so much. I wish I had that confidence. I am working on it though.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What have you found is the most difficult kind of audience for you, and how do you deal with that?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> People who are staring and not dancing is the worst, I feel really awkward. It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they don\u2019t like it, but I am very sensitive and if I don’t feel the audience \u201cwith me,\u201d comforting me and being close, I lose it and storm out once in awhile. I should work on my confidence, I guess\u2026<\/p>\n

Stylus: What’s been your best touring experience so far?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> All of it was amazing. Traveling with oOoOO all over the world was a blessing. Lots of drama too; touring in general always brings surprises (mostly good ones). Taking a ferry from Germany to Denmark was one of the prettiest trip \/ landscape ever, I think.<\/p>\n

Stylus: You seem attracted to colours, digital art and pop imagery. What imagery do you like to surround yourself with? What would your dream home look like inside?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> My dream home IS my home. I have lots of glitters mixed with dirt, a few posters of my friend o F F love on the walls, plasma balls, good speakers, and crystals. I just need an ocean or waterfall view. We have snow right now in Berlin and that\u2019s cool too.
\nI directed the video for the single \u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/a> I am very much into filming, it helped me to finish the EP actually. It\u2019s soothing.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Do you dream in colour? What was your most recent dream?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> I only dream in blue, pink, and purple, are you kidding me? My last dream was probably about chasing waterfalls, and Soulja Boy was the soundtrack…<\/p>\n

Stylus: Can we have a tracklist for the new EP?<\/strong>
\nLC:<\/strong> Don\u2019t ; Bad roses ; Away ; Milky words ; TRY
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