Nov. 24, 2010 - Issue #788 : Wool On Wolves
Michael Rault
Sat, Nov 27, Starlite Room
» Rault's latest was inspired by old-school rock 'n' roll DJing / Ryan Fujiki
"I think one of the major influences on it was DJing, actually," Rault explains over a coffee that looks like it's sorely needed. "I was doing a night at Prohibition around the same time as I was demoing it, and all I was playing was old R&B and rock 'n' roll. So when I was thinking about what kind of record I wanted to make it, I just wanted to make a record that sounded like that. I wanted to make people dance when I put it on in a club."
He seems perfectly on track, then. Though the record has had a long gestation process—it was recorded almost right on the heels of his fantastic solo debut Crash Boom Bang, but has taken its time getting public thanks to the demands of working with his new label, Pirates Blend—it feels ceaselessly vital, the kind of thing that could have waited three more years and still not lose an ounce of its energy.
Whatever its influences, though, part of them seem due to Rault's still-recent decision to go as essentially a one-man band. Hands on the strings and feet working drum pedals, it's a set-up that suggests the boundless energy Rault can instill in his music, like one instrument couldn't possibly hold his wailing assault on standing around at a rock show.
"It's the most meditative way to play music, honestly," Rault explains. "Sometimes you just get into a space where you completely lose your mind for a few minutes or hours, just making all this noise with your feet and hands. It gives me a particular rush that's very rare."
Sat, Nov 27 (8 pm)
With Bedouin Soundclash, Charlie Winston
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