WE FORFEIT (Mix 18) on Radio Relativa :: Show #3 Interview with Hyboid (Astro Chicken)

WE FORFEIT · Radio Relativa #3 Interview with Hyboid (Astro Chicken Records)

WE FORFEIT know how to do Christmas. Long silences with loved ones, gritted teeth and processed ham. In this tradition, and that of making some mixes to ease the season, the lads are back at the stocking filling coalface to bring listeners messages of love and music. Through fictitious serendipity, a hackneyed flair for rhyming couplets and a fair bit of organisation, Robbie and Chris have a very special guest for their third show on Madrid’s Radio Relativa: Astro Chicken’s Hyboid. Expect two hours of hard hitting questions, insight into Hyboid’s influences and inspirations, his creative process, unheard music, guilty pleasures and the answers to the issues of our time.

A chill on a…

Dark December night, a cold wind whips the city,
The pavements soaked, roads wet, dirty and gritty.
Winter claws a lone passenger, a passenger who hurtles through the rain,
A passenger who feels no misery, a passenger who feels no pain.
Disembarking, the collar is given a flick,
Chris’ head is down, his step is quick.

This Christmas weather bites to the bone
And our intrepid traveller is not set for home.
He’s off recording a two hour set,
One filled with electronic music and banter I’ll bet.
The streets are dark and the headphones are in,
Chris’ attention is grabbed, “Could that lad be my twin?”

Thud. Confusion. A bump between two.
“Pardon Me”, “Aye, wait, Hyboid, is that you?
The head of Astro Chicken? In our neighbourhood?”
“Doing some sightseeing, but a warm house would be good.”
“Well you’re in luck, my mate lives ‘round here,
We’re doing a radio show, would ya pull up a chair?”
“Questions and music, sound good to me!”
“Synth Pop. Electro. And a decent cup of tea!”

Warm sounds fill Robbie’s house, a buzzer cuts,
“Who’s tha? Yeah, come on up, no ifs or buts!”
“Brutal night, who’s that you’re playing?”
“Some Hyboid tracks, for an interview I’d be praying!”
“Well let me tell ya, those prayers have been answered,
You’re not gonna guess who I just encountered!”

O Saints be praised, O Heaven. O Joy,
It was like the WE FORFEIT lads were again but a boy.
With Hyboid they sat and warmly nattered,
Music, a snifter of port, nothing in the world mattered,
Questions, answers and a tasty cheeseboard
Christmas merriment and laughter to the sound of an electronic music record.
A glut of audio presents left under the polythene tree,
Festive fun and musical frolics from this happy three.

Thanks Hyboid!

Happy Christmas everyone! – WE FO FO FO FORFEIT

Tracklist / Interview Questions ::

Intro :: From the laps (Bitmapped)
Starlight Hammer Sounds :: Turrican 2 (Astro Chicken)
Hyboid :: Telepath Or Psychopath (Aspecto Humano)
Hyboid :: Trip To NGC891 2 (Astro Chicken)
Anbau :: Disco Z (Aspecto Humano)
Question 1 :: For our listeners who might not know, how is Hyboid and what is Astro Chicken Records?
Question 2 :: So when did you set up the label?
Hyboid :: Dr. Dabic’s Pain Amplifier
Risk Risk :: Digital Love
Sternrekorder :: Sugarshaker
Question 3 :: And how long have you been producing music?
Hyboid :: Space Haze
Hyboid as Erwin Eiswürfel :: Roboterbrösel (Störgeräusche aus dem Evangelium)
Question 4 :: So what are your early influences? What three records really stand out from these influences?
Klaus Doldinger :: Das Boot
Paso Doble :: Computerliebe
Caustic Window :: Italic Eyeball
Question 5 :: And who is influencing you nowadays?
Jan Hammer Group :: Don’t You Know
Bernard Fevre :: Max Stroke
Telex :: En Route Vers De Nouvelles Aventures
Question 6 :: As Hyboid you have released five albums. What draws you to the LP medium instead of EP?
Hyboid :: Terrör of the Üniverse (Intro)
Hyboid :: Les Aventures des Synthés
Question 7 :: How are you producing your music? What machines are you using?
Hyboid :: Crystal of the Ancients
Question 8 :: Tell us about your recently released album, Silent Signals has just hit the shops. What is this fifth album about? How is it different to your previous LPs?
Hyboid :: Starcrush
Hyboid :: Strange Signals
Hyboid :: Future Fever
Question 9 :: We are here in Madrid, can you tell us about the time you played here? Will you be back soon?
Question 10 :: What does the future hold for you? The label?
Hyboid :: Apocalypse in Neon
Hyboid and the Astro Chicken Allstars :: Untitled
Question 11 :: What are your predictions for electronic music in the future?
Question 12 :: To end, what about a guilty pleasure track?
Jon & Vangelis :: I’ll find My Way Home

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WE FORFEIT (Mix 17) on Radio Relativa :: Show #2

WE FORFEIT · Radio Relativa #2 octubre

WE FORFEIT return to the airwaves of Spain and the inter-waves of the world with the second instalment of their eponymous show on Madrid’s Radio Relativa. Starting as they mean to go on, to paraphrase Aphex Twin, the lads continue down a line of electronic music exploration and inquiry with tracks taken from far and wide for this latest two hour session.

A selection from Britain’s Tagwell Woods, recently on Distant Worlds, is followed by whimsical banter and cosmic disco care of Xenon before delving into the darkness with Dramatis Personae. Following this heartening introduction comes the heart of this month’s broadcast, a cold core of electro around which the lads select choice cuts from Central Processing Unit, Schrodinger’s Box and FTP to name but a few. To thaw those icey sounds, pockets of warmth can be found form Daniel Andréasson, Roger 23 and pure sunshine from Kano.

Oppenheimer Analysis and Hyboid close the set with two rounding renditions of incandescent synth pop. Next month one of these two artists will be interviewed by the WE FORFEIT men. Expect piercing musical journalism, hard hitting questions, juicy tidbits and much more with some personal selections from the lads and their very special guest.

Thanks, as ever, to Radio Relativa and Callum McCallum of Bishopbriggs who can look forward to drinking his Bru from a WE FORFEIT mug. Gracias a todos! Intro :: From the laps (Bitmapped)
Tagwell Woods :: Hardware (W.T.)
Tagwell Woods :: Christmas (Photic Fields)
Tagwell Woods :: Tagwell Woods (W.T. Records)
Xenon :: Galaxi (ZYX)
Dramatis Personae :: Carcosa (Vielspaß)
Mr TC & Lo Kindre :: Contaminant (Phase Group)
Diffuse Arc :: ACTO 5. Soledad (odio)
E.R.P. :: Wishing Still (Forgotten Figure)
Stratowerx :: Secret State (Sync 24 Remix) (Caught London Sleeping)
Sorrowbot :: Palpit-8 (Schrodinger’s Box)
Franck Sarrio ‎:: Army Of Robots (Radio Mars)
Will Web :: D Playas (FTP)
DMX Krew :: Urgent Enquiry (Breakin’)
Cybonix :: Shake Yo Body (Frustrated Funk)
Detroit’s Filthiest :: Baby Makin Music (Philphtrax)
Bradley Strider :: Bradley’s Beat (Rephlex)
Parris Mitchell :: Computer (Dance Mania)
Dj Ford Foster :: Gold Cans (Unknown to the Unknown.)
Dynamite Winter Palace :: Transiberian (Knekelhuis A Parigi)
Kano :: Ikeya Seki
Daniel Kyo :: Blood Running (Giallo Disco)
Daniel Andréasson ‎:: Track 4 (Skudge White)
Roger23 :: Deep, Deeper & Deeper (Bio Rhythm)
Plant43 :: Tellarium Snow (Central Processing Unit)
Oppenheimer Analysis :: Subterranean Desire (Minimal Wave)
Hyboid :: Walking The Milky Way (Astro Chicken)