20 questions with Galantis: See what they said about working with DollyParton, the first piece of music they bought and more
3. What did your parents do for a living when you were a kid, and what do they think of what you do for a living now?My dad always worked; he was a farmer. He’s super proud and knows more about my career than I do -- he knows everything.
It was something from one of the many punk rock bands I started around the age of 13, probably just three chords and something really angry, lyrically.You have to start in punk rock, it’s the root to everything good. 5. If you had to recommend one album for someone looking to get into dance music, what would you give them?6. What’s the first thing you bought for yourself when you started making money as a DJ?7. What’s the last song you listened to?8. What’s one song you wish you had produced?I wish I produced “Windowlicker” by Aphex Twin. It’s still mind blowing; the production is sonically unreal.10. What’s distinctive about the place you grew up, and how did it shape you?I’m from a very small island in Sweden, with only about 500 to 1,000 people at most. It was beautiful, but we had nothing easily accessible to us in terms of making music or anything like that. Every move was a step towards a bigger world and more options -- it was never about getting away from it, but just the drive to explore. Things would have definitely been different if I were born in New York and everything was in my face.I used to sit in my studio and imagine it was a building in Brooklyn. I’d look out at the view from the second floor window and dream so vividly that I was in New York making that house record I was working on. In those small cities or villages, nobody is out after 6:oo PM so you really have to make your own party.The dream was just getting to visit America, and then one day you think, “Maybe I’ll speak English.” At that point, it’s such a far away dream that it’s hard to even believe you could make it here and become part of the music industry.12. Festivals or club shows -- what's your preference?We love both, they’re so different -- one doesn’t really compete with the other. The intimacy of the club and the feeling that anything could happen, you tend to be more free. Whereas the energy of a huge festival crowd is wild, mixed with both fans and people who might just be checking you out. Having 40,000 people singing your song back to you is crazy.It’s hard, because you’re charged with adrenaline and endorphins so you have to focus on coming down. It’s all about getting to a point where you can rest in order to do a show the next day.Linus: During one of our first New York shows, at one point in the set, all the fans took off their shoes and used them as pom-poms.It’s all in the eye of the beholder.We carry something unique, that history in music and songwriting for over 20 years. It’s a powerful tool to have in dance these days. A lot of people make a track and then write to it, but for us it starts with the song and I think that’s unique. I feel like we have our own genre.Our fans are very loyal. They’re very open minded and open to our sound evolving. With certain acts or genres, people don’t always want them to change -- but our fans appreciate that Galantis is always searching.Church18. What does this album say about where you are in your careers?Pharmacywas more about exploring and finding something new. Nowis wrapping them both together, going back to the beginning but also using the new things we discovered along our journey.When we asked Dolly to be in the music video for our song “Faith,” we didn’t expect her to say yes -- she’s a very busy lady! She asked if she could design her own bus driver outfit , and came in glitter and sparkles looking amazing. We also had a custom Seafox jacket made and gave it to her on set, and surprised her by wearing jackets of our own with her face on them.
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