The Controversy Q&A

Your names: 

Laura Vall and Thomas Hjorth.

Where are you from? 

I'm from Barcelona, Spain, Thomas is from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Name of band: 

The Controversy.

Who else is in your band?

Thomas and I are the founders and the ones who write and produce the songs but we also have a live band beside us formed by Amy White (synths and backup vocals) and Kris Persson (drums).

How would you describe yourselves and your music?

 We like to call it Electronic Art Pop Psychedelia.

Who are your main influences musically?

Massive Attack, Portishead, Radiohead, Beck, St Vincent, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Air, Miike Snow.. among many others. 

What do you hope to achieve in music? 

A long and successful career in music.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 

We won Artist of the Year 2012 at Artists In Music Awards, Best Song Alternative Song of the Year 2012 at Hollywood Music In Media Awards, and Best Music Video of 2013 for "Real" at Artists In Music Awards, and all those awards gave us validity and strength to keep on pushing forward. With that said, it means the world for us very time we get a good review or a nice comment from a fan, that's always the highlight of our day.

And what’s the moment you want to forget? 

We are lucky to not have had any of those moments with this band so far, everyone has always been really great and we've always felt the love.

If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 

Our music is really eclectic and every song is our baby to us so it's very hard to choose only one. "Queen of Chinatown" is our latest single, so I'm gonna go with that one. 

Where can we listen to it? 

https://thecontroversyband.bandcamp.com/album/dont-count-on-me

Where can we find out more about your music?

Official Site - http://www.TheControversyBand.com

Facebook - http://www.Facebook.com/TheControversyBand

Twitter - http://www.Twitter.com/TControversy (Twitter handle - TControversy) 

SoundCloud - http://www.SoundCloud.com/TheControversy

Instagram - http://www.Instagram.com/TheControversyMusic

Bandcamp - http://www.TheControversyBand.Bandcamp.com

iTunes - http://hyperurl.co/15iedv

Magner Tales Q&A

Band name:

Magner Tales. The word "tales" in the name can be read both a noun and a verb. Like this :)

Where are you from? I'm from Russia, Saint-Petersburg. It's rainy town with kind people.

Who is in your band? Hm... let's think... me, and me, and me, and Cubase. Me on guitar, me on keyboards, me on bass guitar, me on vocals, Cubase just plays all I do :)

How would you describe yourself? I don't like to describe myself, so I let others do it. I may only say, that I am enthusiastic and easy.

Who are your main influences musically?

I list some of: David Sylvian, The Blue Nile, Jane Siberry, Tinavie (Russian band), Joni Mitchell, Kimbra, Emery, some Japan music like "Anzen Chitai – Suki sa". Is it enough?

What do you hope to achieve in music?

I want to sing to people my stories, my thoughts. I want my songs to touch souls of people and I want to be popular at least as well as The Blue Nile. There is relatively small percentage of people in the world who love them. Think, these achievements are the best for an artist or a band.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?

When I realize that people do love my oeuvre. Besides the music, I write poems (most in Russian, but I'm working on translation), so I'm a kinda poet. Maybe, it sounds funny but, yes, I write poems, and do it well. At least, it seems to me so, ha-ha :)

And what’s the moment you want to forget?

There are no moments I want to forget. Every second is important and precious, every moment is experience.

If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?

I'd represent one of the songs from an album that I working on, because it's fresh and interesting. By the way, I will release a single from an album soon, so stay in touch!

Where can we listen to it?

https://soundcloud.com/magnertales/carry-war-no-more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEpoZ5AVlKw

Where can we find out more about your music?

http://magnertales.com/
https://www.facebook.com/magnertales
http://twitter.com/MagnerTales
http://instagram.com/magnertales
http://www.poemhunter.com/magner-tales

Anything else you’d like to say that I forgot to ask?

Just a short poem. It's called "Be my dream".

Be my genuine vivid dream, be as the air or a glint of a snow. Be full of stars, be a vernal stream, a secret of seas with no visible coasts.

Be as a swan in the morning sky colored in sapphire of purest sample; swan that falls in a dawn of July, falls as a dew is slightly trembling.

Be as a spotted gracious bobcat or a mirage not similar to you.

Be my effortless frequent dream.

Is it a trouble for you?