Track by track with Mousse T
“I treated the vocals and instruments simply. When I recorded Tom [Jones] we had a chain of a Focusrite compressor, a little pre-amp, and a beautiful Brauner microphone. I didn’t even EQ the take. I just used it as it was. It sounded so organic. So I kept it like that.”
Gilbert
“This is a little intro with my friend Gilbert Cohen speaking. He also goes by DJ Gilb’R from Versatile Records.
“He sent me some remix stems for Venus [Sunshine People] by Cheek – remember that track? Anyway, he sent that on a DAT with his voice recorded at the start going [adopts a thick French accent], ‘Hey, Mousse T. This is Gilbert talking to you. Can you remix this...?’ And I just thought it was a great moment, so I wanted to use bits of that to open the album.
“I thought it was funny. It gave it that international feel with a twinkle in the eye, you know?”
Fire
“The singer on this is. When it came time for this album, I contacted her again to do some more music. We wanted another modern love song. It was the first single off this album, too.
