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| Me, Tim and Loryn in the diner. |
First of all, how was your Cumbria, Umbria, Cumbria weekend?
Oh yeah, it was pretty good! Here, then Italy. I did a Charlatans show, sang with Paul Weller on 'A Town Called Mallice', then straight back here. I've just DJ'ed with some really great dancers.
What's it like having your own diner at Kendal Calling?
It's brilliant, yeah. It's 3 years now and everyone seems to think it's good for another.
Which bands did you choose to play at Tim Peaks?
All of them!
Yesterday we saw Kitch and we were talking to them. They told us you had been listening to them whilst recording the new Charlatans album. *laugher from Tim*. Have they influenced you in any way and could you tell us a bit about your other influences on the new album?
I don't know whether Kitch have really influenced us or anything, but Nick (Tim's friend and diner organiser extraordinaire) and I were sat next to each other. Nick had his laptop open and he was going 'What do you think of this?', 'What do you think of this?', 'What do you think of this?' and it was Kitch. I said, 'Yeah, it's good', and we were in our studio! The Charlatans album... we try to, any time something sounded like something else we got rid of it. It sounds like, us! In 2014!
We heard that it's called International Space Station.
What - the album?
Yeah. Is that true?
Yeah! *Tim laughs*. Well, it might as well be for today! It isn't, but it can be.
Is that its code name?
Yeah, that's right. It's called... erm, Milk & Eggs. (The Charlatans are on to a winner with that one...)
We've heard Baby Huey. (Tim asks how, if anyone else is wondering it is on Youtube at the Brudenell). How did you choose the code name Baby Huey?
There's an artist from the early '70s and he's on the Curtom Label. That's Curtis Mayfield's label. We were just going through some records, I was maybe DJing or something and I played a Baby Huey record. The song just got that name. It's no reference to any particular Baby Huey track. It doesn't sound like him or anything. The song is still called something 'baby'. It's not a very original title but it's a bangin' song.
And what's your favourite Charlatans song today?
Yeah, it changes all the time, doesn't it? I really enjoyed playing 'Here Comes a Soul Saver' yesterday, so it has to be that.
Now for DJing. What's your favourite song to play?
Hmm... 'Nothing but a Heartache' by The Flirtations. That's a good one. I enjoyed that one tonight.
How's O Genesis going? (OGEN is Tim's record label, ran alongside Nick, Nik and Jim)
Yeah, good. I mean, it's kind of funny. We tend to have most releases towards the end of the year at the moment. We set out working really hard at the beginning of the year, then Summertime is all about Tim Peaks. Then the Autumn and Winter is all about O Genesis, so we've got about 4 or 5 releases coming up. A band called Drohne, we're hoping to put Hot Vestry out and Ian Rankin out, finally. I've got a remix 12" coming out with the Peaking Lights version of Oh Men. Grumbling Fur... and there's a few more remixes. Gillian's doing one at the moment. (Gillian from New Order, that is)
How's Tim Book Two coming along?
Oh! Really good. Just loads and loads of sheets of paper everywhere. Some of them are screwed up but most of them are not.
Could you tell us a bit about Totes Amazeballs?
Where do you want to start? Totes Amazeballs! I sent a tweet out to Kellogs, saying "Wouldn't it be great to make something called Totes Amazeballs?", and they gave us carte blanche of any kind of ingredients from the back catalogue that we wanted! Then we added some sprinkles on top, chocolate and extra marshmallows! We decided if we were going to do anything, we'd like to design the box ourselves. So, we got a friend of ours who is a designer and gave him a job. It's not really available in shops unfortunately, because it made people's heads explode! If you're going to try it, be careful. That's my only advice!
Finally, why are cows so awesome?
Ay? They're just beautiful creatures. They've got beautiful eyes and nice milk. If I could be any breed of cow, it'd be a Friesian. I don't know many breeds though.
Thanks Tim for the wonderful interview! If you don't already, which I'm sure you probably do, follow him on Twitter: @Tim_Burgess.
Bye for now :)
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