{"id":2407,"date":"2012-12-08T18:04:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T18:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/12\/08\/nektar-the-spoonful-confessions\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T18:04:53","slug":"nektar-the-spoonful-confessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/12\/08\/nektar-the-spoonful-confessions\/","title":{"rendered":"NEKTAR – The spoonful confessions"},"content":{"rendered":"


Interview with Roye Albrighton<\/em><\/p>\n


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1. How did you decide to record this album full of covers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea originated from Cleopatra who thought that Nektar doing a covers album might be of interest to their fanbase.<\/p>\n

2. Many famous musicians participate in this album, did you or the label contact the musicians?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The label were the instigators of this..they had the contacts accumalated over the years and conacted them with the offer to do it.<\/p>\n

3. Did you meet any of the guest musicians or they had already recorded their own parts before you enter the studios?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from Joel and John Wetton I have never met any of the other musicians..the whole album was recorded remotely via internet. This has it’s advantages in such a scenario, however, recording an album of new music would need a different approach.<\/p>\n

4. There a few risky numbers in this album such as covers of non progressive tracks such as “Africa” by Toto. Were you worried about the reactions from your oldschool fans?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not at all..our fanbase know that we try something different all the time and a covers album wouldn’t be that different, after all when Nektar were in it’s infancy we aso did a couple of covers.

5. What is the scope of this album, to extend your fanbase or satisfy your artistic will?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bassically just to show that we are human and not a progressive rock machine.<\/p>\n

6. Did you ever share the stage with any of the artists that you decided to cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Never<\/p>\n

7. Who was the artist of the cover artwork?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pease ask Cleopatra<\/p>\n

8. Do you have any plans for an album with new music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes we have a new Nektar studio album called “Time Machine” that appears early 2013.<\/p>\n

9. Do you have plans to tour for the Spoonful Of Time album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not really but we may put a track or two into the set over the next shows.<\/p>\n

10. Are there any other covers that were recorded for a new cover album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No<\/p>\n

Info: http:\/\/nektarsmusic.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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