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Eric Gorfain on Radiohead (again)
Another interview with Eric Gorfain is available on IC Northern Ireland. Gorfain, who is responsible for two Radiohead ‘String Quartet’ tribute albums, will play ‘OK Computer’ with The Section String Quartet in Dublin tonight.
[..] And while one might wonder how classically-trained Gorfain deems an artist worthy of a string-laden tribute album, the musician, arranger and producer says the answer is simple - the songs have to stand out on their own, even without the lyrics or percussion. “Radiohead is the perfect example, because their music is so beautiful and structured and well-written and arranged, it really lends itself to other arrangements. The biggest challenge when we do these tributes is that you’re missing two things, one the drums and two, the lyrics. So the music has to stand on its own and Radiohead is one of the bands that I never have trouble transferring over to the quartet.”
“The fact that I also revere it helps. OK Computer, I listened to for about five years straight,” he laughs. “Literally, I listened to it constantly.So I’m coming from it from a fan’s point of view, in a way. But I try not to mess with anything, I’m not trying to rewrite it, but it is an interpretation, some things are literal, some are experimental and some are completely different.
“There’s a fine balance that you have to achieve so that you’re not pissing off fans, but at the same time, not just doing a straight copy. “A lot of times the people that are targeted with these tribute albums are the fans of the band, like Radiohead fans who might want to listen to the music in a different way.
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