Pulse Prophet Elijah Kraatz preaches his reggae in Q&A
Kate
Issue date: 2/7/08 Section: Arts and Entertainment
BB: How do you create some of the celestial sounds on the disc?
EK: Our keyboard player [Andric Severance] has some wild effects on his keyboard. Some he created himself. Our guitar player has some cool effects pedals. We're talking top secret blends here! Haha. I have always been a big fan of dub music, so in the mixdown process I made sure we added some nice delay effects onto the vocals and instruments.
BB: Can you explain your band's mission-"to elevate your mind and shake your behind"-in a bit more detail?
EK: Yes, it is a bigger statement than I had originally thought. At first it was kind of a lighthearted-humor-based thing. Some of these songs really get people thinking in ways they had not before. People get stirred up-generally in a positive way. I think it is safe to call that elevating the mind. The shake-your-behind part comes from the fact that we play some serious butt-shaking grooves. Now, our live show is really where it is at. Getting your groove on with a live band is a million times better than a recording in my book. You put these things together and what you end up with is "soul elevation." That is what we are really going for.
BB: What is the band's ultimate goal?
EK: To keep growing, evolving. To speak the truth and have it be heard. To make beautiful music for y'all! A world tour would be good. We definitely want to take this music everywhere we can.
EK: Our keyboard player [Andric Severance] has some wild effects on his keyboard. Some he created himself. Our guitar player has some cool effects pedals. We're talking top secret blends here! Haha. I have always been a big fan of dub music, so in the mixdown process I made sure we added some nice delay effects onto the vocals and instruments.
BB: Can you explain your band's mission-"to elevate your mind and shake your behind"-in a bit more detail?
EK: Yes, it is a bigger statement than I had originally thought. At first it was kind of a lighthearted-humor-based thing. Some of these songs really get people thinking in ways they had not before. People get stirred up-generally in a positive way. I think it is safe to call that elevating the mind. The shake-your-behind part comes from the fact that we play some serious butt-shaking grooves. Now, our live show is really where it is at. Getting your groove on with a live band is a million times better than a recording in my book. You put these things together and what you end up with is "soul elevation." That is what we are really going for.
BB: What is the band's ultimate goal?
EK: To keep growing, evolving. To speak the truth and have it be heard. To make beautiful music for y'all! A world tour would be good. We definitely want to take this music everywhere we can.
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Jeremy
posted 4/17/08 @ 9:14 PM EST
Just saw these guys in Hawaii, I ran sound for them at Anna Banannas. Got to say, they really brought it. Twenty or so people came out and all had a good time. (Continued…)
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