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we’ve been lucky because we’ve always had Dave producing the records,’ says Dixon. ‘It’s like doing a painting then putting a varnish i nish on it, Dave’s production holds all the songs together.’ It wasn’t until the record was completed that Dixon found he could sit back, take stock and pick out overriding themes and moods. ‘For me it feels like quite a rel ective album, particularly something like “Sundials”, which feels like an end of summer track. We’re all a bit more mature and aware of what we’re doing now.’
Translating that sound from record to the live environment is a difi cult task. Their multi- layered sound is built up in the studio and it’s almost impossible to recreate on stage. However, it’s a challenge the band enjoy and embrace.
When we talk to Dixon, Django Django are deep in rehearsals reworking Marble Skies for their upcoming tour. ‘We hardly ever record them live as a band so we end up i nishing a record and almost have to start from scratch, pull them apart and learn how to play them again,’ he says. ‘It doesn’t make life easy but it means you can deconstruct a song. You can end up stripping it right back or speeding it up, you just have to accept that you won’t be able to play half of these tracks live like they sound on the record. It is tricky but generally it’s worth it, because you go out on tour playing almost a new song. It keeps it really fresh and interesting.’
Marble Skies is out now on Rough Trade, see review, page 77. Django Django play SWG3, Glasgow, Thu 1 Mar.
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