Interview: TUT (English)

 

1-How long have you been working together and who are the members of the band?

We started the band in January 2013, and the band is consist of the band leader Hua-Chun Hu (Vocalist/Guitarist), Ji-Yi Shia (Drummer), Fifi Huang (Vocalist/Guitarist) and Edee Chen (Bassist).

2-Are you from the same city? Where you from?

We are all from northern Taiwan and currently living in Taipei right now.

3-How do you started?

The band was formed January 2013. Hua-Chun and Ji-Yi had a 3-piece band called "Fetish People" back in 2011, but then the bassist left so they decided to have a new band. Hua-Chun wanted to have a female vocalist in the band so Fifi was brought in this band, and then they put and ad on online forum for bassist, and that was how Edee got in.

4-Your band is so good, what are your influences?

Lol thanks. We are deeply influenced by My Bloody Valentine and a Japanese band called Supercar. 

 

5-In general terms, what are the topics of the lyrics?

Fifi and Hua-Chun are usually the ones who write the songs, so their answers are... Fifi: Love, sadness and hate. Hua-Chuan: Love. Yeah, so we are basically a band full of love.

6-Please tell me something about SEND ME?

This song is written by Fifi, and we all have different interpretations to that. Fifi: It's a song to a girl who is lack of confidence. At one night she was suffering from insomnia, she felt so sensitive to every small voices. And when she closed her eyes, she saw the sky of night, stars, forest and lake. She was just drifting and floating there, watching those beautiful things but felt hopeless. Ji-Yi: a weirdo waiting for a dawn. Hua-Chun: Sad people and march song. Edee: peeping tom?

7-How long it took to record it, and where was that?

We did the drum in studio and the rest of instrument in Hua-Chun's bedroom. It took us about 2 weeks to finish this song.

8-Do you believe in maintains a music style of composition over time? or, are you open to a new changes of styles? 

 

We've never tried to put ourselves in a certain shape. We are always trying out new stuffs and our style changes as we expose to other great and interesting music. However in the album we're going to release a few month later we'll make it more as a whole, the style of the songs will be more coherent.

9-What are your goals in a short and long term.?

We are now in the studio preparing for our debut album, and we're hoping to release it in August this year. For long term goal we hope we can get more close to the ideal sound and atmosphere.

10-How do you feels to know that your album comes to Spanish language countries by facebook or internet?

We are glad and excited that more and more people are listening to our music for sure, and at the same time curious about how people there get to know us? 

 

11-Do you prefer to play small places or large festivals?

I think we enjoy both of them. It's like chemical reaction. Songs just sounds different in different venues, and we are excited about this kind of interactions with different gig places.

12-Moving on to another area: Political ideas: Are you interested in political? Any preferences?

We are all involved in the biggest Taiwanese social movement recently, and we are hoping for a more democratic future.

13-What is you vision about global warming?

If everyone can pay more attention on their lives then maybe we can achieve something extraordinary. Turn off the lights you don't need, walk or bike more, do recycle, bring your water bottle instead of buying water. There are actually a lot of small thing we can help to stop global warming, we just need a little bit more attention.

14-Last game, if you could invite a famous musician to record with you, who will be and why?

Fifi: Andrew bird, love his sexy whistling sound and the arrangement of violin in his songs. Hua-Chun: Kevin Shield, he is a pioneer in this style of music. Ji-Yi: James Dean Bradfield (manic street preachers) oh god i love his voice Edee: Bradford Cox, I love the combinations of weirdo and genius, and he is just magical when on the stage.

15-What message would you give to your fans in South America?

Hola, Somos "TuT",la band de Taiwan. Muchas gracias por sus apoyos! Espero que algún día podríamos ir a Sudamérica para tener unos conciertos. Nos encontraremos con ustedes allí~

Nota realizada por: Ariel Fernández
Fotos: Pagina web de de la banda.