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GRIMES WORRIED ABOUT 'GOING CRAZY' DURING NOCTURNAL STUDIO SESSIONS FOR 'VISIONS'
Posted on Oct 25th 2011 1:30PM by Melody LauComments
It's hard to imagine how Grimes mastermind Claire Boucher found the time to record her new full-length, 'Visions,' what with her heavy tour schedule sending her crisscrossing the globe.
So when it came to hit the studio, the Montrealer did it the only way she knew how to.
"It's kind of crazy but I just locked myself in my room for about a month and didn't leave," Boucher tells Spinner. "I didn't tell anyone I was in Montreal and people just thought I was on tour."
Boucher is no stranger to working 16-hour stints, often with no food or communication with the outside world. But with 'Visions' -- which drops January 31 -- she took things to a whole new intense level.
"I was really on edge the whole time because I could only work at night so I covered all my windows," admits Boucher.
"And you can go crazy when you don't talk to people. I would lose track of how many hours I'd be doing things; the whole record has a sense of urgency or something."
So does this new disc carry the same sensibilities that's put her on the radar for breakout electronic acts?
"This one is way more intentional," Boucher says. "I knew exactly what I wanted to do -- and I did it. With the other records, it was more experimental and less coherent because I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't think anyone would listen to them."
But people have -- including Lykke Li. In fact, the Swedish indie sensation invited Grimes to hop on her tour after discovering Boucher's self-produced synth-pop. Their time on the road together pushed Grimes' sound, according to Boucher, who had to pump up her tunes to fit the feel-good vibe of Li's concerts.
"I think that's one reason why it's more pop," she says. "You want to play a dance party so you want to amp it up .. So this record is definitely more appealing than my other albums."
"I don't know if that's selling out or not," Boucher adds of playing up the pop angle. "I don't think I'm selling out."
After sharing the marquee with a star like Lykke Li, Boucher walked away with a new appreciation of her craft and a new perspective on her repertoire.
"It can be really cool or really deflating to control that many people," she says of live shows. "Like to have them totally consume your set with talking if you're not doing a good enough job. So we'd turn up the vocals so people would respond more, and I stopped playing the slower songs on that tour... You start playing the more intense songs because it would get their attention. And that pushes you artistically in a certain direction."
Fans will hear Grimes' evolution on 'Visions' and, if they're lucky, another disc might surface that showcases the full spectrum of her artistic whims.
"I want to make an a cappella record to release for free," she says. "Just make music using vocals and put it out alongside the new record." Category:InterviewCategory:2011