MUSIC | INTERVIEW
Aeroplane Pop music appears to be entering a new phase of sophistication. Artists these days are engaging the entirety of recent music and cultural history in their pursuits of fresh riddums, combining genres with a flare heretofore unseen (-heard?). Rising acts like MGMT, Cut Copy, Hercules & Love Affair, and Yeasayer are mining the hell out of seventies progressive rock, mid-western contributions to dance music, cosmic disco, psychedelia, straight Motown R&B, croony folk, club culture, and so on in their investigations of melody and good sound. Aeroplane, a Belgium-based band fronted by Stephen Fasano and Vito De Luca, is running with this pack, too. Their take on where pop music is heading embraces slower, steady rhythms complete with kicky, disco-inspired bass, SWEET electric guitar riffs, and so-called ‘balearic’ harmonies. They’ve remixed Low Motion Disco, Allez Allez, MGMT, and Cut Copy, among others. They’ve collaborated with Kathy Diamond on track. They’ve released three of their own singles, and are preparing to put out a full length album. They’re DJing up and down and across Europe. In short, they are pretty accomplished for an outfit that was officially launched less than a year ago. We jumped at the chance to throw a few questions Stephen’s way (Vito was vacationing). 108