Posted on December 8, 2009 - by Mark Zonda

Rochester Theme

I first heard about Anthony Rochester thanks to his “I love you” song, noticing this little indie hit for awhile (I think I even put it through some DJsets) soon forgetting it. Some time passed, and it happened I randomly came back to that little lovely tune deciding that a listen to that whole album wouldn’t have hurt. And it didn’t! Not only that, I found myself really enjoying it for its clean production, cleaver and catchy lyrics, and the same Swedish jazzed soft disco pop that I came addicted to because early Cardigans stuff. Luckily enough I managed even to get in touch with Ant, not only discovering he’s a really nice guy, but he’s even interested on supporting my Neo Italo album project. Could I ask for more? Possibly a little interview :)

Mark Zonda: Anthony, what’s the secret’s keeping pop music still alive, and how did you came to write such enjoyable tunes?

Anthony: The secret is that I just make whatever music you want to, and don’tcar e about any current trends in music.  I liked music that I thought nobody else liked at the time.  Really daggy and cheesy stuff (e.g. 60′s lounge music and readers digest compilations from my grandpa). And that influenced the music I came up with.  Luckily there are some
people out there that like it too!

Mark Zonda: Anthony Rochester Vs Pelle Carlbergh: who would win in a fight?

Anthony: I don’t know who that is, but he sounds a bit like a soccer player. So he would be able to beat me up pretty easily…

Mark Zonda: “You’re a singer now” would still sound good if sang by Amy Winehouse? I  really love the drums in that song, are they real or it’s a sample?

Anthony: If you would like to ask Amy Winehouse to sing it you would be most welcome.  The result could be interesting.  The drums are real, I played them, but I cheated a bit with editing and looping…

Mark Zonda: Is there any particoular reason for Australian Indie Scene being so amazing?

Anthony: Yes.  We have all learned to think differently because the place is run by kangaroos, and they keep telling us to make better music because they need it to help them hop around in time.  Its true.  No actually, Australia is a pretty relaxed place, people have enough time to sit around making up songs.

Mark Zonda:  “Lipsecombe Larder” it’s a little masteripiece. How did you came out with such a great song?

Anthony: For that song I want to include as many obscure local references as possible so that no one outside of Tasmania would have any idea what it all means..

Anthony Rochester – “The Zoologists’ star”

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