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Q& A caro snatch in the Leeds guide,11 aug-26 aug 2004 The
expensive grab promises to give it her all... While
most of us see the bus as an unreliable form of public transport, to Caroline Churchill, aka caro snatch, its a home.Living in a big red is just one way Miss Snatch has gone against the grain: she shuns the now standard practice of making muisc via PC in favour of a setup exclusively consisting of hardware. In the unconventional world of caro snatch - the "one-woman elctronic avalanche"- multi-lingual poems,hard hitting bpms and a stark electro soundtrack combine to produce a genre-defying performance. Gradually spreading her message further afield from her Tyneside base, Caroline returns to Leeds this month with her unique blend of electronica. Where
did the name come from? >Snatch,
well, grab the moment. And caro means expensive in Spanish and >Italian. When/how/why
did you start making music? >In
1998, I was bedridden after a back operation and had to channel me >energies.
So i bought meself a Korg Poly 800 and got stuck in. How
would you describe your sound? >Raw
expression supported by funky beats and encompassing textures >(hopefully!). Who
& what has influenced you? >My
life, and all that i have processed or not. How
do you find being a female in the mainly male , ' techie' world of electronica? >I
have no problem being female! I also haven't encountered any problems >with
others as a whole, though it is strange there aren't more women doing >it. You
use old-skool equipment;why's that? >I
just do what i want to.I love using me hardware ( funk at the touch of a >button)
especially for the live performance element. People
draw comparison between you and Two Lone Swordsmen.Who of your contemporaries
are you most excited about? >Jamie
Liddel, Leila, Cathode and I'm interested to hear Miss Kittin's new >album. Do
you think artists should use music as a subversive tool? >Artists
can use music to express whatever they have to and /or want to - >that's
the magic of it. I think it's nice if it is also enjoyable for the >listeners
too. What
plans have you got for the future? >Well,
my first ep on cd is doing well and then i have a couple of offers of >me
own vinyl on new labels testin out & rare as a green dog (anorak). What
should the Leeds crowd expect from you? >I
hope to entertain and enchant the Leeds folk with summit new...I give me >all
in performance. Radio
2 Fringe Festival Electronica
Night @ Head of Steam feat. Caro Snatch, The Guessmen, The Video Age The
North East has seen a flurry of electronic acts form over the last few years, and tonight's Radio 2 Fringe event at the Head Of Steam was designed to showcase a selection of the very best. Kicking off proceedings was Caro Snatch, a one-piece female outfit from Byker. Although one of the newest acts on the scene, Caro Snatch shy's away from contemporary technology, with her instrument cache being made up of vintage keyboards and drum machines as a pose to computer generated beats. With a seemingly endless supply of voice effects, Caroline Churchill, as she's more humanly known, is renowned for her changing faces, switching from a Germanic robot to a seductive temptress in an instant. It is this sort of unexpected diversity which has gained her such a dedicated regional fanbase. And her faithful followers were out in force tonight, for Caro Snatch's first gig on home turf, since making an appearance at the Ladyfest festival in Manchester last month. Inspired by artists such as Bjork and Peaches, Caro Snatch's sound is as innovative as it is compelling. Mixing spiky synth led melodies with deeply emotive lyrics, there was no doubt, come the end of her set, that Ms. Churchill is destined for great things. Andrew
Fenwick Copyright Evening Chronicle 2003 Q&A
(Metro Paper, 19/08/03) Caroline
Churchill aka caro snatch uses drum loops and patterns, a synthesizer and a mixture of English, French and Spanish vocals to create her own funky take on electronica. Having recently performed in Barcelona alongside experimental visual artist SOLU, she plays at the Cluny this friday with Jazzfinger and the video Age. When
did you begin making music? When
i was bedridden with back problems after and operation in 1998. I bought myself a synthesizer and began to teach myself. I was living on a bus at the time. On
a bus? Yeah,
we had solar and wind power. It was my home for a couple of years. We just moved around the country on it. How
would you describe your sound? Everyone
describes it as electronica, but its so many different things. It's very personal as i started off doing things my own way and have carried on. It's passionate, expressive music, made with machines but retaining a human sound. There
aren't many women in the region doing what you do. Do you feel a bit out on a limb? I
am anyway, regardless of gender. What i do is quite unique and people can't compare it to anything else as it doesn't fit into any category. I'm int he minority but it isn't a problem. What's
next for you? I'm
playing at Ladyfest in Manchester next month, which will be my first English gig outside Newcastle. It's a festival that started off in America to showcase women in the arts. Everything's expanding really quickly and I've got as many gigs as i can physically do. It's an exciting time. Rachael
Ogden featured
in crack magazine may 2003 - many thanks to robert meddes Subversion
@ Diablo's, Newcastle - 24/04/03 Snatch
is in fact a one woman outfit. An exponent of the electronic arts, she wields her dazzling selection of bleeps with flashiness and little concession to convention. This is not to say she churns out any old electro muck and tat. Far from it. She manages to create dizzying soundscapes that manage to combine digital daring-do with the kind of soul and talent so often missing from lesser talents. Tonight,she's clearly enjoying herself and takes the appreciative audience on a journey to the heavens. An artist capable of deft twists and turns within the space of a heartbeat, you'd be advised to seek her out.
The provocative, "tongue in cheek" alter-ego of 30-year-old Caroline Churchill, Snatch is the owner of a sound which once heard, is tough to shake off. Inspired by strong individuals such as Bjork, Leila, Peaches and "anyone who follows their own path", Snatch produces electronic music rooted in slow, loose-limbed grooves hung around a ghostly echo of a voice, a larynx beamed in from some otherworldly place. Deeply rhythmic, dark and "spontaneous, effortless", Snatch has the analogue retro-fit feel of early Rephlex output and the deep funk of the Two Lone Swordsmen. Going
it alone for now (though open to collaboration), Caroline has constructed a rudimentary studio complete with antique drum-machines, two synths, a sampler and a four-track powered by a major motivation of "daring to display my true self". It's this seize-the-day attitude which has led to the invention not only of Snatch but also of Firefly, a project that releases the lighter shade of Caroline's muse. Influenced by the untouchable Boards Of Canada, Firefly is a downtempo project, full of dreamy drum-patterns, sweeping synths and nods to classical overtures. While Snatch "emerges from the body", Firefly "emits from the heart". An
artist with designs purely on "fun, funk, performance", unafraid to out techie-talk anyone while still shunning the use of a computer to help arrange her music. An ice-queen who's overriding sassiness and vibrancy means she operates as far away from any clichéd laptop musician as possible. One of our musical treasures. That's Snatch, that's Firefly. That's certainly Caroline Churchill. | |||||
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