Cocomyrrh: Why the name Emotion Kapture?
Pete: We are called “The Emotion Kapture” because that’s what music does. It captures your emotions when you listen, so years later you can feel them again.
Cocomyrrh: Who are the band members and what do they play?
Tony: All instruments, some vocals, production
Pete: Vocals
Cocomyrrh: How did you both get together?
Pete: Tony and I are from the Northwest. We began our collaboration after Tony responded to an instrumentalist wanted by lyricist Ad which I posted.
Cocomyrrh: What’s the creative process like?
Tony: I produce the sound. Pete writes the lyrics and sings most of the vocals
Pete: We record at our studio in Warrington. The production of “The moment” is done in house with additional mixing from a good friend Phil Dennett.
Cocomyrrh: When did you begin your journey in music and what was your first project?
Pete: Music has always been there for me, it’s difficult to imagine life without music. I’ve worked on a few projects since I was a teen, but Emotion Kapture is by far the biggest and best.
Tony: As the elder statesman of Emotion Kulture, my musical journey began in the 80s. I’ve been in a number of electronic synth bands, playing bass in one but primarily playing synths. My passion for the recording studio grew from my interest in music technology, and over the years I became more interested in recording than playing live, gradually building my own studio and developing my production skills.
Recently I produced the debut album for Blindness and Light, and alongside EK I write and produce with Echoes of Industry, first single just released, and I’m currently co-producing songs for Phil McAdam a talented singer songwriter from Manchester.
Cocomyrrh: That’s quite impressive. Also, Congratulations on your latest release. If you had to capture “The Moment” when inspiration hit you for this album, what would that look like?
Tony: We began collaborating a few years ago. Tony had songs he’d been working on but either as instrumental pieces or as pieces yet to be fully structured with lyrics. The song ‘The Moment’ stood out when we were making our forthcoming album and we wanted to put it out there, but not just as a single. We had Headspace and Unknown and the three songs just seemed linked.
Cocomyrrh: Why did you choose just three tracks in this album? Is there a significance to that number?
Tony: We wanted to put out these three songs which are linked with their subject matter: highs and lows of different kinds and people’s mental health on this crazy world. The songs seemed to complement each other well and we were not sure they’d all make the album, so we wanted to share them with everyone as a single release.
Cocomyrrh: What was it like collaborating with Helen Reynolds?
Tony: Helen was a pleasure to work with, a talented singer and a lovely person. She is easy to work with, takes on board sugestions as well as putting her own ideas into the mix. I’ve worked with Helen on other projects and its always a good experience.
Cocomyrrh: What did you have in mind when you wrote the songs on this album? What theme?
Tony: Life, the universe and everything. Consciousness, highs and lows, free will and the illusion of choice. Mental health and mental exploration. The inequality of this world and how it’s almost as great as the inequality between space and matter. Anything and everything, really!
Cocomyrrh: Would there be more collaborations in the nearest future?
Tony: We are always open to collaborations. Phil Dennett has collaborated on all of our releases so far on the production side, so shout out to him! It’s not quite a collaboration, but we have been working on a cover, which we’re hoping to release next year.
Cocomyrrh: The Moment, Headspace and Unknown, how do you link this three together to convey a message?
Tony: The Moment is about highs and lows and the Sisyphean task of getting to a feeling or place of happiness or contentment and how that can be by fight or flight of fantasy and how either can become addictive. “HeadSpace” is about how all this information we are receiving often comes unbidden. Without our request or desire. Some of it we ask for, but so much else comes with it. In a way that’s a bit like life; highs and lows, good and bad, darkness and light. Unknown is about how it can seem like we are superfluous in this world with nothing new to say that hasn’t already been said. That we might just be singing to a tune, as the Cocteau Twins put it. It can be confusing and damaging to the self and the ego and we can feel unwelcome even in ourselves. Together the songs are about what we take into ourselves and how it makes us feel.
Cocomyrrh: Would there be live performance of the songs?
Tony: We would love to get Emotion Kapture out there reaching as many people as possible, so yes, we’d love to share our music with people in live performances. This is something we will look at when we release our album next year.
Cocomyrrh: What has been the most rewarding part of being an artist? How has it shaped who you’ve become?
Pete: I collect knowledge and distill it, then write it as lyrics. I’ve been doing this since I was a teen and it’s always been a somewhat cathartic experience. I find that writing down what I feel and understand about the world can lead to deeper understanding. When recording music, the process can be challenging and somewhat draining and nothing is perfect, but there is definitely a sense of completion that comes with finalizing a song that is rewarding.
Tony: The most rewarding thing for me is working with other people, sharing ideas and creating something original. As Pete said its not always easy, but there is a lot of satisfaction and sense of achievement when a song/recording is completed.
Cocomyrrh: What message do you hope to convey through your song?
Tony: We want anyone listening to feel that there’s someone there who understands and who cares. We want to capture our emotions and thoughts and put them into our music, so others can feel and think them. We hope that our music can help someone understand the world and themselves more and, if not, we hope they at least enjoy the melodies!
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