TALKING SHOP
GOOSE
Since debuting on influential UK label Skint back in 2006, Belgian four-piece GOOSE have consistently impressed with their blend of synth-powered electronic sounds and rock band dynamics. Fifteen years and four studio albums on, their sound is still progressing. With their new EP, Something New, out 26 Feb, we caught up with the band to hear how their creative setup works.
When did you start making music?
“We started in 1996 as teens playing rock’n’roll from Black Sabbath over AC/DC to Elvis Presley covers. Then in 2000 we fell in love with our first synths, the Siel Ochestra 2 and Novation Bass Station. Heavily inspired by Daft Punk and Les Rythmes Digitales, our sound changed, but we still continued to make songs. And this is still what makes us different from a lot of electronic artists. It’s not just grooves and sounds, in our core we are still a rock’n’roll band, playing songs. But with synths and guitars!”