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Eccentronic’s musical comedy show “We Won’t Rock You” is an electrifying show from the 11th to the 27th of May at this year’s 2012 Brighton Fringe Festival. Eccentronic are John Callaghan from Warp Records and Ms Hypnotique (the glamorous TV theremin player). Thermin playing, comedy and hauntingly beautiful electronic music has to be a show worth seeing.
Eccentronic @ 2012 Brighton Festival Fringe
1. When you attend a festival/fringe, what’s your first impression?
The enthusiasm of the performers and audiences, the lovely beach in the sky and the moon of Kuwai.
2. Describe yourselves?
We are a musical comedy duo using electro-techno mash-ups. We are also two solo electronic acts – Hypnotique and John Callaghan. We thought we’d share the laughs we have doing gigs with the wider world. People often think techno artists are rather ‘too cool for skool’ or devoid of personality – Eccentronic put the ‘Tea’, ‘Ech!’ and ‘No’ back into Techno!
3. What’s your show all about?
We Won’t Rock You is Eccentronic’s first ‘mainstream musical’. Our previous show, Waiting for Bono, (the Samuel Beckett play reinvented with Bono off of U2) was a bit ahead of its time, so we’re bored of being skint and want to make some cash. We Won’t Rock You is our attempt at answering William Blake’s question on whether one can be both artistically valid and commercially successful. We go on a musical journey which mashes-up and sabotages Queen, The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails and Black Lace, amongst others. Hypnotique will tinkle the ethers by playing her theremin – this is a Russian electronic instrument invented in 1920 which is played without touch and makes some very haunting sounds in her hands.
4. What do you do on a daily basis to grow as an entertainer?
Dress as a banana and Timmy Mallet and run around Croydon. It is character building. Occasionally we also rehearse.
5. Do you have a secret talent and what is it?
Hypnotique is the third best theremin player in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland). John Callaghan has a propensity for gurning.
6. What makes you uncomfortable?
John: Trying to fasten Ms Hypnotique’s corset. Hypnotique: Wearing my stage corset!
7. What’s the most distant place you’ve visited?
8. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
9. What’s your biggest gripe?
The giant inflatable mallet we use in our show. Wackaday!
10. What activities make you lose track of time?
Dossing about on the internet – particularly Chat Roulette, Angry Birds, Temple Run and LOLCats.
10. How would you like people to remember you and your show?
In happy delusion, with warm glows and smiles – possibly with our catchiest number ‘mainstream song’ endlessly on loop in their brain forevermore.
