Soulwax Make Friends With Other Bands, But Not Robbie Williams

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'Monday October 23, 2006 @ 06:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Today, with the recent release of their dance remix album Nite Versions, Stephen and David Dewaele are in a dancing mood. Tomorrow, however, they might be in a rock mood, or a mash-up mood. One never knows, and that's the beauty of it for the Soulwax/Too Many DJs frontmen.
"I think we're in more of a dance mood with Nite Versions, but I wouldn't be surprised if in two weeks we'll play rock music again," Stephen says. "It's good to have all these different identities, because we can switch.
"Whenever you get bored of dance music, you can be a band again and use loud guitars or DJ. It's a bit confusing for a lot of people, but for us it seems to work very well."
"It's also just another incarnation — one more way to book us," David adds slyly.
Working under the Soulwax name, the brothers decided to confuse fans even more by releasing Nite Versions, a collection of 12-inch dance remixes of songs from their last album, Any Minute Now, as well as some extras (including their cover of Daft Punk's "Teachers"). If you're puzzled by the name changes and variety of versions, don't worry, the Dewaeles are, too.
"I think ever since Too Many DJs, the fans and ourselves have been confused," David says. "Even during normal Soulwax gigs, some people expect us to do mash-ups or DJ.
"But now we're used to people being lost. Sometimes within our band we think, 'Are we playing as the band or as DJs?' 'Is this a Soulwax song or a Too Many DJs song?'"
"Ideally, it should come to a point where you come to see us and you don't know what's going to happen," adds Stephen. "I kind of like that idea.
"I think that's the problem with us. We started Too Many DJs out of boredom and we started Soulwax out of boredom, but we always need the band Soulwax in order to do these other things."
A couple of the Nite Versions dance retakes have already become massive club hits. The handclap-soaked "E Talking" and the Funkytown mix of "NY Lipps," as well as their work on Tiga's recently released Sexor album, have given them club cred, while their sought-after remix skills have made them pals with Daft Punk, Gorillaz and The Gossip.
"Everyone that we work with, we like to become friends with," David explains. "Except for maybe Robbie Williams, he doesn't want to be our friend."
"Yeah," Stephen concludes, "he said he could pencil us in to be his friend for maybe November."
—Phil Villeneuve'