リトル・ブーツのインスタグラム(littlebootsmusic) - 2月7日 08時07分
*EPIC POST ALERT* I kept meaning to do the whole 10 year throw back thing for a while but for me it couldn’t be reduced to a hash tag. 2009 was one of the most important and transformative years of my life.
This first photo was taken in a taxi somewhere in Tokyo in the summer of that year. I imagine I was dazed and tired and not quite sure where I was going or coming from. Looking back I wish I’d remembered the details more, the colours, the adrenaline, all the people I met, I wish I could place these photos better, tune into the chat and tour jokes beneath the surface... but time does strange things to your memory.
This was the year my debut album came out and went to the top 5 in the uk. It was certified gold and I also had a top 10 single. I performed at Glastonbury, Coachella, on Jonathan Ross, toured all over the world, I was in Vogue, Interview magazine, shot by David Bailey, Nick Knight, Rankin, even very occasionally chased by paparazzis.
I’m no longer afraid to say this was also the year my album dropped out of the charts, I had very little time to write music, and if I did was too exhausted or had complete creative burn out. A period of intense pressure when I felt I lost control of my creative output. This eventually went on to spurn a whole new chapter for me of music making, independence, challenge, creative control and sustainability, which as unsexy as some of that sounds means two more albums, a record label and DJ career down the road I can continue making and performing music on my own terms as my ‘Real Job’ and attempt to stay happy and relatively sane.
Looking back at this time and this record it really does feel like a huge milestone in my life and something I’m still very proud of, and I know from people who have reached out to me over the years I’m not alone in this album meaning something. I’ve heard people who say this was their coming of age record, their heartbreak soundtrack, their no.1 college dancing track or the song that helped them make friends in a new town. I know this album spoke to a lot of people... [continued on next post]
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