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Getting to know DJ Edu Imbernon.

“And we’re very lucky! We’ve had a long career, we’ve made records, we have great fans, we can afford to take off, concentrate on the new record and only that record, and then come back and present the material.”

"But live, it’s pretty simple. It’s like the usual setup: two guitars, bass and drums. It works for us on stage, obviously, and it’s probably what we’ll bring to Australia.”

“There’s just a whole helluva lot of great rap out right now – honestly. I think it’s one of the best times for hip hop music in general. Maybe there were a few years where it was a little stale, but I just think that there’s so many new cool voices out right now."

“I love music so much and it’s always been the most important piece of my life. Like, you know, at a young age [I was] going to record stores all the time and sneaking into gigs when I was too young to be able to go."

"That’s why I make music – so I don’t have sit around all day describing shit,”

“I think the album format definitely still has relevance to us – and we’d definitely wanna do one. It’s just about timing, really, and making a big commitment.”

“I feel ready now. I’ve worked on this album for so long. I’m ready to get out there.”

"I’d play with Metallica over everybody; they could be like ‘Hey you wanna play with Led Zeppelin or Metallica?’ Hey man I’ll fucking play with Metallica.”

“I mean, we came up with the name Alt-J, you know, we thought it was quite neat. It looked quite good when it was written down, and a lot of people kind of like really expect us to give great explanations about it or think that we’re Illuminati or something."

After just releasing their Racism LP, we caught up with Marcus of UV Race for a chat about what the haps are with the band these days.