When
Phil Jordan sits down behind the kit for his band, UK rockers The
Music, he has one goal in mind: making
people dance. Jordan says the
secret is in the dynamics. "You want to build, get the tension, and
then release," he says.
"You play something over and over again. And
then you take something away, like the kick drum, and you play it for a
while
like that. And when you put the kick drum back in, everyone
releases."
Jordan, of Leeds, England, began drumming
when he
was thirteen years old. Great rock drummers including John Bonham,
Mitch Mitchell, and Dave Grohl provided early
inspiration, but soon
Jordan turned to dance music makers like The Chemical Brothers for
musical ideas. Just a few years
later, while still in school, Jordan
and his friends formed The Music. The band debuted with a self-titled
album in 2003, and
they've recently released their sophomore effort, Welcome To The North.
Jordan calls the third track,
"Bleed From Within," the most important
drumming song on the new album. Several magazine writers have tried to
identify the
groove, assuming it's an ethnic rhythm. However, Jordan
says it's the result of he, bassist Stuart Coleman, and
producer
Brendan O'Brien lining up three drumkits and jamming. The groove they
developed became the basis of the
song.
'this is a democracy when it comes to songwriting," Jordan says.
'somebody will start with a loop
or a groove, and everyone will chip in
and build to see where we can take it."
