Catching up with Soul Clap

In this edition of his interview series, Visionquest news correspondant Kercheval Speed quizzes E-Funk duo Soul Clap ahead of their appearance at Lovebox on Friday the 18th.

You guys have been said to have the best fans in the world… How are your parents these days?

Our parents are great, still doing the doo-doo in Massachusettes.  Eli’s dad is rumored to have discovered time travel…  Eli’s Mom, well thats another question, JK JK.  Everyone is beautiful and freaky under nature’s kingdom.

How freakishly miraculous has your experience with George Clinton been?

Nice choice of words, it has been absolutely freakish to say the least.  One time George told us about aliens with penises for armpits.  We’re still trying to figure that one out.  Can’t wait to share this music with the world.  It all should be coming out before Xmas complete with music video – get ready!

What’s the weirdest thing a fan has ever said / written to you?

Eli recently got a written letter from a fan in Boston that said “anytime you need someone to appear in a music video, I’m your man”. That’s pretty weird, but could work seeing as we’ve got a video to shoot (don’t get your hopes up, anonymous fan… that is unless you have some bizarre talent the world needs to see!)  Oh and then theres the story of a fan we nicknamed “The Grim Reaper”.  This was the first time we’d ever played Ibiza, she was British from Manchester and fed us a total BALONEY story about how her friend had introduced her to the Wolf + Lamb family and recently committed suicide then asked would we give her an autographed vinyl to bury with the casket at the upcoming funeral!!!!!!  We only had Greg Paulus’s solo EP on Double Standard and didn’t want jinx the record sales any more than they already had been!

Give me the 1st line of the new love song you’re working on.

Lonely C’s got one that goes:

“Will you come and dance with me tonight girl,

I can’t see alone without your light girl,

I want you so bad it makes me cry baby,

Will you come and freak me out tonight ooh ooh.”

Has it gotten weird enough for you yet?

Well, the real weirdo Marcy Hotel/Bar 25/etc. days have sort of passed now but theres bound to be another era of bizarro nightlife. After all like Whoodini said “The Freaks Come Out At Night!”  Oh and doing an interview for someone named Kercheval Speed is pretty friggin weird.

If God exists, what kind of dog do you think he’d have?

Well right now God’s got Nate Dogg. Hopefully God let’s him up on the couch.

People here in the office get you two confused a lot, what’s the easiest way for fans to easily tell which one of you is Gadi?

YARRRRRRN!

Which one of you is the responsible one?

Eli, definitely.  Charlie’s not even potty trained

Have you ever felt like you’re living proof that if you can then anyone can make it in the electronic music  industry?

Turtley, Dolphinity, For Shark…

How far do you think you can coast on charm? 

All the way to the Grammy’s baby!  I mean shit, you’ve seen how far Seth’s made it!

This was a fabulous waste of time, thank you for keeping us from doing what you normally do around time on the road… Touch ourselves and weep softly.