Reverend And The Makers chat to I Like Music

It's like… I've just been in Jamaica recently, doing something with Damian Marley over there. And they just laugh at us over there. The way we think we're some kind of cultural purveyors and the truth be told, our music scene is stagnant. A lot of bands that are around now sound like The Libertines I feel, but eight years on.

In Jamaica they constantly evolve from ska, to reggae to lover's rock, dub, roots, bashment, ragga, dancehall… it's constantly evolving and taking new twists and stuff. They don't call them tunes in Jamaica, they call them riddims. It seems like, in Britain, everything's based more on image and in reinventing past genres I often feel like a I'm in a piranha pool; I'm not sure where my place in it is.

ILM: Well, the way I see it is that you're British, but you're the voice of Britain rather than pigeon-holed. Guess it's far better to be like that than regurgitating past genres and going round in a loop?

JON: Yeah, it's like Nu Rave for instance. I felt like that were rave for people who don't really like rave. If you've ever been to a rave it sounds nothing like the Klaxons I can assure you. Rave has more in common with death metal, because it's a relentless assault of beats that never lets up. This is not a diss on The Klaxons, but they sound like New Order b-sides. They're not a rave band. I don't think I'd be raving to a Klaxons tune. I mean proper ravers would laugh at that… they'd be like, 'what's this man? It's not rave!'

From the music industry to politics I think the British people are being hoodwinked to a large degree. I sincerely feel they've been conned to believe in things that aren't necessarily truth. Look at the ease in which the lie about Weapons of Mass Destruction got pushed through and everyone bought it wholesale.

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