My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil. Arto Lindsay bearbrazilgrow Change image and share on social
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it. Arto Lindsay abstractafricanasian Change image and share on social
I had this idea for a while to do mix this Al Green vibe with a samba thing. I tried to do that in many different ways. Peter added his own modern notion of funk and his own deep background in classical music. Arto Lindsay addbackgroundclassical share on social
We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play. Arto Lindsay classicalclosecontemporary share on social
Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one. Arto Lindsay agodnaitaly Change image and share on social
I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot. Arto Lindsay bandcallfriend Change image and share on social
Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country. Arto Lindsay careercountrycover share on social
It was a turning point in the sense that as a scene, we can up with a lot of new ideas. Arto Lindsay idealotpoint Change image and share on social
It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all. Arto Lindsay dnainterestknowledge Change image and share on social
To some extent at that time, we injected rock and roll into that scene- we played loud and that was a huge turning point for that scene. We were involved in playing with all those people. Arto Lindsay extenthugeinject Change image and share on social
