CPI Archive 2008: Andrew Hamilton chats to Steo from Irish hip-hop group, The Infomatics.
FIVE years is a long time to spend grafting. Touring and writing is one thing, but ask any band and they’ll quickly tell you that to be truly able to stand up on a chair (perchance in a pub, perhaps late at night) and pro- claim to the gathered punters that you are in fact a musician (hear me roar), well that takes the confidence that only an album can bring. For those with an album, music is a career. But for those without, well, music still sits somewhere between a pass-time and a handy few bob (stare at your feet, kick that imaginary tyre). An album is like a musical cherry, and after it’s popped, life really is different. So for Steo and his Infomatic, writing and touring since the early months of 2003, the temptation must surely have been mighty to dive in and announce themselves to the world with a round metal and plastic calling card. But like a Catholic virgin of old, The Infomatics decided to wait. “We started off doing something and we wanted to get it to a certain level, to create a sound of our own rather than put something out there that is half what we wanted and half something else. We wanted to achieve a certain level of something. We put out a few bits and pieces over that five years but, as far as the album was concerned, we wanted to hit with an impact. I think all of us are happier to have waited,” said Steo.
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