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Originally published in BPM.

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Synchronicity

 

It's a warm fall afternoon, and Hybrid are working in Harry Gregson-Williams' Venice Beach sound studio, creating the electronic sound score for Déjà Vu , a Jerry Bruckheimer production of a Tony Scott film.

 

“We were supposed to go back home on Thursday,” says Mike Truman, “but we pushed it to next week,” adds Chris Healings.

 

“Yeah, two weeks into the project, we actually checked out of our hotel, “says Truman, “and just stayed in this room. We had five weeks to turn out over 76 minutes of music, plus mixing all the vocals. So we slept on the floor and just worked.”

 

“But we've always wanted to get into writing for film,” adds Healings, “so it's all very good” - so good that I Choose Noise “ended up being the easiest album we ever did, because everything just ended up coming together. “ says Healings, almost remarkably. “People just showed up at the right time:”

 

Perry Farrell recorded the vocals for “Dogstar” after surfing together, one morning. Vocalist Judie Tzuke , a friend of Kristy Hawkshaw 's, e-mailed Hybrid off of MySpace . And they met guitarist Peter Distephano through Gregson-Williams. “It was such a lucky thing for us to meet Harry [Gregson-Williams],” says Healings. “We were just at the right time and the right place.”

 

Hybrid has made good use of this synchronicity. Their unique sound, a fusion of strings and breaks, all began because “we used to go out raving,” remembers Healings. “And we'd come back after 2 days of partying, and Mike's mom would be listening to classical music. That's how it all started.”

 

Classical, breaks, or film scores - Hybrid loves noise. “We love creating textures. If you put strings, brass, guitar, or anything organic through a filter, you produce amazing textures. You can tune noise.”

 

If succulent textures and gorgeous breaks are your thing, check out, “ I Choose Noise. ” For serious Hybrid fans: www.hybridized.org , and www.hybrid-group.com .

 

Deana Aria Mayland

 

 

WEBLINKS:

 

Hybrid :

www.hybridsoundsystem.com

 

- Harry Gregson-Williams :

www.imdb.com/name/nm0004581/

 

- Venice Beach :

www.westland.net/beachcam

 

- Déjà vu:

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8161144261548155284

 

- Jerry Bruckheimer :

www.jbfilms.com

 

- Tony Scott :

www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716/

 

-" I Chose Noise":

www.distinctiverecords.com/default.asp?pid=discography&rid=DISN172

 

Perry Farrell:

www.perryfarrell.net/

 

Judie Tzuke:

www.tzuke.com/

 

Kristy Hawkshaw:

www.myspace.com/kristyhawkshaw

 

MySpace :

myspace.com/hybridsoundsystem

 

Peter DiStephano:

www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Jane's-Addiction-Biography/