Public Service Broadcasting<\/strong> is the brainchild of London-based J. Willgoose, Esq<\/strong>, who, combined with his drumming companion Wrigglesworth are on a mission to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the globe.\u00a0Their music is a combination of sounds and video from old public information films, archived footage and propaganda material.\u00a0Mixed in with drums, guitar, banjo and electronics, each song has its own feel, but flows together nicely within the new album.\u00a0Their EP \u2018The War Room\u2019<\/strong> released in 2012, set the band on their way to educate the world.<\/p>\n Releasing their first album called \u2018Inform – Educate – Entertain\u2019<\/strong> and touring around, the duo then set their sights on creating another album, \u2018A Race For Space.\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0The thirteen track album is an amalgamation of all things \u2018spacey\u2019. Think missions to the moon and transmissions from NASA, combined with some funky beats and set to a story.<\/p>\n It\u2019s mesmerising to see the old footage played against modern music, with the old sounds still used. Original and refreshing, PSB\u2019s mission to inform, educate and entertain is certainly going well.<\/p>\n Currently on their world tour and visiting us here in Adelaide for our annual Womadelaide<\/strong> festival, we spoke with J from PSB about where they started and where they\u2019re going in the future.<\/p>\n So J, you\u2019re excited for Womadelaide?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a lot of fun. We did Womad over here in the UK which was great, so we\u2019re really looking forward to travelling over to Adelaide.\u00a0I have been to Australia before to watch the cricket in 2006. In hindsight that was a very bad decisions, we lost pretty badly. I\u2019m looking forward to heading to Adelaide though, we have a busy weekend planned which will be great!\u201d<\/p>\n Did you have a love for space as a kid?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI did a lot, and I mean, a lot of research into space to really get the ball rolling on this album. I had a big interest in space growing up – sci-fi as well which I guess helped in some way.\u00a0I think the theme of space seemed like an obvious choice after our first album and a few songs we did before that. We did the world war and I think this album just moves us forward in history.\u00a0It\u2019s really dramatic and exciting, all the stories we pulled from the archived footage.\u201d<\/p>\n <iframe width=”854″ height=”510″ src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4Md_aXVJE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen><\/p>\n Your style is original, it\u2019s new and exciting to listen to!<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThank you that\u2019s great to hear! I think our music is quite eccentric, I don\u2019t think a lot of people really know what to expect.\u00a0When we play live shows people sort of get in this trance and watch the video display that we put up, it\u2019s really quite exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n This new album has been in the works for a little while, what was the process behind constructing the album?<\/em><\/p>\n “We started working on it I think around January of 2014. It was amongst all the touring as well which was quite hectic.\u00a0It takes a while to really be happy with what you have in front of you – we were reading books, looking into the events and the missions to include in the album which was hectic in itself.\u00a0It is a bunch of us that sort of worked on it altogether.\u00a0In terms of the songs and the public footage that\u2019s in them, the writing sort of worked either one of two ways.One – we would listen and watch some footage, then construct the song from there. Two – I would have an idea in my head and go over the footage to see if anything worked.\u00a0I think it\u2019s more about trying to find that musical response that would work with everything else in the album.\u201d<\/p>\n [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI&w=854&h=510]<\/p>\n In comparison to your first album, do you think anything was different in terms of the way you worked and how you went about things? Were you more prepared because of that first album?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere were a lot of different things between the two albums which was interesting because I think we worked different because of that.\u00a0The album happened really quick to be honest, I mean there were a few ideas at the start then it conspired from there.\u00a0The first song of the album I think we did 47 takes, even just editing the album was a nightmare (laughs<\/em>). Mixing it was crazy but I\u2019m much happier with this album.\u00a0I think this album feels a little stronger and more thorough. There\u2019s the theme of space that really brings everything together.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s fantastic! What\u2019s been people\u2019s reaction to your music? It\u2019s certainly original in the sense of people talking in the tracks.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSome people probably listen to some of the songs and go, \u2018what\u2019s all this talking nonsense?\u2019 But I guess it depends on each individual\u2019s point of view.\u00a0I know it\u2019s eccentric but I am happy that we\u2019ve worked on it and it\u2019s coming out very soon.\u00a0I think I\u2019m still recovering from the album to be honest, it was quite a long process and now we\u2019re on tour, which is going to be great fun!\u201d<\/p>\n