{"id":37320,"date":"2014-09-23T11:32:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T10:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=37320"},"modified":"2015-01-17T19:07:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T18:07:12","slug":"paul-smith-live-sessions-fryars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/09\/23\/paul-smith-live-sessions-fryars\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Smith Live Sessions: Fryars"},"content":{"rendered":"

We catch up with Fryars at his Paul Smith Live Session in London to talk Kanye, first music encounters and staying alive<\/p>\n

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This September\u00a0Paul Smith<\/a> have seen some of the best emerging musical talent to the world’s fashion capitals in a series of exclusive in store events. Having teamed up with cutting edge London-based zine, Beat, this month’s line-up includes\u00a0Fryars<\/a>\u00a0in London joined by electro-talent\u00a0Oscar, Bloc Party’s\u00a0Kele<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0the decks in Milan, Alexandre and Josephine de la Baume of Singtank\u00a0in Paris and Wonderland’s\u00a0Brooklyn tour guide, soulful songstress,\u00a0Tei Shi<\/a>\u00a0in NYC.\u00a0From Greene Street in New York to Via Manzoni in Milan, Boulevard Raspail in Paris to London\u2019s Covent Garden, Paul Smith shops worldwide are giving customers, fans and guests a one of a kind intimate experience.\u00a0Nodding to Paul Smith\u2019s rich history of working with music stars, each performance will take place against the backdrop of new season men\u2019s and women\u2019s catwalk collections which are imbued with musical references from the effortless style of Jim Morrison and Hendrix\u2019s hazy psychedelia.<\/p>\n

Taking to the London event, we caught up with Fryars aka Ben Garrett to talk Kanye, collaborations and staying alive…<\/p>\n

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What was your first ever encounter with music?<\/b><\/p>\n

Literally?<\/p>\n

Well I mean what\u2019s your first memory of music?<\/b><\/p>\n

Well I remember the Neighbours<\/i> theme tune from when I was about eight months old. And when that came on I\u2019d start jumping around to the theme song, also military music, like the trooping of the colour, then I gradually went on a journey through chart music.<\/p>\n

What about as you got older?<\/b><\/p>\n

I guess I didn\u2019t really start buying music until I was about 14 or 15, but I used to just buy things based on the cover, I mean one of the things I bought because of the cover was the first Kanye album, and I remember that was an entire summer just spent listening to that. He\u2019s still one of the people I listen to a lot.<\/p>\n