{"id":39311,"date":"2014-10-23T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T11:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=39311"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:27:27","slug":"qa-flight-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/10\/23\/qa-flight-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Flight Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

We caught up with Aussie duo Flight Facilities to talk small world tours, brotherly love, and ‘White Soul’<\/p>\n

\"Flight<\/a><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t seem unfair to suggest that Flight Facilities\u2019 rise to mainstream awareness has been something of a slow burn. Since releasing their first track \u2013 the feather light ode to unrequited love \u201cCrave You\u201d, featuring vocal duties from Giselle \u2013 back in 2009, Aussie duo Jimmy and Hugo seem to have been repeatedly on ones-to-watch lists, regularly releasing singles that build on their note perfect blend of electro and pop, while never fully sating our appetites with a full LP.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless they\u2019ve managed to build a platform of devoted fans off the back of some killer singles, a string of well-received \u2018Decade Mixes\u2019 (seriously, check them out \u2013 they\u2019re a party-worth collection of throwback tunes and full on classics), masses of shows the world over, and even a few festival headline slots. Not bad for a couple of guys from down under.<\/p>\n

On the eve of the release of their debut album, Down To Earth<\/i>, Wonderland got the unmissable opportunity to watch them hit the decks at the MixMag lab. We caught with the boys after their set to talk shows, soul and the casual matter of their forthcoming world tour.<\/p>\n

\"Flight<\/a><\/p>\n

So you guys have just been playing a show in an office \u2013 it\u2019s kind of a party because there are people passing out shots but there are also people sat at desks.<\/b><\/p>\n

Jimmy: It was kind of confusing for us. It was a strange but fun thing to do.<\/p>\n

How did you get involved with the MixMag session?<\/b><\/p>\n

Hugo: I think our label linked it up. So that was nice. We\u2019ve always seen them and known about them, so it was quite an honour to be asked! I hope we get to do it again!<\/p>\n

J: It\u2019s funny, we sit on the edge of DJ-DJs, but we also have a live show with singers and stuff, so we like to show that we can do both still.<\/p>\n

I always assumed, listening to tracks like \u201cCrave You\u201d and \u201cWith You\u201d that you were more of a traditional \u2018band\u2019, maybe slightly more like Disclosure?<\/b><\/p>\n

H: We love those guys, we model ourselves a little on them. We think they\u2019re great. I guess we\u2019re just slightly on the shinier side of things, a little bit less serious. I mean those guys seem like total dudes but the music is quite serious.<\/p>\n

J: It\u2019s also very garage-y as well.<\/p>\n

H: But it sounds like serious dance music. We play their shit all the time.<\/p>\n

You have more of a \u2018white soul\u2019 thing going on.<\/b><\/p>\n

J: Yes! Definitely! That\u2019s actually true.<\/p>\n

H: We\u2019re going to start describing our music as \u2018White Soul\u201d,<\/p>\n

J: I suppose that makes sense, like Foreign Language and Reggie are like White Soul. Like Average White Band, remember them? They were five Scottish guys who made the best funk music ever. It happens! Look at Jungle.<\/p>\n

H: That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to brand it as, because everyone always asks us how we classify our music, and now we\u2019re going to say \u2018White Soul\u2019.<\/p>\n

You guys have been around for a whil<\/b>e. <\/b>I mean \u2018Crave You\u2019 didn\u2019t reach the UK until 2012, but it came out in 2010.<\/b><\/p>\n

J: 2009 if you\u2019re really following! It came out on a mixtape at the end of 2009.<\/p>\n

So how long have you guys been together?<\/b><\/p>\n

H: We started writing at the end of 2008, and then we did some remixes and stuff that came out in 2009. \u2018Crave You\u2019 came out in 2010, but it kind of leaked via a mixtape at the end of 2009. We weren\u2019t that worried when it happened because we were like \u201cuh, no one will listen, no one will care.\u201d<\/p>\n

J: And then people cared, and we were like \u201coh shit\u2026We\u2019ve got nothing <\/i>to back this up.\u201d<\/p>\n