AAAMusic: Your music is conceived to make people dance. Do you think it could also be used as a medium through which people could think on what’s happening in society?

Friends Electric: Music is such a powerful thing, and people will always interpret and relate to it in different ways. If that is how it translates to a certain person, then so be it. A genre, sound or band can sum up an entire generation of people in one track, even one line. We want our music to speak to people, how ever they choose to take it, is up to them.

AAAMusic: Who are your favourite “dance to” artists?

FE: We have a few, I guess, older bands we’re all pretty big fans of. Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac. Current day music, probably Miami Horror, Yeasayer, Fenech Soler, Gonzales, Penguin Prison, stuff like that. I also just got the Roisin Murphy album, Overpowered. It was released in 2007 but I stumbled upon it just before Christmas, and it is very good.

AAAMusic: You started by remixing tracks from Kylie, Kelis and the like. How does the process of remixing start?

FE: Remixing was never something we had initially set out to do as a band, it just kind of happened. We got sent an e-mail asking if we’d like to try our hand at a Noisettes track, and naturally we said yes. Considering the music we played, it just seemed like a natural progression.

AAAMusic: Can you tell us something about your creative process? How do you start working on a track?

FE: In all honesty, I don’t think we’ve written a song in the same way twice. It obviously all starts from a basic idea, a chord progression or vocal melody. After that, we try and let the song build naturally. Whether it be all four of us working on it in a rehearsal room, or one person working on it in the studio. There never has been a set formula, which is what works best for us.

AAAMusic: Your music is not only dance: how would you describe it?

FE: I guess the best way would be – electronic music played live, by 4 human beings. It was one of the only things we were really sure of when we formed. We wanted to create a sound that you wouldn’t usually associate with a band. We weren’t really sure how we were going to achieve it, but we knew that’s what we wanted to do.

AAAMusic: Can you tell us a bit more about your lyrics? Do you write the lyrics first and then the music, or the other way round?

FE: I’d say 95% of the time, music comes first. It may only be few chords on a piano, but it’s where the idea is usually born. The lyrics, we like listeners to make of them what they will. The meaning of a song could mean a million different things to a million different people, and I think that’s a beautiful thing.

AAAMusic: When can we expect the album to be released and what can we expect from it?

FE: We’re constantly demoing new tracks. But, there is no immediate plan for an album release just yet. Only our next single ‘Something You Should Know’ which is out on the 4th April. When the album does eventually drop though, expect a mix of pretty much everything. Fast songs, slow songs, happy songs, sad songs, the lot. It’ll be good, I swear.

AAAMusic: Any tour plans in UK and Europe for this summer?

FE: We have a couple of European festivals booked over the next few months, Razzmatazz in Barcelona in April and Stuck Festival in Salzburg in August. But as far as the UK goes, nothing yet. Hopefully though, we’ll be able to jump on a few things before the summer out.