With a bit of dance and a bit of rock, Manchester’s Delphic has ended up with a clever and catchy alt-dance hybrid on its hands. You may like it, but Kitsuné liked it even more to sign up the band and endorse its aforementioned debut. Produced by Ewan Pearson, Acolyte is a shimmering thing that displays a true knack for organic instrumentation and dancefloor dynamics – nothing the Factory itself would kick out of bed. On the occasion of its first gig at Zouk, we got Delphic’s synth-ster, Richard Boardman, to show and tell.

Hey Richard. Have you also been paying attention to all the talk about Delphic?
We don’t listen to the talk really. Subsequently, we are unaware if people are saying good or bad things about us.

They’re only saying good things, trust us. So how about a bit of background on Delphic?
We formed Delphic in 2008. We had always enjoyed performing music and had played in bands as kids for a number of years. However, we always felt like we were chasing someone else’s sound. Delphic was the start of us trying to find our own voice.

And you did so on Acolyte…
And we are very proud of the album. The recording process was long and arduous and took the band to breaking point several times, but we feel we’ve made an album, rather than a collection of songs.

Then how would you describe the idea behind your debut album?
It was to find the perfect mix between euphoria and melancholy.

And if there’s one lesson you’ve learned from Delphic, it’s that…
Not everybody works in the same way you do.

Read the rest of this interview in the September issue of JUICE, now out at these spots.

www.delphic.cc

Text: Min Chen
Image & interview courtesy of: KittyWu Records