How did your connection with Amel Larrieux come about for the Sweetback album?
Stuart Matthewman – Amel, I had seen really early showcases of her with Groove Theory and I just totally fell in love with her vibe because she was obviously about her singing and about her songs and she wasn’t about being a star. She just sang from her heart about what she felt and it just really rang through and there was no doubt about her voice so we kind of kept in touch and she was into the Sade thing obviously. Then when we came to do Sweetback we felt that it would be nice to do a couple of tracks with her so she came in and did her magic. thaFormula.com – It was crazy to us how good the chemistry was between you guys and every artist on the Sweetback album, even the Hip-Hop influenced track with Bahamadia felt natural. Stuart Matthewman – It was a good connection, but the only problem with that was that it was really hard to get anyone to do shit live. You know you want to play live and then “oh we can’t get Maxwell because Maxwell is doing this other thing” and “Amel has got
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