Interview with Sophie about her label

Source: http://www.fascinationrecords.com/

Emerging from Britpop band The Audience in 2000 who could have guessed that Sophie Ellis-Bextor would go on to become one of the UK’s premiere female pop singers. With massive hits under her belt like, ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’, ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’ and ‘Catch Youit only seems natural that Sophie would release her Greatest Hits in November. We talk to her about being on Fascination Records.

What does being signed to Fascination mean to you?

Fascination has been so good to me. When I was on Polydor, I used to find myself saying something good about Peter Lorraine, every week. So it seemed natural to follow him to Fascination. He’s just a pleasure to work with, so passionate and supportive. Everyone there is so nice.

What does the label mean to you?

I suppose it represents the same ethos that I have to pop music, that it can be so much more than just whatever is the most popular music around. It’s elevating that and being a bit ambitious for pop. They’ve really put so much thought into the details that I really care about. I really love that.

How different is it to Polydor?

From my point of view it just comes down to the loyalty, being there every step of the way. It’s quite a small label and you get a lot of attention. There’s a real understanding of what you’re trying to achieve. This just gives Peters dedication to Pop music more of a job role because before it was never really clear where his job stopped and his passion began but now that works really well.

What do you think of the other bands on the label?

Girls Aloud are a really good example of how that ambition and dedication has paid off, a lot of other labels would have really buggered it up. Now Girls Aloud are really respected which I’m sure would have been a laughable suggestion for a lot of labels when they started out from Pop Stars: The Rivals. I think they are one of, if not the most successful bands from those sorts of programmes. I don’t know much about Tokio Hotel except that I once sat on a plane with them and I thought, ‘I don’t know who those guys are, but they’re obviously in a band.’ I haven’t yet seen them perform but they’ve got an amazing look. The lead singer is AN incredibly androgynous, very pretty boy with ‘band’ hair.