Instinct Magazine (US)
May 2007 Issue
putting it delicately
by Tyler Steele


Instinct Magazine - May 2007 Issue
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Sneaky Peek: Music
putting it delicately
by Tyler Steele
DARREN HAYES looked to his past to craft the stories and sounds on his
third solo album. But the music couldn't be a further departure from
his days with Savage Garden.
"The reality is the music that I make and the person I am is vastly
different to who I was when I began," Darren Hayes explains of his third
solo album, due this August. "For the people who really, really loved
Savage Garden, they're not going to like what I'm doing today. And I
don't take offense to that. Now I'm meeting people who would never have
listened to the Savage Garden stuff but think my (current music) is
really cool."
The double album, This Delicate Thing We've Made, covers the emotional
journey of Hayes' life. A time machine of sorts, it was recorded
around the sound of a 1983 Fairlight CMI synthesizer, which he says provided
an "otherworldly quality" that he loved from records by artists he grew
up with - Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Duran Duran - and influenced the
writing of much of the music.
The year 1983 was also a turning point for Hayes. His Australian
family life was topsy-turvy, in part due to an alcoholic, and sometimes
violent, father.
"It was the year I went inside myself the most and the time that I
wanted to become a performer," he says. "Looking at people like Michael
Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna - it was a really colorful, exciting year
of the megastar. Prince was just starting to come up on my radar I
wanted E.T. and The Empire Strikes Back. For a kid who hated his home
life, there were a lot of wonderful distractions with music and film."
Hayes has since worked through issues with his dad, now sober, whom he
calls his hero. That emotional tearing and healing seems central to the
themes explored on the dual-disc album.
Hayes is quick to point out, "It's not a concept record, but there is a
definite idea that begins with a loss of consciousness and goes into
the psyche. It's subtle in that you could listen and not pick up on it,
or you could totally." Whereas previous Savage Garden songs like
"Truly Madly Deeply" and his solo hit "Insatiable" were about yearning for
love, the new songs are personal stories, including what it is really
like to be in a relationship.
The singer and his husband, Richard, reside in London, and he credits a
solid, stable bond between the two of them for furthering him as an
artist. "It's made me feel stronger to talk about other things like
growing up, my relationship with my past, my father," says Hayes. "A lot of
the album is autobiographical and tries to bring some joy to memories
of my life that have been traumatic. It's more emotional than other
records, but more balanced."
The newlyweds recently celebrated the first anniversary of their civil
union - which is legally recognized in the United Kingdom - and have
discovered that with marital bliss also comes the occasional, if minor,
fight. "The only conflict in our lives is who makes the next cup of
tea," Darren laughs. "We live in a Victorian house and there are lots of
stairs, so we really flip-flop on whose turn it is. So, really, we
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Both men share an office on the first floor of their home. Richard, a
former university lecturer turned full-time 3-D animator, has a talent
for setting up music equipment that can elude Darren sometimes. "I'm
putting together mixed tapes for the music people to listen to before
and after the shows I'm doing, and I was having trouble figuring out all
of the DJ equipment out," Hayes says. "He figures it all out in 10
minutes. And I joked, "Can't I just have one thing? Next you'll be
producing my albums, Yoko!"
Darren points out that This Delicate Thing We've Made will come packed
with a few extras for fans. "The album will have a companion DVD mixed
in 5.1 that will feature 13 animation and short films to songs," he
says. There are also plans for additional tour dates, including stops on
the West Coast in Los Angeles and his former hometown, San Francisco.
"I'm a Cali boy. I lived (in San Francisco) for seven years and it'd
be a dream come true to play some gigs there."
To get the new music out there, a few test-run shows in London and New
York at legendary Joe's Pub at the Public Theater were set up in the
spring. Though unadvertised and unannounced, both shows sold out in less
than 10 minutes, setting a record for a venue that has also seen
performances from Bono, Dolly Parton, Joss Stone and Elvis Costello. It's a
dramatically different setting than the arenas he toured with Savage
Garden, but Hayes is quite happy with his current fan base.
"I'm so lucky that my fans are incredibly, amazingly loyal," he notes.
"It's a genuine connection (because) they've been through this entire
journey of growing up with me. It's been interesting lately, because
there's a whole new audience coming in from MySpace who maybe wouldn't
have listened to my music before, who've been converted. It's beautiful
to see my past and future melting together."
Visit darrenhayes.com and myspace.com/darrenhayes. Catch additional excerpts of this interview at instinctmagazine.com
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