Peaches: “We need lubrication to reduce the friction of the world” | Peaches

Why is your next Your first album in over a decade And who is “you” in the comeback song Don’t have any of your work in your mouth? k4ren123
I’ve been very busy – touring, working with dance groups, performing arts, sculptures, playing the lead role in a production of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” in Stuttgart, etc. Then finally I got into new music. The “you” in the single are people who feel they have the right to have autonomy over other people’s bodies and to make it unsafe for people to be who they want to be. I’m specifically talking about mostly LGBT rights. The song is like a mantra or hymn, a way to empower people in just a few sentences.

As a fan of designing your own concert outfits as much as you love your music, what can we expect from the upcoming tour? Kilichika
I was thinking about sustainability and went to the costume sale at the Berlin Opera and bought a bunch of opera costumes. I work with Charlie Le Mindo, who transforms them into strange new creations. In the “Not In Your Mouth” video, I’m wearing my sister’s leather jacket. It was the fifth anniversary of her death, and I wanted to keep something of her, so I kept her leather jacket that she had been wearing since the 1990s. So, in a way, you’ll be on the show.

Your album titles – Teaches peaches, insulate my bush And now coming La Lupe is so rude – They are like rallying cries wrapped in provocation. Does the title come first or does that crystallize once the songs take shape? VerulamiumParkRanger
The title is always the last thing to come, once I get the big picture. No Lube So Rude is the name of a song about how we can help with the world. We need to tone it down a little bit because we have a lot of irritation and dryness.

Is it true that you were roommates with Feist in Toronto? How was that? com. seoalwat
Yes – she was making her album Monarch (Lay Your Jeweled Head Down) and I was doing The Teaches of Peaches. We lived above a gay sex shop called “Come As You Are,” where they offered porn workshops and lectures for women, but we lived a few floors upstairs so customers would never wander upstairs. Feist and I got along really well and had great parties, and then we’d go to our rooms and make our albums. Our music was very different, but we were similar in terms of socializing, and we were constantly squashing cockroaches or catching mice. Our scene in Toronto was very vibrant. Even though we all had different bands, we had a Super 8 film set and would support each other. Chilly Gonzales had a rock band called Freedom. We also had other bands like the Permanent Stains. Feist would be my favorite girl from the early Peaches shows. I’m still good friends with her.

As a long-time resident of Berlin, do you think it is starting to lose its relevance? It means sardines
I think the whole world is losing its mind, to be honest, and heading towards insanely dysfunctional gentrification and a wealth gap. Berlin feels it as much as everyone else. Politics and club culture change, but I still feel there are pockets in the city you can hold on to, and we have to continue to fight the good fight and find our place. I moved there 20 years ago because it was cheap and there was plenty of space. I felt like there was a lot of creative openness and that what I was doing was more understood there than in Canada at the time. The politics have gotten complicated now – funding being cut and so on – but it’s still a great place to be creative.

Were you really in a band called Shit? Topcat89
I was – with Chili Gonzalez, Muki [Dominic Salole]who produced some of Feist’s albums and another member, Sticky [Henderson]. In about 1996, the four of us got together in a basement. We would smoke a lot of weed and scream all we wanted about how we felt about each other sexually or how we felt. He was very impulsive and improvisational. After our first gig, we changed instruments, and it was the first time I played drums or bass, and I fell in love with keyboards. We just said, “Oh my God, we’re the shit!” That’s what we called ourselves. Our live album was never released, however [we] I took out a cassette tape, which contained an early version of [Peaches’ 2003 song] employment. It was actually a very important period for me – when I went on my own I maintained this bad attitude.

villain This is still my favorite karaoke song, much to my daughter’s annoyance, but I feel like our generation of gay riot artists were louder, angrier, and more demanding. Is creative and political work different in 2025 than in 2005? mite___
I think it’s important to realize that there’s a younger generation that’s listening to me, but there’s also an older generation that’s not going to stay home and sleep. This is a huge shift: the older generation still feels this evil energy, but the world is a much more stressed place than it was 20 years ago. That’s why I don’t want to water things down, so I give it the way I give it, but come 2025.

What do you do in your downtime? Any mountain climbing, bird watching or antique collecting? com. mattsketch
I drink, I sleep… I don’t have a lot of extracurricular stuff because I have a lot going on all the time, but I love ping pong. I think I’m pretty good, but I like the sound of the ball and it’s very good for the mind and coordination. There’s a 2012 movie called Ping Pong: Never Too Old for Gold, about old people playing table tennis. One of them was 100 years old, which is very inspiring. I hope to play ping pong when I’m 100 years old.

Do you have any other plans to cooperate with her? Christine? Doctor Magic
Christine [AKA “drag terrorist” Paul Soileau] She is like a sister, and we always talk about cooperation, even though there is nothing concrete. In 2019, when Christine began a project honoring Sinead O’Connor, I sang Troy. It’s a powerful song and I can really rock it. Sinead’s first album really influenced me as I was transitioning from folk music to understanding dance music, and she had it all. Also, she had a hit song, Mandinka, about genital mutilation, which she sang at the Grammy Awards wearing a bra with… [the] Public enemy [logo] Engraved on her head because they were boycotted by the Recording Academy. Just unbelievable. She also had her baby bib in her back pocket, because her record company told her that if she had a baby she would never have one. Just a talented artist.

In 2009, Flaming lips Covered Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Album and you are a guest on The big party in the sky. Are there any other old recordings you’d like to breathe new life into? Maxcutikins
The Dark Side of the Moon was a treat for me when I was very young, so being asked to sing Great Gig in the Sky was a challenge, but I enjoyed it. I ended up being the backup singer for the whole show, which was really fun. Other than that, I sing the entire Jesus Christ Superstar song as a solo show with the pianist. I do it live, but I want to record it – use my voice in a different way.

The world mostly knows you as a sexually charged rapper and “shock” performance artist, but Do you have any music outside of the concept of Peaches sitting on a shelf somewhere? com.cleverguns
I don’t, actually, but it has to happen. I’ll start with the power songs and see where it goes from there.