Olivia Block Quotes

"People that go into that place don't want to hear electronic music, So I wanted to do something that might sound pleasant too."
Olivia Block

"It's kind of hard -- if labels ask me for something I have to say, 'I would love to do something for you, but it's going to take about five years.' It's not the best kind of calling card."
Olivia Block

"Time itself acts as a way of being objective about your own work. If you allow enough time to go by, you can hear it in a different way and make decisions accordingly, with fresh ears."
Olivia Block

The reasons for moving to Chicago were a few things. The most concrete reason was that my boyfriend, Alex, was accepted to the P.H.D. program in creative writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I was outgrowing Austin at that same time, and felt like a move would be a good idea. I was familiar with all that was happening in Chicago around the post rock and improv scenes and I though it was a great place to go for me. I really wanted to expand my work. 
Olivia Block

I think of my transition from Austin to Chicago as a change from the receptive gathering of aural imagery to the materialization of my ideas. Right before I left Austin, I was gathering many aural imprints from the environment there. I heard an old string soundtrack for the Hitchcock film, Spellbound, pouring out of the entryways of the Paramount movie theater, an enormous and elegant revival movie theater in Austin, as I waited in the lobby for the next feature to begin. There was something about the sound coming out of the doorways, as if it was a viscous substance coming down the red-carpeted stairwells into the empty lobby. The scratchy texture of the strings... this image contributed to my inclusion of the scratchy records coming in and out of Pure Gaze later in Chicago.
Olivia Block