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THE FASCINATING BEKI COLADA
Beki Colada is a fab pop star. Cute, colourful and quirky.
Of course, Beki - who grew up loving Cyndi Lauper and Missing
Persons - was known as Beki Thomas when we got to know her
in the '90s in Ballarat band The Mavis's, which she fronted
with her brother, Matt. Beki then relocated to Hollywood,
where she has formed a synth-pop duo called The Fascinated
with producer Lionel Cohen. "I went on Craigslist looking
for an actual human being to work with in LA as I'd only
been recording and writing with artists in Australia and
New York over the internet," Beki tells Howzat! "I was craving
that feeling of being in the studio with someone again."
The resulting album (which can be streamed at thefascinated.com)
includes a song called We Are Fascinated. "The song came
first. One day, after going through a million band names,
we both excitedly agreed on The Fascinated. It seems to
capture the sound of the music." The first song Beki and
Lionel recorded for the self-titled album was Home. "It's
about my never-ending homesickness and how I've managed
to create a situation where I'm always missing someone.
LA feels like home to a certain degree, but home is where
the heart is, so it's in Ballarat, Melbourne, LA and New
York! But, no, I don't miss the Ballarat winter." On her
way to Lionel's studio, Beki would walk along the Hollywood
Walk Of Fame, looking at the stars on the ground and thinking,
"Here I am, doing what I love … still." And the album is
everything that Howzat! loves about Beki's music. "Are you
satisfied?" she asks in a song called Comfort Zone. "I'm
satisfied with many aspects of my life," Beki says, "but
I love to keep stepping out of my comfort zone for new adventures.
I like to do what I love, even if I'm told I shouldn't because
I'm 'too old' or 'it's a tough industry'. I'm satisfied
with this album; it was great therapy writing it, and I'm
now ready to start the next one."
MAL CONTENT
New PM Malcolm Turnbull has a couple of rock connections.
He went to school with Rob Hirst; the Oils drummer was a
year below him at Sydney Grammar. And he was the debating
nemesis of Canberra's Steve Kilbey. The Church singer recalls
a "huge, huge Labor man, who was the Muhammad Ali of high
school debating". Steve's mum predicted that young Mal would
one day be PM.
HOT LINE
"I hold myself in high regard, and loving yourself shouldn't
be so hard" - Robert Forster, I Love Myself And I Always
Have.
CHART WATCH
The Rubens score a Top 40 single, jumping from 48 to 37.
Fire And The Flood VANCE JOY (number 10)
Wild TROYE SIVAN (16)
Wings DELTA GOODREM (28)
Hoops THE RUBENS (37)
Jarryd James debuts at two with his first album, Thirty
One, while Voice winner Ellie Drennan arrives at 14.
Thirty One JARRYD JAMES (number two, debut)
Wild TROYE SIVAN (seven)
Close Your Eyes ELLIE DRENNAN (14, debut)
Dream Your Life Away VANCE JOY (20)
Currents TAME IMPALA (22)
The Ultimate Peter Allen PETER ALLEN (24)
Male NATALIE IMBRUGLIA (25, debut)
Hoops THE RUBENS (27)
#Let's Go PLANETSHAKERS (28, debut)
Two Strong Hearts Live JOHN FARNHAM & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
(35)
Best Of The Soul Years JIMMY BARNES (36)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Running Away From Love THE FASCINATED
The State of Things DAN FLYNN
Love Is The Only Thing Left DAN LETHBRIDGE
Pot of Gold FAMILY FOLD
I Love Myself And I Always Have ROBERT FORSTER
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