Daniel Takes A Train interview 18.7.18
Long before Spotify and YouTube there was an ambitious young band called Daniel Takes A Train. The London group were part of a colourful and eclectic 1980’s music scene working in and crossing musical genres that included synth pop, indie rock and jazz revival before calling it a day on the eve of Acid House and rave culture. Named after a Hungarian art-house movie, Daniel Takes A Train was formed in London in the early 1980’s. Performing under the name Illicit Kiss with Rupert Blomfield on bass, they rehearsed in a cellar off the King’s Road and performed at West End nightclubs attracting a cult following on the club and live music scene. With the addition of James Hannington (drums) and Paul Davey (saxophone), the newly-named Daniel Takes A Train swapped floral shirts for polo-necked jumpers and developed a slicker, more contemporary sound – one that would be more likely to dent the pop charts of the day. Trading funky basslines and jazz guitar licks with their natu...