{"id":392,"date":"2010-08-08T14:45:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/?p=392"},"modified":"2011-05-03T03:31:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T07:31:25","slug":"fun-fearless-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"FUN FEARLESS FIJI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"598\" height=\"396\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9394976&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"598\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9394976&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Simone De Lorenzi of Swiss electro pop outfit, Fiji, chats with Helvetica Bold.<\/p>\n<p>The name <strong>Fiji<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t exactly spring to mind the idea of a &#8220;Swiss Band&#8221; \u2014but then again, what does? Fittingly, <strong>Fiji<\/strong>, a Bern based electro-pop outfit is an unexpected delight: catchy synth riffs, warm then glacial textures complexifying; a generous sense of play coupled with a haunting sense of drama. Downright sensual. Whiffs of <strong>Blondie<\/strong>, <strong>Les Rita Mitsouko<\/strong>, <strong>Goldfrapp<\/strong> hover&#8211; but always culminating in a musical bouquet all their own.<br \/>\nThree razor sharp albums under their belts, a rigorous tour schedule and a dynamic live show, it&#8217;s unlikely these glam-rock connoisseurs will remain Switzerland&#8217;s best kept secret for long. We caught up with Fiji&#8217;s frontwoman, Simone de Lorenzi, while she was in London, promoting their new album, <em>Fun Factory<\/em>.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fhelveticabold.tv%2Fwordpress%2F%3Fp%3D392&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiji, a Bern based electro-pop outfit is an unexpected delight: catchy synth riffs, warm then glacial textures complexifying; a generous sense of play coupled with a haunting sense of drama. Downright sensual. Whiffs of Blondie, Les Rita Mitsouko, Goldfrapp hover&#8211; but always culminating in a musical bouquet all their own.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[185,186,184,191,187,189,224,190,188,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helveticabold.tv\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}