Aug 22, 2026 · 22 min · 9 segments
During the early 80's New Wave era there was a burgeoning Jazz/Funk movement that hit it's peak with bands like Freeez, Shakatak and of course, Level 42. In this episode we talk to Level 42's keyboard…
Mike LindupGuestGrahamHostWhich is great.
We all love his bass playing.
But when arranging a song like maybe The Chinese Way, where the bass is so busy and so forward, do you have to choose your keyboard parts wisely or sparingly when it comes to arranging a song? Because there's a lot happening there.
I learned quite early on that my role as a keyboard player was because when Mark and Phil, the original drummer, when he was playing a groove, as I say, quite busy and Phil was drumming, it was almost like it filled up so much space, you know, frequency and rhythm wise.
Yeah.
that if I was to try and play something complicated and syncopated, it was just going to get a bit too much.
So I basically kept my keyboard parts quite simple and kind of found my spot in the middle.
tasteful stuff, you know.
Well, you know, it was probably tasteful because there wasn't that much room to play.
Which is great.
We all love his bass playing.
But when arranging a song like maybe The Chinese Way, where the bass is so busy and so forward, do you have to choose your keyboard parts wisely or sparingly when it comes to arranging a song? Because there's a lot happening there.
I learned quite early on that my role as a keyboard player was because when Mark and Phil, the original drummer, when he was playing a groove, as I say, quite busy and Phil was drumming, it was almost like it filled up so much space, you know, frequency and rhythm wise.
Yeah.
that if I was to try and play something complicated and syncopated, it was just going to get a bit too much.
So I basically kept my keyboard parts quite simple and kind of found my spot in the middle.
tasteful stuff, you know.
Well, you know, it was probably tasteful because there wasn't that much room to play.
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