Factory Floor: Nic Colk Void, Gabriel Gurnsey, Dominic Butler; photo by Emilie Bailey
Guest List features some of our favorite artists filling us in on some of their favorite things, along with other random bits. This edition features hypnotic electronic act Factory Floor, whose self-titled debut album is out now on DFA.
Strangest Display of Affection From a Fan
Nic Colk Void: I’ve had a few boys jump up on stage and take down their trousers. I don’t know whether it’s to show their appreciation or to scare me; if you were going down a street and someone did that to you, that’d be against the rules. I just try to look the other way.
Gabriel Gurnsey: Once we were at a rehearsal and loads of people were taking their clothes off in the corner—they were getting so lost in the music that they just started stripping.
My Worst Habit
Dominic Butler: I lie about everything. Even things I don’t need to. No, I don’t, actually. I’m not a liar. I used to be, but I’m not anymore. I’m not. Honestly.
GG: Smoking. It’s just disgusting.
Biggest Pet Peeve
NCV: Gabe smoking.
Last Great Movie I Saw
NCV: I watched Cast Away on TV in a Netherlands hotel room.
GG: The Guilt Trip with Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen
Favorite Thing I Did This Year
GG: I got a dog. Halfway through making the album, I was losing touch with reality. I wanted a dog to get me out of the studio a bit, so I went to look at an English bulldog. He came shuffling out, and I took him home. His name’s Vince. He’s mellow and lazy, which suits me.
My Dream Tattoo
GG: I’m going to get a massive picture of Vince on my back.
My Role Model
GG: Vince
Dream Collaboration
DB: Grace Jones
The Best Birthday I’ve Had
GG: I only remember one birthday, when I was around 10. My parents had an old hand dryer—one where you crank the handle and put clothes through it—and someone put my finger into it. But I remember really enjoying the party.
DB: When I was about eight, I got an army jumper for my birthday. I got the arm wet, so I put it on the fire to dry it and burnt it. For a year, I had to hide the jumper because I couldn’t tell my step-mum that I burnt the arm of it. She kept asking me when I was going to wear it.
Last Thing I Listened To
DB: "The Lines It Curves" by David Lynch
NCV: Brian Eno’s Before and After Science
The Best Thing I Bought This Year
NCV: A pair of trousers in New York. Before we go on tour, I go on a massive online shopping spree and then I end up sending it all back and just wear t-shirts and leggings. It’s a bit of panic. I find comfort in the thought that I’ll buy something that’ll answer all my problems.
Favorite TV Show____
GG: Game of Thrones. Musicians have to have something insane and pointless to escape into.
The Worst Part About Being on Tour
GG: Being in airports. There’s nothing to do.
NCV: Especially when you’ve got no money.
Favorite Recent Songs
GG: “No. 1 Against the Rush” by Liars
Chicken or Shrimp?
DB and NCV: Shrimp
GG: We’re shrimp all the way.
