A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking to Hugh Middleton from band Boyeur. As far as I am aware Hugh’s not related to the Middletons of Duchess of Cambridge fame, but the band Boyeur does have sort of royal connections with the choice of its name. The guys decided on the name over a dinner party conversation about Russian aristocracy. The ‘Boyer’ were members of Russian nobility. For the band the spelling changed but the name was retained.
Hugh tells me although the group has not toured Tasmania yet, he says it would be great to play in Tassie and he has enjoyed holidaying here and makes special note of visiting Cradle Mountain.
Hugh was classically trained in the violin at Melbourne university and there is irony in how he met up with friend Tim Ischia to form the band. In fact the boys have perhaps the greatest longevity of friendship in musical history. They have been friends since meeting as five year olds at primary school.
Hugh was friends with Tim’s brother as well. Somehow the boys got together again when they were a bit older and realising their taste and interest in music was the same came together to form a band.
The idea of the film clip to their single ‘Cupid’ explores the theme that sometimes we have consigned relationships as over and destroyed before they have even started. There is something unique in the filming of the clip in that it was the directors idea to suggest the film clip be done in one take. Filming it in one take makes it more real as just as in life we do make mistakes that can’t always be edited neatly out. The process was, on day one to plan out the structure of the narrative and the camera work.
The second day was the rehearsal. The finished version Hugh says was very satisfying and gives no indication of the the mayhem behind the camera.
Boyeur’s single ‘Cupid’ and their EP ‘Gold Street’ are out now. . You can see their upcoming show and official EP launch on June 26 at Melbourne’s Workers Club.
Paula Xiberras
