Cookin' With Wagon Cookin'

After being blown away with their album "Eleven" on OM Records sub-label Smoke 'N Mirrors, we hunted down the Spanish duo Wagon Cookin to find out more. It turns out the pair also share a deep passion for food, which is something that we can certainly relate to. So much so, they own a family restaurant in Brazil.


Om released the first batch of remixes from the album this week, and the single "Eleven" gets the remix treatment from Chus & Ceballos, Ammie Graves and The Cruising. Perfect timing to talk food with Wagon Cookin.

Stompy - What's your favorite meal to cook?

Wagon Cookin - We have several favorite recipes, "rice with prawns and hijiki seaweed", "Cod Pilpil-with a sauce in his own skin's collagen", "lamb stew with red pepper's meat and vegetables", "Tuna Tataki with ginger sauce".

Stompy - Who has the best skills in the kitchen - Javi or Louis?

Wagon Cookin - We both like to cook and each has his style, and both have recipes in which we specialize and we do not like competing for it.

Stompy - When you're on the road what and where do you tend to eat (restaurants, cook your own meals, take-away etc)?

Wagon Cookin - The truth is that we are pretty snobby in terms of food and we like to eat in quality restaurants whenever the occasion allows us. Also we have a restaurant with our uncle in Salvador de Bahia Brazil and we like to to keep an eye on what is going on around, you can check it out in this link:
www.marnaboca.com.br

Stompy - Of all the country clubs You have toured in, Which you have your favorite cuisine?

Wagon Cookin - We think you can eat well in all countries in which we have been, but our favorite hands down is, the Mediterranean cuisine, Japanese and East, Peruvian. Also organic, healthy food merged with the traditions of each country tends to work very well.

Stompy - How is cooking like to making music?

Wagon Cookin - We are happy to answer this question because, in fact our name comes from an association of one of two things we like in life, gastronomy and music have much in common, from the creation of the idea to the completion of the recipe or song. First you have to think what you want to do, then choose ingredients (samples sounds, voices, rhythms, etc.), then choose how to cook it--cooked, fried, roasted (more electronic, acoustic, etc…). Then you must to take care with the whole process and then leave the dish resting for a while to reach the full flavour. Besides, any of that does not make sense if you don't do it for sharing it with other people, especially good friends.

Stompy - What are you cooking up in your studio right now?

Wagon Cookin - We are "cooking" many different tasty "dishes" at the moment for many different labels such as Audiotronic, Defected, Muak Music, D-edge, Freerange, Local Talk, Poker Flat, that will be released as Wagon Cookin or Kyodai and Bassfort. Also, keep pushing our new album on Om Records "Eleven" and keep touring is one of our main priorities for 2012.