Precious mettle

So you might know them from that mobile phone advert - having said that, what new band doesn't have a mobile phone advert these days. Or, you might have seen them open for Nick Cave if you were lucky enough to catch any of the Small Dark Lord's European dates. But if you're really lucky, you just know Goldfrapp from their splendid Alpine-cool debut album, Felt Mountain, released late last summer - or, perhaps, from their spectacular, whip-cracking, eardrum-disheveling Valentine's Day performance in the Temple Bar Music Centre earlier this year.

Here, then, is your chance to meet the diva herself up close, if you think you're hard enough, as well as her nearly-silent partner, in Hot Press' video interview. Will Gregory: soft-spoken and clip-on-shades-tastic. Alison Goldfrapp: pirate's-best headwrap (black); excellent New York Dolls T-shirt (bone-chilling ice-blue); huge deadly cutlass (not pictured).

Click on the bit you want to watch...

PART ONE "Do you remeber Fuzzy Felt?" Alison and Will explain their strange inspirations 56k 128k

PART TWO "A common ground": the story behind the Goldfrapp partnership 56k 128k

PART THREE "The voice is just an instrument" ...the band's views on vocal manipulation and finding the perfect sound 56k 128k

PART FOUR "Tricky would probably think we're a bunch of wankers'" ...Alison talks about her unconventional collaborator 56k 128k

PART FIVE "I discovered singing through being crap at everything else": tales of Alison's schooldays 56k 128k

PART SIX "We're creating our own world..." What gives their music it's cinematic aura 56k 128k

PART SEVEN Goldfrapp explain the reasons for Bristol's musical reputation 56k 128k

To read the Hot Press review of the fabulous Felt Mountain, click here

For more tales of the unexpected starring Will and Alison, click here