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Creators of music so sexy I suspect they might actually moonlight as gigolos, Brisbane’s Pty Ltd are spreading their brand of smooth, funky groove across the dance world with their second album, Enticer Deluxe. Peter G told me what music he likes best, when “gettin’ nasty”.

Out of curiousity, how do you pronounce the name?
I just think it varies from day to day, week to week. We used to say “P-T-Y L-T-D”, but when people are drunk, they find that hard to understand. So I think “Proprietary Limited” is the way to do it. But that’s still pretty hard for people to pick up as well! [Laughs] Because they go, “What’s ‘Proprietary Limited’?” And then you go, “Well, it’s what you have at the end of companies and organisations,” and they’re like, “Ah…”

Do you see your musical exports as a business kind of thing? Or was it just a cool name?
Nah, I just think it’s like all bands. When they start up, they get together and they jam, and then they score a gig somewhere, and they don’t have a name. So then they’ve got a selection of about three or four – which are mostly lame – and then they end up picking one. So that’s how we ended up with that one! There was no thought that went into it. But I think Tim, the lead singer, initially thought, “Well, you see a lot of “Pty Ltd” after businesses, so we thought, “well, let’s try and cash in on that, and use it as a bit of a marketing tool.” When people see the “Pty Ltd” at the end of a business name, they’ll automatically think of us. But it didn’t really work out like that!

I’m going to start with a bit of an eyebrow-raising question. Is funk the ultimate music to fuck to?
I believe funk music definitely is. Anything with a rhythm; anything with a pulse; anything with a good bass vibe … something a bit repetitive. I’d have to say our music has elements of funk in it, but I think it steers more towards … I’d call it a live house genre, if there’s such a thing. But we’ve actually had emails in the past from people saying “Thanks a lot – I really appreciate it. I put your record on last night with my lady and had a really good time!” [Laughs] It’s pretty funny – I don’t need too many details on that kind of stuff!

Well, just for fun, what would you say are some great artists to shag to?
That we personally get into? Well, for me personally, I dig a lot of old-school funk and soul and RNB artists – Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan and Herbie Hancock … Miles Davis … all of those pioneering people. They used to make records when they were real records; they used to release them on vinyl. The great artists … there’s so many. Sly & The Family Stone and Funkadelic, and that whole movement in the early seventies … But I have to say, with Tim and Danny in the group, because they’re a couple of years older than me, their musical style tends to drift more towards the early eighties side of things … They’re more towards the cheesy eighties style of things, bless ‘em.

You forgot Marvin Gaye.
I Want You is my favourite Marvin Gaye album. I don’t know if you’ve heard that – it’s a great record. I’ve fucked many times to that one. It’s a real good one.

ONLINE: Peter talks about the latest album, Enticer Deluxe.

Enticer Deluxe is out now.

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