So, I went to and bought one of those that cost 300 bucks, and then rented a space on Peerspace, which is like the for production spaces. Doing what we feel is right and trying not to appeal to any trends. Additional layers of sequencers drive the track towards the end and round off what is a really strong collective of songs. Music supervisors pick up on it, like it and want to use it. What advice would you give to anyone looking to have a career like yours? Our influences include The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and Depeche Mode, as well as Daft Punk.
A lot of it is just an attitudinal thing to music-making. It was really organic and had really honest intentions. Try to keep up with them. I expressed an interest in them and he sent me down a boxful of these things. After that, we literally mounted the gimbal on a chair, and shot the whole band. I played it to the guys the next day and we had great fun just tripping on it.
Battle Tapes Origin , , United States Genres Years active 2010—present Website Members Josh Boardman Riley Mackin Stephen Bannister Beak Wing Battle Tapes is an American band, based in , , United States, formed in late 2010. Considering my work in score previously, before the band, I think it would be fun to do a score. When I got a bit older, I wanted to write songs and got into piano and guitar. Why should people pay attention? All of those bands inhabited that spirit. It does our lights, it does our vocal effects, and all of our keyboard parts. It just kind of formed from a shared love of music.
Not to disparage any of the great work done by so many creative people for us on all our videos before this one, but they always felt like an island off of the coast of Battle Tapes, somewhere off the mainland. Find out more about Battle Tapes. From there, I totally threw myself into recording. I think the goal for us is always to be thoughtful in what we do, and keep striving to improve our craftsmanship as songwriters. Imaginary nemesis Is it difficult to maintain a career as an artist in 2019? You have to just let inspiration take you. Our path with placements is really working for us.
If anything, the work gets harder! Whether the influence of the day is thrash metal, punk, electronica, vintage synthesis or even George Michael — it all gets thrown into the pot. Some people have an expectation that success just happens overnight. We do what feels good, and we come across certain things by accident. I have to ask — where do you even find these days? Riley Mackin, the keyboardist, I knew from being in the studio with him and working together. This is just a preview! Let battle commence Do you work together in the same room, or do you write separately and bring your ideas together later? The next day, I rendered the video in Glitché and I edited it in , and it was done. After all, why mess with success? How are you putting out your music? The sonics will always be there. I think unanimously our favourite song is a track called Dreamboat.
Under night By my side You whisper I listen A fire burns so small And keeps repeating I flew above it all But got lost between the Turning of the centery Burns upon reentry Nothing can stop us as we disappears like Ghost ooh-ooh-oh There's no going back again Again again again again Again again again again Again again again again Again again again again The sky was set ablaze The earth was purring Drift in and out of phase Another twist Another Turning of the centery Burns upon reentry Nothing can stop us as we disappears like Ghost ooh-ooh-oh Breaks your heart wide open Swollow every ocean Nothing can stop us as we disappears like Ghost ooh-ooh-oh There's no going back again Again again again again Again again again again Again again again again Again again again again. You have the unlimited palette in the studio, the mega Crayola pack of colors you can use. A neighbour of ours ran an apartment complex and when someone moved out, they left a drum kit there, which ended up at our place. Battle Tapes I mean, I definitely get bored quickly. When I got my first four-track, I really started writing seriously.
We all just love that song. The ones who come along for the ride are the people who celebrate creativity, I think. But Josh Boardman, the mastermind behind the forward-thinking L. It has to emote something. Where did you first pick up the music-making bug? I found a place right over the hill in Burbank. Yes, the band were all friends already, and we all knew each other from various places.
Not because I need to write a song. Find out just why you stand out. It took a while, but once we got a strong idea, the whole thing just clicked. It was one of the first ways we could take our music with us. How difficult is it to combine these often disparate elements of genres the way you do? Valley PeopleBattle Tapes Lyrics provided by SongLyrics. Other times, stuff like a phrase will just get stuck in my head. I wanted to convey what we were about and thought of a different visual approach.
Sometimes ideas can sit there for a few months before the other gets round to looking at it! I was literally just referencing him to them for that video idea. Literally, the bandwidth is different onstage. Battle Tapes So we kept going with the floppy thing, and people just love it. I shot the other guys in the band while they were playing. Original bass player Stephen and I were teenage friends from growing up. I felt like I challenged myself as a writer, where I feel like I overcame a hurdle to create it.
Well, I started playing drums when I was young. I also have to mention how much I like the video for No Good , which you directed. It was so not like your average band. Battle Tapes made their festival debut in 2014, performing at The Sunset Strip Music Festival in Los Angeles, as well as in Austin, Texas. It released its first studio album Polygon on November 20th, 2015. You have to ask yourself what version of success your project lends itself to. Will you also release Form on vinyl at some point? Did you and the other band members all know each other at the time you formed Battle Tapes? Like for example, the intro to I Want Your Sex by George Michael just sounds awesome.