April + VISTA: Making Traditional Noise
April + VISTA blend their electronic, classical, hip-hop and indie influences. Plus, they share a free Ableton project download of the track Bless My Heart.
Posts tagged with Indie
Spill Tab: Playing Musical Chairs
LA-based, Korean-French singer-songwriter and producer Spill Tab on her musical childhood, ups and downs with major labels, learning Ableton, and producing her debut album ANGIE. Plus, she shares a few of her custom Operator and Wavetable presets.
quickly, quickly: Balancing The Raw and The Refined
quickly, quickly aka Graham Johnson talks about his evolution from lofi beats producer to indie-electronic singer-songwriter on his latest album “I Heard That Noise”. He shares his intrepid approach to radically revising his productions in Ableton and offers a selection of rhythm and melody loops to download for free.
Helado Negro on Sampling, Surroundings and Deep Listening
Helado Negro talks about finding inspiration in his environment, his love of experimentation and the importance of deep listening on the Doing Music podcast.
Cavetown on Home, Fame and Songwriting as Therapy
Proudly DIY YouTube sensation Cavetown describes the motivations behind his distinctive, disarmingly honest songs.
MUNA: Staying Alive
Interview with queer-pop trio MUNA, who’ve produced many life-affirming, irreverent hits since 2016 and toured with the likes of Harry Styles and Taylor Swift.
Water From Your Eyes: Microtonal Indie-Pop
Water From Your Eyes discuss how they use microtonal tunings and ideas from serialist composition to write the ‘beautifully ugly’ songs on their album Everyone’s Crushed.
Bringing It Back Home: How Gordi Made Our Two Skins
Australian artist Gordi reveals the process behind her second album, Our Two Skins
Braids: Eclipse and Supernova
Montreal-based trio Braids discuss lyricism, synthesis, and taking an album from studio to stage. Free download included.