Battles

nylarch · Post by **nylarch** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:13 pm

Anyone else loving this single as much as I am...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

Regie_Boy · Post by **Regie_Boy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:05 pm

Yeh, i am !!

I actually prefer their earlyer EP's to their new album, worth checking out if u can still find them
Dave

chrisedmo · Post by **chrisedmo** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:06 pm

Yeah, im loving those guys too.. i just ordered their CD mirrored... Try and search for Battles Live and watch what they can do live... its amazing..

rolfski · Post by **rolfski** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:09 pm

+ 1!

Never heard of these guys but it sounds very intriguing: unique and nothing like I ever heard before. The song sticks in your head like some kind of drug and doesn't get out. Great stuff!

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:14 pm

That is one of the coolest, strangest tracks I've heard in a long time.

dave_house · Post by **dave_house** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:25 pm

yeah Battles are amazing - Mirrored is a brilliant album. Apparently they have a stunning live show that really blurs the boundary between electronic and traditional instrumentation. And they're on tour very soon! (US and Europe i think, check www.warprecords.com)

manimal · Post by **manimal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:32 pm

Yep Battles are f'in amazing, check out stuff by tyondai braxton
He is the guy that plays guitar and makes some of the crazy noizes
i have one of his albums and it is a trip!!!

gabster · Post by **gabster** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:51 pm

i saw them this weekend at the Pitchfork fest in Chicago. The best of all i would say...

gabi

nylarch · Post by **nylarch** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:19 pm

Yep Battles are f'in amazing, check out stuff by tyondai braxton

He's out jazz legend Anthony Braxton's son AFAIK.

thekillingtree · Post by **thekillingtree** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:48 pm

oh yea...battles is intense live...i love it. i was surprised to see their name pop up in here!!

but yes, amazing...get as much as you can.

signal · Post by **signal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:16 pm

They look like they might be a good live band, but the album's a bit dull.

studiesinsound · Post by **studiesinsound** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:44 pm

Yeah I like the earlier battles, not this record.

For those of you who care the guitar player from Don Cabellero, Ian Williams is in this band.

If you haven't heard Don Cabellero check it out.

I stumbled across this on the looper-delight web page:
http://www.loopers-delight.com/musings/ ... attle.html

It's an interview with a guy named Mike Battle.
He invented the original Echoplex tape delay unit.
Anyone who loops owes it all to this guy.

Maybe they named their band after him?
just a thought.

Clearscreen · Post by **Clearscreen** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:25 am

as a single, i find atlas somewhere between 'interesting' and 'irritating', but check this out -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaUZBRJYBJs

signal · Post by **signal** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:43 am

"Irritating" is as good a word as I've heard yet to describe their sound. That said, they do manage to tightly integrate live instrumentation w/ sequencing. So did Rush.

In any case, Warp have lost the plot. Again. Still in business, though. That's something.

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:16 am

Sounds a bit wooden to me. If I want progressive stuff like that, I'd rather listen to Zappa or King Crimson.....