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Scott Barber technology and time. It’ s been described a few times as organic dance music.
“ I love blurring the lines between organic and electronic,” says Weber.“ It’ s actually really satisfying to hear someone ask y ou what a particular sound is or assume that an acoustic instrument is a moog pa tch or vice v ersa. Same with the dr ums. Some of the bea ts I perfor med live, some were programmed, and some were old jazz / funk br eaks that I cut up and made m y own. So far a lot of people can’ t tell which are which and I’ m hoping to k eep it that way! I love modern electronic production for that reason. You can literally use and abuse any sound you want.”
Pick a Piper’ s Picks
[ sic ]: Headphones or dance floor? BW: If I’ m thr owing on a My Bloody Valentine record, then for sure it’ s headphones. If it’ s a Carl Craig joint, then I want to be on the dance floor. [ sic ]: If you had to pic k a book to accompany this record, what would it be? BW: Random issue of Na tional Geographic? January 2013“ Why We Explore” issue.
“ It sounds cliché,” Weber continues,“ but I’ d love for everyone to take away something different. There’ s no overarching theme or specific story to tell. I’ m just hoping tha t the tracks go deep enough to incite a totally unique emotional response from each listener.”
The Pied Piper’ s tune lur ed animals and children alike, its hypnotic melody impossible to ignor e and inescapably compelling— familiar, yet hauntingly hard to pin do wn. Pick a Piper’ s sound ma y be similarl y hard to describe, but this is one piper y ou definitely want to follow, and chances are, these tunes won’ t lead y ou into an abyss, they’ ll carry you out of this world into an euphoric state. [ sic ]
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