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| Air Traffic Controller at The Satellite |
How would you describe your sound? Oh boy, I think today I'll call it ... Alternative Pop. There are some opposites in our music that work together to create this ATC sound. With the two of us singing and writing, you now hear this conversational dude -vs- a storyteller poetess; folky instrumentation -vs- electronics/ rock elements; thoughtful lyrics -vs- slamming hooks. We have managed to sound like a lot of things throughout our albums, making 'variety' an expectation of our fans. If we started sounding like just one of these things I think we would get a little bored and so would they.
I found your music to be layered and intricate. How do you go about developing a song's sound? In this band, we hardly have any clue how a song might turn out before going into the recording studio with our producer Bleu, which I find really exciting. As wild and fun as he is to work with, he's also very methodical and organized. He likes receiving our demos beforehand, some are very basic and acoustic, and some are layered with lots of ideas. He'll share his thoughts on the direction - this one could have strings, that one could be a great anthem, etc. Then we spend a little time discussing, sometimes listening to classic artists that came to mind while listening to the demo. For the most part, every song gets its own treatment, there's no formula like - we need to have that same synth we've been using, or we must put mandolin on this one too. Each song just gets it what it needs to be great. The lo-fi demo is sometimes even clearly used in the final recording like you'll hear in "The House" and "Creature...", and "This Is Love"
What’s a question you'd find interesting? I think this would be interesting to ask an up and coming artist - Would you rather be a 1 hit wonder known all around the world -OR- have a steady underground following?
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