We hit the US West Coast for the Paradises tour from May 29, starting at Los Angeles @thenovodtla and taking in Bay Area @ucberkeleyofficial , Seattle @neptunetheatre , Portland @revolutionhall , and Denver @theorientaltheater .
With us for all shows besides Denver is our friend and regular analogue accomplice @danz_cm .
See you there. XXX
Tickets for all shows ladytron.com/tour
Link in profile.
#ladytron
miss magic
Looking back on this interview is pretty surreal! It was my first time at SXSW. First time playing a bunch of shows. First time in Texas. First time eating real BBQ. Probably first time being interviewed on camera. It was difficult for me to believe that anyone liked my stuff. From a young age I thought being a musician could only ever amount to being a side thing, because of financial constraints, so when people asked me what my intentions or aspirations were - I didn’t have an answer. I just wanted to make music that I liked.
Then I got my first sync with a song called “Running” that I made on a cheap mic and laptop. With that money I quit my restaurant job, I started a label, I pressed my own vinyls. And now it’s 15 years later and I’m still doing the same thing.
I think for most artists you don’t realize when you’ve “made it” because the goalposts always shift. You might not ever be commercially successful, or have millions of streams, or get signed to a major label (or even a major indie label for that matter). But if you’re able to somehow figure out a way to wake up every day and do what you love for a living, then you’ve already made it.
Thanks for following my journey, whatever stop you got on! My retrospective is out at midnight!
MYTHS on MiniDisc. Edition of 50.
🌲
An ambient album written, performed and produced by @danz_cm .
Recorded live at the @vintagesynthmuseum .
Mixed by @michaelstein .
Mastered by @heba_kadry .
Engineered by Lance Hill (VSM).
Art/photos by Danz CM.
Photos taken at Muir Woods National Monument.
Video shot on Super 8 at Sequoia National Forest.
Gear used: Elka Synthex, Gleeman Pentaphonic, Yamaha CS-80, Yamaha CS-70M, Yamaha SK-50D, Mellotron, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland Juno-60, Sequential Prophet 5, Strymon Big Sky, Spectral Audio Syntrak.
Made an ambient album with vintage synths.
MYTHS
I. The Koromodako
II. The Dökkálfar
III. The Leshy
IV. You Can Change Yourself Into Gold
Out now on @channel9records
Written, performed and produced by yours truly.
Recorded live at the @vintagesynthmuseum during a very relaxed soundbath performance.
Mixed by Michael Stein.
Mastered by Heba Kadry.
Engineered by Lance Hill.
Art/photos by Danz CM.
Photos taken at Muir Woods National Monument.
Video shot on Super 8 at Sequoia National Forest.
Gear used: Elka Synthex, Gleeman Pentaphonic, Yamaha CS-80, Yamaha CS-70M, Yamaha SK-50D, Mellotron, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland Juno-60, Sequential Prophet 5, Strymon Big Sky, Spectral Audio Syntrak.
Thanks for listening.
🌲The Koromodako wandereth the sea in search of a seafaring soul. The Dökkálfar dwell beneath the earth eyes bright with ochre glow. The Leshy of the forest amid solitude awaits: unlikely friendship yet unmade or friend to end his fate. Where do such beings vanish if no souls decide to gaze? Do they exist at all? Fear not or greatly, all sustain. For once the question is in thought each myth begins to summon and by reading this they manifest by reason of thy wondering. 🌲
Over The Ocean out everywhere!
Written, recorded, produced by yours truly.
Mixed by @hydnwtsn@thewarehousestudio
Mastered by @heba_kadry .
Video directed by yours truly.
Produced by @texmextexmextexmex
A joint DP effort.
Editor Johann Flashë
Color Hal Bowman
A little ballad about a strange recurring dream.
Complete with a 5-layer Minimoog solo instrumental break. Special thanks @codycrump for laying down some geetar.
Part of an album out later this year.