No Age have spoken to ClashMusic about the technology behind their second album ‘Everything In Between’.
When No Age first broke out of Los Angeles, the pair seemed to recall the furious spirit of the hardcore era. However there was always a probing, ground breaking side to the duo which has taken them into new areas.
Last year’s EP ‘Losing Feelings’ introduced new electronic elements, with No Age pushing their primitive sampler to its limits. Returning to Los Angeles to work on material for their second album, the band began experimenting once more.
Speaking to ClashMusic, Randy Randall explained that No Age seem to move in two different directions. “You know what I think we sort of move in two directions at once, going backwards and forwards. We’re not really technophiles, we just learn the tools we need to get the job done.”
“At the same time we’ll go back to focus on older equipment, analogue equipment at the same time” he continued. “We’ll mix it together, get like amplifiers from the 1940s and 50s alongside new samplers. We’re not plunging head first into the future, we’re just looking to make our lives a little easier.”
Retreating to their Los Angeles base, No Age began constructing new material last year. “Most if not everything was written at home, because it’s a difficult and precarious situation trying to write on the road. Just finding the time can be difficult, and we didn’t want to write a record which was a reflection of the road.”
“Like, writing about life backstage or sleeping in hotels. We weren’t ready to write that kind of tour diary as a record. So we went back home and took a bit of time to get things ready again.”
The result is ‘Everything In Between’ a record which retains the energy of their celebrated debut and adds some feral new elements. Continuing, the frontman cited Mission Of Burma as a possible influence.
“It’s not a new idea to combine these two elements, there was one band in particular who inspired us from England called Disco Inferno. They were active in the late 80s and throughout the 90s. They really began using samplers and recorded sounds to turn them into something beautiful.”
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