We are thrilled to be featuring our first electronic artist on My Audio Bio – Archnemesis. Electro-Crunk is a great classification for them; they are funky and extremely original, using some of the most creative and well thought out samples we’ve heard to date. Check them out on Facebook and Twitter, but also be sure to grab their EP (a free download from the band) at their official website:
Our thanks to Archnemesis for the great music and for providing us with a look inside your creative process. Read below as the guys gives us some great insight into their EP, Diamonds and Glass…
Archnemesis, Diamonds and Glass
With this being the first release by Archnemesis we decided that we wanted “Diamonds and Glass” to be an EP, and the first question that presented itself was “How do we get across the Archnemesis sound in 5 songs?” After contemplating, we decided to construct an EP where each song was stylistically different, but that had some common musical elements weaving their way through each song. Out of this approach “Diamonds and Glass” was created…
“It’s My Turn”- The title and overall energy of this song came from us wanting to “come out swinging” so to speak and let people know who Archnemesis was and what we were trying to do musically. It’s a hard-hitting club banger and we chose to put it on “Diamonds and Glass” as the first track that people heard. We wanted to make a statement.
“Face to Face”- Both of us like some of the elements of dubstep, but not all of them. We intentionally used the dubstep wobble bass sound over a more hip-hop beat because we like the way it sounds better than the harder driving drums of dubstep.
“Diamonds and Glass”- The title of this song came from the vocal sample we used in the song-“Like a Diamond, but she treats him like glass…” We liked the contrasting image this line gave us, and ended up using for the EP title as well. This track also incorporates quite a few different styles and sounds of electronic music into one song, as well as horns and Justin’s keyboard playing.
“One More Try”- This is the only “4 on the floor” true dance tune on the EP. We used the Outkast sample in the break before the drop, and the “throw your hands in the air” was the perfect way to introduce the dance drop. The title and female vocal sample in the track was an old Diana Ross sample we found on vinyl.
“Harder Days”- This was the last song written for the EP, and the hardest to mix down for some reason. We just couldn’t get a good ear on the mix and spent days mixing and remixing it to try and get it to sit right. We were also pushing up on the release date of the EP, which was making things harder too. The track needed to be sent to mastering on a Monday by 10am in order for us to get it back in time to include on the EP, and at 5am on that morning everything in the mix just fell into place. When it happened we both looked at each other and knew that it was done. We marked the mix, re-recorded it and sent it to mastering at 6am that morning.
