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espagnol vers anglais: Website Copy for an IT support company General field: Technique / Génie Detailed field: TI (technologie de l'information)
Texte source - espagnol Servicios y soluciones de TI
para las grandes empresas
Traduction - anglais Global Enterprise
IT Outsourcing Services & Solutions
anglais vers espagnol: An Interview with Battles, for Indie Rocks Magazine General field: Art / Littérature Detailed field: Musique
Texte source - anglais Battles Can’t be Killed by Conventional Methods
“All right, let’s just do it backwards. Let’s just write it, we’ll worry about how we’re gonna play it live later”.
John Stanier (drums) says that that’s what he and Ian Williams (guitar/synths/machine in general) from Battles told themselves after the departure of Dave Konopka (guitar, bass, effects) about a year ago.
Realizing that they were suddenly a duo, the band did what it has always done best, adapt to their circumstances and make another record by whatever means necessary. The result is called Juice B Crypts and it will finally see the light of day on October 18th.
“Warp (record label) was like ‘it’s time for a record, what’s going on?’, so we barely had any time to wonder if we could do it or not. Ian and I just started bouncing off ideas in our rehearsal room and then one thing led to another, opportunities kept falling in our laps, so we just kinda went for it.” says John Stanier speaking from his New York City apartment.
The case of Battles as a band is pretty curious, but they have always been a sort of antithesis of the traditional rock band. Formed as a math rock supergroup in 2002, they jumped to international fame with the release of Mirrored (2007). After years of touring, sometime in 2010, when it came time to record a sophomore album, Tyondai Braxton (vocals, guitar, keyboards) left the band.
Instead of disbanding or finding another member, they decided to carry on with the help of guest vocalists in Gloss Drop (2011), to then turn completely instrumental in La Di Da Di (2015). With the new record, they’ve decided to blend the two approaches, having some instrumental tracks and some stunning collaborations with varied vocalists.
John explains: “We decided that we definitely wanted voices in this album because we were just coming from doing an instrumental record and we didn’t want to do that again. So we wrote all the songs first and then we sat down and decided which ones would have vocals. Believe it or not, the vocals were the easiest part of this record for us. The vocalists were all our first choice. Some of them came into the studio, like Shabazz Palaces and Sal Principato, while to others like Jon Anderson we just sent them the track. In both cases, we almost always stuck with the first take they did, there was very little editing. It was totally manic.”
This last bit John says it quite surprised. Battles has always been a very perfectionist band, but during the process of Juice B Crypts they were able to move abnormally fast.
“We recorded at Red Bull Studios in New York and we had a producer this time (Chris Tabron), and he was really cracking the whip; forcing us to make decisions instead of taking our time. At the other place where we recorded our other three records (Machines With Magnets) we could take three months recording a single song. It was ridiculous. This time we tracked the whole thing in under two weeks.”
Stepping out of the usual process was a constant for Battles during the making of Juice B Crypts. From selling a good part of their old equipment, to how they planned out each song and its order within the record. The drummer related that…
“We wanted to do a bunch of songs that sounded great one after the other, but that also sounded really good separately. Because nowadays you’ve got people that will play the vinyl from beginning to end, but then you also got people (and I even do this!) that will open the record on Spotify and skip from track to track to see which one they like. With streaming, it’s like suddenly all of your songs are singles, you know? So we decided that if people are going to tear apart the record, then each song should be able to stand on its own. So you don’t have to listen to song number two in order to get song number three.”
To achieve that, John explained that they used different equipment and recording methods in each one of the 11 tracks. For the live part, however, he was more hesitant to share details.
“The way we do the live show is a bit different now. I don’t want to tell you too much… but, there are no amps anymore. There’s no looping amp because I didn’t want to play in front of a blasting amp any longer… it was starting to get to me. Now we go straight to the PA and we’ve got in-ear monitors, which changes everything.”
On the verge of embarking on a series of tour dates in South America, Europe, and Asia, John Stanier shares that this is the most exciting moment of the whole process for him. To be standing on the edge of another tour, with a new record about to come out.
“You do all this work and now this is the super fun part. You get to play all the new songs to people who are super into it”.
Juice B Crypts was released on October 18th via Warp Records. Two singles had been released at the time of this writing, “Titanium 2 Step” and “A Loop So Nice…/ They Played It Twice”.
Traduction - espagnol Battles no puede morir de formas convencionales.
"All right, let’s just do it backwards. Let’s just write it, we’ll worry about how we’re gonna play it live later". John Stanier (batería) dice que eso es lo que él e Ian Williams (guitarra/synths/máquinas en general) de Battles se dijeron a sí mismos ante la salida de Dave Konopka (guitarra, bajo, efectos) hace alrededor de un año.
Encontrándose con que de pronto eran un duo, la banda hizo lo que mejor hace, adaptarse a las circunstancias y hacer otro disco como les fuera posible. El resultado se llama Juice B Crypts y finalmente verá la luz pública este 18 de octubre.
“Warp (disquera) ya nos estaba preguntando sobre un nuevo disco, así que apenas tuvimos tiempo de pensar si podíamos hacerlo o no, o si tendríamos que conseguir más gente. Ian y yo solo empezamos a rebotar ideas en nuestro cuarto de ensayo y luego una cosa llevó a la otra”, relata John Stanier desde su apartamento en Nueva York.
El caso de Battles es bastante curioso, pero siempre han sido lo opuesto de una banda tradicional. Formados como una especie de super group de math rock en 2002, saltaron a la fama internacional con la salida de Mirrored (2007). Llegando la hora para sacar el segundo disco, Tyondai Braxton (voz, guitarra, teclados) dejó la banda en 2010.
En lugar de desintegrarse o conseguir a otro miembro, decidieron seguir con la ayuda de vocalistas invitados en Gloss Drop (2011), para luego volverse completamente instrumentales en La Di Da Di (2015). Con el nuevo disco, han decidido volver a recurrir a voces invitadas.
John explica. “Decidimos que definitivamente queríamos voces en este álbum porque veníamos de hacer un disco instrumental y no queríamos hacer eso de nuevo. Así que escribimos todas las canciones primero y luego seleccionamos cuáles tendrían voz. Algunos vocalistas vinieron al estudio, como Shabazz Palaces y Sal Principato, mientras que a otros como Jon Anderson solo les enviamos el track. En ambos casos nos quedamos casi siempre con la primera toma, no hubo que editar casi nada”.
Esto último John lo dice bastante sorprendido. Battles siempre ha sido una banda bastante perfeccionista, pero en todo el proceso de Juice B Crypts pudo ir a un paso anormalmente rápido.
“Grabamos en Red Bull Studios en Nueva York y tuvimos un productor ahora (Chris Tabron), y él realmente estaba azotando el látigo; obligándonos a tomar decisiones en lugar de tomarnos nuestro tiempo. En el otro lugar donde grabamos los otros tres discos (Machines With Magnets) podíamos tomarnos tres meses grabando una sola canción. Era ridículo. Ahora terminamos todo el tracking en menos de dos semanas”.
Salir del proceso habitual fue una constante en este álbum para Battles. Desde vender gran parte de su viejo equipo, hasta cómo planearon cada canción y su orden en el álbum. El baterista compartió.
“Queríamos hacer un grupo de canciones que sonaran bien una tras la otra pero que también sonaran muy bien por separado. Porque hoy en día tienes gente que pondrá el vinilo y lo escuchará de principio a fin, y luego tienes gente (¡e incluso yo hago esto!) que va a abrir el disco en Spotify y van a ir saltando de track en track a ver cuál les gusta. Con el streaming es como si de pronto todas tus canciones fueran sencillos, ¿sabes? Decidimos entonces que si hay gente que va a desbaratar el disco, cada canción debería poder existir por sí misma. No tienes que escuchar la canción número dos para entender la número tres, pero si lo escuchas entero también tiene sentido”.
John afirma que querían cumplir ambos objetivos al escribir el álbum, así que usaron diferente equipo y métodos de grabación para cada una de las 11 piezas. Para la parte en vivo, en cambio, se mostró un tanto más reacio a compartir detalles.
“La forma en la que hacemos el show en vivo es un poco diferente ahora. No quiero decirte demasiado pero… ya no hay amplificadores. Ya no hay looping amp. Ya no quería tocar enfrente de un amplificador reventando… me estaba empezando a afectar. Ahora vamos directo al PA y tenemos in-ear monitors, lo cual cambia todo”.
Ante una serie de fechas en América del Sur, Europa, y Asia, John Stanier comparte que este momento es el más emocionante para él, estar en el borde de una gira, con el nuevo disco a punto de salir.
“You do all this work and now this is the super fun part. You get to play all the new songs to people who are super into it”.
Juice B Crypts sale el 18 de octubre vía Warp Records. Dos sencillos han sido lanzados hasta ahora, "Titanium 2 Step" y "A Loop So Nice.../ They Played It Twice".
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I’m a writer and musician from Mexico, currently in Querétaro. Right now I work remotely for an American/Canadian consulting firm, designing content strategies and writing copy. I’m also a contributing writer at Indie Rocks!, a music magazine in Latin America.
For the past 5 years, I have worked as a copywriter in several corners of the tech industry and the world. I have experience with clients such as Walmart, Teleperformance, Kiwi.com, and have also worked with several small businesses and blockchain startups. I write in English and Spanish, so I'm constantly translating between the two, and I've been doing professional translations in multiple fields since 2014. I've also been learning French since 2016 and I'm starting to translate for that as well.
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