Reworking a Piano Riff into a Song

Rou describes revisiting the riff, experimenting with chords and its evolution through different arrangements.

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We’ve been having a look back through the Tape Notes archive to bring back some of our favourite early episodes that you may have missed. This selection is our conversation with Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds, digging into their 2020 record, 'Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible'.

EPISODE NOTES

In this episode, John catches up with Enter Shikari frontman and producer, Rou Reynolds to breakdown how the band wrote, recorded and produced their new album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’.

As the band’s most genre-bending album to date, Rou talks us through the challenges of combining techy metal, rave, reggae and ska influences with an oom-pah band and full symphony orchestra. Digging through his fifteen hard drives of demos and jams, we’re shown how every aspect of a track has a purpose and meaning – with detailed rhythms and distinctive sounds reflecting the state of the world in their own way.

Listen to hear the original gibberish lyrics that ended up making the final version of a song, how the band ended up forming and recording their toy drum kit and what plugins Rou uses to create his own audio cuddle.

Tracks discussed: THE GREAT UNKNOWN, Waltzing Off the Face of the Earth (1. Crescendo), satellites* *

LINKS TO EVERYTHING TAPE NOTES

⁠https://linktr.ee/tapenotes⁠

⁠ Listen to 'Nothing is True & Everything is Possible' here.⁠

'Nothing is True & Everything is Possible' - SO Recordings/Silva Screen Records Limited

Intro Music - ⁠Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective ⁠

GEAR MENTIONS

⁠Ableton⁠

⁠Akai MPC Sampler⁠

⁠ Arp 2600⁠

⁠Arturia Synth Emulators⁠

⁠Chandler REDD Microphone⁠