Born in Washington, DC to Iranian and Persian parents, he says he "definitely grew up listening to music from all around the world. Photo: Ashley Beliveauīatmanglij brought his own eclectic mix of influences to the table, not only having similarly diverse studio roles as Rechtshaid, but also as a result of his cultural background. As a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, engineer and producer, he has worked in pop and alternative rock with the likes of Adele, Diplo, Vampire Weekend, Madonna and many more (see and he's been involved with Haim since their 2013 debut album, Days Are Gone.Īriel Rechtshaid at his Burbank studio in 2017. We were pushing plug‑ins and our laptops as far they could go, and this lends itself to a modern sound, because these are modern tools." Eclectic Avenue ![]() We tried to combine these two, but that's obviously not going to sound retro. ![]() I have always been a student of recording history, and I also am a huge fan of music software. But speaking for myself, I am very influenced by hip-hop production, and coming up as a kid in LA in the '90s I got my hands on a sampler and tried to find the same breakbeat they used on, for example, an Ice Cube record. "We were not really consciously talking that way. "We didn't actually sit down and say, 'We are going to make something sound old and then make it sound new,' clarifies Rechtshaid. "In general many samples are taken from old recordings, so we first made things sound like old recordings, and then we did things to make them sound gritty and grainy so they sound like a sample, and then the final step was to make them sound big! Some of our choices were really us flying by the seats of our pants, as we were trying to retrace the steps of how old recordings were made, and then making that sound like a sample. "Yeah, it is sort of what we did," comments Batmanglij, laughing. Talking via Skype, Rechtshaid and Batmanglij explain that much of the sound of Women In Music Pt. III was the result of recording and treating real instruments to make them sound old, and then sampling them to make them sound modern again. The latter was once both the producer for, and a member of, Vampire Weekend (see the SOS May 2010, but since 2016 has ventured out on his own, both as a solo artist and a producer for such artists as Frank Ocean, Lykke Li, Wet and Maggie Rogers, among others. ![]() Produced by Danielle Haim, Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid.Women In Music Pt. III was produced by the band's singer, guitarist and drummer Danielle Haim, together with her boyfriend and producer Ariel Rechtshaid, and Rostam Batmanglij. 'I've Been Down' was written by Haim and Rostam Batmanglij. The album scored a whopping 89 out of 100 on Metacritic, with writers noting its experimental and eclectic nature, and saw the band moving away from the sunny Californian pop/rock of their first two records. Haim's third album, Women In Music Pt. III, was not only a UK number one, but also exceptionally well received in other ways. Haim's latest album was made with a mix of old-school and modern techniques and equipment.
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