This week I was lucky enough to catch up with TAGRM from Milwaukee,WI.
(for the people who suck at geography, it's in the USA).
I first discovered their twerky trap stuff through Vaski's podcast. And their name "THE AL GORE RHYTHM METHOD" left me thinking, how the fuck did they come up with that name.
So here's a short interview with TAGRM. followed by a freebie!
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1. Ok so I'm going to put the most obvious question first... Can you please explain (in detail) how you came up with your name???
Red: Believe it or not we were in After-school woodworking seminar together as kids, and Al Gore was our political pen pal. After like the fifth correspondence, he revealed to us that in the future we had one goal; form The Al Gore Rhythm Method.
2. Can you tell us about your musical adventure. How you guys hooked up and how you got to where you are now?
Red: I started producing music around two/three years ago, prior to that I was in a metal band for several years. Paddy had been producing for about three years at this point. I had always hit him up with my tunes and asked for pointers since he had been a big influence in my production and sound pursuit. After a couple of demos/tracks he suggested we start working together on a Moombahton project, and I was all about it. So we set out to sit down and write the very first few TAGRM tracks over the Spring Break of that year, and the rest is history.
Paddy: No one really showed me any music until I found The Internet. Shortly thereafter, I was in some type of live trance band that I thought was a jam band because no one told me what trance was. Later on I became a studio dude and that's what I do now.
3. You guys are making some pretty fun, upbeat Trap at the moment, is it mainly trap for you or are you constantly exploring new different types of electronic music?
Red: I can safely say we are always experimenting with anything we enjoy. Be it trap/twerk/128/bass or whatever, if it sounds good to us it sounds good. We are always adapting new sounds and trying new techniques. Being confined to one genre really is more of a setback than a progression, and we are all about furthering our abilities in any way we can.
Paddy: We pretty much can find positive vibes in any genre. We tend to steer towards ones where we hear a gap of something not being done that we would like to do.
4. For all us Aussies who haven't made it over to America yet, can you tell us about your music scene? What's hot and what's not in the world of Bass Music?
Red: First off, for all you Aussies out there reading this I have to say we see you! And we cannot wait to get there. The US dance scene is becoming strong, innovative, fun, and new with every passing day. Being from a smaller city than the better known “big cities,” we have a great first hand experience of how poppin’ the scene has become in the past few years. One of our very favorite places to perform in Milwaukee (our home town), has seen a crazy amount of pick up in attendance and enthused kids coming out to gigs. I couldn’t be happier, I love that people i getting pumped for dance music. This is just one part of the states, but in all our travels it is safe to say that it is getting pretty wild in a great way.
Paddy: I just wish people here knew how to dance.
5. What Software, hardware and plug-ins are you guys using?
Red: We use Ableton 9 and a pretty standard array of VSTs. We are always looking for new and exciting stuff to try.
Paddy: Yep. That and tons of resampling and 20+ VST effect racks until things start to sound okay.
6. Favourite city and club you've played to date?
Red: That is a tough one for sure. We just played a festival in a hotel in Madison, WI close to home for us. And the production was just so immense, I was super blown away by it. Otherwise playing over a balcony in Chicago to a jam packed club was also super dope! But we have only just begun seeing the cool places, and we are super stoked to see more!
7. Who do you look up to as an inspirational artist?
Red: For me probably, Boaz van de Beatz, Tiga, Desert Dwellers, Astronomar (and a ton of the Main Course Records crew). Most importantly though would have to be Prince.
Paddy: Right now things are still really up in the air. It’s exciting to see artists embrace electronic music in different ways. That being said What So Not, Mat Zo, Diplo and the people he brings together for tracks, Eptic, LAXX (Basically the whole Never Say Die label) Friendzone, Odesza and everyone Red mentioned is crushing. I’m definitely leaving some out, but yeah I get pretty inspired.
8. What do you guys do when you’re not doing the music thing?
Red: Exploring new places, catching some down time. Everything and anything can spark a new idea, or inspire me to finish an old project.
Paddy: Graphic design and coding and reading and partying.
9. What artist/producer/DJ, dead or alive, would you give anything to see live?
Red: For me either The Beatles, or Prince. Prince is by far the most entertaining and captivating performer that I have ever seen in media.
Paddy: Death From Above 1979
10. And finally, what's next for TAGRM?
Red: The future is unknown, but we are always pushing forward to the next opportunity/goal/dream. The sky is certainly the limit for us, and I am stoked to see where we are at in the next couple of years.
Paddy: Baller West Coast Mansion
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And the freebie!!!
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