We spoke to DreamMachines about their origin story, their new direction and their biggest hidden influence
"We wanted to write a political song," says frontman Harry May-Kline of "Sarajevo," the first single off Dream Machines' upcoming EPThe track may express Kline's anxiety about the current state of the world, but bandmate and producer Luke Burba insists it's still indicative of the high-energy sound the band does best. For proof, just check out this exclusive live video, filmed at L.A.'s iconic Troubadour recently.
Ahead of the new EP -- and on the heels of their first ever New York shows earlier this month -- Billboard chatted with May-Kline and Burba about their origin story, their new direction and their biggest hidden influence.It was the end of 2011 when we first met through a friend of mine. Luke just showed up at my house with a keyboard and a bass with my friend. There was just a lot of chemistry. Ever since then we've played in a lot of projects and this is the first one that has really stuck.
Your songs have this energy that feels like they just coalesced out of a bunch of musicians jamming together. Is that how you guys write?Yeah, there's some truth to that. Usually, Luke and I will start with the basics in our studio. Luke has built and incredible synth studio here in L.A. that is a collection of his and our friend's synth rig. We're able to start from scratch and then put something together, stream of consciousness. We write in a very stream of consciousness style.
The video for "Sarajevo" was shot live at the Troubadour, in L.A., which is kind of your home base, right?I work as a front of house engineer for my day job and I've been mixing shows at the Troubadour for almost six years now. I'm kinda biased, but it's the best venue in Los Angeles. We love to play there.: They've really been extremely supportive of us. I don't know what other local band in L.A. has this sort of relationship with an iconic venue like this.
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