Nation Of Language - Friend Machine (Live on KEXP)
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KEXP.ORG presents Nation Of Language performing "Friend Machine" live in the KEXP gathering space. Recorded August 15, 2023
Ian Devaney - Vocals, Guitar
Aidan Noel - Synth, Vocals
Alex MacKay - Bass, Vocals
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineers: Kevin Suggs, Julian Martlew
Guest Audio Engineer: Ian "Skinny" Salazar
Audio Mixer: Kevin Suggs
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Alaia D’Alessandro, Scott Holpainen, Luke Knecht, Kendall Rock
Editor: Scott Holpainen
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That little synth that Ian’s playing and the sound of it accompanying everything else gives the song a Gary Numan vibe. This track is a real pure synthpop track and harkens back to its early days where lyrical content was dystopian and sci-fi, robot girlfriends in Tubeway Army, or Ballardian imagery in Daniel Miller’s Warm Leatherette.
@miguelrecio7464
5 ай бұрын
Gary Numan for sure. Also early synths by Depeche Mode/Yazoo Vince Clark, some early OMD and of course, New Order. They have it all, with an outstanding melodic creativity. NOL are awesome.
Mad props to the sound engineer/mix of this. Fantastic!!!
Eurythmics, New Order, Operators. All excellent influences.
@andres03musica31
10 ай бұрын
Roxy Music also?
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Incredible session overall. Y'all sound heavenly. It was always the Friend Machine.
Simplesmente fantástico esse som !
It’s about time someone does synth Pop the right way!
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849
2 ай бұрын
Depche Mode? (at least older songs, at least partially). A-HA? Electro Spectre? Or did you mean someone as in someone from younger generation?
Stunning😊
Brilliant
The beautiful love child of Aha and Talking heads ❤
@divingduck9
10 ай бұрын
and cousin to the thompson twins
really nice, they remind me to eleven pond or another old school synth pop bands
0:27 her reaction when Richard skipped the last note 😅
@agusgener74
5 ай бұрын
He didn't skip any notes, the original song is like that... what I really think is that he touched Aidan's ass and that's why she reacts surprised 😅
@mariovarela6193
2 ай бұрын
@@agusgener74 Same I though LOL
This song helped get me through the pandemic.
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Essa mina conseguiu fazer comigo oq ela queria 😂
my feet are tapping?!what's happening to me
You've forgotten the cute just like heaven
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This is cool, a bit Depech-y
Too much enough woo oo oah
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849
2 ай бұрын
What?
I am EXACTLY this gay. 😇
@reallaxe8394
3 ай бұрын
me too.
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849
2 ай бұрын
Huh? This music is for all people...
Somebody found a few old Tears for Fears vinyls!
@elusory3735
10 ай бұрын
Yeah because that is the only New Wave band that existed back in the day right? I went to see a nu-metal band last week. I suppose they found a few Linkin Park vinyls?
@edfig
10 ай бұрын
So we're only allowed to listen to Tears for Fears?
@ruhroah5044
10 ай бұрын
Whatever you do, don't you, forget about me...don't, don't, don't, don't (repeat)...
@andrewdurand3181
10 ай бұрын
Surprise! Music has genres.
@mitchfinewood
10 ай бұрын
Tears for Fears and Echo the Bunnyman. Big time counter transference with Ian McCulloch here for me. I can’t unsee it now.
This is so hipster
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849
2 ай бұрын
Synth-pop is not hipster, are you for real🙄
@lexpavlinov9655
2 ай бұрын
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 hipsters wouldn't listen to this kind of music?
Something tells me the girl isn’t really playing keys until the end🤔
@mrblablablabla
10 ай бұрын
What do you mean?
@ruhroah5044
10 ай бұрын
you're talking about her "Friend Machine" no?
@llRoBoBinHoll
10 ай бұрын
@@mrblablablablato get that bassline sounding that tight and you’d expect her to look a lot more focussed while playing. It’s basically perfect in terms of timing and note length while the drums are playing. I think it’s actually 3 bass sounds layered on top throughout the majority of the song: the bass guitar, the fat synth bass and a sparkly bass sound that is very low in the mix. She’s probably playing only playing the quiet synth throughout the majority of the song. So it’s probably also not fully miming what she’s doing. Not that it’s very important of course, but it’s always interesting to sniff out which parts are live or prerecorded I think.
@mrblablablabla
10 ай бұрын
@@llRoBoBinHoll many synths have built in arpeggiators / sequencers. They could also be looping live. I’d still call that playing. Doesn’t matter so much anyway, as long as people are having a good time…
@llRoBoBinHoll
10 ай бұрын
@@mrblablablablapressing play on a sequence is not really playing in the sense I’m talking about lol. And especially miming along with a sequence is a little stupid in my opinion. But I don’t think that’s quite what’s she’s doing though so it’s all good.
Synth pop all sounds the same
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849
2 ай бұрын
It can be said about any genre of music. Grow up
Oray
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