{"id":38606,"date":"2018-07-24T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=38606"},"modified":"2018-07-24T15:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:00:52","slug":"qa-with-synth-pop-quartet-dead-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/qa-with-synth-pop-quartet-dead-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A With Synth-Pop Quartet Dead Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/qa-with-synth-pop-quartet-dead-ceremony\/screen-shot-2018-07-24-at-1-31-38-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-1.31.38-PM.png?fit=1068%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1068,707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-07-24 at 1.31.38 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-1.31.38-PM.png?fit=640%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-1.31.38-PM.png?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conversation with synth-pop four-piece Dead Ceremony, they talk about their release \u2018All This Noise\u2019 and reveal more about their minimalist approach towards music.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: What would you say is the inspiration\/message behind \u2018All This Noise\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: Musically, we are always trying to make super simple music, which is more difficult than it seems. Do you know the band called Majical Cloudz, we\u2019ve been listening to them a lot and trying to do something similar to that. Lyrically, I think just trying to something anthemic in a way. It\u2019s quite wordy, but the chorus is really simple.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: How would you say your sound evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: Trying to have fewer elements is something we\u2019re always trying to do with every track. There\u2019s only about five things happening in the song. So it\u2019s about \u2018can you make a good track, with only a handful of things\u2019 and it\u2019s about making each thing sound really good. It\u2019s about being more minimalistic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: Has your music always been minimalist, or is that something that happened over time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: It wasn\u2019t, to start with. We kind of threw everything at it in the beginning. Now it\u2019s more stripping back the layers and doing something simple.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: Was there something that prompted this change in music style?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: It\u2019s just from working with different people and then gradually realizing what\u2019s important in the music, over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: If listeners could take away one message from your music, what would you want that to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: Oh, that\u2019s a good question! Be more kind or be more instinctual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: What\u2019s been a major career highlight for the band? And what\u2019s next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: Highlight has just been putting out stuff and having people not just from the UK, but also America listen to it and stream it. I think that\u2019s the cool thing about now with all the digital service providers-people are listening from places like Peru and Indonesia and send you messages like \u2018I love your music\u2019 and that\u2019s really cool. Next, we\u2019ve got this EP coming out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: Finally, what\u2019s one song on your personal playlist you\u2019ve had on repeat recently and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DC: There\u2019s a new Ben Howard song called \u2018A Boat to an Island on the Wall\u2019, which I think is incredible and I\u2019ve been listening to it non-stop since it came out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to \u2018All This Noise\u2019 below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All This Noise by deadceremony\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F441968880&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the band on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadceremony.com\/new-page\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dead_Ceremony\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deadceremonyband\">Facebook<\/a>. Check out their music on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/deadceremony\/all-this-noise-1\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/49q3oYolsgx7qMhOxt2Rqq\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conversation with synth-pop four-piece Dead Ceremony, they talk about their release \u2018All This Noise\u2019 and reveal more about their minimalist approach towards music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[641,7,9],"tags":[15651,1431,4430,407,15652,11018,77,1751],"class_list":["post-38606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-all-this-noise","tag-ben-howard","tag-dead-ceremony","tag-interview","tag-majical-cloudz","tag-malvika-padin","tag-new-release","tag-synth-pop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-a2G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17838,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/dead-ceremony-tell-me-lies-ahead-of-ep-launch\/","url_meta":{"origin":38606,"position":0},"title":"Dead Ceremony &#8216;Tell Me Lies&#8217; Ahead of EP Launch","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"07\/02\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Kent's Dead Ceremony give us their single 'Tell Me Lies' ahead of the March release of their EP of the same name.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dead-Ceremony-Online-Press-Shot-2-cropped.jpg?fit=680%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dead-Ceremony-Online-Press-Shot-2-cropped.jpg?fit=680%2C614&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dead-Ceremony-Online-Press-Shot-2-cropped.jpg?fit=680%2C614&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59588,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/kodacrome-play-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":38606,"position":1},"title":"Kodacrome &#8211; &#8216;Play Dead&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"03\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Although at first glance you might think that Kodacrome are an electronic band, they are in reality a two-piece production team. 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