by Clive Young Battles has always been an interesting band, staking out a musical space somewhere between the conformity of modern electronic loop-based music and the improvisational nature of experimental, freeform rock. The trio mines the tension between musical forms, but recording that push-and-pull so that it maintains an organic truth isn't a simple processand that's captured in the short documentary, Battles: The Art of Repetition.
"I don't like control rooms because I don't like the idea of talkback. Especially when I'm working with a singer, they stand two to 10 feet away from me when we record vocals. We just talk to each other like you and I are talking. Because of that, our communication is so much better and the singers love it."Jonell Polansky, DaCapo Music Studios