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Today is a Miami Horror Smörgåsbord.
This past Thursday Miami Horror played at the Mezzanine in San Francisco. The show started slow with not a huge amount of people filing in until Miami Horror took the stage. I hate to ever say anything negative on the metropolitan jolt, but Miami Horror’s music really just did not translate well to being performed live. While I wouldn’t recommend a live show of theirs, I have been in a love affair with their most recent album.
Illumination is a two disc special with some awesome remixes on the second disc. It’s an awesome album, and it has a great consistant sound and feel, while still not getting boring. Every track is filled with energy – without so much that it’s overwhelming. I’d check it out if I were you, but I’ve included some of my favoites.
Oh, one last thought: The remix Miami Horror did on Gorrilaz’ Empire Ants was absolutely amazing. It’s linked up for your listening pleasure.
I was also able to get in with Ben from Miami Horror and here is what he had to say:
It’s a tradition here are at the metropolitan jolt to start with a totally unrelated question – What your favorite superhero? Why?
I think superman, he’s a good all rounder with only one weakness.
On to the musical stuff: How did you guys connect to create Miami Horror?
It started as me in around 2007, Josh then sung on the EP track ‘Don’t be on with her’, Dan was always hanging out working on lyrics with me in the early days, he wrote the lyrics for Sometimes. Then finally Josh introduced Aaron.
Where does the name come from?
It was just a visual thing. I thought both words were pretty bold in themselves but also have quite a strong subconscious visual side. Miami representing the colourful and flamboyant side while horror represents the darker.
Do you think your base in Melbourne, Australia effects your music? How so?
I think our base in Australia in general has effected our music, purely because what people around you like tends to rub off on you whether you like it or not. You never want to be playing to no one or a crowd that doesn’t appreciate what you are doing, so I think subconsciously accept what they like a little and subtly end up tapering your music and performance to a certain degree.
What are some of your major sources of inspiration?
Cinematography, Photography, 70’s and 80’s popular music.
The music video for “Sometimes” is mind-blowing, to say the least. How do you see music videos enhancing your music?
Well I think visuals are really important in supporting the feel and emotion of a certain track, so we try our hardest to make sure each video does that as much as possible.
You took 10 months to mix your album Illumination. How were those ten months structured, and how did you feel at the end of the tenth?
It was probably longer than 10 months, 10 months was really just the final period of mixing. I guess it was 10 months post Sometimes. Sometimes itself took a great deal on top of that. We really just kept mixing until we were totally happy – Aaron and myself. It was a massive relief once we submitted the final album.
What is the best compliment someone can give you in regards to your music? Why?
I like when people can pick the concept of the album, its not that hard to notice but rare that people look into it enough. Its also really refreshing when someone is able to pick out particular sounds or details in your music that you had put a lot of thought into. Its something that is usually overlooked.
Have you had any crazy experiences playing live? Where have some of your best shows been played?
I think our craziest show was in Santiago, Chile. It was the biggest crowd we’d played to outside of Australia. At least 20 girls managed to clamber onto the stage and try kiss everyone while we were playing, then when we finished Sometimes they continued to sing for about a minute so we came back out and joined in with them..
Whats up for you guys moving forward? Any big plans?
Well the album just came out in Japan and is doing well there, along with Europe and South America. So we are just touring that for the year and working on other new songs for fun in the meantime until we are sure of a new direction for the next Miami Horror album.
Infinite Canyons – Miami Horror
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