Battles (band)

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Battles
Battles performing at The Gaelic Club, Sydney, Australia on September 26, 2007From left to right: Ian Williams, John Stanier, Dave Konopka, Tyondai Braxton
Battles performing at The Gaelic Club, Sydney, Australia on September 26, 2007
From left to right: Ian Williams, John Stanier, Dave Konopka, Tyondai Braxton
Background information
Origin Flag of the United States New York City, U.S.
Genre(s) Experimental rock
Math rock
Post-rock
Progressive rock
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Warp
Associated
acts		 Helmet
Storm & Stress
Tomahawk
Don Caballero
Website www.bttls.com
Members
Ian Williams
John Stanier
Dave Konopka
Tyondai Braxton

Battles is an American math rock band. The group's line-up is composed of well-known musicians, including ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier, ex-Don Caballero guitarist Ian Williams, ex-Lynx guitarist Dave Konopka, and Tyondai Braxton (son of avant-garde jazz musician Anthony Braxton), who also plays guitar and keyboard and creates live voice samples.

Contents

Following a string of EPs, the band released their debut album on the Warp Records label in February 2006, which was titled EP C / B EP. It is a compilation of their increasingly hard-to-find early releases, EP C and B EP.

Their first full-length album Mirrored, recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, was released on May 14, 2007. The first single from the album, "Atlas", was released on February 21, 2007 as streaming audio, and the accompanying streaming video was released on February 28, 2007.

The single "Atlas" was voted "Best Single of the Week" by NME magazine,[1] and received a glowing review in the British Clash Magazine, where comparisons were made to Glitter Beat.

More recently, Battles released a streaming video for the track "Tonto", in which they collaborated with celebrated lights artists UVA (United Visual Artists). The accompanying single is to be released in late 2007.

Battles scored their first UK cover feature in May 2007, talking to Plan B Magazine about the making of Mirrored.

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EPs:

Singles:

  1. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/battles/8415

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