She sings with a candy in her mouth, “I thought it was night, but it’s day! It’s every day at once! Behold my house of light! Bankruptor of the rainbow!” It’s a condemnation of America’s mundanity, replacing the narrative of inevitable violence with the real joy that's not being talked about. “Scarcity is Manufactured,” Actually, You Can’s thesis, flips “La Bamba'' into uncharted time signatures Rodriguez and Dieterich shred in and out of unison at a high speed scrub while Saunier’s heavier-than-ever kit bashes in sync with Satomi Matsuzaki’s fuzzed-out bass. “That’s the spirit we were trying to express: an angelic, glamorous prison bust.” That glamour comes replete with thrashing twin guitar assaults from Ed Rodriguez and John Dieterich, and Saunier’s tuned-up, hyperpop-via-nu metal snare bombast. “These days, to be a moral person is to be a criminal,” clarifies Saunier of the album’s countercultural embrace of liberation. Opener “Be Unbarred, O Ye Gates of Hell'' literally storms the barricades, interpolating a Handel aria, a Maya Angelou essay, and a Catholic homily in which Christ descends into inferno to release its captive souls. Deerhoof set to scheming, using their agility, wit, and outlandishness to create this exuberant ode to unexpected growth.Īctually, You Can is a genre-abundant record that uses technicolor vibrancy and arpeggiated muscularity to offer a vital shock from capitalism’s purgatorial hold. “We wanted our own working person’s version of highbrow, with all the operatic flourishes and twinkles and sparkles,” says Saunier.
Feeling galvanized by the challenge of unifying many styles of music, Deerhoof landed on their next record’s concept: DIY baroque.
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“We suddenly felt extra free and non-judgmental towards ourselves,” says drummer Greg Saunier of their audience’s enthusiastic reception to these records. Its sequel Love-Lore, a live covers medley, channeled futurist mid-century artists-Parliament, Sun Ra and Stockhausen, to name a handful- into a patchwork love letter to the anti-authoritarian expressions that inspire the band. 2020’s Future Teenage Cave Artists explored fairytale visions of post-apocalypse, welding intrinsic melodies with absurdist digital recording methods. Over eighteen boundless albums as experimental as they are pop, Deerhoof has continuously quested for daring storytelling and radical sounds, creating a new shared language of revolution. The distinctive sound of Two Steps from Hell will become an unparalleled event for all the senses – an exciting journey through the world of epic music, fantasy, musical mysticism, and drama with goose bumps guaranteed.Think of all the beauty, positivity and love that gets deemed ugly, negative and hateful by the self-proclaimed guardians of 'common sense.' We'd hardly be destroying society by dismantling their colonial economics and prisons and gender roles and aesthetics. It's guaranteed to be a thrilling show and a special experience of Bergersen and Phoenix's musical highlights. Now, for the first time, Two Steps from Hell are going on a live concert tour across Europe with orchestra, choir, and soloists performing their soundtracks.
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Movie trailers for blockbusters such as “Avengers: Endgame,” “Aquaman” or “Jurassic World,” the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games and advertisements for many large companies all rely on Two Steps from Hell to guarantee their success. With their bombastic sound characterised by ancient chants, titles such as “Protectors of the Earth,” “Heart of Courage,” “Victory” and “Archangel” set the heartbeats of millions of fans racing and perfectly complement the (film) images they accompany. With over four billion views on YouTube, one billion plays on other streaming platforms and four platinum albums, Two Steps from Hell are already one of the most successful music entities ever.
The world’s number one epic music producers and composers, namely Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix, are breaking every streaming and follower record with their California-based production company Two Steps from Hell.
Whenever huge emotions, tense anticipation and breathtaking intensity are in the air, the sound of Two Steps from Hell isn't far away.