I have seen your films on your website and your live set in the Boiler Room, and was overwhelmed by the emotional groove. Are you actively playing live?We’re not that active with performing as we prefer to be in the studio writing and producing. But when we do perform the best part of it is our core backbone DRB and ADB: the drums and the bass.
The above films were visually cool and numbing, not to mention the performance, but are you also in charge of directing the video? Are those actually shot on film?Yes, indeed— I am pretty much the jack of all trades. I do the videos, website, graphics, production, curation, etc.
All of your Drumetrics artwork is expressed through op art. What is your view on the resonance between Drumetrics’ music and op art, as well as the possibilities and unique appeal of the art style?Well, op art is basically metric lines or shapes repeating themselves to create geometric measurements/patterns. The same concept can be applied to drums, with tempo and rhythmic patterns repeating measurements. So both of these coinciding is how I came up with Drumetrics. I love black and white op art which can be simple yet sophisticated with patterns. It’s the same way I love vintage drums that have character, open tones that could be played simple or again sophisticated with patterns.
When you work on artwork for Drumetrics, is it a visual representation of the music?Yes, when we create a vision for the EP the artwork goes side-by-side and usually gets created near the end of finishing the music.