How a Moment of Nigel Godrich Magic Gave Birth to IDLES' New Album TANGK ft. Kenny Beats

Mark Bowen of IDLES, producer Kenny Beats and sound engineer Mikko Gordon talk about Nigel Godrich's work in bringing TANGK to fruition, telling the story of the time Nigel picked up their desperate and unsuccessful attempts at creating feedback chords and in a matter of minutes weaved a piece that would define the direction of the entire album.
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[@ravisampaio6711]

Seeing this room after sometime withouth kenny streaming is soo nostalgic omg... Its like a second home almost

[@RC_991]

Nigel's programming skills never in doubt, he put Kid A together.

[@brentsmith9411]

Exactly the track I wanted the behind-the-scenes take from, thanks!

[@TapeNotesPodcast]

What a tune 🙏

[@338Bermuda]

Officer Kenny and sergeant Nigel did a good job with this beat

[@anthonycavallero6637]

The making of a masterpiece!🧁

[@monomythism303]

Shoutout to the Discord

[@unknown_character_music]

Hype

[@reisakakibara]

tape notes discord?

[@fezaca]

cool stuff, gracias !

[@SANGABRIELMUSIC]

this is really inspiring

[@efsedita]

These vids are great

[@maco34576]

kenny cripped tf out lmao

[@urmumsbaps]

Kenny Ceats

[@themattmcclellan]

Das right custer

[@CG-hj1cu]

wouldnt expect any less from Nige

[@GOODDAYTHEBAND]

V clean.

[@TuchNGoh]

Def making it a thing to go full nige in the Stu

[@jimderino]

My goat 🐐

[@timwalker1897]

fuck i love this podcast

[@TapeNotesPodcast]

🥺

[@jakeyboy2929]

Are the drums actually played or are they a loop/programmed?

[@kindayoungbutok]

kenny a loc

[@lukegruntz]

hell yea

[@jakeyboy2929]

Just a cs80 in the background. Nothing to see here

[@brentsmith9411]

No, I think it's an organ from around the same time. Maybe from the YC line but I can't find the specific model.

[@julianjamesstone5932]

Jeeez… it’s feedback guys.. calm down 😂