The tight bond they share carries its way through every note of Mood Valiant – the cutthroat precision of their musicianship is placed under a microscope for all to hear. The admiration that each of the band members has for each other’s talent shines through in the music. That’s the goal of a musician: to create music and not sound like someone else. He continues, “Everyone is striving to create something that hasn’t been created. That kind of acknowledgment really made me think: this dude is doing something really unique and amazing.” As a student of hip hop, it was a special moment for Perrin too: “He was flipping out! We all were. His reaction to Perrin’s drumming style really hit home for Mavin: “We ended up going back to the studio with Madlib and jamming until the early hours of the morning, and he was blown away by the way Perrin approaches music and the drums.

That to me defines the concept of uniqueness.”Īfter a show in Los Angeles, the band got to hang out with legendary hip hop producer Madlib. Who does that? I don’t know of any musician who’s said: I’m going to create something really difficult that I can’t play yet, and then I’m going to learn how to do it. He created something that he couldn’t do live, but then he taught himself how to do it. He couldn’t play them yet, but then he learned how to play his own breaks on a kit. He’d make these tracks that weren’t made to a click, so they’d be out of time. That’s fucking nuts! Think about that for a second.” He explains, “Perrin was a bedroom producer who was making beats heavily influenced by Dilla and other hip hop artists.

“It’s crazy that Perrin is a drummer that’s practically self-taught and he has these incredible drummers around the world that are completely in awe of him. Seeing how his bandmate Perrin Moss approached music, and also how other musicians perceived Perrin’s drumming style also helped him to change the way he conceived what music should be. It took more than just time and perspective for Mavin to come to this realisation.

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