Usually, I know like, sort of the caliber of what sounds Nick is going to be making, but since a lot of the live set is actually improvisatory, I don't really know exactly - like, how he's feeling or like, whether my sampled voice is going to come back like, in a giant cave or not. MEATH: It's a different way of intuiting sound. SIMON: Amelia Meath, what's it like going from the kind of group Mountain Man was to working with intricate electronics against your voice? So the minute he started playing, I was like ah, we are friends. MEATH: I knew we were pals immediately because Nick and I dance in the same way - like, total dorks. SIMON: Well, what made sparks fly between the two of you, or at least your music, at that point? But I really needed the show, so I took it. SANBORN: You know, but being booked to open for a - you know, mostly a cappella female vocal trio didn't really make any sense to me at the time. SIMON: Oh, of course, yeah - loud, sad instrumental hip-hop - we all know that. I was booked to open for Mountain Man, and my solo project is mostly, you know, kind of loud, sad, instrumental hip-hop. We were struck by the phrase, quote, "one of the most ill-fitting yet serendipitous concert bookings ever." You had a solo project called Made Of Oak, and then you met Amelia. SIMON: Nick Sanborn, let's begin with you, if we could. NICK SANBORN: Thank you so much for having us.
They've been touring to promote their new, self-titled album, and we've reached them at the studios of NPR West in Culver City, Calif. They ended up in Durham, N.C., and created a musical duo, Sylvan Esso.
SIMON: Amelia Meath, from Massachusetts, and Nick Sanborn, from Wisconsin, felt they were onto something. MOUNTAIN MAN: (Singing) When the sounds come together so close to my face.Ī few years ago, Amelia Meath's folksy group Mountain Man recorded this song, called "Play It Right." Then a chance encounter with an electronic music producer named Nick Sanborn led to this.
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