Biography
Predictive Text is the collaboration of Adam Long and Michael Downs. Their sound has been likened to a mixture of Boards of Canada, I am Robot and Proud, Cornelius and Air, and fits the same genre of commercial, downbeat electronica. Predictive Text come from different musical backgrounds, enabling a hybrid sound of cute, intelligent electronica, mixed with memorable, hooky progressions. Most of the tracks convey a positive mood, although at times there is a darker, other-worldly element to their layered sound. The tracks are short for this style of music, averaging four minutes; this was the artist’s intention, to create a ‘pop’ approach to electronica, a style of music that is becoming popular and more accessible to the average listener.
Using their combined experience, Predictive Text composed, played, recorded, produced, programmed and mixed all tracks on their album themselves. They collaborated with a vocalist for two tracks and sampled a Japanese tourist for another. Everything was recorded over eight months in Adam Long's project studio - BitchBoxx Studio. The final mixdowns were mastered by Kathy Naunton at dB Mastering in Sydney (Severed Heads, Paul Mac, The Dissociatives, Baz Luhrman, Sydney Symphony Orchestra…).The album was made available for download in July 2007 and has sold copies through their website and links from Myspace which they also launched in July 2007. The track ‘Arcade Lexicon 3000’ has received considerable interest and is likely to be released as a single.
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