Metronomy is an electronic music group formed in 1999 in Totnes, England by Joseph Mount. The current band consists of Joseph Mount, Oscar Cash, Anna Prior, and Gbenga Adelekan. Their music style has evolved from instrumental electronic to vocal electronic pop. They have released three albums and toured extensively in the UK and Europe supporting various artists. Metronomy draws influence from artists like Aphex Twin and releases their music through Because Music, an independent label known for electronic acts like Justice.

1. Artist Research
Metronomy

2. Metronomy – The Look

3. Biography
 Metronomy are an electronic music group formed by Joseph Mount in
Totnes, Devon, England in 1999.
 The current band consists of Joseph Mount (composer, singer, keyboards and
guitar), Oscar Cash (saxophone, backing vocals, guitars and keyboards), Anna
Prior (drums and vocals) and Gbenga Adelekan (bass guitar and vocals).
 Their music consists of instrumental electronic music and more recently, with
the release of Nights Out, vocal electronic pop music.
 Metronomy have released three albums of original material, Pip Paine, Nights Out
and The English Riviera which was released in April 2011.

4.  Metronomy have toured widely throughout the UK and Europe
supporting acts such as Coldplay, Bloc
Party, CSS, Klaxons, Kate Nash and Justice. They engaged in
their first headline UK tour in 2008
 In 2008, the band released the singles "My Heart Rate
Rapid", "Holiday", "Heartbreaker" ,"A Thing For Me" and
"Radio Ladio" and the full album Nights Out in September of
that year

5. History
Pre-Metronomy
 Before Joseph started writing music as Metronomy he, Gabriel and
friend Kevin Hawes, who died in 2005, performed and wrote
music as part of The Upsides and The Customers.
 Mount spent years drumming in “loads of bands, some
questionable” at school. Drunk on Björk and Aphex, he locked
himself away in his bedroom and started recording on his computer

6. Disography

7. Record Label – Because Music
 Because Music is an independent record label with headquarters
in Paris and London
 Because Music was founded in 2005
 It has acts on its register such as Metronomy and electronic
duo Justice

8. Influences
 Their original influences were The Beatles, then as they got older
moved into a „grunge‟ period, listening to Nivana and The Police
 Joseph was inspired by the likes of Autechre, LFO and Aphex
Twin, seeing his work as more as a creative hobby than a pop
masterplan.
 Metronomy released their debut album in June 2006. It was called Pip
Paine, and its obtuse but fascinating, largely instrumental electro-pop
reflected the eccentricity of its title, and the enduring influence of
Totnes.
 For the album English Rivera their were heavy influences from the late
70s/early 80s

9. Representation of genre
 As an electro- pop band they fit the stereotypical values, as they use a lot of
synthesised sounds, beats and sequencers
 They often have repetitive rhythms and structures – which Metronomy carries
out in lots of their tracks
 The videos Metronomy create are often relating to the bands
background, always being original and well thought out
 They are different to „pop‟ bands as they have a small dedicated fan base
 Taking inspiration from the late 70s early 80s they blend together similar
beats,synths and vocals to create their own style

10. Attitude/ Image
 The image of the band is quite urbanised and stereotypically
“electro”.
 They have a very „laidback and dreamy‟ style to their music
which is prominent in their attitude to their music, as to start
with they saw it as a side project
 The starting point for their album Nights out was "a half-arsed
concept album about going out and having a crap time.“ –
showing the honest idea that the albums are expressional, rather
than made for commercial gain

11. Nights out album analysis The band simply use a work of art, the
art shows a break in the clouds over a
city – this could show how the band
have gained a lot from their lives
growing up in Totnes, and how it has
The artwork for the influenced their music
album was created
by airbrush artist Phili
p Castle
They also show the people in
a remote location, far away
from the city, perhaps
showing how the band want
The album is done in to get away and reach better
dark colours, which places with their lives and
links together the title music
of the album with the
art work
It could also show the starting
behind the album of “going
out and having a crap time” –
wanting to get away

12. Buying patterns
The customers also bought a range of other electro, indie pop
artists, from the last 10 years