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News Flash: Dardanelles DON'T use a backing track

The other day in the midst of our recollection of the Essential Festival we mentioned that Dardanelles' set seemed to be assisted by a hidden backing track..

I self-quote:

Overnight, we received an email from Josh, the lead singer of the band, who cleared a few things up regarding their live performance.

A quick search around the place, and this is what the sampler the band uses roughly looks like...

We stand corrected. Apologies in the direction of Dardanelles for any damage caused by our off-hand claim. We should have kept with our original suspicions that they are in fact 'one of those clever electro-rock bands' that actually doesn't need a laptop to fuel their sound.

Josh was also quick to point out that he wasn't trying to defend the overall suckiness of the show...

Hat politely tilted in the direction of the vomit reference. Well played, sir.

Josh's email was pleasant and I completely understand where he is coming from. He told me that he feels passionately about NOT using backing tracks in their performance even though it would be the easier option and that was the sole reason he felt compelled to email us when we saw the comment.

Thanks for setting us straight Josh.