Transistor Six - Music Analog Style - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Now on their seventh album, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are out on tour with Specter At The Feast. I've been a fan of them since their debut album in 2001, B.R.M.C... hard to believe it's been that long since that record.

When we heard they were coming to Austin to play Psych Fest this year we wasted no time reaching out to see if there was a way we could do a Transistor Six feature with them. We worked previously with their tourmates Band of Skulls and forwarded on our work. Happy to say they didn't hate it and agreed to let us shoot some Lomography photos and make a film for them. They also signed some vinyl for us as well which we are happy to be giving away as part of this feature.

Regarding the "Hate The Taste" film, our director Sean came up with the concept to have a force field encapsulating the band in the 60's while the modern day audience outside were digital. Half of us were out there filming on 50 year old Super 8 cameras and the other half were shooting on digital cameras. It's fun to show a bit of tension between the two formats. We are always looking to push the boundaries a bit with photos and films and we were really psyched to be able to do that with one of our favorite bands.

You should also pick up their latest album Specter At The Feast at your local record store. You really should try and get the vinyl if you can, it's worth it and the packaging is really great. Just incase you don't have a local record store you can get yours here: http://bit.ly/15nw4n1

Getting to shoot B.R.M.C. was a bit of a thrill for me. I wanted to do something a bit special and I had a roll of film that I had shot as a texture at the Architects of Air exhibit and thought that it would be a great fit for the shoot. You can check out the Architects of Air site here to get an idea of whet we are talking about: http://bit.ly/ZNB0Nz
We used a Pop9 camera as one of the textures as well as the Diana F+ for the portraits. The Lomography LC-A + was the go to camera for the multiple exposure shots and the Action Sampler camera is the one where you see four images in the frame. We also had a few other tricks like some LED lights and cold cathode tube lights for some light painting effects.

What you see on these shots has not been edited in any way and is just how it is on the film negative. These are some of my favorite shots in the entire Transistor Six series, so happy it was with B.R.M.C.

If you have questions about shots you can direct them to questions@transistorsix.com . We will feature some of them on our Facebook pages with answers. Please be specific about the photo in question and we will try to get back to you.