How is it possible that a duo delivers such a full, rich, funky sound?
Synthesizers are good for that, we like to think we’re half indie pop/ half electronica, so employing synths/smaplers all that helps beef things up. Would being a quartet or quintet make the musical process simpler or more difficult? I could never imagine Oppenheimer being more than us Oppenheimers. We write and record all our own stuff, the creation is very studio based. It’s the two of us throwing our ideas back and forth at each other and seeing where it takes us. In that way I hope the live show reflects that process, that it is two people creating the sounds. On occasion people are upset that it’s not guitar/bass/drums, but that’s not really what we are about, it’s about pop/electronica and really it’s about having fun! — Toward the middle of the August 4th performance Shaun did something ego-ridden American pop bands never do… he invited everyone backstage. “We’ve just released our new cd,” said Shaun speaking of the band’s debut album simply titled Oppenheimer that was releas
