Dance-pop band Nightbus tries out ‘three-way stereo’
Here’s a scenario. You have some music on your iPod. You want to share. You give one of your earbuds to a friend. But maybe the song was recorded in…
By Avishay Artsy • • 1 min readBut maybe the song was recorded in a way that you’re not getting the full stereo experience by listening in one channel.
An LA- and London-based band called Nightbus is trying something new, that they’re calling “three-way stereo.”
That’s two separate songs in two stereo channels, but together those channels make one song in your ears.
LA-based musician Jack Kennedy, one half of Nightbus (along with Hannah Melbourn of London) spoke to KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis.
Also joining the conversation is Steve Greenberg, head of the S-Curve Records label, who came up with the idea for “three-way stereo” with the help of his 14-year-old daughter.
Watch the video for “When The Night Time Comes” by Nightbus: