, born Kevin Li, grew up listening to The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and the Bee Gees because of his dad."I had a pretty colorful childhood," he told PAPER Magazine. He later transitioned and developed a liking for Guns n' Roses, to Guang Liang's Tong Hua, and 50 Cent, and also picked up playing the drums.
Mantis Hands spoke with PAPER about his sound, his new album, and how music has helped him through a breakup.The credit for Mantis Hands actually comes from my ex noticing I do ridiculous poses with my hands while I skate. It looks ridiculous not cool at all, but gave me a good name!The music I make is made to cruise to. Growing up in Jersey, driving was everything. I was hitting the streets, blasting Pink Floyd, Kid Cudi, Ratatat, and Radiohead.
Every chord progression has essentially been done a million times over, so I try to sculpt the atmosphere and creating an ambiance and building around that. I think a lot about sound design in film and how that world is sculpted through sound. Recontextualizing samples and distort the way it sounds is a big part of my process. Turning random sounds to mimic a drum beat, or creating melodies out of organic noise.
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