'VICTORY PILL' IS THE BRAINCHILD OF 'PITCHSHIFTER' AND FORMER 'PRODIGY' GUITARIST JIM DAVIES ALONG WITH PRODUCTION AND WRITING PARTNER KIERON PEPPER (LONGTIME 'PRODIGY' DRUMMER) WHO ALSO PROVIDES BASS, BACKING VOX AND PROGRAMMING. ('PITCHSHIFTER' DRUMMER JASON BOWLD HAS ALSO ADDED LIVE DRUMS TO THE MIX ON SEVERAL SONGS.)
UNDER THE WORKING TITLE OF 'THE ONE CONDITION' THE BAND PLAYED A HANDFUL OF LIVE GIGS LAST YEAR TO 'TEST DRIVE' THE SONGS IN A LIVE ENVIROMENT AND THEN BEGAN THE PROCESS OF RECORDING AN ALBUMS WORTH OF MATERIAL.
PRODUCTION DUTIES HAVE BEEN SHARED BETWEEN KEIRON PEPPER AND BREAKBEAT PRODUCER JOHN 'RONNIE' ROSS, (PRODUCTION PARTNER TO DJ HYPER FOR WHOM DAVIES CURRENTLY PLAYS LIVE WITH.)
MORE RECENTLY THE DUO HOOKED UP WITH INDUSTRIAL/BREAK BEAT WIZZ PETE 'PISTOL' CROSSMAN WHO HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL TUNES, THE OUTCOME OF WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT BLEND BETWEEN THE MORE 'ROCK' MATERIAL THE BAND DEMO'ED AND THE DARKER MORE ELECTRONIC SIDE THESE PRODUCERS HAVE BROUGHT TO THE MIX.
"WE'VE TAKEN OUR TIME WITH THIS BAND, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT WHICH IS WHY WE PLAYED LIVE ABIT ON THE QUIET LAST YEAR AND THEN TOOK STOCK OF HOW WE WANTED IT SOUND, WHICH WAS A GOOD MOVE AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FINE TUNE THE MUSIC TO A POINT WHERE ITS EXACTLY AS I'D ENVISIONED." SAYS JIM. "BY HOOKING UP WITH MORE DANCE ORIENTATED PRODUCERS WEVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THE TUNES A MUCH STRONGER AND POWERFUL EDGE THAN THE DEMOS, SOME OF WHICH WERE JUST 'ROCK TUNES', THE BEAUTY OF THIS BAND NOW IS THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE IT A VARIETY OF DIRECTIONS, I LIKE BEING ABLE TO DO SOME MORE DANCE INFLUENCED TUNES AS WELL AS MORE INDUSTRIAL STYLE ROCK SONGS".
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