{"id":2372,"date":"2017-09-14T03:20:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:52:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:52:25","slug":"rostam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/rostam","title":{"rendered":"Episode 117: Rostam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Bike Dream&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SongExploder117-Rostam-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SongExploder117-Rostam.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SongExploder117-Rostam-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=f0c1ae8b678b7a1aea4ec46fc06ef0c4\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/78c39ae4-d578-48f0-b0f3-81fb80ebf9b7\/SongExploder117_Rostam_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/officialrostam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rostam Batmanglij<\/a> is a songwriter, producer, and composer, who first rose to prominence in 2006 as one of the members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vampireweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vampire Weekend<\/a>. He\u2019s produced songs for <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Ocean<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/solange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solange<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/carly-rae-jepsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a>, and more. But his September 2017 album <em>Half-Light<\/em> is his first as a solo artist. In this episode, Rostam breaks down his song \u201cBike Dream.\u201d In this episode, he explains how it was influenced in part by bands like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T._Rex_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T.Rex<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coldplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coldplay<\/a>. But \u201cBike Dream\u201d began very differently from how it ended up.<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/bike-dream\/id1245703544?i=1245703564&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Bike Dream&#8221; on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66y8JMEvTas\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/rostam-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MyXEBokPovw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T.Rex &#8211; I Love to Boogie<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dave_Fridmann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Fridmann<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagesynth.com\/korg\/trident.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Korg Trident<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Take the Song Exploder listener survey at <a href=\"http:\/\/surveynerds.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surveynerds.com\/songexploder<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bike Dream&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 Rostam Batmanglij is a songwriter, producer, and composer, who first rose to prominence in 2006 as one of the members of Vampire Weekend. 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