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William Pierce Butler (born October 6, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band for eighteen years, between 2003 and 2021, and played synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion.
Like the rest of the album, "We Used to Wait" was mixed through vintage analog consoles in Montreal and New York by Craig Silvey. [10] In an interview with Paul Tingen, Silvey provided additional information on the challenges with "We Used to Wait"; he stated that the massive number of individual tracks on the premixed recording, over thirty, and elements like the use of three drum kits, was ...
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's touring line-up also includes former core member Sarah Neufeld and multi-instrumentalists Paul Beaubrun and Dan Boeckner .
[2] Melissa Locker of Time magazine wrote that it is "a tense, riveting video that adds even greater depth to the already meaningful song." [13] MTV's Gil Kaufman wrote that "in the just-released full video for Arcade Fire's LGBT acceptance anthem 'We Exist,' Garfield dresses up like you've never seen him before. An early teaser suggested that ...
Butler also works as a DJ using the stage name Windows 98. Sometimes he works under this moniker as the opening act for Arcade Fire itself. [1] [19] In March 2015, Butler and Chassagne attended the launch of music streaming service Tidal, and revealed themselves, along with other notable artists, as shareholders in the company. [20]
Win Butler, the frontman of Arcade Fire, is breaking his silence following multiple people coming forward with sexual misconduct allegations. According to a report published by Pitchfork, “three ...
In a new Pitchfork report, four people claimed they'd had sexual interactions with Butler when they were between the ages of 18 and 23 that they deemed inappropriate.
The song, the second track on Funeral, is (according to Win Butler) about the Russian space program sending the dog Laika into space. [1] Laika was the first living creature to orbit Earth. Butler told Pulse, a Minneapolis publication, "It’s a great story about a dog being the first living creature in space. Doing this spectacular thing, but ...