I had a project at school where we had to make Plato’s Cave and I used the Quake soundtrack – I ripped all the ambient sounds and my teachers were like “this is really good…” “I’m such a fucking dork – I actually got into Nine Inch Nails through Quake!” recalls Famiglietti, referring to Trent Reznor’s legendary game soundtrack. Which feels fitting, given Trent Reznor’s past. Thanks to the success of standout track ‘TEARS’, HEALTH used this gaming trojan horse to sneak its delicious drone into the homes of millions. The project in question? The critically acclaimed video game, Max Payne 3. Still, it’s hardly surprising that these LA upstarts gravitated towards collaboration albums, considering it was a non-musical collaboration that kickstarted HEALTH’s career. “I mean, you can’t really beat Trent, but I’d love to do a song with Gatecreeper or Knocked Loose” muses Famiglietti, “There’s a bunch of collabs we started that never finished, too, that we will maybe do in the future.” So, can fans expect any more HEALTH collabs in the future? Unsurprisingly, ‘DISCO 4’ parts 1 and 2 have been huge successes. Normally they would have a bunch of movies going on, we were lucky.” We went back and forth a bunch of times and we’re all very happy with the track. They were very in-depth – we had multiple conference calls, and everyone was very passionate about it. “I was like, ‘really? Shit!’” laughs Famiglietti with a shake of his head. Much to the group’s surprise, Trent and Atticus Ross were all in. “There’s not a ton of proper collabs in the rock space,” shrugs Famiglietti, “the only analogous record we had was the Judgement Night soundtrack or the Spawn soundtrack.” Thankfully, two suitably edgy ‘90s film soundtracks paved the way for HEALTH’S ‘DISCO 4’ records. “Obviously there’s tons of features and stuff in hip hop, but it’s just the vocalist, here we were trying to actually mix the two artists’ sounds.”
Ditching traditional guest features for bespoke collaborations, working on songs from scratch with new artists thousands of miles away proved to be a unique challenge. “When we first started these collabs, we were like ‘this ain’t gonna work’” recalls Famiglietti. Recruiting everyone from 100 Gecs to JPEGMafia, trap metal hero Ghostemane to indie darlings The Neighbourhood, these special selections offered a much-needed musical reprieve during dark times.
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“The pandemic was weirdly good to us,” reflects Famiglietti, “We started doing these collabs before COVID, but had no plans to make a full record.”ĭiving into their down-tuned guitars and sub-bothering basslines, HEALTH released not one, but two star-studded collaboration albums while the world licked its wounds: ‘ DISCO 4′ Part 1 and 2: “Suddenly, everyone I know who is usually touring was just sitting at home – so we were able to get all these amazing people to work with us.” Unlike many of their exhausted peers, as live shows ground to a halt in 2020, the Californian trio didn’t rest on their laurels – they retreated into their suitably apocalyptic soundscapes. Yet between the meme-worship, nerdiness and jokes that define our interview, one thing becomes clear – HEALTH’s position as industrial revivalists is one of the few things they do take seriously. HEALTH’s music elevates Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 to greater heights, and no one who has played can forget the Airport level, soundtracked by HEALTH’s ‘Tears’. Speaking to the calm, joke-cracking Famiglietti, you’d never expect this laidback Californian to be responsible for such alluring aural assaults. READ MORE: ‘Mario Strikers: Battle League Football’ preview: chaotic action that leaves you wanting more.“Sorry man, I’m just in the process of transferring everything over to my new Mac, and it takes forever” he grumbles, gesturing to a shiny new Mac.
Having just returned from a well-attended UK tour, it’s a rare moment of downtime for the group’s noise-making maestro. Joining NME‘s Zoom window from his sun-soaked LA apartment is a smiling John Famiglietti, co-founder of industrial noise rock upstarts, HEALTH.
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