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"  Brooklyn dance duo Telepathe\u2014aka Melissa Livaudais and Busy Gangnes\u2014has been gaining a following for its smart, atmospheric synth pop. Gangnes talked to us about the band&amp;#039;s debut full-length album,  Dance Mother, out next month. What&amp;#039;s the story behind the Telepathe&amp;#039;s name?  We were having a conversation about a pet communicator we&amp;#039;d heard of who lives in New York City. She apparently can talk to pets and find out what&amp;#039;s troubling them and relate that to their owners so they can have better relationships with their pets. We just thought it was such a cool idea and then started talking about telepathy. What are the major lyrical themes of Dance Mother?   Heartache, love, destruction, the apocalypse, death, winter, and everyday life. Tell me about the video for &amp;quot;So Fine.&amp;quot;  I asked this old friend of mine, Kate Nolfi, if she wanted to direct it. She&amp;#039;s never made a music video before, which I was pretty excited about, but she&amp;#039;s made a bunch of short films. All the locations are in a four-block radius of where we live. I really wanted to have a dance sequence in the video, so I made choreography with a couple of my really good friends. It all came together very organically\u2014we shot it all in one day. What was it like working with TV on the Radio&amp;#039;s Dave Sitek?  He has a huge collection of analog synthesizers and drum machines, all this vintage gear, so we just went crazy trying out ideas. He&amp;#039;s very fun to work with but very focused. We were kind of surprised to see that we already had a fairly similar process as far as starting with a beat and then adding layers on top of that. He does that in the same way that we do but 100 times more. He&amp;#039;s really good at making a song sound full and filling out the entire sonic spectrum from low bass to higher frequencies. There&amp;#039;s a heavy emphasis on rhythm in your music. What are your influences?   I would say more than anything, current hip-hop radio influenced the sound on this record. We love the production of Timbaland and Mannie Fresh. We consider ourselves beatmakers in a similar vein, where we make these instrumental tracks our main focus and then the vocals come later.  There&amp;#039;s a song on the album called &amp;quot;Can&amp;#039;t Stand It.&amp;quot; What can&amp;#039;t you stand?  I can&amp;#039;t stand the trials and tribulations of getting your music out there\u2014all the obstacles you encounter in the music industry. What the craziest description of your music you&amp;#039;ve heard?  We &amp;quot;splice the DNA of the Cocteau Twins and the Ying Yang Twins.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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