Sleep Party People
Danish multi-instrumentalist Brian Batz makes whispery, otherworldly post-rock under the stage alias Sleep Party People. Based in Copenhagen, Batz and his live backing band are known for wearing rabbit masks in performances and in publicity photos, reinforcing his music's surreal aesthetic. The project's home-recorded, eponymous debut saw release in 2010. Sleep Party People became more collaborative and expansive thereafter; third album Floating from 2014 featured co-producers and guest musicians, as did 2017's Lingering, though Batz's uniquely haunted sound remained constant.
After several years of writing music in bands, Batz began experimenting at home with digitally altered piano and voice; he began uploading these eerie, more introspective songs as Sleep Party People in 2008. After two tracks by the project appeared on a Neh-Owh Records compilation, the full-length Sleep Party People was issued via MBO and Speed of Sound in 2010. Sleep Party People began touring as a five-piece with the arrival of 2012's We Were Drifting on a Sad Song (MBO, Blood & Biscuits). For his third album, Batz worked with outside producers for the first time, enlisting Jeff Saltzman (the Killers, Blondie) and Mikael Johnston (Mephisto Odyssey). Titled Floating, it arrived on MBO and Blood & Biscuits in 2014.
Sleep Party People's debut for U.S. label Joyful Noise Recordings, 2017's Lingering, featured collaborations with singer/songwriter Beth Hirsch and the Antlers' Peter Silberman, among others. His fifth album overall, Lingering, Pt. 2, received a digital release by Joyful Noise in 2018, with a vinyl edition following in 2019.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Heap of Ashes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Oct 28, 2022
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Lingering Pt. II
Electronic - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Sep 21, 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sleep Party People
Electronic - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Jan 1, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lingering
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Jun 2, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
We Were Drifting on a Sad Song
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Apr 10, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sleep Party People (10th Anniversary Edition)
Electronic - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Dec 2, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Floating
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on May 30, 2014
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I'm Not Human At All (Copenhagen X Sessions)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Jul 2, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ashes Instrumental (Instrumental)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Jan 31, 2024
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Missing Steps b/w Poor Leno
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Sep 1, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Missing Steps
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Apr 4, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Silent Night
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Dec 13, 2019
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Remixes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on Jan 7, 2011
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Fainting Spell
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on May 5, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Sun Will Open Its Core
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on May 19, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gazing At the Moon
Ambient - Released by Brine and Barnacles on Sep 4, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Into the Light // Sleep Party People Rmx
Pop - Released by DME on Oct 9, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo