Warpaint – Heads Up
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2016 album Heads Up.
Music from Heads Up
Artists on Heads Up
Gear Used On Heads Up
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Warpaint – Heads Up (2016). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Stella Mozgawa
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Drum Sets used by Stella Mozgawa on Heads Up
Slingerland 1964 Jazz series (12/14/2)
On Heads Up and on the album’s supporting tour, Mozgawa plays a 1964 Slingerland kit in jazz sizes (12/14/20). “Live I generally play C&C drums,” Stella says. “Those guys are amazing and they made a kit for me for our last tour, which is more of a rock kit. But since we recorded with smaller, more electronic/samply funk sounds, the Slingerland seemed like the right one to go on the road with. On the last record and on a lot of the studio stuff I’ve done, I used an early-’70s Pearl wood/fiberglass set, the one James Gadson loves. That’s one of the best-sounding kits ever.”
Snare Drums used by Stella Mozgawa on Heads Up
Ludwig Acrolite 5x14 Snare Drum
Avg price: $454.75
“On a lot of the tracks on the album,” she explains, “we made the snare and kick sounds a little grittier and more electronic, so I’ll just fatten up the snare on certain songs live, like ‘New Song’ from Heads Up and ‘Disco/Very’ from the last record, just put a LinnDrum snare on it. I use an Acrolite snare, which is exactly the snare I want to use forever until the end of time, but they never really made a deep model. So I guess I’m compensating a little for that, but also the familiarity of that tone. Also, even though there’s four of us on stage, we’re sort of a three-piece, and we’ve got to kind of fill in sonically—a little more decay on certain things.”
