“I tend to use different microphones, different mic techniques, and different recording mediums - like analogue tape - that evoke multiple eras of recorded music at the same time.”

American musician, record producer, and songwriter

Rostam Batmanglij, known professionally as Rostam, is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter. He first came to wide attention as a founding member of Vampire Weekend and as the producer of the band’s first three albums. He also records as a solo artist and is a member of the electro-soul group Discovery. His work spans performing, writing, and producing, and he produced Vampire Weekend’s Contra, his first number-one album, when he was 26.