Produced by Frusciante himself, the album will be released – in two separate formats, with two different track lists – early next year.
Red Hot Chili Peppers electric guitar player John Frusciante has announced that he will release a new solo electronic album next year.
Making the announcement on Bandcamp, Frusciante cited a need to "clear my head" after releasing not one, but two, 70+ minute albums – Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen – with the Chili Peppers in 2022.
There will, Frusciante says, be two versions of the new album, . I : and : I I . ("one" and "two.") . I : is shorter, and contains a vinyl-only track, while : I I . is a longer, CD version of the record, containing "sounds that cannot be pressed on vinyl."
"I listened to and made music where things generally happen gradually rather than suddenly. I would set up patches on a Monomachine or Analog Four and listen to them, hearing one sound morph into others, making changes to a patch only after having listened for quite a while, gradually adding elements, and finally manipulating the sounds on the fly. All tracks were recorded live to CD burner, with no overdubs, and executed on one or two machines."
In the statement, which can be found on Bandcamp(opens in new tab), Frusciante also cites the role recording, writing and touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers played in his desire to create the album.
"I cannot overstate the role that being in my band played," he says. "I had previously spent 12 years programming and engineering my own music, and then spent a year and a half making music where my role was basically to write songs and play guitar. When the band's recording phase was completed, I needed to go back to my adopted language.
Source Guitarworld
