Everyone knows Fred once more.. is a gifted music producer. However it’s really his humanity which is his biggest weapon.
After being starved for connection all through the isolation of the pandemic, our starvation for real bonds is ravenous. And nobody is ready to domesticate them with their music fairly like Fred, a grasp of unfiltered storytelling whose new album, Precise Life 3, is a reminder to imbue colour in life’s gray moments.
AL3 is a microcosm of Fred’s profound capacity to show life’s happenstances into visceral dance music. Interpolating samples from real-life encounters, transcendent songwriting periods and even random movies despatched by associates, the album is a collage of the mementos he is collected throughout his breakthrough yr.
We have pulled the yarn of AL3 and unearthed the origins of these samples.
“Eyelar (shutters)” samples a brief video despatched to Fred by London-based singer-songwriter Eyelar. The monitor was one of many first he produced for Precise Life a couple of years in the past, Atlantic Information tells us.
“Delilah (pull me out of this)” samples a video despatched to Fred by Delilah Montagu, who sung a stay rendition of her monitor “Misplaced Keys.”
“Berwyn (all that i obtained is you)” makes use of a lyric from a session with Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy and samples a voice word despatched to Fred by Trinidad-born rapper, producer and songwriter Berwyn.
“Bleu (higher with time)” samples Bleu’s monitor “You’re Mines Nonetheless (feat. Drake).”
“Nathan (nonetheless respiration)” samples a TikTok video Fred discovered whereas scrolling by way of the app, posted by Indiana-based singer-songwriter Nathan Archie.
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“Danielle (smile on my face)” samples a recording of 070 Shake’s efficiency of “Good To Have” stay at Boston’s Brighton Music Corridor in March 2020.
“Kelly (finish of a nightmare)” samples Moist’s monitor “Take Maintain Of Me.”
“Mustafa (time to maneuver you)” samples an Instagram publish shared by famend singer-songwriter and poet Mustafa.
“Clara (the night time is darkish)” samples The Clara Ward Singers’ 1994 monitor “The Storm Is Passing Over.”
“Winnie (finish of me)” samples Winnie Raeder’s monitor “The Finish Of Me.”
Chatting with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Fred opened up about his sampling path and why he movies his nights out.
“The rationale why I am the one that movies the whole lot on an evening out is as a result of when you’re hungover the subsequent morning, it is simply good to glaze by way of the reminiscences and also you sort of soften the blow. You are like wiretapping your self,” Fred mentioned. “If you get that pretty kind of elevated vitality of a gaggle of individuals while you all spend 10 hours collectively on a correct lengthy night time out, and by the tip you are all sort of floating in the identical ether. It is a pretty factor. I’ve obtained some movies on my cellphone that I cherish, cherish for that motive.”
Take a look at the total interview under.
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