![]() but honestly, these sound more refined than most of the other electronic material Frusciante put out. By the time an idea came up that seemed like the beginning of a tune, I had a lot of fresh elements ready to go. John Frusciante - Renoise Tracks 2009 - 2011 (2015) 1) Genex 44 2) Singular Scope 85 3) Motiern 58 4) Hew Brenderson 5) Unending 126 Mix 6) Culminate 7) 90/180 8) Anea 18 I mean, these are discarded demos. I'd spend weeks making breakbeats, souping up a drum machine, making DX7 patches, and so on. Throughout the recording of Maya, I would prepare to make each track very slowly, but would finish tracks very quickly. ![]() After a full year of that, I decided to make things easier, to the degree that I could regularly finish tracks I enjoyed listening to, while continuing many of the practices I‘d developed. The process of making his tracks changed over time as John explains “For a full year before I started this record, I worked within self-imposed limitations and rules that made the music-making process as difficult as possible, programming for programming's sake. It’s a varied and personal take with sophisticated, authentic production balanced against John’s acute sense of melody, an inspired blending of machines and samples infused with a joyful energy. 'Maya' is inspired by his favourite music: '91 to '96 UK breakbeat hardcore and jungle. She loved music, and with such a personal title, it didn't seem right to call myself Trickfinger, somehow, so it's by John Frusciante." He says "Maya was with me as I made music for 15 years, so I wanted to name it after her. The record is dedicated to his cat Maya who recently passed away, a fellow traveller in his otherwise solitary music making sessions. ![]() John Frusciante releases the first instrumental electronic album under his own name on Aaron Funk's Timesig label. ![]()
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