André 3000 has shared particulars about his first solo album in 17 years, an 87-minute lengthy album of experimental flute music.
Introduced right now (November 14), the OutKast rapper revealed to followers that the album isn’t a rap document and even features a label on the quilt warning that the LP incorporates “no bars”.
Titled ‘New Blue Solar’, the album is as an alternative an 87-minute lengthy document of each minimalist and experimental music, which hears André tackle quite a lot of woodwind devices together with contrabass flute, Mayan flutes, bamboo flutes in addition to different digital wind devices. No bars, beats or vocals are included.
“I’ve at all times form of been analysing it or determining how I needed to method it… I’ve to really feel pleased about sharing it,” André 3000 advised NPR about his method to a brand new solo album.
“That’s why ‘New Blue Solar’ was one thing that I realised, whoa, I actually need folks to listen to it. I actually need to share it. That’s my solely gauge. I’ve to love it as an individual, as an artist myself, as a result of if I don’t prefer it I can’t anticipate no person else to love it. I can’t faux in that method. That’s at all times been exhausting for me”.
He continued, recalling that he sought recommendation from Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean on the venture. Moreover, though he’d been enjoying flute for a number of years, the recording strategy of the album took him to “different realms” in his music.
“After I say it transcended me, it took me to totally different locations to play,” he defined. “On this scenario, we [had] the engineer arrange and we simply [pressed] document and discover ourselves and pay attention to one another. So all the things you’re listening to on ‘New Blue Solar’ was spontaneous compositions. We made it up on the spot.”
Set for launch on Friday (November 17), ‘New Blue Solar’ options Carlos Niño (percussion), Nate Mercereau (guitar), and Surya Botofasina (keyboards). It additionally comes with some eye-catching track titles – examine them out within the tracklist under and pre-order the album right here.
The ‘New Blue Solar’ tracklist:
01. ‘I swear, I Actually Wished To Make A “Rap” Album However This Is Actually The Manner The Wind Blew Me This Time’
02. ‘The Slang Phrase P(*)ssy Rolls Off The Tongue With Far Higher Ease Than The Correct Phrase Vagina . Do You Agree?’
03. ‘That Night time In Hawaii After I Turned Into A Panther And Began Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Management … Sh¥t Was Wild’
04. ‘BuyPoloDisorder’s Daughter Wears A 3000™ Button Down Embroidered’
05. ‘Ninety Three ‘Til Infinity And Beyoncé’
06. ‘Ghandi, Dalai Lama, Your Lord & Savior J.C. / Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, And John Wayne Gacy’
07. ‘Ants To You, Gods To Who?’
08. ‘Goals As soon as Buried Beneath The Dungeon Ground Slowly Sprout Into Timeless Gardens’
Discussing the prolonged track titles within the interview with NPR, André 3000 stated “they had been lengthy on objective” to offer the listener some instruction on what to consider when listening to the instrumental tracks.
He additionally revealed that the album title is supposed to confer with a solar in a parallel universe and displays how the album marks “a brand new world” and “a brand new route” in his music.
Within the time since his remaining album with OutKast, 2006’s ‘Idlewild’, André 3000 had distanced himself from making music. He’s as an alternative contributed visitor verses to varied tracks and has centered on his appearing profession.
The closest he got here to a solo album was ‘The Love Beneath’ from OutKast’s 2003 double LP ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Beneath’.
Hypothesis in regards to the album arose earlier this summer season when Killer Mike revealed in an interview that the artist was engaged on a brand new venture. The subject arose as Killer Mike was selling his collaboration with the artist on the observe ‘Scientists & Engineers’.
