Maya marks the famed guitarist’s second album to release in 2020.
Famed Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist turned electronic musician John Frusciante has announced the release of a new solo album.
Maya marks Frusciante’s second release of 2020 following the June release of his Trickfinger LP She Smiles Because She Presses The Button. The project title is noted to be a tribute to the musician’s pet cat who recently passed away.
Elaborating on the creative process that led to the album’s materialisation Frusciante explains,
“Maya was with me as I made music for 15 years, so I wanted to name it after her. 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…
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. 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. Throughout the recording of Maya, I would prepare to make each track very slowly, but would finish tracks very quickly. I’d spend weeks making breakbeats, souping up a drum machine, making DX7 patches, and so on. 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.”
A precursor to the project’s full release, immerse yourself in the heady bounce and shuffle of ‘Amethblowl’ below.
Maya releases on October 23rd via Timesig. Pre-order the album on vinyl and CD here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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