Címke: john frusciante

Új Speed Dealor Moms lemez

John Frusciante és Aaron Funk újabb közös lemezzel jelentkezik május 10-én, a címe Birth Control Pill. A formáció első kislemeze még 2010-ben jelent meg, amely a bandcampen meghallgatható.

Speed Dealer Moms, the live electronics outlet comprising cross-genre iconoclasts John Frusciante (Trickfinger, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Aaron Funk (Venetian Snares), is over a decade into its idiosyncratic run. On „Birth Control Pill,” only their third release, the boundless potential of the chaotic and elegant project snaps into focus.

If there are virtuosos programming synthesizers and drum machines, then they were in the room when these two tracks were recorded. The epic title cut is perhaps the most „functional” track Funk and Frusciante have released thus far. This is ruffneck dnb business, but it’s also Speed Dealer Moms, so there is the requisite descent into chaos. The track’s precise melodies are unceremoniously dunked into Funk’s signature, ripping breakcore. The drums pick up speed until the crash test dummies hit the wall; a thrilling, extratone breakdown.

More madness lurks on the B-side, „Benakis,” which seemingly nods to the visionary Greek composer. With its unconventional time signature and intricate melodies, this one slides in like a lion and out like a lamb, cycling through breakcore and hard techno before eventually giving the listener a reprieve by way of a dreamy, beatless outro.

Speed Dealer Moms drive their own, crooked road built on friendship and a telepathic musical connection—the collaboration and encouragement of Funk ushered Frusciante into the dense world of hardcore machine funk. The results of these sessions don’t sound quite like anything else but feel spiritually connected to iconoclastic ’90s work by the likes of Bogdan Raczynski or Andrea Parker—punkish electronic records made in fearless pursuit of the new. Funk and Frusciante follow ideas to an illogical endpoint, and this hurtling approach now results in the best, most concise Speed Dealer Moms record yet. The road to wisdom, after all, is paved with excess.

2003. március 22. Hamburg, Németország – A leghosszabb Red Hot Chili Peppers koncert valaha

Megszokhattunk, hogy az utóbbi 20-25 évben a Red Hot Chili Peppers legfeljebb bő egy és háromnegyed órás koncerteket ad, a Californiction turné alatt pedig még rövidebbeket, de ez alól néha van kivétel. Ilyen volt a 2003-as hamburgi koncert is, ahol a záró dal, a Search And Destroy után csatlakozott a zenekarhoz Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta) és Michael Rother, akikkel egy több mint 40 perces záró jamet toltak, így lett két és fél órás az egész koncert.

Rolling Stone: A 250 legnagyobb gitáros

A Rolling Stone előszeretettel készít mindenféle listát, most a 250 legnagyobb gitárosról csináltak egyet, amely listának a 25. helyén John Frusciante áll.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have never been easy to pin down musically, and for that one can largely thank Frusciante, the son of a Juilliard pianist. The band’s wild-eyed original guitarist, the late Hillel Slovak, was a hard act to follow, but Frusciante — who is now in his third tenure with the band — played a major role in dragging the Chili Peppers out of the white-funk ghetto and into musical worlds all their own. Always playing in service to the song, Frusciante gave the Chili Peppers a breadth they hadn’t had before: consider the headbanger riffing beneath their cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground,” the sensitive strumming in “Under the Bridge” and “Scar Tissue,” the metallic funk sleaze on “Give It Away,” the moody strumming on “Beneath the Girl,” and the volcanic, Hendrixian solo on “Dani California.” That eclectic palette lent Chili Peppers albums like Californication and Blood Sugar Sex Magik a remarkable variety — and made Frusciante one of the most influential and vital guitarists of the alt-rock era. —D.B.

Key Tracks: “Dani California,” “Under the Bridge”

This Little Light – Anthony Kiedis

Múlt héten John Frusciante volt Flea vendége, most Anthony Kiedissel beszélget a This Little Lightban. A témák természetesen a zene körül forognak, kettejük megismerkedése, az első Red Hot Chili Peppers koncert, csupán egyetlen dallal, Nina Hagen hatása, és természetesen szóba kerül John Frusciante is, találkozásuk és a köztük kialakult kreatív kapcsolat. Olvasom tovább >>

Los Angeles Times interjú Flea-vel

A Los Angeles Times készített egy hosszú interjút Flea-vel, amiben beszél többek között istenről, a saját podcastjéről, Anthony Kiedisről, John Frusciante-ról, és arról, hogy szerinte melyik a legjobb és a legrosszabb Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

What’s the Chili Peppers’ best album?
I would say “Blood Sugar Sex Magik,” but there’s a couple tunes on there I don’t think should have gotten on in retrospect. “The Greeting Song” wasn’t good enough. “Californication” is pretty good top to bottom. I saw Adele a little while ago and she told me that was her favorite record of all time. That meant a lot to me because I’m a big Adele fan.