| Maya | |||
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| Released | October 23, 2020 | ||
| Recorded | 2018 | ||
| Studio | John Frusciante's home studio, Los Angeles | ||
| Length | 40:56 | ||
| Label | Timesig | ||
| Producer | John Frusciante | ||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| Clash | 8/10[2] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[3] |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10[4] |
John Frusciante Shadows Collide With People (2004) (Original Deluxe Edition) John Frusciante Shadows Collide With People (2004) (Original Deluxe Edition). 1962 The Shadows - Dance With (FR-COLUMBIA ESDF 1434) @320.rar. 25 MB; 0 1998 Shadows Fall - With Somber Eyes to the Sky.rar. Career; Top up credit; Uloz.to. Shadows Collide With People is the fourth studio album by John Frusciante, released February 24, 2004. This album features a mix of guitar-driven alternative rock, folk ballads and electronica. Maya is the eleventh studio album by John Frusciante, released on October 23, 2020 through Timesig, a label owned by Venetian Snares.The album was released as a digital album, on limited edition vinyl and compact disc, and is the first full-length instrumental electronic album for Frusciante. John Frusciante is the guitarist for the infamous ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers’. “Shadows Collide with People” was recorded about the same time as “By The Way” (RHCP) was being recorded. This album marks the fourth solo album by John, which includes the help of his good friend Josh Klinghoffer and also Flea and Chad Smith from the ‘Red. Frusciante also maintains intermittent contact with the avant-garde forces that drove the Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt coupling in 1995. Admittedly, enthusiasts of his edgier lo-fi recordings may find 2004's Shadows Collide With People too polished and produced.
Maya is the eleventh studio album by John Frusciante, released on October 23, 2020 through Timesig, a label owned by Venetian Snares. The album was released as a digital album, on limited edition vinyl and compact disc, and is the first full-length instrumental electronic album for Frusciante to be released under his own name.[5]
On August 31, 2020, 'Amethblowl' was uploaded to Frusciante's Bandcamp page for streaming and as a pre-order bonus.
Background and recording[edit]
The album is dedicated to Frusciante's cat Maya, who died earlier in the year. Frusciante stated: '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. I don't have that interest in singing or writing lyrics like I used to. The natural thing when I'm by myself now, is to just make music like the stuff being released this year. I really love the back and forth with machines and the computer.'[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Brand E' | 4:52 |
| 2. | 'Usbrup Pensul' | 4:24 |
| 3. | 'Flying' | 3:43 |
| 4. | 'Pleasure Explanation' | 4:15 |
| 5. | 'Blind Aim' | 4:07 |
| 6. | 'Reach Out' | 4:23 |
| 7. | 'Amethblowl' | 4:40 |
| 8. | 'Zillion' | 4:35 |
| 9. | 'Anja Motherless' | 5:57 |
| Total length: | 40:56 | |
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References[edit]
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- ^Simpson, Paul. 'Maya - John Frusciante | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^Copley, Laura (20 October 2020). 'John Frusciante - Maya'. Clash. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^Keating, Daryl (20 October 2020). ''Maya' Blows John Frusciante's Previous Electronic Forays Out of the Water'. Exclaim!. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^Davidson, Robert. 'John Frusciante – Maya – Album Review'. Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^Richards, Will (1 September 2020). 'John Frusciante announces new jungle-inspired album 'Maya', dedicated to his cat'. NME.
- ^'Maya | John Frusciante'. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Bandcamp.
Is there a more unsung musical nomad than John Frusciante?
After the guitarist abruptly left the Red Hot Chili Peppers (the first time) in 1992 due to the overwhelming popularity they attracted following the success of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Frusciante went on to live an indescribably chaotic drug-filled life. Somehow during this period, he released two solo albums which to this day baffle with their outlandishness – 1997’s Smile from the Streets You Hold even managing to score an impressively rare 0.0 in Pitchfork.
Frusciante thankfully got clean in 1998, joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers again, later left them again and released some absorbing and cerebral solo avant-garde albums during the 2000s and 2010s– most notably 2004’s Shadows Collide with People.
It should then come as no surprise that Frusciante’s 11th solo album, Maya, dedicated to his recently deceased cat, is an unapologetic love-letter to ’90s UK jungle music.
Maya is a tight, delightfully restrained and almost straightforward jungle record. However, like all Frusciante’s work, it’s touched by a disposition to stray into recondite areas and uncover chords, riffs and here, breakbeats that run along the edge of familiarity but tease falling into the marvelous pool of the unknown.
This is best exemplified by ‘Amethblowl’ which throbs with a rhythmic bass that systematically buffers itself into a paranoid frenzy and ‘Reach out’ which tunnels through glitchy jungle terrain to find an almost archetypal sense of calm.
While for many jungle aficionados it may sound more familiar than unknown, Maya is still an enjoyable, occasionally affecting tribute to jungle from the unlikeliest of sources.
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