We all know Fred again.. is a gifted music producer. But actually his humanity is his greatest weapon.
After the hunger for connection throughout the isolation of the pandemic, our hunger for genuine bonding. And no one can cultivate them with his music like Fred, the master of unfiltered storytelling whose new album, Real life 3is a reminder to imbue color in the gray moments of our lives.
AL3 is a microcosm of Fred’s profound ability to transform life events into visceral dance music. Interpolating samples from real life encounters, transcendent songwriting sessions and even random videos sent by friends, the album is a collage of mementos he collected during his breakthrough years.
We have pulled the thread from AL3 and unearthed the origin of the sample.
“Eyelar (shutters)” sample short video sent to Fred by London-based singer-songwriter Eyelar. The song was one of the first he produced for Real Life A few years ago, Atlantic Records tells us.
“Delilah (pull me out of this)” video sample sent to Fred by Delilah Montagu, who sang a live rendition of her song “Lost Keys.”
“Berwyn (all I got is you)” uses lyrics from a session with Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy and sample voice notes sent to Fred by Trinidad-born rapper, producer and songwriter Berwyn.
“Bleu (better with time)” samples Bleu’s song “You’re Mines Still (feat. Drake).”
“Nathan (still breathing)” is an example of a TikTok video Fred found while scrolling through the app, posted by Indiana-based singer-songwriter Nathan Archie.
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“Danielle (smile on my face)” samples 070 Shake’s recording of “Nice To Have” live at Boston’s Brighton Music Hall in March 2020.
“Kelly (the end of a nightmare)” is a sample of our wet song “Candak Tahan King.”
“Mustafa (time to move you)” is an example of an Instagram post shared by famous singer-songwriter and poet Mustafa.
“Clara (dark night)” samples The Clara Ward Singers’ 1994 song “The Storm Is Passing Over.”
“Winnie (the end of me)” samples Winnie Raeder’s song “The End Of Me.”
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Fred opened up about his sampling direction and why he filmed his night.
“The reason why I’m the person who films everything at night is because when you’re hungover the next morning, it’s just nice to glaze over the memories and you kind of soften the blow. You’re like wiretapping yourself,” said Fred. “When you get good energy from a group of people when you all spend 10 hours together on a good night, and at the end you’re all floating in the same ether. It’s a beautiful thing. I have some videos on my phone that I appreciate, worth it for that reason.
Check out the full interview below.
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