André 3000 arrived on the red carpet of the Met Gala with a piano on the shoulder, a stunt that accompanied the surprise output of her new album 7 Piano sketches. It contains seven piano sketches, lasts 16 minutes and is the first release of André from the Flautisitco album of 2023 New Blue Sun. Like that, too 7 Piano sketches It is entirely instrumental.
The illustration on the cover recalls the scene that was seen at Met, where André appeared with a tailor -made suit in line with the theme of the event: “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”. The slogan accompanying the disc is “Attention: no bars”. These are improvisations. “To create them,” writes the musician, “I put my fingers on the keys and the movement at random until I find something I like or interest me.” It would not be able to say which notes or agreements is playing. “Quite simply, I like the sound and mechanics of the piano.” The artists who inspire him: Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Philip Glass, Stephen Sondheim, Joni Mitchell, wins Guaraldi.
In a press release it is explained that the album was partly composed and recorded before New Blue Sun During a stay in André with the son in Texas, where they stayed in an unrewed house and equipped only with piano, beds and TVs. “These pieces were not thought because people felt them,” André writes. “They were home recordings, personal that maybe I sent via message to family and friends.” Aside Blueberries Which was engraved in the studio, all the songs were recorded with its iPhone supported directly on the piano or with the laptop microphone.
The original title of 7 Piano sketches era The Best Worst Rap Album in Historyironic title explained in the cover notes designed at the time for the disc that has never come out: «It is the worst rap album of history because it does not contain texts. But it is also the best, because it is the fastest on an emotional level and the one with which I felt better on a personal level. It is the best because it represents a sort of purification ».
Note on a margin: André's outkast and Big Boi are about to enter the rock and roll hall of Fame in the Performer category alongside Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, White Stripes.
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