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Fred Again - Music
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FREDAGAIN.. RELEASES VIDEO FOR
“ANGIEI’VE BEEN LOST)”
TAKENFROM HIS DEBUT ALBUM
ACTUAL LIFE
Fred again.. releases the video for his latest single “AngieI’ve Been Lost)”. Taken from his acclaimed debut album “Actual Life" (released in April via again.. Records), thetrack sees the multi-faceted London-based artist unpack a key event thatimpacted the recording of the album. Featuring vocals from Fred again.. himself,and set over a shuffling, strikingly melodic production, we see an artistcoming to terms with the duality of having to find joy whilst undergoingpersonal tragedy.Talking to The Guardian about therecord recently Fred again.. says:
“People tell me I’ve made a joyfulrecord but to me it’s devastating. Perhaps I was subconsciously trying to findsome sort of positivity while everything around felt tragic. Most of the reallyoptimistic people I know have become like that after really challengingcircumstances”
Watch the video for “Angie (I’veBeen Lost)”
Fred Again "Angie (I've Been Lost)"
The track provides a distinctcounterpoint to Fred’s recent crossover anthem “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)”,a track that single handedly encapsulated the seismic impact the last 18 monthshas had on dance music culture featuring the voice of dance music icon MareaStamper aka The Blessed Madonna. It’s a further example of the unique approachto music making that defines Actual Life..., a signaturesound that sees him building tracks around vocals uncovered from theunlikeliest of sources; from obscure YouTube clips to personal FaceTimeconversations, random Instagram accounts and iPhone video footage of half-rememberednights out.
"Fredagain... is on fire this year." - THE FADER
“Hisdebut solo album traverses the personal for an eclectic and electrifyingsnapshot of his travels and companions” - NME
“It’sthe search for authenticity that makes Fred again.. so exciting – and makes usreckon he could be the real deal.” - MIXMAG
"Fredagain.. is solidifying himself as the producer of the moment and, quitepossibly, the future" - LOUD & QUIET
“Fredagain.. is a British artist taking a unique approach to his mesmerizing dancetracks” - PIGEONS & PLANES
“Listeningto Fred again..’s music feels like you’ve stumbled onto something verypersonal. In many ways, his oeuvre is a diary with multiple authors. Fredagain.. is the producer behind some of the UK’s biggest tracks in recent yearscan count Stormzy, Headie One, and Ed Sheeran as collaborators. But it’s how hecollaborates with the world outside music that makes his sound especiallyvisceral” - HIGH SNOBIETY
“Fred’sapproach to sampling is like no other” - NOTION
“Hissongs hover in the territory between the purest euphoria and gut-wrenchingmelancholy” – GRM DAILY
Over the last year, Fred has also added hisproduction skills to tracks as diverse as Ed Sheeran’s currentglobal number one smash “Bad Habits”, Headie One, AJTracey and Stormzy’s “Aint It Different”, JaydaG’s GRAMMY-nominated “Both Of Us” and “Lifetime”, the acclaimeddebut solo single from The xx’s Romy. In 2020, he alsoreleased GANG, his project with Headie One thatsaw the two friends collaborating alongside features from some of the UK's mostexciting and innovative artists including FKA twigs, Jamiexx, Sampha, Slowthai and Berwyn
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