John Frusciante - Maya (Timesig/Planet-Mu)

Tracks sound dece but maybe a tad tame? Idk i cant put my finger in it but it feels like sometimes it's missing something

First track sounds like aphex doing a parody of the cheesiest squarepusher tracks.

The second 2 tracks are just exactly venetian snares tracks.

I also listened to a few bits of a few tracks and that was enough. Been there, done that and won’t be buying a T-shirt.

It's not bad but heard much better tunes from some of you guys on watmm here

  On 10/15/2020 at 12:20 PM, purlieu said:

He's a fan of 'sloppy' playing, which probably explains that solo. You ought to listen to his solo debut, Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt, if you think that playing was a bit off.

wasn't that just the heroin playing on that one though? I get what you're saying about sloppy playing, but he was barely alive during that period.

and one of my favorite performances of his where he completely went off key was the '92 SNL rendition of Under the Bridge.  

Nah, it was recorded while he was still in the Chilis - a lot while on tour - and he didn't really get into heroin big time until after he'd left the band. Some of Smile from the Streets You Hold was recorded while he was a junkie, and that album was released to fund his habit, but there's little to connect the drug to his debut.

it's 2020 so i guess it makes sense that a red hot chili pepper is an idm wizard. 
pretty damn good tracks so far.

Maybe a apprentice, not a wizard. But it’s hard to knock the man too much, doing a 360 on his usual day job, and having a go. Any Aphex fan is a friend of mine so no hard feelings

It's pretty good

Well, it’s ok. But I probably have to echo Beerguy’s assessment. 
 

Which is too bad, because I enjoyed the last couple Trickfinger eps.

full album is ok-ish.

Been playin' this more and more. fun album with cool breaks and melodies. last track, Anja Motherless, is my fav.

Still awaiting on my vinyl and Rians from Mu.

On a bit of a Renoise bender, so checked this out again.

He's not musically incompetent, but the sequencing itself is lackluster. I'd almost say "amateur".

Still, it's fun that he's doing this.

Just a reminder that this is very good. It has grown on me a lot.

Still cant believe this guy is a chili pepper... what is the musical Venn diagram here?

  On 10/29/2021 at 6:16 PM, gnarlybog said:

Just a reminder that this is very good. It has grown on me a lot.

Still cant believe this guy is a chili pepper... what is the musical Venn diagram here?

Seems to me became friends with vsnares well back but not sure how that happened.

He talks about his electronic influences in this article such as the Analord series, Confield, Drum N’ Bass For Papa and Cavalcade Of Glee. By the looks of it he’s been delving into collecting and creating electronic music for quite some time now.

https://thequietus.com/articles/28961-john-frusciante-maya-interview-red-hot-chili-peppers-favourite-music

Hot take: This is one of the strongest IDM records I have heard in years. It really grows on you. There are a lot of cool acts in the genre, but you rarely hear such strong melodies and compositions. Often IDM acts feel too derivative of the pioneers or just bland. This album hits a nice sweet spot.

Yeah. Agreed! A musicians IDM record, if you will. Last time I had that, was with some Squarepusher record. His older stuff though.

  On 10/29/2021 at 6:16 PM, gnarlybog said:

Just a reminder that this is very good. It has grown on me a lot.

Still cant believe this guy is a chili pepper... what is the musical Venn diagram here?

His first electronic album was 2004's A Sphere in the Heart of Silence, a collaboration with Josh Klinghoffer (the guy who replaced him in RHCP until recently), although that's more on the Radiohead IDM-tinged indie end of things. Still, at the time he cited Confield as one of his favourite albums. To be fair, I think Antony Keidis is an IDM fan (I remember him speaking highly of Squarepusher), just doesn't let it out through his music.

  On 3/16/2022 at 6:39 PM, purlieu said:

To be fair, I think Antony Keidis is an IDM fan (I remember him speaking highly of Squarepusher), just doesn't let it out through his music.

You might say that he doesn't give it away. 

I bloody well mightn't. 

Annoying Frusciante went back to his terrible band. 

His label Evar records is putting out some great stuff though.

  On 3/15/2022 at 3:48 PM, gnarlybog said:

Hot take: This is one of the strongest IDM records I have heard in years. It really grows on you. There are a lot of cool acts in the genre, but you rarely hear such strong melodies and compositions. Often IDM acts feel too derivative of the pioneers or just bland. This album hits a nice sweet spot.

Do you mean only in recent years in terms of release or in general? No disagreement, but interested in the discourse, mostly because I want to throw how much Brothomstates grew on me over the years. 

  On 3/16/2022 at 6:58 PM, TubularCorporation said:

You might say that he doesn't give it away. 

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