{"id":17886,"date":"2022-11-05T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=17886"},"modified":"2022-11-05T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:30:19","slug":"vanderwolf-continues-genre-bending-journey-with-electro-infused-single-3-5th-in-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/11\/05\/vanderwolf-continues-genre-bending-journey-with-electro-infused-single-3-5th-in-the-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"VANDERWOLF Continues Genre-Bending Journey With Electro-Infused Single \u201c3\/5th in the Fire\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a follow-up to the widely-lauded LP, \u201c12 Little Killers,\u201d New York musician Max Vanderwolf will release the retro-futuristic single, \u201c3\/5ths in the Fire\u201d 2022 via Proper. The song, which was recorded in Camberwell, London with producer Chris Wyles at the helm, has its origins in the raging rock excesses of Vanderwolf\u2019s previous London band, Last Man Standing.\u00a0

\u201cThis song was a staple in our set and was frequently played at festivals like Glastonbury, Lovebox and Bestival as well as clubs like 93 Feet East and Barfly. We recorded it much like we\u2019d performed it but eventually I came around to the idea that I wanted to strip it down to its skeletal essence and re-dress it as something sonically anachronistic. Luckily, Chris immediately understood what I was going for\u2026we listened to Vangelis\u2019 \u2018Bladerunner\u2019 and Squarepusher\u2019s \u2018Hello Everything\u2019 amongst other space-age references. We essentially reinvented the song.\u201d

Listen to the single here:<\/strong>https:\/\/35sitfsingle.lnk.to\/shseQJ<\/a>

The only things remaining on this released version of the song is Vanderwolf call & response vocals which are split between a distressed sound and a vocoded voice.\u00a0

Wyles explains, \u201cAll drums were replaced with samples and programmed – main beats held back until the 2nd verse with a view to making the 7\/8 and 4\/4 transitions as smooth as possible. So, the quarter-note accents on the hi-hat for instance are always shifting from on to offbeat. Bass was replaced with a combination of Moog and Oberheim. There were multiple patches dependent on the parts and sections and in places were reinforced with synth.\u201d

Wyles programmed the chords and then arpeggio\u2019d them with 2 different arpeggios using a synth combination but mostly an Oberheim SEM synth which brought up interesting things especially in the 7\/8 sections. Synth pads were filtered to add movement and momentum.

\u201cIt was written in both 7\/8 and 4\/4 and the end section combines both,\u201d adds Vanderwolf. \u201cThe whole thing was designed to \u2018float\u2019 along and despite the complexity.\u201d

The lyrics by Vanderwolf point toward the degradation of human experience in which consensual reality becomes increasingly out of reach and thus one\u2019s relationship to oneself in turn, also, disintegrates. \u201cI must\u2019ve written these words in 2016 before our current epoch of internet conspiracies, false narrative and the plague of technology that silos us became so prevalent. It was this kind of alienation I sought to capture in the song.\u201d\u00a0

As well as being a musician with a long and storied history – most notably as vocalist of the aforementioned cultish band, Last Man Standing, whose 2007 debut album \u201cFalse Starts & Broken Promises\u201d received plaudits from Mojo and Uncut among others – Max Vanderwolf has a hugely successful career as a music programmer and concert producer, working for some of the worlds\u2019 most celebrated clubs and concert venues. These include New York\u2019s legendary Knitting Factory and London\u2019s internationally renowned Royal Festival Hall, where for 9 years he produced the Meltdown Festival working closely with David Bowie, Patti Smith, Jarvis Cocker, Massive Attack and Ornette Coleman.\u00a0

In May 2022 Vanderwolf released the single, \u201cWhen the Fire Grows Cold\u201d which featured the legendary vocalist, Robert Wyatt. The sprawling psychedelic B-side, \u201cExtinction\u201d featured a \u201cglissando\u201d guitar solo from Daevid Allen.\u00a0

In July 2022 Vanderwolf released the LP, \u201c12 Little Killers\u201d of which Mojo Magazine wrote, \u201cThere is a sophisticated musicality at play\u201d and Rolling Stone France wrote, \u201cThe musician has concocted a rock record classic in form and devilishly accomplished in content.\u201d

Vanderwolf will release his first album of songs recorded entirely in Los Angeles in March 2023.\u00a0
Watch video directed by Alden Volney:<\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/cqerjKoo1NI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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