M:FANS, a radical new reworking of one of John Cale’s most unique and lauded solo records, the 1982 masterpiece Music For A New Society, will be released on January 22, 2016 on Double Six / Domino. Additionally, a fully re-mastered Music For A New Society will also be available, with three previously unreleased bonus tracks from the original multi-track recordings. View the video for album track “Close Watch,” featuring Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman and directed by Abby Portner. M:FANS explores the relationship between old and new, in terms of the sound and vision, and Cale’s memories of the experience, in terms of his life and the recording. Back and forth M:FANS goes, sampling the original, while creating brand new soundscapes, giving Cale the opportunity for closure on one of the most testing eras of his life, and a way to keep moving forward. Cale shares his thoughts on the reworking: “Making any form of art is always personal to my mind. During the making of M:FANS, I found myself loathing each and every character written about in those original recording sessions of Music For… Unearthing those tapes reopened those wounds. It was time to decimate the despair from 1981 and breathe new energy, re-write the story. Then, the unthinkable happened. What had informed so much over lost and twisted relationships in 1981 had now come full circle. Losing Lou [too painful to understand] forced me to upend the entire recording process and begin again…a different perspective – a new sense of urgency to tell a story from a completely opposite point of view – what was once sorrow, was now a form of rage. A fertile ground for exorcism of things gone wrong and the realization they are unchangeable. From sadness came the strength of fire!!!” With Cale’s current band (which had featured on his last studio album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood) again involved, the new versions that constitute M:FANS are more fleshed-out, heavier concoctions, in line with his current electronic/chopped-up configurations. In 1982, Music For A New Society sounded exactly like its title: something futuristic, a new kind of songwriting exercise. In 2015, M:FANS is exactly that too, full of electrical crackle and disturbed frequencies, a different kind of dystopian future awaits. John Cale forages on; it’s the only way he knows how. M:FANS and Music For A New Society will be released as a 2xCD package with both albums also packaged together on digital stores. Both albums will also be available on 12″ vinyl, with M:FANS arriving on 2xLP. Music For A New Society comes with a download card of the three unreleased bonus tracks as listed below. Tracklisting: M:FANS 01. Prelude 02. If You Were Still Around 03. Taking Your Life In Your Hands 04. Thoughtless Kind 05. Sanctus (Sanities Mix) 06. Broken Bird 07. Chinese Envoy 08. Changes Made 09. Library Of Force (feat. Man In The Book excerpt) 10. Close Watch 11. If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise) 12. Back To The End Music For A New Society – re-mastered: 01. Taking Your Life In Your Hands 02. Thoughtless Kind 03. Sanctus (Sanities) 04. If You Were Still Around 05. Close Watch 06. Broken Bird 07. Chinese Envoy 08. Changes Made 09. Damn Life 10. Risé, Sam And Rimsky Korsakov 11. Library Of Force (Unreleased) 12. Chinese Envoy (Outtakes) 13. Thoughtless Kind (Outtakes) Follow John Cale on Facebook Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
