Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)

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On his third solo album, Fred Gibson (better known as Fred again..) returns with his fingers firmly on the pulse of everything around him. Rounding out a deeply personal trilogy, <i>Actual Life 3</i> sees the London-based producer, DJ, and singer-songwriter once more thrive on the challenges of sound reinvention and renewal. “I think the feeling that I’ve become really obsessed with is taking very fleeting moments and exposing as much beauty as is in them,” he tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “You know how sometimes if you see something in normal timing, and then you see it in slow-mo, like, ‘Oh wow. There's a whole new emotional framing for thi.’” Fred first envisioned this unique narrative in 2020 for his debut, <i>Actual Life</i>, released over lockdown as a remedy to the melancholic uncertainty of the time. Delivering three distinct chapters across 2021, the BRIT Award-winning producer (and longtime mentee of Brian Eno) dives deeper in his cache of bright snippets and samples from everyday scene, fusing soul, R&B, and bass house elements for jaw-droppingly euphoric and intimate track. “Sometimes I’m conscious of it and sometimes I’m not,” he say. “But one thing I know is that when I’m there, I make loads of idea.” Much of this LP was made on the move, via long airport stop, tube journey, or lunchtime break. And, like its predecessor, this collection is predominantly influenced by this proce, with tracks labeled after the people he’s worked with, or the inspirations behind them. Here, Gibson draws euphoria from fleeting emotion, filtering vocals from names including London rapper and singer BERWYN, Toronto poet Mustafa Ahmed, and G.O.O.D Music’s 070 Shake across woozy synths and deep, intrepid bassline. But <i>Actual Life 3</i> also differs in its greater worldly experience. .

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