General/Solo
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Arañas en La Sombra by ORL to feature John, former Mars Volta folk
Arañas en La Sombra, one of 12 upcoming Omar Rodriguez-Lopez records, set for August 26th release, is to feature John and former members of The Mars Volta.
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Live Room post up on John’s blog
John has written a short blog post to share how his live room came to be - it's his former control room from back when his studio was a "rock" one. If you love discovering things in an intuitive manner, this might as well make your day!
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Foregrow Silver Vinyl Coming Soon!
Didn't snatch the Foregrow release for the Record Store Day in April? Have no fear, another version, possibly cooler than the previous one is coming right up - a silver edition. The release date is June 22nd.
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John’s follow-up blog post on The Almighty instrumental mixes
Circa one day after the Almighty instrumental mixes were posted, John followed-up with a longish blog post explaining how they came to be, what his secret to great reverb in the current set-up is and what his "live room" is like.
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Black Knights instrumental mixes now on John’s Soundcloud
Fifteen instrumental mixes for The Almighty the Black Knights' 2015 album produced by John have been uploaded to the maestro's Soundcloud page. They're free to download and embedable.
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New JF interview in Factmag – on art of sampling, (not) playing live, idols and more
The second interview for Foregrow is up, on Factmag. No tabloid-esque anything, some great insights on art, working with other musicians and how other artists cultivated their public personas.
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Black Knights tease their third album with Trickfinger!
The Black Knights just posted about their upcoming third album with Trickfinger on the beats. Exciting!
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Vice interview for Foregrow
John gave an interview to VICE and since this is the first one in 2016, I guess it's a thing to read. The things John shares about his creative process are fascinating and a good read for every artist, professional, amateur or aspiring.
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Foregrow: formats, availability and lyrics to the title song
So, how does one actually obtain Unobtanium, I mean, Foregrow? A little guide to definitely-non-dummies plus lyrics of the title song. Right this way!
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John’s detailed blog post about songs on Foregrow
John just blogged for the first time in a while, sharing some photographs taken of his home studio and explaining how each of the four were made, as well as when!