![]() The ‘Actual Life’ series is set to be extended again on November 19 when his second album ‘Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15 2021)’ drops. Made during the lockdown of 2020, between April 14 and December 17 as its title indicates, the phenomenal debut full-length catalogues almost an entire year of his life. A year on in the spring of 2021 his debut album ‘Actual Life (April 14 – December 17, 2020)’ dropped to the delight of the enormous fan base he now commands, bringing across two cuts from the EP and adding 14 new tracks and interludes. ![]() In November 2019 he released his debut solo track ‘Kyle (I Found You)’, the first taste of his soon-to-be-hit EP ‘Actual Life’ which landed the following May and catapulted him towards becoming a household name. It was a leap.”Īfter becoming a crucial producer behind the scenes of many hits in the UK, the Balham-born artist felt compelled to showcase more of his own ideas and step into the limelight. “I was making music in the framework of other people’s artistry,” Fred says, adding, “but I just felt like I had this thing that I needed to make. ![]() Now Fred has become omnipresent in the world of music since making his start in production and helping to create some of the most played tracks of the past near-decade - George Ezra’s ‘Shotgun’, Charli XCX’s ‘After The Afterparty’, and an entire Ed Sheeran LP from front-to-back. Read this next: Get to know Fred Again., the sample-heavy producer turning nights out into songsįred references Brian’s early efforts as a key influence as well as boasting him as a mentor, paying homage to the years of musical legacy left before him. So I was like, ‘what?! So, I can just get my own symphony? Sick!’ I thought you had to have a PHD or something.” He jokes, “I found out that to call something a symphony, you just have to make a piece with lots of different sounds. ![]() Although, laughing, Fred explains that at that age, he created an electronic symphony under the guidance of Brian Eno with so-called “delusions of grandeur”. It was here that the future producer - who would come to have a hand in creating 30% of the UK’s number one singles in 2019 - really came into his own. “You realize that he’s operating on a currency far more powerful than music theory.” At 16, Fred magically landed Brian as a mentor after an already decade-long stretch dabbling in classical music. “As I get older, I realize just how rare his mind is,” Fred says. It’s a refreshingly simple approach that highlights the on-the-go attitude of this producer, who’s been a stable undercurrent throughout electronic music for the past five years.Īfter creating that promised ambient track, all within the space of two minutes, he makes himself comfortable at home where the conversation turns to his mentor and maestro of ambient music, Brian Eno. “This is my entire setup,” the producer explains, with a certain gravitas, when I mooch about his studio space, which also features a few run of the mill speakers and a Korg MIDI keyboard connected to his laptop by USB. It’s this, his iPhone and iPad that have combined to create ‘Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)’, ‘Kyle (I Found You)’, and plenty more tracks now racking up millions of streams. project was born out of the laptop he sits in front of - the foremost piece of equipment he uses to make heady beats and chart-topping tracks. Fred, illuminated by his laptop screen and the distant view of London’s rainy skyline, adds: “What’s beautiful about it is that you can take three minutes to make a piece of music that lasts 40.” It’s a bitter Monday night in London - the kind of evening that calls for a Guinness in hand and the slight semblance of atmospheric lighting. I’d be hard-pressed to find a more fitting introduction to the producer’s home, which sits on the periphery of London’s South Bank, just along the same river where Fred again., real name Fred Gibson, has made the bulk of his discography. Just whip something up,” he says nonchalantly. ![]() “When I can’t find the right ambient tune, I like to quickly make something. “You know what I’m quite into at the moment?” Fred asks from across the room, leaning over his laptop in search of some background listening. ![]()
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