#DURAN DURAN INVISIBLE PLUS#

#DURAN DURAN INVISIBLE PLUS#

Four days later, with the nucleus of 25 plus strong songs in the can, that all deserved development, I realized we’d be in it for the long haul, but that was before COVID. Speaking on their forthcoming album, and latest single, Simon Le Bon also reveals: “ When we first went into the studio in late 2018, I was trying to persuade the guys that all we needed to do was write two or three tracks for an EP. Rhodes first met Yokota in 2019 when he was in Japan making a documentary on post war photography. The band members collaborated with Japanese artist Daisuke Yokota, whose photography they had long admired, on both the front cover of the “INVISIBLE” single and their forthcoming album. TRACK FEATURED BY DJ DREAMDOCTOR ON THE SENSORIA PODCAST | MAY 25, 2021 The result is a haunting and memorable music video. brain. Huxley creates and dreams much as we do, and using an established technique called ‘active inference,’ which was originally created by Karl Friston (one of the most influential neuroscientists in history), we are able to explore the complex dreamscapes that it has imagined from the lyrics and emotional tone of the song. Huxley takes the concepts that are rooted in human language and iconic symbolism and translates them into provocative and daring imagery that pushes the boundaries of imagination to create a new form of visual discourse that is quite remarkable. Huxley is a unique dreamer with its own A.I. whose ‘mind’ has been designed based on what we know about how the cognitive and emotional processes of human beings work. In a ground-breaking, world first, Huxley is an A.I. The official film for Duran Duran’s “INVISIBLE” is the first collaboration of its kind, between artists in different planes of existence. I think when you merge all the instruments together, it creates an overall sound that perhaps you haven’t heard before.”

Sonically, it’s a very unusual piece of music. I think, with “INVISIBLE”, we really have managed to carve the sculpture the way we wanted it.

Talking about the single from his home in London, co-founder and keyboardist, Nick Rhodes said: “ Sonic architecture has always been incredibly important to Duran Duran. The official music video was created by an Artificial Intelligence (A.I) called Huxley and comes out ahead of the band’s worldwide exclusive televised performance of the track, set to air live from London on the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, on Sunday, May 23 on NBC in North America. The first single to come from FUTURE PAST is “INVISIBLE”, produced by Erol Alkan and Duran Duran, and mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. Set for global release on October 22 via TAPE MODERN for BMG, FUTURE PAST boasts esteemed producers Erol Alkan, Giorgio Moroder andMark Ronson behind the board, plus special guest Graham Coxon of Blur on guitar, Bowie’s former pianist Mike Garson, and guest vocals from Lykke Li, with more exciting collaborators to be announced. Internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum, award-winning pop legends Duran Duran released their brand new single “INVISIBLE”, with accompanying music video, alongside official details on their highly anticipated 15th studio album, FUTURE PAST. DURAN DURAN – “INVISIBLE” TAPE MODERN/BMG

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