YAKUZA Frontman Comments On Recording Forthcoming Record
April 4, 2007, 17 years ago
Bruce Lamont, frontman of Chicago's YAKUZA, recently sat down with forward-thinking webzine Sonic Frontiers to discuss the band's forthcoming release, Transmutations. Having completed all tracking for the record with producer Sanford Parker (PELICAN, MINSK, RWAKE), Transmutations, the follow-up to 2006's Samsara, is currently slated for a fall release through Prosthetic Records.
A few excerpts from the interview:
On the album's title: "Transmutation is the conversion of one object into another, more or less transforming a base element or an idea into something of extraordinary value. We attempt this through our writing and performing, taking something as basic as sounds, moods, etc and transform these into something beyond that, something that will affect the listener on a much deeper level."
On guest appearances on Transmutations: "This time around, we wanted to focus on ourselves a bit more. We did have jazz percussionists Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang come in to do some overdubs. That stuff sounds great."
Read the full interview here.
