On August 27 (or August 14 in Japan), former Red Hot Chili peppers axe-man John Frusciante will release a new EP, Outsides. According to a statement written by Fruscinate himself, the tracklist features a “10 minute guitar solo and 2 abstract ‘out’ pieces of music.’
The first track features an extended guitar improvisation, set to a heavily chopped-up drum loop. “The effect is that of an improvisation between the drums and guitar,” Fruscinate says, “but these specific interactions between those instruments could not take place with a traditional drummer and lead guitarist.”
The sonic framework is apparently pretty chaotic and progressive: Fruscinate name-drops guitarists like Allan Holdsworth and Robert Fripp. “Rock music is electronic music,” he says, “dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification. This song gives new life to the long ago popularly discarded form of the extended rock guitar solo, and is also progressive synth pop, just the same.”
Since officially leaving the Chili Peppers in December 2009, Fruscinate has been incredibly active with his solo career: In 2012 alone, he released the Letur-Lefr EP and his 11th studio album, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone.
