FM Experiment: Fly
(FMXP Records)
Out Now
Jazz-tronica trio FM Experiment share the sprawling new single Fly. A striking and inventive blend of swirling electronics, inventive live instrumentation and experimental ideas, the track is at once danceable and vibrantly creative.
Taken from their forthcoming conceptual album Icarus, the track finds the trio leaning deeper into their hybrid identity, bringing a hypnotic blend of live improvisation with immersive electronic production to create a sound which would be at home among electronic chillout such as Bonobo and Maribou State, as much as it would more jazz leaning projects like BADBADNOTGOOD.
Thrives on a tension and experimentation between precision and spontaneity, Fly brings together driving, live drums, with swirls of cinematic synths, deep sub bass and fuzz soaked guitar lines which circle around the hypnotic main riff. Broken up by repitched spoken word recordings, courtesy of poet Valerie Hill, the track culminates in an explosive and climactic guitar solo.
Speaking about the themes behind the track, the band explain: “When you look up at the sky, you might think it’s a destination, what you’ve always worked for, your most burning desire. But what if the journey was actually what you craved, what fulfilled you? Wouldn’t that be liberating?”
To deepen the narrative, FM Experiment collaborated with poet Valerie Hill, whose original spoken-word pieces thread through the album. Her voice, fragmented and reassembled within the music, acts as both guide and counterpoint, reinforcing the conceptual spine of the project.
FM Experiment unites French drummer and producer Flo Mavridorakis, American Grammy-winning keyboardist Warren Pettey, and Italian guitarist Francesco Stacciolli. Together, they’ve built a reputation for dissolving genre boundaries, weaving jazz foundations through funk, hip-hop, afro-beat, and electronic influences.
Following their debut album Shades and the fully improvised beat tapes Imperfections and The Figueroa Beat Tape, the trio now step into more conceptual territory with their upcoming album Icarus.
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All words by Simon Lucas-Hughes. More writing by Simon Lucas-Hughes can be found at his author’s archive.
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