New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Black Needle Noise Records, in association with No Devotion Records, presents the new
Black Needle Noise single 'SyStem Bi' feat. Fakeba. Based in Dakar, Senegal, Fakeba makes electronic music and sings in her native Wolof - the language of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania.
"I was very interested in having Fakeba sing in Wolif and complement the full beauty of the vocals as possible. I don't want to have any limitations with
Black Needle Noise and am interested in working with more singers from around the world, singing in their own language," explains John Fryer, the mastermind behind
Black Needle Noise and also producer of many legendary bands we know today, from Depeche Mode, Love and Rockets, Cocteau
Twins and Lush to Nine Inch Nails, Xmal Deutschland and HIM. As noted by Impose Magazine, "John Fryer has practically soundtracked your entire life".
On 'SyStem Bi', Fakeba's vocal delivery emits radiant energy. Together with John Fryer, they present a coherent and authentic fusion between music styles and continents, merging tradition with futurism. Fakeba presented her debut album 'Made in Africa' earlier this year as an an exclamation of freedom in form and sound, while imbuing a deeper spirit therein.
The accompanying video was made possible thanks to Gina Czarnecki, who allowed use of footage from her film 'Spintex', which builds upon her career and experience of working with dance, film, theatre, sound and installation. This film is an attempt to encapsulate the multiple, interconnected daily rhythms of physicality and mortality that resonate in the surrounding environment and the dance, based on a real-time transition from day to night.
"About this video, I watched Gina Czarnecki's short film 'Spintex' and thought it would compliment the song perfectly, so i edited the footage and Gina thought it was a really nice re-interpretation of her movie. I hope more people will become aware of her amazing work," says John Fryer.
The processes of electronic recording, reproduction and disintegration are used to give the film rich digital surfaces. The images appear to dissolve within the noise and pixels of these surfaces, emerging with striking effect, before becoming highly textured again. The flickering pulse underlying these transformations is resounding, deep, immersive and total.
Filmed at an open-air night club in the
Ashanti region of Ghana, the dance takes place in an old roofless shell by the beach, filled with throbbing masses, engulfed in a trance. The pulsing crowd forms one motion, one being; a rhythmic, sexual and elemental force as brutal as the cycles of the natural world around it. The imagery vibrates with movement and momentary details: a face, that look, a gesture… Joy and release.
"Music for movies you haven't seen yet - from the artist who produced music for the indelible, iconic film Seven" - Disarm Magazine
"John Fryer has practically soundtracked your entire life" - Impose Magazine
"Fryer, who has produced everyone from Love and Rockets to Dead Can Dance, is one of the most innovative sonic architects in the business-his moody compositions are nuanced and always compelling" -
Stereo Embers Magazine
"A revolving door of beauty and celebrated diversity. Powerful, mesmerizing, spacious and penetrating" - Big Takeover
"Wonderfully warped - dark, gorgeous and brooding with raw energy, almost like an epic movie, with tranquil and chaotic parts" - The Spill Magazine
"Explores the deepest, darkest parts of human existence alongside possible rays of hope. Fryer creates moments that will both set the listener on edge as well as lull them in with hypnotic ease" - Somewherecold
"A kaleidoscope of musical treasures...each track a new and colorful facet of John Fryer's genius. His ability to pick collaborators is uncanny, their words seamlessly meld with his soundscapes in a way that's nothing short of magic" - Echosynthetic
Vocals & Lyrics by Fakeba.
All other noises by John Fryer
Video filmed by Gina Czarnecki
