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Thom Yorke introduces Atoms For Peace project

By | Published on Monday 10 September 2012

Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke has issued a very matter-of-fact statement about Atoms For Peace, his new collaboration with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea, and percussionists Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco.

Introducing the side project and the quintet’s first single ‘Default’ , Yorke says: “You may have heard that I have a new project called Atoms for Peace. The name comes from some shows [promoting Yorke’s solo album] ‘The Eraser’ that happened a couple of years ago with Mauro, Joey, Nigel and Flea”.

He continues: “We got a big buzz from them and discovered loads of energy from transforming the music from electronic to live, and so afterwards, we carried on for a few days in the studio and decided to make it a loose, on-going thing. Immersed in the area between the two… electronic and live”.

You can preview ‘Default’ via AFP’s fancy new official website. Available now in digital format, it’ll apparently have a vinyl release in October. A debut LP from Yorke et al, he alleges, will “eventually follow that next year”.



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