Malik Diao, Fred Red - Monologue
Village Live Records is proud to present ‘Monologue’, the new album by Malik Diao & Fred Red.
Available on white vinyl (With OBI), black vinyl (With OBI) & digital. (All copies are hand numbered)
‘Monologue’ is a collaboration between the Berlin based producer Fred Red and the composer and multi-instrumentalist Malik Diao. With a highly experimental, but still soulful and honest approach to writing and producing music, the duo effortlessly fuses their respective sound aesthetics, culminating in a very distinct experience between jazz, instrumental hip hop, indietronica and world music.
Driven by the desire to create new sound worlds and to take their listeners on a singular journey, Malik Diao and Fred Red rarely rely on the use of samples. Rather, the formation prefers to build sonic sculptures out of Malik’s range of instruments (including various saxophones, flutes, basses, pianos and string instruments) and propelling these through musical time with Fred Red’s very unique and human drum and percussion style.
While they both enjoy making their listeners move to heavy drums and complicated rhythms, the duo also understands how to create quiet and personal moments in their music, with their works often moving from elegiac, even melancholy moments to a pure celebration of their own drives and determinations.
As their upcoming vinyl release, Monologue, features some of their most cinematic music, the duo decided to lean further into their interdisciplinary approach to making music. Releasing the same day as their album, Malik Diao X Fred Red will debut a music video for their track Dighnasty, featuring various collaborators from the worlds of fashion, light and video art and dance.
All tracks produced by Fred Red
All percussive elements and drums by Fred Red
All tracks composed by Malik Diao
All melodic instruments (Bass, guitar, flute, synth, saxophone, clarinet, ukulele) played by Malik Diao
Arrangement by Malik Diao and Fred Red
Mastered by Ken Long
Vocals on ‘Womanhood’ by Maura
Cello on ‘Balu’ by Klara Metko
All tracks recorded and mixed by Fred Red at his studio in Berlin
Illustration and design by Daniel ‘Malun’ Lange / www.malun.org