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Machinedrum ‘A View of U’: Release date, concept, tracklist and all you need to know about electronic music producer’s 9th solo album

Machinedrum’s new project has been listed with heavy contributions from artistes like Freddie Gibbs, Sub Focus, Father, Chrome Sparks and others

Electronic music producer Machinedrum, whose real name is Travis Stewart, is all set to drop his ninth solo album titled ‘A View of U’. The new LP is a follow-up to his 2016 project ‘Human Energy’. The LA-based producer had first announced his new record on August 5, 2020, via his official Twitter account. In order to promote his album, Machinedrum also dropped two singles from his new record titled, ‘Kane Train’ featuring Freddie Gibbs and ‘Ur2yung’ on the same day.

His official tweet read, “‘Kane Train’ w/ @freddiegibbs & 'Ur2yung’ is out on @ninjatune. It’s the 1st double single from my forthcoming album ‘A View of U’. https://machinedrum.lnk.to/avouAT  As always, I am forever grateful for your support in this sonic journey. Love from California."

Release date

Machinedrum’s ‘A View of U’ will hit the Internet on Friday, October 9, 2020, via Ninja Tune.

Concept

The ‘U’ in the album’s name ‘A View of ‘U’ represents the Universe or the Infinite and is based on this concept of having an out of body experience (OOBE). According to Bandcamp, Travis Stewart shed some light on the concept and said, “The feeling of being out of your body feels infinite. It feels like time has stopped. It feels like the birth of creation. It feels like the impossible becomes possible. It feels unfamiliar and familiar at the same time. It feels scary at first but once you let go of that fear and surrender to the experience it feels incredibly beautiful and life-changing.”

He further explained, “When I am in the creative zone I tend to forget time, who I am and where I am as I became aware of my OOBE through song creation, choosing what songs should go on an album as well as through my meditation, I realized that this was meant to be the central theme of the album.”

Features

Machinedrum’s new project has been listed with heavy contributions. Artistes like Freddie Gibbs, Sub Focus, Father, Chrome Sparks, Father (Awful Records), Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder), Tigran Hamasyan, Jesse Boykins III, Rochelle Jordan and Tanerelle will showcase their skills on different songs.

Tracklist

Machinedrum made his fans wait for a long time but has made sure that his loyal fanbase stays hooked to the new record with 11 songs. A few of the tracks have already hit the Internet. Speaking of songs, this is how the entire tracklist looks like:

‘The Relic’ featuring Rochelle Jordan

‘Star’ featuring Mono/Poly & Tanerelle

‘Kane Train’ featuring Freddie Gibbs

‘Wait 4 U’ featuring Jesse Boykins III

‘Sleepy Pietro’ featuring Tigran Hamasyan

‘Spin Blocks’ featuring Father

‘Idea 36’ featuring Chrome Sparks

‘Believe in U’

‘1000 Miles’ featuring Sub Focus

‘Inner Eye’

‘Ur2yung’

You can check out Machinedrum’s ‘Kane Train’ featuring Freddie Gibbs right here:

Where to stream?

Fans can groove to Machinedrum’s ‘A View of U’ via Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal and YouTube. You can also pre-order the album here.