''Foregrow'' is the seventh EP release by American musician

John Frusciante John Anthony Frusciante ( ; born March 5, 1970) is an American musician and the guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, having been with the band across three iterations. He has released 11 solo albums and 7 EPs, ranging in style from acoustic gu ...

(including the free '' 4-Track Guitar Music'' release on

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in November 2015). It was released for

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on April 16, 2016 by Acid Test (Absurd Recordings). The EP is a

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put together by Acid Test records gathering four of John's recordings during his initial songwriting period with his more experimental, electronic music which directly followed his work for the Trickfinger record. These tracks were also conceived around the same time of his recordings with Speed Dealer Moms, and even feature a modular synthesizer developed for John by his bandmate Chris McDonald. His free download album '' Renoise Tracks 2009–2011'' available on his

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pages was recorded during this time period as well.

Background

The title track was recorded for

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's film ''

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'' and was included in the film, though did not appear on the soundtrack. Describing the time surrounding the recordings, John writes, "Some of the programming and production techniques were inspired by people like

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, AFX,

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, DMX Crew, The Railway Raver,

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, and

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's production of

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, and things like

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s first record, New Order, and early

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, were also influential on this stuff. But musically, it is my approach to synthesis, my sense of melody, and my sense of rhythm, which give this music its style, whatever one wishes to call it." Frusciante also mentions

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and

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as influence regarding having longer songs with entirely different sections pieced together.

Track listing

Personnel

–

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& MC-202,

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Microsynthesizer,

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guitar, sampling on "Lowth Forgue", vocals on "Foregrow" *

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– mastering * Marcia Pinna –

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sculpture * Sarah Sitkin –

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Release history

References

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