PERRY FARRELL's 'Satellite' Ready For Takeoff
January 13, 2007AOL Music reports that former JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell has set a May 15 release date for his long-awaited new album, "Ultrapayloaded Satellite Party". Joining Farrell are ex-EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, as well as newcomers Kevin Figg on drums, Etty Lau Farrell (Farrell's wife) on background vocals and Carl Restivo on keyboards and bass.
Farrell says the album, his first post-JANE'S project, brought him back to his roots. "We actually started making music in my garage," he says. "It was garage for about a year. [And] it felt like a rebirth in the sense that I had no ties musically or emotionally to anybody, "It was during that period Bettencourt, whom Farrell met at Tom Morello's house, came on board and the project evolved. "Once Nuno started to play on it, it started to take that life that I've always prayed, 'Man, I want to get my music to this place.'"
The record also features a plethora of guests, from Fergie and NEW ORDER's Peter Hook, to dance duo HYBRID AND THIEVERY CORPORATION, but Farrell says there was one friend in particular whose appearance meant a lot to him. "When I was at my lowest and I simply just wanted to go surf with him, Flea started writing with me," Farrell recalls of the CHILI PEPPERS bassist, who appears on 'Milky Ave.' and 'Hard Life Easy', which also features John Frusciante. "He said, 'Let's write some songs.' He was the one. He actually blessed me by giving me music to work on."
"Ultrapayloaded Satellite Party" track listing:
01. Wish Upon a Dogstar
02. Celebrate
03. Hard Life Easy
04. Kinky
05. The Solutionists
06. Awesome
07. Mr. Sunshine
08. Insanity Rains
09. Milky Ave.
10. Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party
11. Woman in the Window
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