Fantastic Thoughts Nate Mercereau

• 1 There's Something Here ... 04:00
• 2 ... Surround, Appear 03:54
• 3 Accelerator 04:51
• 4 NewNow 03:34
• 5 Fantastic Thoughts 04:38
• 6 Into The Highest Wave 03:39
• 7 Extreme Violet 04:48
• 8 (( Destiny )) 03:06
• 9 Radical Possible Realities 02:22
• 10 ... Discovery 03:06
• 11 Resonant Angle, Seer Within 03:18
• Total Runtime 41:16

Info zu Fantastic Thoughts

Complementing an already dizzying catalogue of solo releases, collaborations, and production/writing/instrumentation credits, Fantastic Thoughts is Nate Mercereau’s clarion call. The sound of a thousand dams breaking simultaneously. A hootin’ and hollering tantric affair that dares the listener, “What if you did?’” What if you sang out with a resounding, heart-forward, ‘YES!’” — sang it with your whole chest? If the beat poets abided by the maxim “first thought, best thought,” Fantastic Thoughts stakes a claim on the plain of imaginary where every thought is best (yes, fantastic, even). The resultant record is, without fail, maximalist—overflowing with ideas, varied influence, hairpin turns, and recursive processes—but it is also wildly (one might even say transgressively) sincere, and not infrequently vulnerable. From the first proggy breakdown of “There’s Something Here” (in many ways the album’s thesis statement) to the whispered mantra of “Resonant Angle, Seer Within,” we are borne atop a ceaselessly cresting wave of raw power and giddy delight. Mercereau’s is a singular vision, and yet, to anyone who has doggedly pursued the music, these sounds, these choices, will be instantly familiar.

“Fantastic Thoughts is about Radical Possible Realities. There is so much going on here ... the potential of imagination is monumental and radical. I'm talking about the most tuned-in life affirming aspirational thought shredding connections from the most dazzling creation energy possible — because we're making this all the time, and it is real, and will become more real the more it's felt and shared. Imagination is The Thing."

Nate Mercereau, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Guitar Synthesizer, Midi-Guitar Sampler, Electric Mandolin, Zither, Vocals, Drums, Drum Synthesizer, Programming, Bass Guitar and Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Keyboards, Clarinet, Percussion, Full Spectrum Frequency Sound Design, Various Devices …
Carlos Niño, Microfrequency Percussion Sample on There’s Something Here …, Cymbals, Chimes, Aerophones on NewNow, and Energetic Cymbal and Conga Flourish on (( Destiny ))
Deantoni Parks, drums on Accelerator and … Discovery, High-Toms and Fast Drums on Extreme Violet
Andres Renteria, congas, Cajon and Percussion on NewNow
Aaron Shaw, tenor saxophone on NewNow
Aaron Steele, drums on Fantastic Thoughts
Justin Brown, drums on Radical Possible Realities

Nate Mercereau
is a singer-songwriter, music producer and multi-instrumentalist from Poway, San Diego County, California. He learnt to play the saxophone, the horn, the guitar (his main instrument), the bass, the piano and the drums at school, and later studied at the University of Southern California. Mercereau has played on several studio projects, such as Jay-Z’s album 4:44 and on tracks by Shawn Mendes, Lizzo and The Weeknd, to name but a few. In 2019, he released his debut solo album, Joy Technique, a critically acclaimed experimental soul project featuring a unique blend of ambient soundscapes, complex rhythms and soulful melodies. Since then, he has collaborated with several artists, including André 3000, Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutching.

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