![]() ![]() He'd never done an album before, he said, 'I'm up for the idea.' He made two paintings, but it was so obvious when we looked at the two of them and we saw the Rio girl just smiling at us. "They had these wonderful illustrations by Patrick. "Our manager at the time was an avid reader, and I stress reader, of Playboy magazine," says Rhodes. ![]() ![]() "I think we've all felt a little bit invisible at times over the last year."ĭuran Duran set a high bar for album art with their acclaimed, multiplatinum 1982 release Rio, which featured an illustration of a woman by American artist Patrick Nagel. "It just seemed to be the right opening track, particularly because of the lyrics - Simon just managed to capture something," says Rhodes. The tracks featuring Coxon include album opener "Invisible," which the group released as a single earlier this year. I said, 'Look, if you fancy coming and playing on a song, then let's have a chat when we're doing the album.' I think Graham ended up playing on everything on it aside from the two Moroder tracks." "Graham I were both on some panel we'd agreed to do about David Bowie," says Rhodes. The album's musical guests include pianist and David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails collaborator Mike Garson and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. When we were in the studio with him, we all felt that he was completely focused and in control of where he wanted to drive the Duran Duran machine. It's great to come across someone who's had an absolutely remarkable career, yet he is as sharp as a whip. "He is such an utterly charming, fascinating, talented human being. "He's one of our superheroes," says Rhodes of Moroder. The latest release from the legendary Simon Le Bon–fronted new-wave band - most famous for hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf," "The Reflex," and "Ordinary World" - is produced by Mark Ronson, Erol Alkan, and the legendary Giorgio Moroder. It works with the album title but also creates a story." "I started overlaying images on top of each other and seeing what happened," says McCartney. When Future Past art director Rory McCartney suggested using Daisuke's work, Rhodes readily agreed. "His thought processes - how he creates work - it's a very new, edgy way of making photos." "The idea of these figures, that one is stationary and the other is about to run off, resonated with us," says Rhodes, who met Daisuke in 2017 while shooting footage for a forthcoming documentary about Japanese photographers. That ethos is reflected in the cover for Future Past, which blends and brightens a pair of originally black-and-white images by Japanese photographer. "We obviously have quite a substantial past now," says keyboardist Nick Rhodes, "but we only ever look to the future." 22) and an encapsulation of the British band's musical approach. With the artwork for the British legends' latest, things got a little bit blurry.įUTURE PAST is both the name of Duran Duran's 15th studio album (out Oct. ![]()
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