Duran Duran, the memorable hit band of the 1980s, returned in 2021 with the new album “Future Past” (BMG) and «Invisible» a video made with Artificial Intelligence.
The video was directed by Huxley, an artificial intelligence whose «mind» was modeled after the cognitive and emotional processes of humans.
In the introduction of the video, you can read that «It is the very first collaboration of its kind, between artists in different planes of existence.
Although groundbreaking, this is not entirely new to Duran Duran’s artistic career, during which the band has made music videos that strayed from prevailing trends.
In that category can be cited «The Reflex», «Save a Prayer», «Hungry Like The Wolf» and «A View to a Kill», the latter a subject for the James Bond filmography.
As for the use of artificial intelligence, it is the first time that it is used to «direct a video», although songs created with algorithms in the style of some authors have already been released.
An example of this is the song «Drowned in the Sun» made in the style of Nirvana from the patterns of the music of Kurt Cobain.
The Invisible song in Future Past
EU release, hardback book CD with 3 bonus tracks.
Tracklisting :
1. Invisible 2. All Of You 3. Give It All Up (feat. Tove Lo) 4. Anniversary 5. Future Past 6. Velvet Newton 7. Beautiful Lies 8. Tonight United 9. Wing 10. Nothing Less 11. Laughing Boy 12. Hammerhead (feat. Ivorian Doll) 13. Invocation 14. More Joy! (feat. Chai) 15. Falling (feat. Mike Garson)
The song «Invisible» features Blur’s Graham Coxon on guitar, David Bowie’s pianist Mike Garson and indie-pop artist Lykke Li.
The production of «Future Past» corresponded to the legendary Giorgio Moroder, the DJ and remixer Erol Alkan, and Mark Ronson.
In a press release from the label, the singer of the band Simon Le Bon reveals that the band first went into the studio in 2018.
«I was trying to persuade the guys that all we needed to do was write two or three tracks for an EP.
Four days later, with the nucleus of 25 plus strong songs in the can, that all deserved development, I realized we’d be in it for the long haul, but that was before Covid.
So here we are in 2021 with our 15th studio album, Future Past straining at the leash … I’m not saying it’s epic, but well … yes I am.
«We open with the song Invisible, which began as a story about a one-sided relationship but grew into something much bigger, because ‘a voiceless crowd isn’t backing down.’
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