It's a supergroup made in name-game heaven! Members of Faith No More, TV On the Radio and Subtle have announced that they are working together on an as-yet unnamed project. Meaning that 2009 may be the year of, er, No More Subtle Radio!
Word comes from the mouth of TV On the Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe, speaking to the Onion AV Club in an as-yet unpublished interview. Coaxed by an enthusiastic journalist, Adebimpe admitted that he, Faith No More's Mike Patton, and Adam "Doseone" Drucker are collaborating.
"[We are] working on a project that I'm thinking will congeal toward the end of the year," Adebimpe said. "It came from an idea that Adam had, to have the three of us just, basically, mess around vocally and see what comes of it."
Doseone also confirmed the news in an interview with XLR8R magazine.
Mike Patton has a long history of collaborations, both as part of Faith No More and more recent projects like Peeping Tom. In 2006, Doseone appeared on Peeping Tom's self-titled album alongside Norah Jones and Massive Attack. Adebimpe and Doseone meanwhile worked together on last year's Subtle record Yell And Ice, and Adebimpe has also recorded with members of cLOUDDEAD, an alt-hip-hop crew of which Doseone is a member.
All three artists have a history of manipulating vocals, chopping relatively straight-ahead songs into eerie, jabbering mood music. Together their work might be spooky enough to make us to keep the lights on at bedtime.
