a solo album:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dhani-harrison-on-first-solo-album-ufos-technology-detox-w506425
"If you want to transcend Dhani Harrison then first you have to be Dhani Harrison," the songwriter/composer tellsRolling Stone. At age 38, after years of purposely flying just below the radar, he's only now launching a proper solo career with IN///PARALLEL, his cinematic debut LP, out Friday.
It's been 15 years since Harrison, the son of late former Beatle George, teamed with ELO mastermind Jeff Lynne to complete his father's posthumous swan song,Brainwashed. But in the interim, he's worked hard to avoid capitalizing on his lofty lineage, floating around from project to project: alt-rock act thenewno2, rock supergroup Fistful of Mercy (with Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur), and numerous film and TV scoring projects (including Amazon's 2015 series Good Girls Revolt).
Harrison has felt most natural sidestepping the marquee treatment as a band member, sideman, collaborator – often behind the scenes. But IN///PARALLEL left him no choice but to adjust his methodology: These 10 brooding tracks unfolded patiently over a two-year span, without any deliberate effort – bits of melodies and lyrics emerging in his mental periphery, like "looking at something out the corner of your eye, and you can kind of see it." He chiseled away at the material during his downtime from scoring work, recruiting other musicians – including violinist Davide Rossi and Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins – to help flesh out the dynamic arrangements.
But the process was too personal for the result to be anything but a solo album. He only finished the songs after enduring an existential crisis – one catalyzed by the "anxiety" of disposable, mile-a-minute modern culture. In response, he disconnected from social media and rediscovered his love of meditation. "......(more)
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