Eddington Again
Regular readers will already know the work of multidisciplinary artist Eddington Again. A seemingly obscure Los Angeles based artist has been considered something of an artist’s artist that embraces the full kinetic form of expression in pivotal ways that are conveyed through some unique currents. Now news has it that the r&B-futurist disciple is set to release an ambitious & anticipated EP (release date TBD) & we present a listen to the fresh new single “Sweet” that has captured our attention & affections. Produced by Chlorine Mist, aka FRIENDZONE’s Dylan Reznick, Eddington exhibits la dolce vida through an electric lens of weather balloon pop that bops up against the cloudiest rain vapors that ride the atmosphere’s friendliest stratospheres.
As Eddington orginally told Earmilk:
Originally this track was an idea that Dylan loved but I didn’t care too much about. I let a few other people hear the demo version and got a similar response to his. A few of my friends even told me they cried to it. So I went back and built on it with my boy Jerry and came up with this version. I later performed it at the closing reception for EJ Hills “A Subsequent Offering” at Human Resources and my boy Thed Jewel (@thed.jewel on IG) shot it and made this video.
I wasn’t gonna release it yet but I just went with the flow and decided to let it go. I’m taking a similar approach with the EP which should be available to hear soon.
“Sweet” is Eddington Again x Dylan’s dedication to that sweet, sweet life where a sense of healing can be heard like an uplifting haze about the track. Eddington lays all emotions down on the line with an unrestrained delivery that expresses desires to become brand new with an ever-expanding energy that seeks to mystically bond with like minded spirits and the like. Chlorine Mist’s production allows Eddington’s rich melodic expressions to enjoy an evocative & effervescent backdrop. With the loss of FRIENDZONE’s James Laurence still fresh in our hearts & minds; Reznick’s production has something of a funereal component where the lost half of the aforementioned duo is almost felt in spirit. “Sweet” is Eddington Again’s dedication to the art of renewal that paints us a glimpse of that good life that expressed with a reverence for everyone that has arrived before with indications of what to expect on Eddington’s upcoming EP. Join us after the listen to “Sweet” for an interview with Eddington Again:
Interested in hearing more about that sunshine element…because that seems to be a constant aura throughout most of your work that runs through a really dance-y, kinetic form of your joyful song delivery in uplifting tones & verse.
First one—give us the latest notes from the LA scenes and circuits; what’s good, what’s not, etc.
Damn that’s complicated! The scene at the moment is really versatile and constantly changing so it’s hard to say. I honestly don’t feel like there is a solid scene. More of a fluidity of scenes and parties kinda happening simultaneously
I’m also get kinda confused when people say scene because I don’t really have an outside perspective. I spend all of my time here.
Tell us about how you found your own creative musical approach and how your local environments encourage & inspire your own processes.
I always want go in on a track in way that is appealing but also abstract in my own mind. A lot of times ill hear an instrumental that moves me and ill freestyle over it then go back and add layers and switch out lyrics. I spend most of time in LA and up until recently I wasn’t aware of how much the sunshine effects the tracks I choose and the way I express myself over them. I think being in my environment definitely adds a pop aspect to what you can consider experimental music.
Describe the influential roads of experiences, trials, errors & accomplishments that would inform the new single “Sweet”.
The original instrumental was giving me passion, raw emotion and infatuation so I think that’s what poured out of me when I was freestyling. I like to lose myself when I go in to reach an almost selfless flow state where I can channel. The EP is still in the works because I’m going back and making it even more cohesive with this track.
I don’t know why but anytime someone ask me to speak about an individual track my mind spirals. I wish I could just say have a listen and feel for yourself. That’s really what I want people to do with out having to convince or explain any thing to them.
I’m interested in hearing more too about the development of the EP, and the art of conveying feeling and emotion into musical production and lyrical delivery…what are the challenges in channeling those raw and abstract feelings into your art?
I’m finding more and more that I’m not able to channel those emotions and words if I’m in a insecure head space or I haven’t been eating healthy. The environment I record in is equally important as well as the producer I’m working with. Regular meditation really helps keep me centered and confident in my abilities.
What sorts of meditations regiments have you been dabbling in and how have they helped nurture those sense of confidence?
I’ve meditating for a few years now and what I’ve found to work best for me is sitting still while wearing headphones listening to binaural beats and focusing on my breathing. Trying my best to stay in the present to keep a clear head and a relaxed body
I do that regularly and when I approach the mic I can return to that meditative state easily.
In past present in recent years I’ve always attributed a kind of lively stream of conscious style associated with your flow…how then do you formulate measures & meditations of breath into delivery from that clear frame of mind & relaxed being?
It’s hard to explain it with words but I bounce and swerve [laughs]!
My approach is more simple less technical. Even my writing style is a stream and edit process. I should write more but my freestyles reveal so much to me it’s hard to want to do anything else.
In what ways have you noticed this “stream and edit process” impacting the identity of the forthcoming EP, “Sweet”, etc…?
I’m not sure exactly because I haven’t finished it yet I’m unpredictable and I surprise myself often. Ask me this maybe a month from now.
Other artists and activists that you would like to recognize that are making great changes?
Verbs is doing some dope stuff in the community with this party called Bananas. Snatchpower is a dope poc mostly femme group making moves out here. Fuck U Pay Us is a really dope All girl black punk band fucking shit up. Brandon Drew Holmes and Sarah Gail along with my boy Micah James are some really dope poets and revolutionary minds. All out of LA.
Hopes and prayers for the future?
I pray mainstream America starts to use common sense moving forward. I hope human life isn’t a game created by an extraterrestrial for its own entertainment.
