Fred Again
A gifted producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ, Fred again.. first began releasing music with his ‘Actual Life’ series. An exercise in unique sampling using YouTube rips, Facetime calls and voice notes from friends, the concept of ‘Actual Life’ took on new meaning over the next two years as Fred built a global community of fans, emboldened by Fred’s willingness to seek both joy and inspiration in every day interactions. Three ‘Actual Life’ albums were released between 2021 and 2022, with ‘Actual Life 3’ landing Fred his first ever UK Top 5 album and a Mercury Prize nomination.
2023 saw Fred start the year by joining forces with Skrillex & veteran grime MC, Flowdan, on Skrillex single ‘Rumble’ in January, which was first teased during his Boiler Room debut in the summer of 2022. Elsewhere in 2023, Fred also recorded a special Tiny Desk Concert for NPR while also joining forces with Brian Eno on ‘Secret Life’ – a surprise-drop 13 track ambient album released on Four Tet’s Text Records imprint.
Fred later made his Glastonbury debut that summer, pulling in one of the largest crowds in the Other Stage’s history, before going on to sell-out a total of 5x shows at London’s Alexandra Palace in just one week. 2024 saw Fred continue to push his live show to new limits; from landmark, sold-out stadiums in Los Angeles to sunset pop-ups at skateparks in Mexico City, last-minute sell-out shows at the Sydney Opera House and a surprise 30-minute ambient set on the piano at Glastonbury’s Strummerville.
Fred also released latest studio album, ‘ten days’ last summer. Comprised of 10 tracks, ‘ten days’ featured contributions from Sampha, SOAK, Four Tet, Skrillex, Anderson .Paak, The Japanese House, Scott Hardkiss and Emmylou Harris. The album also featured previously released singles ‘adore u’ alongside Obongjayar & ‘ten’ ft. Jozzy.
‘ten days’ also followed ‘USB001’ — the first vinyl volume of Fred’s infinite, ever-evolving ‘USB’ album project chronicling his most defining club singles. Made available on limited-edition 12” vinyl, ‘001’ featured tracks like ‘Baby Again’, ‘Rumble’ alongside Skrillex & Flowdan, ‘Jungle’, ‘leavemealone’ with Baby Keem and ‘stayinit’ with Lil Yachty, as well as remixes from Nia Archives, HAAi and Rico Nasty.
