In fact, having waited nearly a decade to hear new material, fans of Sade may have had quite the jolt on hearing “Soldier of Love,” the title song and first single from the sultry singer’s new album.
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Speaking to The New York Times’ Jon Pareles for one of the few interviews she did to promote the album, she spoke of song creation as an “out of body experience” and of the looseness in the studio as the way to keep the spirit free and unfettered.Įither way, the results are stunning. Seems to work.”Īdu puts it in slightly different terms, adding a bit of metaphysical perspective to it all. And if Sade’s not feeling the vibe, Sade takes a few months off. When we write we never think of the end result - who’s going to listen to it or whether radio will play it or what the record company will think or what people want.
“We went into the studio and messed around a little, nothing serious, just goofing around,” says Matthewman. Denman now lives in Los Angeles, where he’s been managing his son’s band, Orange. They were scattered on both sides of the Atlantic: Matthewman busy in New York with various ongoing film scores (he’s the go-to guy for directors the Polish Bothers) and electronic dub projects (under the name Cottonbelly), not to mention his regular collaborations with r&b star Maxwell. The last album had been 2000’s Lover’s Rock, the last tour ended in 2002. It had been a long time since singer Sade Adu, guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman, keyboard player Andrew Hale and bassist Paul Denmam - collectively known as Sade - had gotten together to make music when they gathered a few years ago in the frontwoman’s London home studio.
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