Gillan: disco novo será gravado em Nashville a partir de 23 de junho

Meu colega Marco Jayme catou esta entrevista do Gillan à Classic Rock. O foco principal é o Who Cares, que saiu no ano passado. Mas o cantor fala bastante do futuro do Deep Purple. O novo disco, pelo que Gillan diz, será gravado em Nashville, no final de junho. Ainda não tem data pra sair o disco novo.


Gillan elogia a produção de Bananas ("Bananas foi um disco de som fantástico... O primeiro disco de Bradford conosco foi brilhante") e critica a produção de Rapture of the Deep ("...em contraste completo com Rapture of the Deep"). A foto acima, aliás, é da produção de Bananas. Gillan também fala sobre as expectativas em relação ao produtor Bob Ezrin, ainda que o contrato não tenha sido assinado.

"Ele veio até nós pra conversar sobre o assunto e todo mundo se apaixonou por ele. Acho que a ideia de trabalhar com alguém que respeitamos profissionalmente e pessoalmente... vai ser mais fácil. Pra ser honesto, acho que o que estamos procurando é uma daquelas abordagens de profissional antigo, onde você tem uma direção e um grande som. É isso que queremos. Cortar o lixo, que a gente só nota tarde demais. Precisamos de um ouvido objetivo, acho que isso é muito importante."

To close, we simply must talk about Deep Purple. It’s true that Bob Ezrin is producing your new album?
It looks that way. I’m not sure I’m allowed to say anything until contracts are signed but it seems… let’s put it this way, I’m booking a flight out to Nashville on June 23. So I’m sure he will be [producing], yes.
June 23 is when you’re going to kick off the recording?
The whole thing, the writing and everything, yes. We’ve got six weeks to do it.
Bob Ezrin is an interesting choice…
I think it’s great to work with different producers and Bob Ezrin has got an amazing track record. No pun intended. He came up to see us to talk it through and everyone fell in love with him. I think the idea of working with somebody you’ve got respect for professionally and personally… it’s going to make it easy. To be honest, what I think we’re looking for is one of those old-pro type approaches where you have guidance and a great sound. That’s what we want. To cut out the rubbish, which we always recognise too late. We need an objective ear, I think that’s really important. I’m looking forward to it very much.
If you look at the history of Purple, you’ve self-produced more often than not.
Generally, yes. We’ve used Martin Birch as a kind of engineer and sixth ear… a sixth pair of ears, I should say. But generally self-produced. This time I think we’re a little more focused than we have been in the past. We never make plans; we just turn up with nothing and crack on from there. But I think Bob Ezrin will help us focus. I thought Bananas [2003, produced by Michael Bradford] was a fantastic-sounding record… in complete contrast to Rapture Of The Deep [2005, also produced by Bradford]. Bradford’s first album with us was brilliant. We’re all a bit long in the tooth and as life goes on you do need someone to give you that cutting edge, which I’m sure Bob Ezrin will provide.
When will new album be released?
Well, I don’t know. There used to be a long lapse between finishing the recording, then the post-production, the artwork and everything… it used to take ages. It’s much quicker these days. I’ve done three or four albums since the last Purple album. Once the music’s sorted, the rest of it takes no time at all. So, when’s it coming out? I don’t know. How do you sell records these days anyway?