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ADAM ANT<\/h1>\nADAM ANT<\/h1>\nThe former U.K. chart-topper gets back into the swing of performing \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Creatively speaking, Adam Ant has soared over the mountaintops and stumbled on the valley\u2019s floor. Clinically diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2003, he had fallen off the radar eight years earlier, after the release of Wonderful<\/i>. He eventually battled through the disease to release Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner\u2019s Daughter<\/i>, his first studio recording in 18 years. \u201cBipolar means up and down, which also means light and shade,\u201d Ant says. \u201cYou do need the light and the dark, and I think the album reflects that. This record shows both sides, and it would have been cowardly and inappropriate not to address it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the years since his last album, Ant\u2014born Stuart Goddard in London\u2014released the odd single, various compilations and his memoir called Stand & Deliver: The Autobiography<\/i> in 2007. But they were placeholders for the new LP, the first on his private label, Blueblack Hussar Records. \u201cI spent more time with the album, and it was more organic,\u201d says Ant, 58. \u201cIt grew from writing a batch of songs with [longtime guitarist and songwriting partner] Boz Boorer and some of my own. Most of the people I collaborated with had home studios, so I didn\u2019t go into one studio with one producer and come out with one sound, like I did with Tony Visconti on Vive Le Rock<\/i> or Chris Hughes on Kings of the Wild Frontier<\/i> and Prince Charming<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
In fact, many will barely recognize Adam Ant\u2019s latest music as coming from the singer who pioneered the New Romantic sound in the late 1970s. The new album reveals his love for blues, jazz and bluegrass, and as the producer\u2014his first-ever gig behind the console\u2014he wanted to bring out all those different styles. \u201cIt\u2019s not overproduced and it\u2019s not a slick record,\u201d Ant explains. \u201cIt\u2019s an eclectic choice of songs. I didn\u2019t record with any particular production sound in mind. I recorded with the kind of technology I felt it needed. In that respect it\u2019s quite a surprising record because it isn\u2019t, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s gone for that sound.\u2019 It\u2019s very hard to put your finger on a kind of sound for this record.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having been away for so many years, Ant has slowly returned to performing and is touring later this year. \u201cThe album got me back into the practice of songwriting, recording and playing live,\u201d he says. \u201cKnowing the business side of things and having your own label, these are things you talk about having, and then you have them. It takes time to appreciate what you have. I\u2019m constantly writing now for the next one and the one after that. Hopefully it won\u2019t take so long in between.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Steve Rosen<\/p>\n
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