Nate Mercereau Enlists André 3000, Kamasi Washington, Shabaka, and More for New Album, Shares Song: Listen

The title “Sound Within Sound” relates to how I think about some of this music, the music created with other music, as Worlds Within Worlds and Worlds Beyond… Expanded into Possible Realities. The main flute and drum sample is a moment of André 3000 and Carlos Niño when they first picked up their instruments to make sound to get levels (during a 2022 session in Hollywood), as played with my guitar later in my home studio in Tujunga.

I felt there was more to explore with this motif that they were playing, so I zoomed in on it, and created more with it. I’m grateful to both of them for being supportive of me making more music with our music. In my set up I have a microphone, which is connected to a sampler, which is controlled by the guitar. When the group is playing something I want to play, I can record what’s happening in the room, drop it into the sampler, and play the sound of the group with the guitar. It maps to the fretboard so I can play it at any pitch and speed. With this approach, Anything can become an instrument. All Possible Realities Are Available. “Sound Within Sound” is a version of a Possible Reality. Reality Expanded. I’m currently on tour in Europe with André and Carlos (and Deantoni and Surya), so it feels great to introduce this new album with a piece of music featuring two of my Traveling creative brothers.