Sananda Maitreya had a simple plan for his 13th album: 13 songs centered around guitar, bass, and drums. He wasn’t daunted by this eerie number. “Whatever other people are irrationally afraid of interests me,” he said recently. “I love black cats. Are black cats bad? No, black cats are cool. Number 13 needs love too.”
But the project sparked an unprecedented outpouring of love, beginning just before his 60th birthday and blossoming into the 41-song epic Pegasus Project: Pegasus and the Swan. It is divided into two sides, the first being guitar-driven and the second being more classical. This is the third part of the “season” concept started by 2017’s Prometheus & Pandora and his 2021 Pandora’s Playhouse.
Call it the Sananda Maitreya Cinematic Universe. “Every record must stand on its own,” he said. “But if you want to go deeper, there are interconnected worlds, with interchangeable stories and characters. It’s not surprising that Marvel and DC have the same understanding of mythology as the ancient Greeks in movies like Iron Man and Spider-Man. It’s the same as making a
This is part of Maitreya’s new season of activity, and in 2022 he re-released his 1995 self-titled debut album, Introducing the Hardline according to Sananda Maitreya (previously Terence Trent Darby). . It was an emotional experience, but also a happy reunion with the album’s original producer, Martin Ware of Heaven 17.
In 2022, he collaborated with Calvin Harris on Calvin Harris’ Love Regenerator project. And this summer, Maitreya will hold his first show in the UK in over 20 years. supreme love Jazz festival with Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick and more.
You can ask Maitreya about that, about his life in Milan, patronizing Miles Davis and Mick Jagger, training as a boxer, or anything else when Maitreya interviews readers of the Guardian. Post your questions in the comments section by April 2nd. Best Questions will be presented to him in a future issue of Movies and Music.
