SOPHIE’s brother reveals plans to posthumously launch music
SOPHIE‘s brother has revealed plans round posthumously releasing the artist’s yet-to-be-heard music from the vault.
Chatting with Billboard, Ben Lengthy stated “there are actually a whole lot of tracks” of SOPHIE’s that the artist’s property might doubtlessly launch.
In response to the publication, what materials will get launched is an ongoing dialogue between SOPHIE’s household and the artist’s labels, Transgressive Information and Future Basic. Nonetheless, Lengthy stated the selections rests on the household – himself, his mother and father and his two sisters.
“The concept SOPHIE and I mentioned many occasions was to do one summary experimental album after which a pop document — this was going to be the pop one — and to maintain happening that cycle for years,” Lengthy stated.
“I don’t wish to be like, ‘We’re going to place the whole lot out,’ as a result of typically SOPHIE didn’t need it to or it wasn’t completed. But it surely was fairly clear with numerous songs, simply from the truth that we had been engaged on them and mixing the album, that I do know the route numerous issues had been presupposed to be going.”
Lengthy additionally stated there’s potential to work with SOPHIE’s quite a few collaborators on the unreleased materials.
“It’s at all times good to have an additional pair of ears,” he stated. “There are lots of people on the market who SOPHIE actually trusted and who knew SOPHIE’s imaginative and prescient. I really feel prefer it’s not simply on me.”
As for a timeline on when followers can anticipate the music to be launched, Lengthy stated it’s too quickly to lock in any particulars.
“There are lots of, many discussions available,” he stated. “Crucial factor for us is doing proper by SOPHIE — placing stuff out that SOPHIE was pleased with and would wish to be out.”
SOPHIE died earlier this 12 months in a “sudden accident” in Athens, the place the artist was dwelling. SOPHIE was 34 years previous.
An array of SOPHIE’s collaborators, pals and different artists paid tribute to the pop music icon, together with prolonged statements from A.G. Prepare dinner and Charli XCX.
A few of SOPHIE’s work for different artists have already been launched for the reason that artist’s passing, together with manufacturing on Basside’s ‘Fuck It Up’ EP.
Final month, pals and collaborators of SOPHIE launched a brand new artwork public sale titled ‘God Is Trans’, with all proceeds going to the Trans Justice Funding Challenge.