Diving into EDM this weekend with a set by Fred Again at the 2024 Reading Festival on August 24, 2024 and broadcast by BBC 6 Music.
In his first appearance, headlining a Major festival in Britain, Fred Again (aka: Frederick Gibson) has been gathering a big fanbase, primarily from club dates and less-than-stadium-sized gigs. But since his first appearance as producer/writer in 2018 he’s been gaining a lot of attention as youngest producer to with the coveted Brit Award Producer of The Year 2020, and surfacing as a solo artist amid the Pandemic.
So on top of everything else, Fred Again has established himself as an artist with a future.
Here’s a rundown of what he’s been up to and something of a resumé of his career so far:
In 2019, Gibson began a project titled Actual Life, in which he collects samples from various sources – such as voice memos, clips from social media, and music by other artists – and incorporates them into original tracks.Gibson released the first of these albums, titled Actual Life (April 14 – December 17 2020), in April 2021, which he described as a “collaborative diary” reflecting his life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. He released a follow-up, Actual Life 2 (February 2 – October 15 2021), later that year in November.
In July 2022, Gibson performed a set for Boiler Room in London, the third most-watched set on Boiler Room’s YouTube Channel. The same week, he released the single “Turn On the Lights again..” with Swedish House Mafia, which samples Future’s 2012 single “Turn On the Lights”.
In 2022, Gibson’s song “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)” was featured in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning film Triangle of Sadness.
Gibson’s third solo studio album, Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022), was released on 28 October 2022. It was preceded by five singles: “Danielle (Smile on My Face)”, “Bleu (Better with Time)”, “Kammy (Like I Do)”, “Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)” and “Clara (The Night Is Dark)”.
Gibson’s debut tour, which ran between October 2022 and February 2023 stopped in Europe, America, New Zealand and Australia. Prior to this tour, he had done sporadic pop-up shows and festivals starting in late 2021, such as the above-mentioned Boiler Room and going B2B with Swedish House Mafia.
In a TikTok stitch on 31 January 2023 with user “@maddysb99”, Gibson confirmed that the moniker Fred again.. stemmed from a line in the 2002 film Scooby-Doo where the character of Fred Jones, in the voice of Daphne Blake, says “I’m Fred again!” following a supernatural body swap scene.
On 4 January 2023, Gibson and Skrillex released their collaboration “Rumble” featuring Flowdan. Following this, Fred, Skrillex, and Four Tet played three more shows from 5–7 January across different London venues.
On 18 February 2023, Gibson played at a sold-out Skrillex show alongside Four Tet at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Having announced the performance in the same week as the show, the trio played a warmup set in Times Square the day before.
On 10 April 2023, Gibson appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
On 24 April 2023, he, alongside Skrillex and Four Tet, played the final set of Coachella after being listed on the lineup as “TBA”, a last-minute addition following the departure of Frank Ocean.
On 23 June 2023, Gibson made his first appearance at Glastonbury Festival.
On 8 December 2023, Gibson released “Leavemealone” featuring Baby Keem.
On 28 February 2024, Gibson released “Stayinit” featuring Lil Yachty and Overmono.
On 31 May 2024, Gibson and Anderson .Paak released “Places to Be” featuring Chika.
On 18 July 2024, Gibson teased a new album in an Instagram post. He later on revealed the release of a new album, Ten Days, featuring the likes of Skrillex, Duskus, Four Tet, Anderson .Paak, Sampha and more. The album was released on 6 September 2024.
On 17 August 2024, he played at Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands, and on 24 August 2024, headlined Reading Festival for the first time.
On December 13, 2024, Fred AGain released a pair of singles, as an expansion to Ten Days, titled “Two More Days”. These singles were “light dark light” featuring Angie McMahon and “little mystery” featuring John Martyn.
So now you know.
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