Beyonce Presents Authentic Sound On Cowboy Carter Album

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JAKARTA - Beyonce's latest album, Cowboy Carter, has been hotly discussed since its release on Friday, March 29 last week. The album was launched following the success of two previously released singles, 16 CARRIGAGES and TEXAS HOLD EM.

Cowboy Carter contains 27 songs that include many musical genres, such as country, rock, hiphop, blues, soul, classic, folk, to opera. But for sure, Beyonce as executive producer presents the work of an artist who is speeding up in his freedom to grow, develop and be creative indefinitely.

Jay-Z's wife raised, strengthened, and re-defined the sound of music, while exposing fake norms about Americana culture. He explored authentic sounds, which were not on the machine. The album is also a tribute to the past and the pioneers of music.

"The joy in creating music is the absence of rules," Beyonce said in a press release received by VOI, Tuesday, April 2.

The more I see the developing world, the deeper I feel the relationship with purity. With the rise of artificial intelligence, digital filters, and programming, I want to return to real instruments, and I use very old instruments," he continued.

I don't want the layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs to be perfectly aligned. I keep some songs raw and lean towards the folk. All sound is very organic and humane, everyday things like the wind, click sound, even the sound of birds and chickens, the sound of nature.

Cowboy Carter presented the exploration of Beyonce's beloved sound and heard it growing up. The album is filled with authentic pure instrumentation from chordons, harmonics, acoustic guitars, ukulele, bass, guitar, vibra-slap, mandolin, vandal, violin B3 organs, tax piano, and banjo. In addition, there were many applause, horseshoe steps, bot shoes on the hardwood floor, to nails as percussion.

Furthermore, Cowboy Carter takes into account Southern culture and Western outside of music, film western, and the stories of native western cowboys. For example, in Rodeo, Beyonce first saw the diversity and friendship among people who liked country music and the style of adventure, studied the community, culinary dishes, roast dishes, and western supplies.

The culture is open to everyone. Among the crowds, there are black cowboys, herpanics, and native Americans, who make valuable and authentic contributions to the culture.

Beyonce himself is a fan of history, and he continues his work which is an American music masterclass, starting with the album RENAISSANCE (2022) which is an in-depth study of dance music and its creators, as well as celebrations for those who live in joy.

Meanwhile, Cowboy Carter is the work of an artist who creates in his own way, without any rules, survives bravely. The songs strove, lull, and encourage listeners' curiosity through 27 songs that remove boundaries placed on genre-based music.

As a producer, Beyonce explores and experiments with chordal change and basic tones, easily blending genres, bends, and blending unexpected things. This album is a rare work that can seamlessly feature the remake of classic songs such as BLACKBIIIRD by The Beatles and JOLENE by Dolly Parton, as well as the creation of diverse sonics such as SWEET HONEY BUCKIN, RIIIVER DANCE, and II MOST WANTED.

My process is that I usually have to experiment. I enjoy openness to having freedom in revealing all aspects of things I love. So, I do a lot of songs, I record maybe 100 songs, after completion I can unify the puzzle and realize consistency and general themes, and then create a solid work, "concluded Beyonce.

Here's a tracklist for Cowboy Carter:

1. AMERICAN REQUIEM2. BLACKBIIRD3.16 CARRIAGES4. PROTECTOR5. MY ROSE6. SMOKE HOUR WILLIE NELSON7. TEXAS HOLD EM8. BODYGUARD9. DOLLY P10. JOLENE11.DAUGHTER12. SPAGHETTII13. ALLIGATOR EARS14. SMOKE HOUR II15. JUST FOR FUN16.I MOST WAITED17. LEVIIS JEANS18. THE LINDA MARTELL SHOW20. YA21. OH LOUISIANA22. DESERT EAGLE23. RIIIVER DANCE24.II HANDS II HEAVEN25. TYRANT26. SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN27. AMEN