AT RANDOM IS BACK

Forty-five years after Ann Arbor, Michigan based At Random broke up, founding members
Robert L. Hunt and Jon F. Anderson have decided to put the band back together.
They plan to re-release some of the original songs they wrote and recorded with At Random, along with other material written and recorded individually and together through the years.

What is exciting is that this time, along with Nashville, TN based producer Shiro Onedera, they are making use of AI. Unlike the controversial array of music being turned out by simply having AI make up the lyrics and music, all of the songs being released were written, copyrighted and performed by Hunt and Anderson either in groups or individually since 1975.

The new At Random is hands on for the entire process. Instead of just having AI do everything, each song being released takes many days to perfect as the group programs instruments, vocal sound, harmonies, genre and tempo of each song before spending more hours mixing and mastering.

Anderson and Hunt will also be adding new and previously recorded instrument and vocal parts in addition to stems from previous recordings to the productions. According to both Anderson and Hunt what is most exciting about this project is being able to take songs they performed as rock and produce them as country, jazz, pop or EDM versions.

While he initially resisted the idea, producer Shiro Onedera changed Robert’s mind after playing him a few updated versions of songs Hunt and Anderson had recorded at Emerald Studio in Nashville, TN and at Solid Sound in Ann Arbor MI. Once he was convinced of the quality of the material, Hunt went all in and spent a week arranging and reproducing a couple songs written by Jon Anderson and that was all it took for the two former bandmates to get the show back on the road.

They are currently working on their new album, AT RANDOM NOW and THEN.