Deftones frontman Chino Moreno said the band is putting the final touches on the White Pony remix album, Black Stallion. The upcoming Black Stallion is expected to be a companion piece to an upcoming 20th anniversary edition of White Pony.
It has already been announced that the remix album will feature DJ Shadow, Trevor Jackson, and Clams Casino. While speaking with Spin.com, Moreno said:
“The record’s just been mastered, and it’s fucking brilliant. It could have been a little self-indulgent — it’s a record based off another record that’s people already like, so it would be easy to fuck up. Our initial idea was to have DJ Shadow remix the whole record.
He said he would love to do a song, so he did a remix of ‘Digital Bath.’ The majority of the people we reached out to came back with excitement: ‘Oh, I love this song. Can I do this song?’ The record is sequenced exactly like ‘White Pony,’ so it kind of takes you on a journey in the same way but completely flipped upside-down.”
Deftones’ ninth studio album, Ohms, was released today, and with it the band released a “visual tracklist” stream. All the songs with “visuals” can be found at deftones.com, or can be seen below.
Experience every song from our new album through the _Ohms Visual Tracklist: https://t.co/ob43GWBKJF#Ohms is now available everywhere to stream and purchase: https://t.co/IIZVLhjCVH pic.twitter.com/RMBMhIgja3
— Deftones (@deftones) September 25, 2020
Deftones also recently announced their “Adopt-a-Dot” campaign, where fans can donate $20 to “adopt” one of the 12,995 dots that make up the album cover for Ohms. When a dot is adopted, you can upload a photo to be part of that pixelated dot that when combined with the others, makes up Frank Maddocks’ artwork. According to Maddocks:
“Ohms album art is an iconic rendering of a suspended, chance moment in time. As with DEFTONES music and lyrics, the definitive meaning of the imagery invites and relies on interpretation from the viewer. From a dreamy gaze above, to sadness, hope, despair, optimism and a longing for connection, the emotions conveyed are endless and infinitely evolving.”
The proceeds from the campaign go to UC Davis Children’s Hospital and Live Nation’s Crew Nation global relief fund for live music crews who have been impacted by COVID-19. The “adoption” can be make at Deftones.com/Adopt.
Ohms track listing:
- Genesis
- Ceremony
- Utantia
- Error
- The Spell of Mathematics
- Pompeji
- This Link Is Dead
- Radiant City
- Headless
- Ohms
