Visits from Future Technology explained

Visits from Future Technology
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shaun Ryder
Cover:	Shaun Ryder - Visits from Future Technology.png
Alt:	The album title written in simple white text on top of an obscure black design on top of a white background
Length:	41:37
Label:	SWRX
Producer:	Sunny Levine
Prev Title:	Amateur Night in the Big Top
Prev Year:	2003

Visits from Future Technology is the second studio album by British singer Shaun Ryder, the frontman of Happy Mondays and Black Grape. It was produced by Sunny Levine and released on 20 August 2021 by SWRX Recordings, Ryder's own label.^[1] "Mumbo Jumbo" was released as the first single from the album in June 2021.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Mumbo Jumbo" (Shaun Ryder, Sunny Levine, Ariel Rosenberg) – 3:38
2. "Close the Dam" (Ryder, Levine, Amir Yaghmai) – 4:01
3. "Pop Star's Daughters" (Ryder, Levine, Rosenberg) – 3:52
4. "Monster" (Ryder, Levine, Eamond Ryland) – 4:30
5. "Honey Put the Kettle On" (Ryder, Levine, Giuseppe Patane) – 3:11
6. "Crazy Bitches" (Ryder, Levine, Yaghmai) – 3:12
7. "Straighten Me Up" (Ryder, Levine, Yaghmai) – 3:44
8. "I Can Stop Anytime" (Ryder, Levine) – 4:00
9. "Electric Scales" (Ryder, Levine, Patane) – 3:28
10. "Turn Off the Air" (Ryder, Levine, Rosenberg) – 3:02
11. "Clubbing Rabbits" (Ryder, Dan Broad, Gary Whelan) – 4:59

Personnel

Personnel per sleeve.^[3]

• Shaun Ryder – lead vocals, background vocals
• Sunny Levine – riddim, synths, tings, background vocals
• Ariel Pink – guitar, bass, keyboards, background vocals, beatbox
• Amir Yaghmai – guitar, bass, plucked violin, synth
• Eamond Ryland – guitar, pedal steel, bass
• Joachim Cooder – percussion
• John Carroll Kirby – keyboards, synth bass, synths
• Julie Gordon – background vocals
• Giuseppe Patane – bass, guitar, synths
• Jesse Nolan – guitar
• Dan Broad – synths, guitar
• Norman Mcleod – pedal steel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shaun Ryder announces first solo album in 18 years, Visits From Future Technology . Krol . Charlotte . 10 May 2021 . . 24 January 2024.
2. Web site: Shaun Ryder releases baggy solo track 'Mumbo Jumbo' . Reilly . Nick . 28 June 2021 . . 24 January 2024.
3. Visits from Future Technology. Shaun Ryder. 2021. sleeve. SWRX Recordings.