Life after 30 finds the original freak folker putting away hippy-dippy things. Meet Devendra Banhart Version 2.0: shorn, showered, shaved, engaged, focused and wearing a shirt. He’s also making the finest music of his career. New album Mala (Nonesuch) is the best thing he’s done since his debut. Guest appearances are few and far between, so what comes through is the thing that’s always been Banhart’s greatest asset: himself. He will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent print cover story on him.
Banhart: I’m a huge fan of composers Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds. Frahm’s Felt, Wintermusik, The Bells, Screws and Arnalds’ …And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness, Another Happy Day, Dyad 1909, Found Songs, Living Room Songs, Variations Of Static and, of course, Stare (the EP they made together) are on constant rotation in our studio. Just beautiful, beautiful, beautiful albums. They also seem like such nice guys!
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