U2's next album, which the band are currently working on in the south of France, has been heavily influenced by African music.
The band first began working on the album during a trip to Morrocco with long-time visual collaborator Anton Corbijn and producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, last year.Bono very vaguely described the album to The Independent, saying "U2 in dancefloor shock! Normally when you play a U2 tune, it clears the dancefloor. And that may not be true of this. There's some trance influences. But there's some very hardcore guitar coming out of The Edge. Real molten metal."
He added, "It's not like anything we've ever done before, and we don't think it sounds like anything anyone else has done either."
Bono also talked about the musical experiences the band had in Morocco, watching the Sufi singers power through 40 minutes of complex melodies.
"It was a real humbling thing for a punk rock shouter, listening to these people who just close their eyes for 40 minutes and sing the most sophisticated melodies.
"We got this little riad, a small hotel with a courtyard in the middle and set up the band there, with a square of sky over our head. The two great catalysts of U2's recording life, [producers] Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, joined us. We'd record during the day and then disappear into windy streets of the medina at night. It was an inspiring experience and a drummer's paradise."
Their last record 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' was universally acclaimed by the critics and the fans and featured the ball tearer of a single, 'Vertigo'.
There is no title or release date or the album as of yet.
