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Fuller is known for playing with acts including Portishead, Massive Attack, and his own band, Beak>, but Fragments marks his very first endeavour as a solo artist. The album is cited as a product of Fuller's restless creativity, with "Rummer" offering the first preview of his in-the-moment approach to making music.
Speaking about the track, he says: "Armed with a bass, a drum machine and a Korg micro preset this is my attempt at trying to be Kraftwerk making the theme tune for Ski Sunday!’"
Fragments brings together pieces that Fuller has created alone in his home studio over the past few years. When Beak> took a break in 2025, following the departure of co-founder and drummer Geoff Barrow after the conclusion of their North American tour, Fuller revisited those compositions.
Having created every song on his own, as well as playing every instrument on the album — including drums, bass guitar, upright bass, guitar, keyboards, synths, and the occasional vocals, only once enlisting the help of Andy Sutor (Peach) for drums on a single track — Fuller identifies the Fragments as an album of emotion which captures his love for making music, rather than a bass album.
Discussing his songwriting process and intention behind the album, he explains: “As I am primarily a bass player, I almost always use the bass to begin writing a new song. Because of this process I sometimes found myself layering bass lines on top of each other to create a single piece of music. ‘Won A Synth’ is a good example of this - it’s four bass guitars and a drum beat. But I don’t have the ability or desire to show off my dexterity on the bass. I’m in the business of emotion.”
Fragments artwork
Fragments tracklist
"RUMMER"
"THREE BLIND MICE"
"PENNY BONT"
"BUDFREY ROBBED ALEXANDER"
"I CAN'T"
"TAILGATES & RATCHET STRAPS"
"TODO"
"BLACKSTAR"
"ON THE EVE"
"SOMETHING ELSE"
"WHAMMY"
"WON A SYNTH"
"PIRATE SHIP"
"BONANAZA"
"FULL FAT"
"LAST TRAIN TO YATTON"
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