From the first moment news of Queen's new album hit the music airwaves, fans have been clamouring for details and rumors. And it looks like the legendary rock group has found its main producer.
William Orbit announced on Twitter that he will be working with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor on this new endeavour. Orbit has worked with big names in the industry such as Madonna, Britney Spears, and Blur in the past.
He confirmed on Twitter, "Am definitely working with QUEEN. Amazing songs. That's all I'm sayin 4 now. Watch this space."
Queen's new album will include tracks featuring previously unreleased vocals from Freddie Mercury. It will also include long-discussed 80s-era collaboration tracks between Mercury and Michael Jackson. The late frontman had previously worked with the King of Pop on three unreleased songs during a season for Jackson's 'Thriller' album.
"We found a few more tracks with Freddie singing and all of us playing and they're quite beautiful," May told Radio.com in an earlier interview. "People will be hearing this work toward the end of the year."
They were able to record 'Victory' and 'State Of Shock' (with vocals by Mick Jagger) for the Jacksons' 1984 album. 'There Must Be More to Life Than This,' on the other hand, was redone for Mercury's solo album in 1985, 'Mr. Bad Guy.'
The group reportedly were able to recover old sound bites thanks to modern technology.
"It's a compilation but it will have this new material on which nobody in the world has ever heard and I think people will really enjoy it," the Hall of Fame guitarist added, "It's the big, big epic sound. It wouldn't have been if we hadn't have done this restoration job. We only had scraps, but knowing how it would've happened had we finished it, I can sit there and make it happen with modern technology."
'Queen Forever' will be the rock group's second post-Mercury album endeavour that will use the late frontman's vocals. 'Made In Heaven' was the last track featuring both Mercury and original bassist John Deacon. Mercury died in 1991 due to an AIDS-related complication.
Queen has since worked with Paul Rodgers for 2008's 'The Cosmos Rocks' album. The group recently finished their North American tour with Adam Lambert and will be heading to Australia and Asia in the coming months.
May earlier hinted that he and Rogers would also be working with Lambert for a record in Queen's new album.
