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As of July 2006, U2 were reportedly recording a new album, although it is unknown at what point in the process the sessions are. According to Bono there are 24 songs that came out of the last album sessions, of which the band took 11 for their subsequent record. Amateur recordings from the band's sessions in Èze, France suggest that the band are indeed preparing their next album. Producer Rick Rubin has reportedly been working with U2 on new material for their next album in the south of France. On 12 September, it was reported on the official U2 website that the band was working on a new album in Abbey Road Studios. Bono has hinted that the new U2 material will be a reinvention of U2's sound. "We're gonna continue to be a band, but maybe the rock will have to go; maybe the rock has to get a lot harder. But whatever it is, it's not gonna stay where it is", he says. In the December 2006 issue of Q Magazine, The Edge said that the new album will be a very melodic record: "A new found appreciation for pure melody. That seems to be what we're all interested in at the moment." In the April 2007 edition of Rolling Stone Magazine, Bono is reported as saying "We've reached the end of where we've been for the last couple of albums. I want to take it to the next level.