@dawnrichard and I made a record together over the last couple of years and we are announcing it today. The album is called Pigments and you can hear the first movement now This album is one of the most ambitious projects I’ve taken on to date. I wrote the music in three movements with Dawn writing vocals that have her emerging throughout the album as the central figure of an orchestra “This album is what it means to be a dreamer and finally reach a place where you’ve decided to love the pigments that you have.” - Dawn Richard I’m honored to have had such an incredibly open and exploratory group of musicians as members of this album Dawn Richard - vocals, writing (@dawnrichard) Spencer Zahn - bass, vibraphone, piano, synthesizers, writing, producing (@spencerzahn) Malcolm Parson - cello, violin, viola (@mparsoncello) Mike Haldeman - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sampled instruments (@haldeman) Stuart Bogie - clarinet, bass clarinet (@stuartbogie) Doug Wieselman - clarinet, bass clarinet Jas Walton - tenor saxophone (@satchmo_boogie) Kirk Schoenherr - electric guitar (@kirksphoto) Dave Scalia - drums, percussion (@d_scalia) Lily Wen - engineer (@figureandgroundrecs) Jake Aron - engineer (@mordecaimoroh) Alex Komlos - engineer (@punkd90211) Eli Crews - mixing (@elicrews) Shawn Hatfield - mastering (@audibleoddities) Clifford Usher - photography (@cliffordusher) Vermeer Ha - styling, photo assistance (@vermeerha_) Stream today and pre order the vinyl via @mergerecords now at the link in my bio