{"id":1760473,"date":"2026-02-12T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1760473"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:16:00","slug":"danny-l-harle-you-cant-overestimate-the-power-of-your-own-club-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1760473","title":{"rendered":"Danny L Harle: \u2018You can\u2019t overestimate the power of your own club night\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-3000-2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437175.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69610\/1\/danny-l-harle-you-cant-overestimate-the-power-of-your-own-club-night\" data-article-id=\"69610\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DLH_PRESS_FINAL\" class=\"img\" height=\"2001\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437175.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Ronan Park<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-12T14:16:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"12 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"12\">12,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Danny L Harle: \u2018You can\u2019t overestimate the power of your own <span class=\"nowrap\">club night\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>After years of producing tracks for pop\u2019s most innovative artists, the producer now steps into his own world with Cerulean, his trance-inflected new album, which features collaborations with PinkPantheress, Oklou, and his <span class=\"nowrap\">own children<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-12T14:16:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"12 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"12\">12,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-12T14:16:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"12 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"12\">12,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/TiarnaMeehan\">Tiarna<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>For over a decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/danny-l-harle\">Danny L Harle<\/a> has lent his vision to some of pop\u2019s most inventive artists \u2013 from producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/caroline-polachek\">Caroline Polachek<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Pang <\/span><\/em><span>to working on tracks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/charli-xcx\">Charli xcx<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/clairo\">Clairo<\/a>, Lil Uzi Vert and many more. While he has found it fulfilling to work with so many of his favourite artists, Harle realised over time there was something missing. \u201cI felt like there was a statement of my own I wasn&#8217;t making, and realised the clear answer was just to make that statement. All I want to do is make music I want to hear,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s with this attitude that he welcomes <\/span><em><span>Cerulean<\/span><\/em><span> into his discography, a trance-inflected, electronic-orchestral debut that feels like coming into consciousness on the shore of a desert island, only to then find yourself sweaty and euphoric on a sticky, blue-lit European dancefloor. \u201cI\u2019m really interested in that moment of transcendence when listening to music \u2013 when you briefly leave reality,\u201d he explains. \u201c<\/span><em><span>Cerulean<\/span><\/em><span> is like a threshold between reality and a dream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While previous projects like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/52080\/1\/welcome-to-club-harlecore-danny-l-harle-is-taking-over-dazed\"><em><span>Harlecore<\/span><\/em><\/a><span> leaned heavily into the club space, <\/span><em><span>Cerulean<\/span><\/em><span> marries Harle\u2019s classical music training with the love for euro-trance and club tracks that underpinned his early career as a pioneer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/pc-music\">PC Music<\/a> and hyperpop.\u00a0<\/span><span>On the project, Harle is joined by some of the most exciting voices in pop today, including PinkPantheress on \u201cStarlight\u201d, Clairo on \u201cFacing Away\u201d and Oklou and MNEK on \u201cCrystallise My Tears\u201d. These collaborations are backed by a trust he has been building for years. \u201cI remember when we finished recording the song with PinkPantheress, I was like \u2018OK, I\u2019ll send you the production for approval,&#8217; and she was just like, \u2018You\u2019ve got this on lock.&#8217; When someone trusts your instincts like that, it pushes you to take the track somewhere unexpected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before launching into the world of Cerulean, we meet in a coffee shop\u2013turned\u2013co-working space in south London\u2019s Peckham. Below, he talks to us about the project, his 64-hour-long playlist, and his unwavering love of Skrillex.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"tYBGqo2bIo0\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tYBGqo2bIo0\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Thanks for meeting today! Do you come to South London much?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>I went to university at Goldsmiths and spent a good amount of time in New Cross. I went back recently to do some teaching as part of an outreach project. It was absolutely crazy walking around Goldsmiths again and seeing venues where I used to DJ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I was playing really similar music to what I play now, and back then, it was clearing dance floors in a way that made me feel really disconnected from the world. Now there are whole club nights built around this scene I was part of. It\u2019s bizarre that it\u2019s the same music, but now it\u2019s understood. I think if you want to introduce something new into the world, you just have to be patient with the time it takes for people to understand where it sits in culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve talked before about how important club nights are. Why do you think that still matters?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>You really can\u2019t underestimate the power of having your own club night. It\u2019s such a direct way to make a cultural statement. It\u2019s easy, you load music onto a USB, get your friends together who think similarly about music, and suddenly you\u2019ve created something. It can be fun, but it can also be profound. Sometimes you realise you and your friends actually have something to say musically. That\u2019s really important, really necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You played a club night with Skrillex in London recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>Skrillex has an animal relationship with sound; it\u2019s almost spiritual. His music feels physically closer to you. There\u2019s an emotional delicacy in what I do that I think he\u2019s drawn to. We don\u2019t always intersect successfully, but when we do, it\u2019s special. The remix on this album is the best meeting point we\u2019ve found so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Why the name <\/strong><strong><em>Cerulean<\/em><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>I didn\u2019t want the album to convey a story or a hype concept. It\u2019s about feeling. Cerulean felt abstract enough, but also figurative. To me, it\u2019s a colour of melancholic euphoria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I love when music gives you just enough, a word, a symbol, and then lets your mind do the rest. Giving someone half of what\u2019s required can be more powerful than giving a complete story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This album has been described as <\/strong><strong><em>the<\/em><\/strong><strong> Danny L Harle statement. What made this album different?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>I\u2019ve made a lot of music in my life and collaborated with a lot of people. I\u2019ve worked with pretty much all of my favourite artists at this point, and that\u2019s been incredibly fulfilling. But over time, I realised there was a statement of mine that wasn\u2019t being made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I always felt it most strongly when I had to show my music to people through fragments \u2013 it was always pieces here and there. I realised the clear answer was just to make the statement. That\u2019s what this album is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"H5dxo8qJ2t0\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5dxo8qJ2t0\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Collaboration is a big part of this album. Even your children appear on the tracks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle:<\/strong><span> I love disembodied voices in dance music, a floating voice with no body. It\u2019s spiritual. It\u2019s a uniquely European melancholic tradition that I feel deeply connected to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I wanted to use what I love most about each person\u2019s voice. You can hear my children on some of the classical pieces. There\u2019s something really profound about \u201cla\u201d as a musical gesture because it\u2019s one of the first sounds anyone makes. Having that come from my daughter felt like the birth of music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How did your background in classical music shape the album?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>It took me a long time to make enough music like this and then whittle it down to what really mattered. I wanted concise statements. The first track is one minute long, but there\u2019s so much packed into it. It\u2019s almost a manifesto for the album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When I say classical music, I mean pre-1900, Renaissance, Elizabethan music. I wanted to take what I love about that and filter it through the sounds I find most emotional. For me, that\u2019s electronic sound. So rather than people playing classical instruments, it\u2019s shoved into this more fantastical electronic world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re known for your huge playlist. How important is listening to music in your process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle:<\/strong><span> I really like listening. I think it\u2019s very important for artists to make playlists. If you like an artist, it\u2019s good for their listeners to be guided toward their influences, to see what they\u2019re listening to. Whenever I like something, I look up who produced it, what they listen to, and their influences. Nobody makes anything in a vacuum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s the same with music journalists. Labels haven\u2019t realised how important they are, and that they are what makes people understand and contextualise music, especially if music is taking a risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>In <em>Harlecore, <\/em>you created a world of your own. How does <em>Cerulean<\/em> fit into this solar system?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><em>Harlecore <\/em>was like a dream. It was a club built inside my mind, because I never went to UK hardcore gigs. My love for that music created this imaginary space. <em>Cerulean <\/em>is more like a threshold between reality and a dream. I\u2019m really interested in that moment of transcendence in music, when you leave reality briefly. Oceans, islands, strange landscapes feel like portals to that space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The threshold is more interesting to me than the dream itself. Some things are only truly experienced in the moment of arrival, not in being there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cerulean<em> is out February 13<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>For over a decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/danny-l-harle\">Danny L Harle<\/a> has lent his vision to some of pop\u2019s most inventive artists \u2013 from producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/caroline-polachek\">Caroline Polachek<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Pang <\/span><\/em><span>to working on tracks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/charli-xcx\">Charli xcx<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/clairo\">Clairo<\/a>, Lil Uzi Vert and many more. While he has found it fulfilling to work with so many of his favourite artists, Harle realised over time there was something missing. \u201cI felt like there was a statement of my own I wasn&#8217;t making, and realised the clear answer was just to make that statement. All I want to do is make music I want to hear,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s with this attitude that he welcomes <\/span><em><span>Cerulean<\/span><\/em><span> into his discography, a trance-inflected, electronic-orchestral debut that feels like coming into consciousness on the shore of a desert island, only to then find yourself sweaty and euphoric on a sticky, blue-lit European dancefloor. \u201cI\u2019m really interested in that moment of transcendence when listening to music \u2013 when you briefly leave reality,\u201d he explains. \u201c<\/span><em><span>Cerulean<\/span><\/em><span> is like a threshold between reality and a dream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While previous projects like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/52080\/1\/welcome-to-club-harlecore-danny-l-harle-is-taking-over-dazed\"><em><span>Harlecore<\/span><\/em><\/a><span> leaned heavily into the club space, <\/span><em><span>Cerulean<\/span><\/em><span> marries Harle\u2019s classical music training with the love for euro-trance and club tracks that underpinned his early career as a pioneer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/pc-music\">PC Music<\/a> and hyperpop.\u00a0<\/span><span>On the project, Harle is joined by some of the most exciting voices in pop today, including PinkPantheress on \u201cStarlight\u201d, Clairo on \u201cFacing Away\u201d and Oklou and MNEK on \u201cCrystallise My Tears\u201d. These collaborations are backed by a trust he has been building for years. \u201cI remember when we finished recording the song with PinkPantheress, I was like \u2018OK, I\u2019ll send you the production for approval,&#8217; and she was just like, \u2018You\u2019ve got this on lock.&#8217; When someone trusts your instincts like that, it pushes you to take the track somewhere unexpected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before launching into the world of Cerulean, we meet in a coffee shop\u2013turned\u2013co-working space in south London\u2019s Peckham. Below, he talks to us about the project, his 64-hour-long playlist, and his unwavering love of Skrillex.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"tYBGqo2bIo0\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tYBGqo2bIo0\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Thanks for meeting today! Do you come to South London much?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>I went to university at Goldsmiths and spent a good amount of time in New Cross. I went back recently to do some teaching as part of an outreach project. It was absolutely crazy walking around Goldsmiths again and seeing venues where I used to DJ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I was playing really similar music to what I play now, and back then, it was clearing dance floors in a way that made me feel really disconnected from the world. Now there are whole club nights built around this scene I was part of. It\u2019s bizarre that it\u2019s the same music, but now it\u2019s understood. I think if you want to introduce something new into the world, you just have to be patient with the time it takes for people to understand where it sits in culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve talked before about how important club nights are. Why do you think that still matters?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>You really can\u2019t underestimate the power of having your own club night. It\u2019s such a direct way to make a cultural statement. It\u2019s easy, you load music onto a USB, get your friends together who think similarly about music, and suddenly you\u2019ve created something. It can be fun, but it can also be profound. Sometimes you realise you and your friends actually have something to say musically. That\u2019s really important, really necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You played a club night with Skrillex in London recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>Skrillex has an animal relationship with sound; it\u2019s almost spiritual. His music feels physically closer to you. There\u2019s an emotional delicacy in what I do that I think he\u2019s drawn to. We don\u2019t always intersect successfully, but when we do, it\u2019s special. The remix on this album is the best meeting point we\u2019ve found so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Why the name <\/strong><strong><em>Cerulean<\/em><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>I didn\u2019t want the album to convey a story or a hype concept. It\u2019s about feeling. Cerulean felt abstract enough, but also figurative. To me, it\u2019s a colour of melancholic euphoria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I love when music gives you just enough, a word, a symbol, and then lets your mind do the rest. Giving someone half of what\u2019s required can be more powerful than giving a complete story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This album has been described as <\/strong><strong><em>the<\/em><\/strong><strong> Danny L Harle statement. What made this album different?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>I\u2019ve made a lot of music in my life and collaborated with a lot of people. I\u2019ve worked with pretty much all of my favourite artists at this point, and that\u2019s been incredibly fulfilling. But over time, I realised there was a statement of mine that wasn\u2019t being made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I always felt it most strongly when I had to show my music to people through fragments \u2013 it was always pieces here and there. I realised the clear answer was just to make the statement. That\u2019s what this album is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"H5dxo8qJ2t0\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5dxo8qJ2t0\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Collaboration is a big part of this album. Even your children appear on the tracks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle:<\/strong><span> I love disembodied voices in dance music, a floating voice with no body. It\u2019s spiritual. It\u2019s a uniquely European melancholic tradition that I feel deeply connected to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I wanted to use what I love most about each person\u2019s voice. You can hear my children on some of the classical pieces. There\u2019s something really profound about \u201cla\u201d as a musical gesture because it\u2019s one of the first sounds anyone makes. Having that come from my daughter felt like the birth of music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How did your background in classical music shape the album?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><span>It took me a long time to make enough music like this and then whittle it down to what really mattered. I wanted concise statements. The first track is one minute long, but there\u2019s so much packed into it. It\u2019s almost a manifesto for the album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When I say classical music, I mean pre-1900, Renaissance, Elizabethan music. I wanted to take what I love about that and filter it through the sounds I find most emotional. For me, that\u2019s electronic sound. So rather than people playing classical instruments, it\u2019s shoved into this more fantastical electronic world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re known for your huge playlist. How important is listening to music in your process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle:<\/strong><span> I really like listening. I think it\u2019s very important for artists to make playlists. If you like an artist, it\u2019s good for their listeners to be guided toward their influences, to see what they\u2019re listening to. Whenever I like something, I look up who produced it, what they listen to, and their influences. Nobody makes anything in a vacuum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s the same with music journalists. Labels haven\u2019t realised how important they are, and that they are what makes people understand and contextualise music, especially if music is taking a risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>In <em>Harlecore, <\/em>you created a world of your own. How does <em>Cerulean<\/em> fit into this solar system?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny L Harle: <\/strong><em>Harlecore <\/em>was like a dream. It was a club built inside my mind, because I never went to UK hardcore gigs. My love for that music created this imaginary space. <em>Cerulean <\/em>is more like a threshold between reality and a dream. I\u2019m really interested in that moment of transcendence in music, when you leave reality briefly. Oceans, islands, strange landscapes feel like portals to that space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The threshold is more interesting to me than the dream itself. Some things are only truly experienced in the moment of arrival, not in being there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cerulean<em> is out February 13<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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