British music composer and producer Daniel L Harle is dropping his new album Cerulean tomorrow.
Named after a distinct shade of blue, the project is a
dreamy experience and love letter to everything he finds beautiful, the
creative described. He cited the 1940 Disney animation film Fantasia and the
Renaissance era as inspirations.
While it follows his 2021 rave culture-inspired project
Harlecore, Danny considers Cerulean to be his debut album. It is the
culmination of his evolution as an artist throughout his career, which he
embarked on in 2010.
It is set to feature a number of creatives including British
artist Pink Pantheress, French musician and rising talent Oklou and American
singer-songwriter Clairo.
In an interview, Danny reflected on his experience working
with the featured artists, and how he chooses who to collaborate with, saying
that he is very particular.
“I can only work with people if I have a vision for what
they could do,” he explained.
“I guess the kind of melodies that I like use the voice as
an instrument, and the lyrics as a half-abstract canvas. All these artists do
that in their own music and are the masters of their craft,” he added.
“I honestly can’t really believe it, looking at the list of
people. These are my favourite artists who aren’t jumping on any bandwagons,
they’re creating source material. It’s very meaningful when people like that
trust you.”
Pop singers Dua Lipa and Caroline Polachek, whom he has
worked with before, also make an appearance.
The creative talent executive produced both of Caroline’s
studio albums: Pang (2019) and Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (2023), which
earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in
2024.
He also co-produced the song Houdini on Dua’s third studio
album Radical Optimism (2024).
