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DANNY L HARLE - CERULEAN

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Cerulean
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Experimental Downbeat Electronica - Cerulean is a voyage into vast, alien sonic landscapes where speaker-blowing bass and euphoric trance synths meet classical harmonies, tactile sound design and Harle’s own field recordings of waves lapping against the shore. It embodies Harle’s pursuit of melancholic euphoria - a blend of megalophobic majesty and raw humanity - inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, existing “on the threshold between dreams and reality.”

Seeking “the best melodies sung by the best voices,” Harle enlisted an exceptional cast of collaborators, including Caroline Polachek, Clairo, Julia Michaels, PinkPantheress, Oklou and MNEK, alongside newer voices like kacha, and even his own daughters. Across 13 tracks, 'Cerulean' balances dancefloor power with emotional resonance to brilliant effect. Meanwhile, Harle’s wide-ranging influences - from hedonistic rave to the haunting Dark Souls video game series, Philip Glass’s 'Einstein on the Beach', and Renaissance and Elizabethan composers like Monteverdi, Thomas Tallis, and William Byrd - underpin the album’s dazzling, genre (and centuries)-spanning focus.

Born in North London, Harle’s early exposure to avant-garde concerts and chart pop shaped his singular musical lens. Emerging from the visionary PC Music collective with 2013’s 'Broken Flowers', he became one of pop’s most adventurous producers, collaborating with the iikes of Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Oklou, FKA twigs, Florence and The Machine, Shygirl, Dua Lipa, and co-executive producing Caroline Polachek’s acclaimed Pang, and subsequently earning a GRAMMY nomination for his work on 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'.

Fusing rave maximalism, classical composition, and emotional depth, 'Cerulean' is the latest evolution of Harle’s artistic journey, distilling his lifelong fascination with beauty, wonder, and the unknown. “I just have this mad desire to make my own favourite music,” he says. “That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.”

North London producer Danny L Harle arrives at a hinge point here, using this release as a way to take stock after the bright, volatile stretch of his PC Music years. The scale opens out. Trance synths stretch into long illuminated lines, and the bass feels shaped by hand rather than force. There is a sense of someone trying to steady the ground beneath him. 'Noctilucence' lays out the first wide gesture. 'Starlight' with PinkPantheress moves with a soft rhythmic pull. Caroline Polachek threads a clean centre through 'Azimuth' and later through 'On & On', both leaning toward lifted harmonic turns. 'Facing Away' with Clairo draws the energy inward. The closing pair, 'Two Hearts' and 'Teardrop In The Ocean', gathers the record into a calmer, held finish.

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Noctilucence
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Starlight (feat. PinkPantheress)
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Azimuth (feat. Caroline Polachek)
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Facing Away (feat. Clairo)
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Raft In The Sea (feat. Julia Michaels)
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Island (da Da Da)
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Te Re Re (feat. Kacha)
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Laa
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O Now Am I Truly Lost
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Two Hearts
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Crystallise My Tears (feat. Oklou And MNEK)
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On & On (feat. Caroline Polachek)
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Teardrop In The Ocean

Last FM Information on Danny L Harle

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Daniel Eisner Harle is a British music producer and composer who records under the alias Danny L Harle. He has released two singles through the London-based PC Music label and is a member of Dux Content with A. G. Cook. His songs are among the most chart-friendly work from the offbeat label. He studied at Goldsmiths, University of London with Roger Redgate, Dimitri Smirnov and Jeremy Peyton-Jones. His instruments, whilst at university, were the bass guitar and the double bass. As a performer, he has played as a member of various ensembles at venues including the ICA, Kings Place and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Daniel has had works performed by a variety of groups such as the Hebrides Ensemble, the Allegri Quartet, COMA and players from the LSO. In 2010 he was selected to take part in the prestigious Composers Course in St. Magnus where he received tuition from Sally Beamish, Alasdair Nicolson and Peter Maxwell-Davis. In 2009 he attended the Canford composition course where he received tuition from Malcom Singer, once a student of Gyorgy Ligeti. In December 2012, Daniel’s first chamber opera , As Above, So Below commissioned by Birkbeck, University of London, was performed at the Wellcome Institute to mark the end of the Pain Project – a global research project into the cultural history of pain. His work Prayer for amplified violin and live electronics, was arranged for Aisha Orazbayeva and premiered at the London Contemporary music festival in 2013. Daniel has created numerous scores for film, television and sound installations as well has having helped in the production of several pop albums. His song Broken Flowers Was played on BBC Radio 1 as part of Eclair Fifi's show 'In New DJs We Trust'. He also writes, performs and DJs in the electronic music Duo 'Dux Content', who are currently negotiating a recording contract. In 2013 he also assisted in the production of Tori Amos' musical The Light Princess at the National Theatre. Daniel's acoustic and electro-acoustic works are influenced by composers such as Mitterer, Sciarrino, Nicholas Collins, Stravinsky, Luzzaschi and Philippe de Vitry and his musical interests range from the 14th century Ars Subtillior to video game soundtracks of the 1990s. Daniel’s creative energy stems from an overwhelming curiosity about where expression lies in sound and the various ways in which it can be manipulated. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.


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