Cerulean CD

Danny L Harle today announces details of his highlyanticipated new album Cerulean, which will be released on 13th February 2026. The album marks his first fulllength release on XL Recordings and is his most definitive artistic statement to date. Following 2021s immersive Harlecore project, Harle considers Cerulean his true debut. This is my debut album, he says. It really is the big one.Cerulean is a voyage into vast, alien sonic landscapes where speakerblowing bass and euphoric trance synths meet classical harmonies, tactile sound design and Harles own field recordings of waves lapping against the shore. It embodies Harles pursuit of melancholic euphoria a blend of megalophobic majesty and raw humanity inspired by Andrei Tarkovskys 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, Harles wideranging influences from hedonistic rave to the haunting Dark Souls video game series, Philip Glasss Einstein on the Beach, and Renaissance and Elizabethan composers like Monteverdi, Thomas Tallis, and William Byrd underpin the albums dazzling, genre and centuriesspanning focus.Born in North London, Harles early exposure to avantgarde concerts and chart pop shaped his singular musical lens. Emerging from the visionary PC Music collective with 2013s Broken Flowers, he became one of pops most adventurous producers, collaborating with the iikes of Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Oklou, FKA twigs, Florence and The Machine, Shygirl, Dua Lipa, and coexecutive producing Caroline Polacheks 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 Harles 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. Thats all Ive ever wanted to do.