Legendary pop producer Danny L Harle released an incredible new album on Friday, Cerulean, and it truly exemplifies why he’s become one of our favorite artists working in electronic music today. The album is “a voyage into vast, alien sonic landscapes” and highlights Harle’s ability to fuse together elements of rave, trance and classical sounds. And it reflects his lifelong fascination with beauty, wonder, and the unknown.
His incredible skill shines bright through 13 songs on the album alongside voices new and old to him. It features Dua Lipa, PinkPantheress, Clairo, Caroline Polachek, Oklou & MNEK, Julia Michaels, Kacha (from the electro-pop group Coals) and even one of his own daughters.
Harle, aka “Huge Danny,” considers Cerulean to be his true debut album, following up his 2021 release of Harlecore, and is promoting it as his most definitive artistic statement to date. The album does sound like it comes from another world full of sounds that are certainly welcome to human ears here. “I love how it feels on the threshold between dreams and reality,” said Harle. “There can be a scene where there’s nothing alien in it, but it feels like a portal to something else.”
Cerulean feels like the next natural chapter in Harle’s storied career, which began in the 2010s when he emerged from the PC Music collective and went on to work with some of the biggest names in pop including Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen, FKA Twigs, Florence and The Machine and many of the voices featured on the album.
Check out the full album film, out via NTS YouTube, and tour dates below.
Danny L Harle – LIVE DATES
Feb. 13* – London, UK – HERE at Outernet
Feb. 14* – Manchester, UK – New Century
Feb. 15* – Glasgow, UK – The Art School
Feb. 19* – Paris, France – La Gaîté Lyrique
Feb. 20* – Dublin, Ireland – The Button Factory
Feb. 21* – Berlin, Germany – Säälchen
Feb. 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
Mar. 3 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
* = with Lauren Duffus
