Brian Eno and Underworlds Karl Hyde have come together for a new collaborative album called Someday World, scheduled for release on May 6 through Warp (May 5 in the UK). The record, composed and sung by both Eno and Hyde, features a whole cast of guest musicians: Enos Roxy Music bandmate Andy Mackay, Enos daughter Darla Eno, Will Champion of Coldplay and his wife Marianna Champion, Sinead OConnor producer John Reynolds, Tessa Angus, Nell Catchpole, Kasia Daszykowska, Don E., Georgia Gibson, and Chris Vatalaro. Eno co-produced the record with Fred Gibson.
Eno also did the artwork for the album, and Hyde took the cover photograph. "I had a big collection of beginnings sitting around waiting for something to galvanise them into live, to make them more than just experiments," Eno said in a press release. "That something turned out to be Karl Hyde."
The release was produced by Brian Eno with 22 year old Fred Gibson, continuing an ongoing collaboration between Karl and Brian which sees the two together on a complete album for the very first time.
Brian Eno:
“A lot of the nicer cities I know are cities built on hills, and the cities are beautiful because the buildings have a challenge to adapt to. They have to mould themselves around the geology that theyve formed upon. And that always makes for very interesting buildings, because they cant just be blocks, they have to somehow morph around the environment. A lot of the constructions on the album were deliberately irregular and awkward.
I had a big collection of beginnings sitting around waiting for something to galvanise them into life, to make them more than just experiments. That something turned out to be Karl Hyde.”
Karl Hyde:
“Its a bit like being nine years old again. You have no idea what youve just been given, the record button has been pressed and youre on. And then these unlikely patterns start to happen. The biggest surprise was discovering we both had a love of Afrobeat, Cyclical music based in live playing. When Brian played me these early tracks it was, Oh my god, this is home! Can I borrow a guitar?”