[Cover photo credit to Louis Cole]
Grammy nominated producer/artist/composer Louis Cole has shared his new single and video “These Dreams are Killing Me” from his upcoming album, nothing, releasing August 9th, 2024 via Brainfeeder, a collaboration with the Dutch Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley.
Taken from Cole’s live performances with the Orkest, nothing fuses Classical orchestration with Dance music, Pop, and Jazz sensibilities. Cole will return to Germany and the Netherlands this Fall to perform nothing alongside the Orkest and Buckley.
Cole wrote, Produced and arranged the record from top to bottom, opting to compose a suite of brand new music for this project. The 17 tracks are derived from a sold-out European tour that he embarked on with his band and the 50-piece orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley. With the exception of a few vocal re-recordings and instrumental overdubs, everything you’ll hear on nothing was culled from these live dates.
Cole is very proud of the mixing process for the album, an epic task in its own right. For a full nine months, he selected the best takes, tweaked the sonic balance, and adjusted frequencies until the orchestral parts were highlighted according to his vision.
He says:
I was sad when the mixing was over. Sometimes, when I’m mixing my own solo stuff, I’ll feel like a song needs a little magical dust. But mixing an entire orchestra and your own rhythm section, there’s so much human energy! You don’t have to add any magic. It was there the whole time.
nothing will be available in two vinyl prints. There will be a 2LP white vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, with black paper inners. The cover artwork will be by Louis Cole and design by Adam Stover. There will also be a limited edition 2LP clear/black marbled vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve.
Upcoming European Live Dates
Louis Cole & Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley
06 Oct – Philharmonie Essen, DE
07 Oct – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (Ronda), NL
08 Oct – Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, NL
09 Oct – SPOT, Grote Zaal, Groningen, NL
10 Oct – Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, NL
