Just when you thought electronic musician/neodandy Daedelus couldn’t get any more historical, what with his wardrobe’s references to the Victorian period and all, think again.
His forthcoming album, Righteous Fists of Harmony, is an opus dedicated to the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and its resistance fighters who shared their name with the title of this album:
Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end — of beliefs, of lives, and of an era. This elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be destroyed by our ingenious inventions? Although Daedelus’ music has always juxtaposed organic and electronic elements, they war as never before on “Righteous Fists of Harmony,” a portrait of a tumultuous era that came crashing to a close.
The tracklist is below, along with a Fantasia-like teaser video featuring Long Lost member and Daedelus’ wife, Laura Darlington, who will contribute vocals to a track on the album. The music in the background is a clip of “Fin De Siècle,” the final track on the LP.
1. An Armada Approaches
2. Tidal Waves Uprising
3. The Open Hand Avows
4. Order Of The Golden Dawn (featuring Laura Darling)
5. The Finishing of a Thing
6. Succumbing To (featuring Kid A)
7. Stampede Me (with Amir Yaghmai)
8. Fin De Siècle
Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo.
While Daedelus’ albums are typically released through Ninja Tune, Alpha Pup, and various other indie labels, this album is to be released on Brainfeeder, the new label fronted by hip-hop/electronica producer Flying Lotus.
