UK house DJ Leon Vynehall has announced his second full-length album ‘Rare, Forever’ – to be released April 30th – and shares two new tracks: ‘Mothra’ and ‘Ecce! Ego!’. ‘Rare, Forever’ is the follow up to his debut full length album ‘Nothing is Still’, released in 2018 – “a stunning concept record about his grandparents that incorporates ambient and modern classical music,” as written by Jamieson Cox for Pitchfork. The new album, in contrast, sees Vynehall for the first time investigate “who he is as a person and artist in the very moment, rather than looking to the past to discover what and who has shaped him.”
Announcing via twitter, Vynehall said: “to be able to finally share this feels, more than anything, like i’ve finally let out a long-held breath. time to turn the mirror inward. today we begin here.”
∞ NEW LP – RARE, FOREVER ∞
1/2 – to be able to finally share this feels, more than anything, like i've finally let out a long-held breath. time to turn the mirror inward. today we begin here. two pieces to digest – ecce! ego!https://t.co/H6d9rmi18s pic.twitter.com/Pe5T4RwQe1— l l ɐ ɥ ǝ u ʎ ʌ (@vynehall) February 10, 2021
According to a statement published by Vynhall’s label, Ninja Tune, ‘Rare, Forever’ “will feel familiar for fans of Vynehall’s DJ-Kicks mix or his eclectic excursions on NTS while simultaneously sounding unlike anything he’s ever done before.
“As much as there are dancefloor memories and moments, it’s not strictly a dance record — instead, Rare, Forever is the clearest representation of the broad spectrum of music he’s made to date.”
In the same announcement, Vynehall shared two new tracks off the record – his first music since 2019. ‘Mothra’, the Kent-born DJ says, is “the euphoric unfurling of ‘something’. Muted notes fluttering free before returning to the cascade we arrived from, only now with purpose.” Speaking on ‘Ecce!, Ego!’, he adds: “The tracks’ title literally translates from Latin to ‘Behold! Me!’ A fitting introduction to an album about my own psyche, I thought. It starts off where Nothing Is Still left off, but rapidly switches to something more fluid, perhaps even sinister. I kind of think of this song as ‘Envelopes (Chapter VI)’s fucked up cousin.”
Listen to ‘Mothra’ and find the full tracklist for ‘Rare, Forever’ below.
1. Ecce! Ego!
2. In>Pin
3. Mothra
4. Alichea Vella Amor
5. Snakeskin ∞ Has-Been
6. Worm (& Closer & Closer)
7. An Exhale
8. Dumbo
9. Farewell! Magnus Gabbro
10. All I See Is You, Velvet Brow
