Hyperspace

Description

On the heels of two Grammy-winning albums Morning Phase, which saw him reunite in the studio with his Sea Change band, and Colors, which he created with Greg Kurstin Hyperspace brings to fruition Becks 20-year wish to collaborate with Pharrell Williams. Hyperspaces new dimensions in sound are the result of Becksmost collaborative efforts to date. Seven of the albums 11 tracks including singles Uneventful Days and Saw Lightning feature co-writing/co-production from Pharrell. See Through is co-written/co-produced by frequent collaborator Kurstin, Stratosphere features back-up from Chris Martin, the albums title track features guest vocals from Terrell Hines and Die Waiting features backing vocals from Sky Ferreira.

If Saw Lightning is a frenetic slice of Becks patented junkyard-blues hip-hop, Uneventful Days hints that Hyperspace is set to traverse a vast aural terrain. Built on a hypnotic electronic soundbed, the song conjures a liminal space thats reflected in the lyrics, which find Beck facing Uneventful days, uneventful nights/Living in the dark, waiting for the light.

Beck describes Hyperspace as not really anything about outer space. Its more of an interior spaceThe meditation of the record is finding peace in moment. I was thinking about music as a kind of escapeIt sort of alters the room, alters a state of mindevery song does something different it can be an escape from the moment. As he told Zane Lowe, the album was inspired by the 80s video game Asteroids: It had a button where you were about to get destroyed called Hyperspace, that would save your life. Each song has kind of a different way that different people hyperspace, or deal with the world.

Black vinyl issue Features 2 x unreleased songs Dark Places (Soundscape) and I Am The Cosmos (42420)

Brand new 2020 mixes of Star, Hyperspace, See Through and Die Waiting+ Uneventful Days (St. Vincent Remix)+ Saw Lightning (Freestyle Live)