Listen to the first track from Laurel Halo’s new mini-album Raw Silk Uncut Wood

Laurel Halo has announced plans to release a six-track mini-album next month. The album, titled Raw Silk Uncut Wood, will be out on July 13 via Paris label Latency. It features collaborations with Oliver Coates and percussionist Eli Keszler. The title track is streaming below.

The album is said to be inspired by Halo’s work scoring documentary Possessed, about "togetherness in the age of the smartphone," plus Ursula Le Guin’s translation of the Tao Te Ching, a key text of Taoism.

Raw Silk Uncut Wood follows Dust, Laurel Halo's 2017 album released via Hyperdub.