New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Jacob Collier and dodie have joined forces for a dazzling and surprising version of The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun," released today and featured on Collier's forthcoming Djesse - Volume 2 out June 28 (Hajanga Records in exclusive license to Decca/Geffen). Djesse is a wildly ambitious project of 40+ songs that Collier is unveiling over 4 volumes of new music over the next several months. Djesse - Volume 1 was released in December.
The video for "
Here Comes The Sun" was a completely DIY affair; directed, edited and filmed by Jacob and dodie themselves in North London. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/dXf1nUVdVuM
And listen here: https://jacobcollier.lnk.to/HereComesTheSun
Jacob and dodie are kindred spirits - both young U.K. musicians and songwriters that exploded on YouTube, millions of fans coming into their singular musical world.
Djesse - Volume 2 finds Jacob continuing his thrilling exploration of any and all sonic arrangements, here focusing on the intimacy and closeness of acoustic music. It will feature a number of collaborators including dodie and Lianne La Havas, Oumou Sangaré, MARO, Sam Amidon, Kathryn Tickell, Becca
Stevens with more to be announced.
Collier recently announced Djesse - Volume 2 with a new original called "Make Me Cry," in the form of an immersive 360-degree virtual reality video. Watch "Make Me Cry" here: https://youtu.be/6M1oopfKnLw
Jacob recorded the majority of Djesse - Volume 2 in his home studio/childhood bedroom in London - performing, producing, engineering, and composing everything himself.
Jacob released Djesse - Volume 1 in December to raves, an NPR All Things Considered interview segment, a performance on the popular public radio show Live From Here, inclusion on the New York Times Playlist and more. He filmed a video series for Genius, performed at the Spotify Secret Genius Awards and scored a series of commercials for Volkswagen that continue to air on TV.
Tour Dates
May 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
May 16 - Washington, DC -
Howard Theater
June 20 - Denver, CO - Summit
Music Hall
June 21 - Aspen, CO - Jazz Aspen Snowmass
June 23 - Toronto, CA - Opera House
June 26 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
June 27 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
June 28 - Victoria, CA -
Victoria JazzFest / Royal Theatre
June 30 - Vancouver, CA - Vancouver Jazz Festival
July 2 - Montreal, QC - Montreal Jazz Festival
July 5 - Kongsberg, Norway - Kongsberg Jazz Festival
July 7 - Sofia, Bulgaria - A to Jazz Festival
July 9 - Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
July 13 - London, UK - OnBlackheath
July 14 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - North Sea Jazz Festival
July 16 - Cascais, Portugal - CoolJazz Festival
July 18 - Istanbul, Turkey - Istanbul Jazz Festival
July 24 - Šibenik, Croatia - St. Michael's Fortress
Aug 30 - Southbank, Australia - Melbourne Recital Centre
Aug 31 - Southbank, Australia - Melbourne Recital Centre
Sept 2 - Auckland, New Zealand - Powerstation
Sept 4 - Wellington, New Zealand - The Opera House
Sept 6 - South Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Festival
Sept 7 - Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House
