Back in May Yussef Dayes announced the release of his debut solo album, Black Classical Music. A nineteen-track album, it saw the renowned and gifted multi-instrumentalist enlist a stellar cast of guest contributors, including Charlie Stacey, Venna, Alexander Bourt, Chronixx, Masego, Jamilah Barry, Tom Misch, Elijah Fox, Shabaka Hutchings, Miles James, Sheila Maurice Grey, Nathaniel Cross, Theon Cross, and the Chineke! Orchestra.
After enticing us with the title track, Dayes has recently shared a second cut from the album called Rust, featuring British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Tom Misch. ‘Rust’ is offered with an animated accompanying video directed and designed by Jack Brown. Speaking about it, Brown comments:
“It felt really special to work with Yussef and Tom again to make the third instalment of our animation saga and extra special to do it for Yussef’s incredible debut album. I wanted to expand the world of Nightrider and Tidal Wave by bringing it into a 3D space while maintaining the classic 2D feel. This was made possible by the big brain, super talented Richard Noble who built these landscapes from my silly sketches. Big love to the small crew of dedicated and talented people who worked on this and to Yussef and Tom for consistently making the best sounding music out there.”
Black Classical Music is out on September 8th through Brownswood Recordings, Warners and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings and in the US through Nonesuch Records. Now watch the video below.