Composer and producer Caitlin Aurelia Smith has teamed up with Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard for a new EP; Neptunes on November 22 via Domino imprint Smugglers Way. The two artists also released the project’s title track, along with a mollusk-filled video directed by Aron Sanchez-Baranda. Check it out below.
In The Neptunes, Goddard wanted to pay homage to the influential production partnership of the same name between Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. Smith, however, believed the title had a more cosmic inspiration. “I loved the way the beat made me feel when I first heard it,” he said in the press release. “Actually, I thought he was going through Neptune as a planet, and the qualities I felt he had. So my side of things resulted in more space-themed sounds.”
Smith’s latest studio album, Let’s turn it into soundarrived in 2022. Goddard released his third solo album, Harmonicaat the beginning of this year.
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Neptunes EP::
01 Caitlin Aurelia Smith / Joe Goddard. “Neptunes”
02 Joe Goddard. “Rapid Fire” [ft. Laima]
03 Caitlin Aurelia Smith. “Around You”
04 Caitlin Aurelia Smith. “Around You (Joe Goddard Remix)”
05 Joe Goddard. “Rapid Fire (Caitlin Aurelia Smith Remix)”