Mark Pritchard Shares "Under the Sun"

Last month, Mark Pritchard announced a new album called Under the Sun, due out May 13 on Warp. Now, he’s sharing the title track. Stream it below. “Under the Sun” follows Pritchard’s Thom Yorke collaboration “Beautiful People,” which premiered on BBC Radio 1 in March. The album also features vocals from Linda Perhacs, Bibio, and Anti-Pop Consortium’s Beans. Pritchard explained the title track’s origins in a statement: 

When I heard the part that I sampled – (“For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none, If there be one, try and find it, If there be none, never mind it.”) which is from The Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme dating back to 1700’s. I knew straight away that i wanted to chop it up. This was the 3rd time i had tried it and it was a important moment in the album’s journey as it tied a few tracks into the album, ie Beautiful People, Rebel Angels and Cycles of 9. I also love the sentiment of the words and the music has that other-worldly feel of early Disney film music, of which i’m a big fan. I did consider trying to get Julie Andrews to re-sing it, as she was here in Sydney for a while, but in the end we managed to clear the sample. 

Pritchard will be presenting an audiovisual installation for his new album with visual artist Jonathan Zawada at Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York, May 12-15. 

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