"'Azimuth' felt like the finalisation of an approach that Caroline and I had been orbiting for some time as a way of putting her voice into my music-I sometimes call it the 'trance siren.' You can hear manifestations of it in tracks like 'Insomnia' from Pang and 'On the Beach' from Death Stranding 2, but this was the first time I managed to translate it into my style of dance music."
"Azimuth's melody could only have been sung by Caroline, it is designed around her voice, I couldn't imagine anyone else singing it or giving a performance like that. It also allowed us to play with scale, space and quietness in a way I've never done before. For me, 'Azimuth' is a trance ballad, despairing but hopeful, best heard in a in club in a sunken cathedral."
Danny L Harle enlisted longtime studio-mate and co-writer Caroline Polachek for the new single 'Azimuth,' released via XL. The track applies a 'trance siren' approach to Harle's dance music, with a melody conceived specifically for Polachek's voice. The production emphasizes scale, space and quietness, blending despairing and hopeful tones into a trance ballad intended for immersive club settings. 'Azimuth' follows Harle's July collaboration with PinkPantheress, 'Starlight,' and comes after his 2021 solo debut LP. Polachek's recent work includes singles 'Dang,' 'Starburned and Unkissed,' and 'On the Beach' from Death Stranding 2, co-produced with Harle and co-written with Hideo Kojima.
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