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Harlecore is the debut full-length album by British electronic music producer and composer Danny L Harle. It was released 26 February 2021 via Mad Decent.[1] The album release follows Harle's departure from record label and art collective PC Music, of which he was a founding member.

Harlecore
Studio album by Danny L Harle
Released	26 February 2021
Genre	Electronic EDM happy hardcore
Length	37:32
Label	Mad Decent
Producer	Danny L Harle Hudson Mohawke
Danny L Harle chronology
1UL EP (2017) Harlecore (2021)
Singles from Harlecore
"On a Mountain" Released: 14 January 2021 "Boing Beat" Released: 14 January 2021 "Interlocked" Released: 10 February 2021 "Ocean's Theme" Released: 10 February 2021

The album features Harle taking on the personas of four different DJs, each with their own distinct rave-inspired sound: DJ Danny, MC Boing (a revived collaboration with PC Music producer Lil Data), DJ Mayhem (a collaboration with Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke) and DJ Ocean (a collaboration with American artist Caroline Polachek).[2]

Accompanying the album itself, Harlecore will also act as a "24/7, virtual club experience".[3]

Harlecore was supported by the singles "On a Mountain" and "Boing Beat", released 14 January 2021,[4] and "Interlocked" and "Ocean's Theme", released 10 February 2021.[5]

Background and release

Harle had hosted many live shows, DJ sets and concerts featuring the "Harlecore" title, dating as far back as September 2017.[6] Harle has also adopted the "Harlecore" title in recent remixes.[7][8][9] Also familiar is the MC Boing moniker: a collaboration with former labelmate Lil Data (a.k.a. Jack Armitage), which made its premiere in May 2017 as a part of PC Music's Month of Mayhem project.[10]

Harle released his solo single, "Blue Angel", featuring American singer and musician Clairo, on 9 February 2018.[11] Bar his collaborative single with former labelmate Hannah Diamond,[12] this would be his final release via the PC Music label.

In late 2019, in a since deleted Tweet responding to a fan asking for new solo material, Harle stated he'd been "working on a lot of stuff" that would "be worth the wait".[13] He also contributed heavily and acted as co-executive producer to friend and American artist Caroline Polachek's debut studio album Pang.

In 2020, Harle released "Dreaming", a collaborative single with American hardcore producer Lil Texas,[14] as well as producing tracks for Charli XCX[15] and Rina Sawayama,[16] and remixes for 100 gecs[17] and Georgia.

On 8 January 2021, social media accounts for @ClubHarlecore begun posting short videos, teasing the release of something soon.[18][19] This was followed by the release of the singles "On a Mountain", (its music video released the same day), and "Boing Beat" on 14 January,[4] A live performance of "Boing Beat" would be held on the virtual club site on 25 January,[20] followed by a lyric video, released on 27 January.[21]

Teasers of DJ Mayhem were posted to social media the day before the release[22] of "Interlocked", (its music video was also released the same day), and "Ocean's Theme" on 10 February.[5] A music video for "Ocean's Theme" was released later, on 19 February.[23]

Reception

Ryan Middleton from Magnetic Magazine compared "Ti Amo" and "Do You Remember" to early 2000's music and Basshunter.[24]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Spotify.

Vinyl edition[25]

Side A

Side B

Side C

Side D

Personnel

• Danny L Harle – production
• Nao – vocals (track 1)
• Gloria Adereti – vocals (track 1)
• Lil Data – vocals (track 2, 6, 12)
• Hannah Diamond – vocals (track 2)
• Hudson Mohawke – production (track 3, 8, 11)
• L Devine – vocals (track 3, 7)
• Caroline Polachek – vocals (tracks 4, 10)
• Georgia Twinn – vocals (track 5)
• Emily Verlander – vocals (track 8)
• Karina Ramage – vocals (track 9)
• Eyelar Mirzazadeh – vocals (track 11)
• Gabber Eleganza – vocals (track 13)
• EG Huang - art director & graphic designer

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	26 February 2021	Digital download streaming	Mad Decent	[26]
	1 April 2021	Double LP CD

References

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