Everything Is Recorded announces “Beyond The Brilliant Haze”, a new track rapper featuring rapper .idk. and Peter Gabriel, the project of Richard Russell, album is out today via XL Recordings.

The collaboration continues the relationship between Russell and Gabriel: Russell co-produced “Four Kinds of Horses” for Gabriel’s 2023 i/o album, the artist’s first album 30 years. Meanwhile, .idk. – born Jason Mills, raised in Camp Springs, Maryland and described by Forbes as “the polymath of rap” – has long operated at the most adventurous edges of US rap. From the off-kilter maximalism of 2019’s Is He Real? to the soulful sweep of 2021’s USEE4YOURSELF, and most recently the raw mixtape E.T.D.S. (Even The Devil Smiles), .idk. is a fellow prolific innovator, having collaborated with the likes of Tyler, The Creator, Pusha T, Pharrell and KAYTRANADA among others. All three artists have built reputations for bold, shapeshifting work that resists easy categorisation.

“I grew up listening to Peter and was honoured to work with him on i/o and my own music and, after I’d immersed myself in making Temporary, still had some ideas for us that I was keen to pursue. Jason brought an incredible energy to the whole thing. Everything – including Peter’s suggestion to have Mike mix it – just fell into place at the right time”

– Richard Russel

“Working with Peter and Richard was a complete honour. I was honoured to hear back from Richard, and even more surprised when the record he sent involved Peter. But I’ve been working long enough at what I do to know that, even though it was a surprise, I was prepared to bring the best parts of myself to it. The result feels like a beautiful mess of juxtaposition.”

– .idk.

“Following the writing sessions I did with Richard for his Everything is Recorded project there were some ideas that didn’t make it that we both thought were still worth exploring. 
Richard sent me some stuff he had worked on and I re-wrote the section I had originally come up with for the melodic part of the song. I always like it when people fuse disparate elements together, which Richard has been doing a lot in his own work, and bringing .idk. in on this was an inspired choice and provided some strong musical contrasts for the song.
I’m happy to see this work finally heading out into the world.”

Richard Russell’s credits include Gil Scott-Heron, Bobby Womack, Damon Albarn, Ibeyi and Mary In The Junkyard – has, across three Everything Is Recorded albums, the subsequent Solstice Equinox sessions and 2025’s No Ends No Beginnings EP.

Order Everything is Recorded with Peter Gabriel & .idk on “Beyond The Brilliant Haze” HERE