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Release Date: August 26, 2022

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CODE (Visualizer)
LUCID DREAMER (Visualizer)
TECHNICOLOUR
Shabaka Hutchings Solo encore
1 CODE 4:15  
2 Technicolour 3:29  
3 Lucid Dreamer 3:29  
4 Tokyo Nights 0:49  
5 Pyramids 4:50  
6 Frequency of Feeling Expansion 4:31  
7 Angel of Darkness 6:57  
8 Aftermath 3:13  
9 Atomic Wave Dance 4:44  
10 The Hammer 3:06  
11 Mystik 4:09  
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The Comet Is Coming, the London-based Mercury Prize nominated synth-sax-drum trio featuring DANALOGUE (Dan Leavers), SHABAKA (Shabaka Hutchings),  and BETAMAX (Max Hallett),  today announce their fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam set for release September 23 via the legendary Impulse! Records. Their first single “CODE” is released today – an intergalactic head-banger that explores hidden meaning and codes in humans (DNA) and technology  – alongside a visualizer. Watch here and pre-order Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam here.

The Comet Is Coming grab you by the head and don’t let go with their relentless and fiery sound, “at once eliciting thoughts of impending doom and possible hope”  (Pitchfork). The ingredients: 80s synth models, saxophone and drums, sprinkled with visceral punk rock, interstellar jazz blasts, and dance-floor trances.

On their fourth album, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam, The Comet Is Coming – synth magician/producer Danalogue, drummer-producer Betamax, and saxophonist/spiritual riffologist Shabaka– burn brightly, soundtracking our epoch of change in ways their contemporaries simply aren’t trying to.

  • The Comet is Coming energizes WOMAD 2023, Charlton Park / jazzwise
    Posted At: August 23, 2023
    In a world narrative dominated and controlled by powerful, wealthy individuals with vested interests in skewing the truth, what trust can be placed in our governments, our leaders and our sources of information to guide us to evolve as a species?  The great weapon is art.As the second decade of the 21st century grinds towards its conclusion, it would be too easy to claim that on their second album Trus...

  • The Comet Is Coming play NYC's Central Park - SummerStage / BrooklynVegan pics
    Posted At: August 9, 2023
    The Comet Is Coming are here to apply a salve to the wounds of the world and offer succour to the spiritually deprived. To do so they have delved deep into their collective subconscious during months of studio experimentation to bring back these souvenirs of astral and auditory travel. "If we place art as the honest unfolding of the imagination," elaborates keyboardist Danalogue, "and the imagination as bei...

  • The Comet is Coming blast off from London's Somerset House / jazzwise
    Posted At: July 17, 2023
    The Comet Is Coming are here to apply a salve to the wounds of the world and offer succour to the spiritually deprived. To do so they have delved deep into their collective subconscious during months of studio experimentation to bring back these souvenirs of astral and auditory travel. "If we place art as the honest unfolding of the imagination," elaborates keyboardist Danalogue, "and the imagination as bei...

  • 'The Comet Is Coming' are among other top international world music names lining up for 2023 WOMAD Festival / jazzwise
    Posted At: July 3, 2023
    Identified as Betamax Killer, Danalogue the Conqueror, and King Shabaka -- aliases of drummer Maxwell Hallett, keyboardist Dan Leavers, and saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings -- the Comet Is Coming describe their sound as "apocalyptic space funk," consciously and purposefully melding jazz, funk, electronica, psychedelia, hip-hop, and improvisation. Named after a BBC Radiophonic Workshop recording, the boundary-s...

  • Daisy Dickinson talks 'Comet Is Coming' collaboration at this year's Manchester International Festival / The Quietus Q&A
    Posted At: June 12, 2023
    Among the highlights of this year's Manchester International Festival is a collaboration between visual artist Daisy Dickinson and cosmic jazz titans The Comet Is Coming. Dickinson tells us what to expect The Quietus - Alex Rigotti writes….The bill for this year’s Manchester International Festival – taking place across the city from 29 June to 16 July – is a stacked one, from John Grant teaming up with...

  • The Comet Is Coming make moves at 'Enjoy Jazz' in Southern Germany / jazzwise
    Posted At: January 10, 2023
    jazzwise - Martin Longley picked out a prime phase of this sprawling six-week festival, rotating around Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. He writes…. The majority of music festivals compress themselves into a single weekend, but there are a few that stretch to 10 days. There is one rebellious giant that languishes over a six-week period, presenting at least one show every evening. Such is the score wit...

  • Hard to define: 'The Comet Is Coming' lands them on confusing festival lineups. They couldn't be happier about it / popMatters
    Posted At: January 9, 2023
    popMatters - John Garratt writes…..What kind of music does the trio the Comet Is Coming make, anyway? Drummer Max Hallett, known within the band as Betamax, is accustomed to this question. “I get asked that question a lot when I’m loading gear into a cab,” he told PopMatters one wintry afternoon over a Zoom call. “So my reaction is normally that it’s psychedelic rave jazz. But when I say that out loud, I th...

  • The Comet Is Coming - HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM makes 'CD Hotlist' for January 2023
    Posted At: January 3, 2023
    Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s studio. On their fourth album, The Comet Is Coming – synth magician/producer Danalogue, drummer-producer Betamax, and saxophonist/spiritual riffologist Shabaka– burn brightly, soundtrac...

  • The Comet Is Coming - Hyper Dimensional Expansion Beam makes KCRW's 22 Best Albums of 2022
    Posted At: December 14, 2022
    The ever-adventurous, experimental trio - The Comet Is Coming released their anticipated fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via Impulse! Records earlier this year coordinating with their North American fall tour.Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and expe...

  • The Comet Is Coming - HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM makes TREBLE: Best Jazz Albums of 2022
    Posted At: December 11, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s studio.On their fourth album, The Comet Is Coming – synth magician/producer Danalogue, drummer-producer Betamax, and saxophonist/spiritual riffologist Shabaka– bur...

  • The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam makes All About Jazz - Chris May's Best Albums Of 2022
    Posted At: December 2, 2022
    Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s studio.On their fourth album, The Comet Is Coming – synth magician/producer Danalogue, drummer-producer Betamax, and saxophonist/spiritual riffologist Shabaka– burn brightly, soundtrack...

  • The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam pays delightful dividends to open ears / jazz & blues report
    Posted At: November 14, 2022
    The “ever-adventurous” (NPR Music) experimental trio The Comet Is Coming recently released their anticipated fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via Impulse! Records.The trio embarked on their North American fall tour, starting at the Format Festival in Arkansas, continuing to Los Angeles, Chicago, DC, Philadelphia, NYC and many more major cities.Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam has already...

  • The newest album from The Comet Is Coming offers a sonic shift in your life / Tablet
    Posted At: November 1, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming, the London-based Mercury Prize nominated synth-sax-drum trio featuring DANALOGUE (Dan Leavers), SHABAKA (Shabaka Hutchings),  and BETAMAX (Max Hallett), fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam released on September 23 via the legendary Impulse! Records. The Comet Is Coming grab you by the head and don’t let go with their relentless and fiery sound, “at once elicit...

  • Exciting instrumentation and thematic composition on The Comet is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam / MARTINEZ Tribune
    Posted At: October 9, 2022
    MARTINEZ Tribune's XAVIER JOHNSON writes…The history of jazz is filled with forward-thinking artists that pushed the envelope of music. One aspect of jazz that stands the test of time is its ability to define a tone. Envision a swanky high-class, smoke-filled bar. There’s instantly a kind of jazz that pops into mind. The measured upright bass and sultry drums are accented by a calming piano.There’s a style ...

  • On 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam,' The Comet Is Coming combines skronk with deep funk / COLORADO SPRINGS INDY
    Posted At: October 5, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming have released their anticipated fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via Impulse! Records, and the album has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s studio.On their fourth album, The Comet Is Coming – synth magician/producer D...

  • The Comet Is Coming explores darker, more dystopian terrain on 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam' / TREBLE
    Posted At: September 29, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming, the London-based Mercury Prize nominated synth-sax-drum trio featuring DANALOGUE (Dan Leavers), SHABAKA (Shabaka Hutchings),  and BETAMAX (Max Hallett),  today announce their fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam. Released on September 23 via the legendary Impulse! Records, their first single off the album: “CODE” is released today – an intergalactic head-banger...

  • Speaking of spirituality, The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam makes 89.9KCRW-cosmic Top30
    Posted At: September 27, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming release of their anticipated fourth studio album: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via Impulse! Records, has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s studio.Featuring synth magician/producer Danalogue, drummer-producer Betamax, and saxophonist...

  • 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam' gets straight to the heart of 'The Comet Is Coming' / LOUD AND QUIET
    Posted At: September 27, 2022
    The London future-jazz titans on a decade of mind-bending sonic ecstasy and innovationLOUD AND QUIET's Max Pilley writes…..The Comet Is Coming have delivered the album title of 2022: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam. It is a phrase that gets straight to the heart of the group’s essence, balancing a sense of ecstatic energy with a spiritual bent that encourages its audience to throw down the barriers of thei...

  • If space really is the place, The Comet is Coming continue to lead the way there / GOD IS IN THE TV
    Posted At: September 26, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming, the London-based Mercury Prize nominated synth-sax-drum trio featuring DANALOGUE (Dan Leavers), SHABAKA (Shabaka Hutchings),  and BETAMAX (Max Hallett), released their fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam on September 23 via the legendary Impulse! Records. Their first single “CODE” is released today – an intergalactic head-banger that explores hidden meaning and cod...

  • The Comet Is Coming swerve the pitfalls and do it just right on 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam' / NARC
    Posted At: September 23, 2022
    ALBUM REVIEW: THE COMET IS COMING – HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM LEE FISHER DISCOVERS TOUGH BEATS AND VINTAGE SYNTHSThe Comet Is Coming highly anticipated fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via Impulse! has gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s s...

  • 'TECHNICOLOUR' from The Comet Is Coming - HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM makes NPR's 'New Mix'
    Posted At: September 22, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming, the London-based Mercury Prize nominated synth-sax-drum trio featuring DANALOGUE (Dan Leavers), SHABAKA (Shabaka Hutchings),  and BETAMAX (Max Hallett), have released their fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via the legendary Impulse! Records. Their first single “CODE” is released today – an intergalactic head-banger that explores hidden meaning and codes in human...

  • Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam. The Comet is Coming is a different beast / THE BIG TAKE-OVER
    Posted At: September 20, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming release their anticipated fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam via Impulse! Records. Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam has already gained steady critical acclaim from the likes of New York Times, NPR Music, The Fader, Stereogum and more, for its adventurous and experimental sounds concocted at Peter Gabriel’s studio.On their fourth album, The Comet Is Coming – synth magici...

  • The Comet Is Comings 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam' is a scifi futuristic exploration / Pan African Music
    Posted At: August 25, 2022
    Pan African Music writes….The London based trio is set to release their fourth studio album, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam. With two singles already unveiled, this latest project synthesises their afrofuturistic endeavours. “There’s gonna be a shift because everyone would have had this period of reflection about what it’s all about. I think it’s not just the music. This major shift will affect the societ...

  • The Comet Is Coming's new album is cosmic and climactic / The Stranger ' Best New Music to Hit My Inbox'
    Posted At: August 23, 2022
    Sci-Fi Jazz with new album from 'The Comet is ComingThe Stranger's DAVE SEGAL writes….It’s natural to mourn the demise of Sons of Kemet, the powerful London avant-jazz group led by saxophonist/clarinetist Shabaka Hutchings and who, by the way, just played KEXP’s 50th-anniversary party at Seattle Center. But the sadness dissipates once you realize that this busy musician theoretically has more time to devote...

  • Celestial sounds pile up as The Comet Is Coming release 2nd single from new album - Lucid Dreamer / STEREOGUM
    Posted At: August 19, 2022
    The Comet Is Coming, the London-based Mercury Prize nominated synth-sax-drum trio featuring DANALOGUE (Dan Leavers), SHABAKA (Shabaka Hutchings),  and BETAMAX (Max Hallett), recently announced their fourth studio album Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam set for release September 23 via the legendary Impulse! Records. Their first single “CODE” is an intergalactic head-banger that explores hidden meaning a...

  • The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery makes KOSU '10 favorite albums of 2019'
    Posted At: December 27, 2019

    Jon Mooneyham, host of Everything All At Once Forever, shares his 10 favorite albums of 2019. Among them is The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery. Shabaka Hutchings' apocalyptic cosmic jazz trio fuses the sonic Afrofuturist scenarios of Sun Ra and John Coltrane's late-period space explorations with the serene spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane, synthesizing something new in that ...

  • The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery makes 'glide Jazz Top 20 for 2019'
    Posted At: December 23, 2019

    2019 was another eventful year in Jazz that delivered a renewed global creativity, the unearthing of lost albums from iconic figures, stellar efforts from emerging young players, and strong contributions from reliable veterans, both vocally and instrumentally. This is Glide's effort, a wide swath of 20 remarkable albums that touch on several aspects of jazz.  We salute these artists, knowing the cho...

  • The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery makes Treble: Best Albums of 2019
    Posted At: December 22, 2019

    We've cycled through a lot of of our favorite music of the year: Our Top 50 Albums of 2019 and our Top 100 Songs of 2019. And beyond that, our favorite metal, hip-hop, electronic, jazz and missed albums of the year. And now we're sharing our individual top 10 lists of the year to close it out. Here's what we, individually, liked a lot this year. Max Pilley selected 'The Comet is Coming – Tr...

  • The Comet Is Coming, Trust In the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery makes JAZZIZ editors picks - 10 albums you need to know for 2019
    Posted At: December 20, 2019

    With the year's end fast approaching, JAZZIZ's digital content editor Brian Zimmerman and website editor Matt Micucci pick their five of their favorite jazz albums of 2019. The list includes a keyboard legend's celebration of the passionate music of Spain, a rockstar's impressive incursion into the jazz world, that latest work from one of London's hottest jazz acts and much more. The London jazz scen...

  • The Comet is Coming, Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery makes Sequenza 21: Best Recordings of 2019
    Posted At: December 19, 2019

    The Guardian called The Comet Is Coming 2019 Impulse! debut, Trust In the Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery, "an improvisational, intergalactic mash-up."  The Comet Is Coming, who in 2016 were shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize, is comprised of King Shabaka (Shabaka Hutchings) on saxophone, Danalogue (Dan Leavers) on keys/synth, and Betamax (Max Hallett) on drums. On this album, Trust In The Lifefo...

  • The Comet Is Coming - The Afterlife makes JazzTimes The Year in Review: Top 50 Albums of 2019 .
    Posted At: December 13, 2019

    JazzTimes' critics choose the top 40 new albums and top 10 historical releases of the year.  The Comet Is Coming digital release of the group's highly-anticipated mini-album The Afterlife, via Impulse! served as a companion piece to the group's breakout album Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery and the lead track "Lifeforce Part II." "The Afterlife has been ...

  • The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery makes Treble '10 Best Jazz Albums of 2019'
    Posted At: December 12, 2019

    Comparing the year in jazz to that of 2018 is a little like comparing this year in metal to its predecessor-on the surface it seems hard to compete with 12 months of obvious ringers. After all, last year revealed the first set of unheard John Coltrane music in decades. I mean, this year also yielded a set of unheard Coltrane pieces, which was pretty cool as well, but they were still essentially alternate...

  • The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery is a Red Bull: must-listen LP for 2019
    Posted At: December 9, 2019

    By now you'll be aware that jazz is back. In the UK, a brace of acts that came through youth group Tomorrow's Warriors are transforming the sound through the influence of contemporary music like grime, rap and sound system culture. A thriving west coast scene formed around pioneering musicians like Kamasi Washington and Thundercat continues to bear fruit. From the latest up-and-coming groups...

  • The Comet Is Coming flips the minimalist palette into an electrifying, apocalyptic sound / Pitchfork
    Posted At: October 22, 2019

    The cosmic fusion group skewers the jazz-trio format as it's typically understood, flipping the minimalist palette into an electrifying, apocalyptic sound. Since their debut was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2016, the Comet is Coming's saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings has become a formidable presence in the international jazz scene in his own right, making fans of Beyoncé and Virgil Abloh ...

  • The Austin Chronicle interviews The Comet Is Coming
    Posted At: October 22, 2019

    A freewheeling powerhouse of manic sax riffing, melodic synthwave, and thundering grooves, the Comet Is Coming combines the rhythms of modern electronica. Credit keyboardist Dan "Danalogue" Leavers and drummer Max "Betamax" Hallett and the improvisational fire of contemporary jazz courtesy sax master "King Shabaka" Hutchings. The leaderless UK collective ("It's like an experiment," says Danalogue. "C...

  • The Comet Is Coming - The Afterlife makes New Music Fridays: Festicket staff picks
    Posted At: September 27, 2019

    Happy Friday! Gearing up for performances at Austin City Limits, before returning to Europe for the Autumn greats Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, Club To Club Torino and roBOt, London psych-jazz trio The Comet Is Coming have today dropped another cosmic chapter in their mind-melting odyssey. Joining them in this week's playlist are new cuts from Delta Sleep, Temples, Natalia Lafourcade and more. As a...
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