Devonté Hynes aka Blood Orange has revealed that he will be releasing his first-ever album of classical music. Christened Fields, the record is due for release 11 October via Chicago-based non-profit label Cedille.

Hynes created the record in its entirety on his Digital Audio Workstation and subsequently sent the recordings and sheet music to the members of Grammy-winning Chicago collective of classically trained percussionists, Third Coast Percussion, who arranged and rendered them on their instruments.

In an official release, Hynes had this to say of Fields' genesis: "This was the first time I’ve written music that I’ve never played, and I love that...It’s something I’ve always been striving to get to. Seeing what Third Coast Percussion had done with these pieces was magical".

Check out the cover art and tracklist below.



1) Reach
2 ) Blur
3 ) Coil
4 ) Wane
5 ) Curl
6) Hush
7) Gather
8) Tremble
9) Cradle
10) Press
11) Fields
12) Perfectly Voiceless
13) There Was Nothing