Unknown Mortal Orchestra has announced the release of their instrumental album, IC-01 Hanoi, out October 26th on Jagjaguwar.

While recording Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s latest release, Sex & FoodRuban Nielson, his longtime collaborator Jacob Portrait and his brother Kody Nielson, found themselves in the Vietnamese city of Hanoi at Phu Sa Studios.  During the recording process for Sex & Food the band recorded live sessions with local musician Minh Nguyen on Sáo Trúc, Đàn Môi, and Vietnamese Percussion and Nielson’s father, Chris, on Flugelhorn, Saxophone and keyboards.  These sessions became IC-01 Hanoi: a sonic distillation of the band’s influences in Jazz, Krautrock, and the avant-garde.

 

Pre-order the album on vinyl here

 

SOURCE: Press Release- September 25, 2018