Format Details:
Release Date: 26 September 2025
Label: Edition Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060509793082
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Release Date: 26 September 2025
Label: Edition Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060509793075
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Fabled visionary and saxophonist Donny McCaslin - pivotal as the musical director on David Bowie's Blackstar - presents 'Lullaby for the Lost', an album that captures the raw emotion of improvised jams while shaping them into deliberate and powerful forms. With longtime collaborators Jason Lindner (keys) Zach Danziger and Nate Wood (drums), Jonathan Maron (bass), and Ben Monder (guitar) alongside him, McCaslin fuses deft, idiosyncratic sax riffs and tasteful synth textures with the primal energy of Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, and Radiohead. 'Lullaby for the Lost' sounds like a cinematic adrenaline rush - fierce, soulful, and timeless.
Produced by bassist and composer Tim Lefebvre and mixed by Dave Fridmann - one of the most influential sonic innovators of his generation and known for his work with The Flaming Lips and MGMT - 'Lullaby for the Lost' is a playground of sound. Treating the saxophone like a lead vocal, McCaslin leans into the urgency and edge of the music, delivering a record that feels immediate, focused, and of its time without chasing nostalgia. This is a fierce goodbye to the shadows of the past - a raw, unspoken invitation to lose yourself, confront your struggles, and turn them into strength, drenched in unstoppable emotion.
Available on CD and blue coloured vinyl editions.
Press:
"This album stands out immediately through its fusion of studio precision, high-energy raw performances and sophisticated improvisation." - **** 1/2 All About Jazz
"McCaslin has carved out an art rock meets jazz niche, with an epic studio-driven soundscape that's designed to blow the mind. Lullaby For The Lost doesn't disappoint on that score...A strong melodic element throughout the programme makes sure the music exhilarates rather than overwhelms." - **** BBC Music Magazine
"There's a cinematic sweep to this album, thanks in part to Dave Fridmann's lush and explosive mix. Effects like reverb and delay aren't just polish, they're mood-shapers, helping the music veer between moments of intimacy and unrelenting intensity. It's an album of contrasts: groove and grit, tenderness and tension, purpose and pain." - **** UK Vibe
"US saxist and former Bowie Blackstar sideman Donny McCaslin operates at the outer reaches of rock-saturated jazz intensity, with the significant help of guitarist Ben Monder and bassist Tim Lefebvre." - The Guardian
Description
Fabled visionary and saxophonist Donny McCaslin - pivotal as the musical director on David Bowie's Blackstar - presents 'Lullaby for the Lost', an album that captures the raw emotion of improvised jams while shaping them into deliberate and powerful forms. With longtime collaborators Jason Lindner (keys) Zach Danziger and Nate Wood (drums), Jonathan Maron (bass), and Ben Monder (guitar) alongside him, McCaslin fuses deft, idiosyncratic sax riffs and tasteful synth textures with the primal energy of Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, and Radiohead. 'Lullaby for the Lost' sounds like a cinematic adrenaline rush - fierce, soulful, and timeless.
Produced by bassist and composer Tim Lefebvre and mixed by Dave Fridmann - one of the most influential sonic innovators of his generation and known for his work with The Flaming Lips and MGMT - 'Lullaby for the Lost' is a playground of sound. Treating the saxophone like a lead vocal, McCaslin leans into the urgency and edge of the music, delivering a record that feels immediate, focused, and of its time without chasing nostalgia. This is a fierce goodbye to the shadows of the past - a raw, unspoken invitation to lose yourself, confront your struggles, and turn them into strength, drenched in unstoppable emotion.
Available on CD and blue coloured vinyl editions.
Press:
"This album stands out immediately through its fusion of studio precision, high-energy raw performances and sophisticated improvisation." - **** 1/2 All About Jazz
"McCaslin has carved out an art rock meets jazz niche, with an epic studio-driven soundscape that's designed to blow the mind. Lullaby For The Lost doesn't disappoint on that score...A strong melodic element throughout the programme makes sure the music exhilarates rather than overwhelms." - **** BBC Music Magazine
"There's a cinematic sweep to this album, thanks in part to Dave Fridmann's lush and explosive mix. Effects like reverb and delay aren't just polish, they're mood-shapers, helping the music veer between moments of intimacy and unrelenting intensity. It's an album of contrasts: groove and grit, tenderness and tension, purpose and pain." - **** UK Vibe
"US saxist and former Bowie Blackstar sideman Donny McCaslin operates at the outer reaches of rock-saturated jazz intensity, with the significant help of guitarist Ben Monder and bassist Tim Lefebvre." - The Guardian
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Finding Ways (Sebastian Rochford)
Fergus McCreadie
Donny McCaslin
Petter Eldh
Nils Petter Molvaer
Frida Touray
Jasper Hoiby
Polar Bear
Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin
