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Photo by Laura Darlington

That Daedelus is a clever chap. Inverting language the way he inverts expectations with his music, he has titled his new album Love to Make Music To. Cheeky!

Love features guest appearances from Paperboy, Michael Johnson, Taz Arnold and Om'Mas Keith of Sa-Ra, 1200 Techniques' N'fa, Erika Rose, and Daedelus' wife Laura Darling(ton).

Ninja Tune won't release Love to Make Music To until July 15 (June 9 in the UK), but a single for album cut "Hrs:Mins:Secs" is available now. A second single, "Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson]", hits digital retailers on June 3 and physical ones in late June on 12" vinyl. It includes a remix by Spank Rock's XXXchange.

Daedelus has two other records in the works: "a romantic electro-acoustic record" with his wife until the Long Lost moniker, and one with his Adventure Time project called Adventure Time in Space. He also has a fair number of tour dates this spring and summer. And, like a lot of people in these pages, he's voting for Obama.

Love to Make Music To:

01 Fair Weather Friends
02 Touchtone [ft. Paperboy and Taz]
03 Twist the Kids [ft. N'fa]
04 Get Off Your HiHats
05 My Beau [ft. Erika Rose and Paperboy]
06 Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson]
07 Only for the Heatstrings
08 I Car(ry) Us
09 I Took Two
10 Assembly Lines
11 Bass in It [ft. Taz]
12 Hrs:Mins:Secs
13 If We Should [ft. Laura Darlington]
14 Drummery Jam
15 You're the One [ft. Om'mas Keith]

"Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson]":

01 Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson]
02 Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson] (XXXchange Remix)
03 Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson] (Moonstarr Remix)
04 Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson] (Samiyam Remix)
05 Make It So [ft. Michael Johnson] (Moonstarr Remix Instrumental)

Daedelus:

05-22 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Channel Zero Spring Festival
05-23 London, England - Corsica Studios (album release party) *
05-24 Graz, Austria - Spring Festival
05-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Maxalot
05-30 Wroclaw, Poland - Droga do Mekki
05-31 Manchester, England - Hoya:Hoya @ Music Box
06-05 San Francisco, CA - 111 Minna Gallery
06-12 Boulder, CO - Trilogy Lounge
06-13 Portland, OR - The Backspace
06-20 Barcelona, Spain - Sónar Festival
07-18 Sopot, Poland - Jazz Waves Festival
07-20 Reading, England - Glade Festival
07-31 Saragossa, Spain - Balcon de Musicas
08-01 Herefordshire, England - Big Chill Festival

* with Cadence Weapon, Capitol K, Rustie, Zilla, Patchwork Pirates, Etan