Lushlife, a.k.a. Raj Haldar, has a new collaborative album, Ritualize, with Philly productions crew CSLSX, coming out on February 19 via Western Vinyl. He also recruited a little help for Swedish indie outfit I Break Horses for his latest single. Lushlife states, "'The Waking World' is a surreal look at the mindset of Mark David Chapman on the morning he assassinates John Lennon. The frenetic quiet-then-loud production from CSLSX, and I Break Horses' anthemic but melancholy chorus offered the perfect backdrop to zoom in and spit rhymes that explore my own relationship to depression, adolescent sensitivity, and obsession in the context of a single culture-altering moment." You can stream the track below, which was featured earlier today at The Line of Best Fit. (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)

Below is a new cover of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" from multi-talented artist Lushlife, a.k.a. Raj Haldar. It was inspired by the 1960 French-Italian horror flick of the same name. Lushlife also recently announce that his long-awaited collaborative album with production crew CSLSX, Ritualize, will be coming out on February 19, 2016 via Western Vinyl so definitely keep a look out for it.

We've been talking about a collaborative album between Lushlife and CSLSX for a while now. Well, they just announced, over at Pitchfork, that the record will be titled Ritualized, and will be released on February 19, 2016 via Western Vinyl. It will also feature contributions from RJD2, Freeway, Killer Mike, Ariel Pink, Marissa Nadler, I Break Horses, and more. Check out the album's first offering called "Body Double," which premiered on Ezra Koenig's Beats 1 show Time Crisis!

Philly Renaissance man, Lushlife, a.k.a. Raj Haldar, premiered a new track on Mary Anne Hobbs's BBC6 Weekend Music Show. It's a reimagined take of Tame Impala's "Nangs." The original can be found on the psych outfit's latest album Currents. You can also download a high-quality version of the single for free HERE.

While we wait with great anticipation for Lushlife's follow-up to 2012's Plateau Vision, Raj Haldar has teamed up with Deli favorites Keith Hampson (Power Animal) and Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Lithuania) to re-record/reimagine "Gymnopedie 1.2." The track was originally a nod to French composer and pianist Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1," which Haldar obsessed over during his formative years in high school. The intimate at-home acoustic performance was directed by Peter English and edited by Larry DeMark.

LUSHLIFE and FRIENDS Gymnopedie 1.2