Umi Copper's adventurous new single "All" is one of 2018's most vital debuts

The Pharrell-championed enigma releases his debut short-player next month, and marks the announcement with the full release of "All" - which was debuted by the feted "Happy" producer on OVO Sound Radio.

"All" features sparse pockets of silence, woodwind bursts, dollops of bass, and lush string swoops gliding across a popping, crackling bed of percussion - with Copper's elastic vocals threaded through the whole thing. It spans just under four minutes from start to end, but by the time the final note stops ringing you've lurched through Copper's emotional gauntlet - he's packaged so much into one bitesize composition, and he's done it without it feeling overstuffed or chaotic (quite the opposite, actually).

For his new single Copper touches on the world inhabited by Young Fathers on their latest record Cocoa Sugar, but moves away from electronica and towards classic jazz of decades past. Although he hints at the loose experiments of groundbreakers from the '60s and '70s (and the modern era), he manages to make the whole package feel vital and fresh, and he does so with ease.

Tracklist:

1. All
2. Daemon
3. Requiem
4. Cure