Dirty Projectors' Angel Deradoorian announces debut solo LP, airs "A Beautiful Woman"

The Brooklyn artist's upcoming album is titled The Expanding Flower Planet, and follows 2009's Mind Raft EP.

Speaking about the record's title (inspired by a Chinese tapestry), Deradoorian said: “It started to represent to me the growing consciousness of the human mind in the world today... so the first song I wrote, which I felt appropriate for the album, was called Expanding Flower Planet and represents this desire to broaden the mind and it's capabilities beyond what we are told it can do."

The recording process stretched over many years and locations, beginning in earnest in Baltimore four years ago. "90%" of the long-player was written and performed by Deradoorian, with contributions from Jeremy Hyman, Michael Lockwood, Niki Randa, Arlene Deradoorian and Gilmore.

Deradoorian has also collaborated with Ra Ra Riot, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Rostam Batmanglij, Flying Lotus and more in her career.

The Expanding Flower Planet is released 21 August by Anticon.

Listen to "A Beautiful Woman" below, and then check out the album's tracklist afterwards.

01. A Beautiful Woman
02. Expanding Flower Planet
03. Violet Minded
04. Komodo
05. Your Creator
06. The Invisible Man
07. DarkLord
08. Ouneya
09. The Eye
10. Grow