Scottish composer and producer Erland Cooper has announced that his new album, Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence, will be released on 20 September via Mercury KX / Decca.

Photo by Samuel Davies

The mastertape of the album was buried underground three years ago (with all digital copies permanently deleted) to be nurtured and manipulated by the soil until it was excavated recently and allowed to dry out before being prepared for release.

The record will receive its world premiere at the London Barbican on Saturday 8 June as part of a brief tour that month, which will then be followed by a full tour in November. The tour comes to the National Centre for Early Music in York on 20th November.