Harlecore

Harle had hosted many live shows, DJ sets and concerts featuring the "Harlecore" title, dating as far back as September 2017.{{Cite web|title=DANNY L HARLE PRESENTS HARLECORE Tickets {{!}} £8 {{!}} 21 Sep 2017 @ The Waiting Room, London {{!}} DICE|url=https://dice.fm/event/pyk88-danny-l-harle-presents-harlecore-21st-sep-the-waiting-room-tickets|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Tickets to the best gigs, clubs and festivals - Get the App now {{!}} DICE|language=en}} Harle has also adopted the "Harlecore" title in recent remixes.{{Citation|title=Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) [Danny L Harle Harlecore Remix] - Single by Ed Sheeran|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/beautiful-people-feat-khalid-danny-harle-harlecore/1474822356|language=en-us|access-date=2021-02-25}}{{Citation|title=1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues by 100 gecs|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1000-gecs-and-the-tree-of-clues/1521674860|language=en-us|access-date=2021-02-25}}{{Citation|title=IMMEDIATELY Remixes by Perfume Genius|date=2021-03-12|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/immediately-remixes/1546188924|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-25}} Also familiar is the MC Boing moniker: a collaboration with former labelmate Lil Data (a.k.a. Jack Armitage), which made its premiere in May 2017 as a part of PC Music's Month of Mayhem project.{{Cite web|title=♫ Listen: MC BOING - "Dance Floor"|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-mc-boing-dance-floor|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Tiny Mix Tapes|language=en}}

In late 2019, in a since deleted Tweet responding to a fan asking for new solo material, Harle stated he'd been "working on a lot of stuff" that would "be worth the wait".{{Cite web|title=PCMUSIC on Instagram: "🚨 UPDATE 🚨 @dannylharle stated on Twitter that he's been working on a lot of solo material that will be worth the wait!! When should we…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B37nKonl1sG/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B37nKonl1sG |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}

On 8 January 2021, social media accounts for @ClubHarlecore begun posting short videos, teasing the release of something soon.{{Cite web|title=Harlecore on Twitter: "This Is Harlecore"|url=https://twitter.com/clubharlecore/status/1347207746446217218|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Twitter|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Harlecore on Instagram: "This Is #Harlecore"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJv8ZrCnAsp/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CJv8ZrCnAsp |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}} This was followed by the release of the singles "On a Mountain", (its music video released the same day), and "Boing Beat" on 14 January, A live performance of "Boing Beat" would be held on the virtual club site on 25 January,{{Cite web|title=Harlecore on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/clubharlecore/status/1353025641143103489|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Twitter|language=en}} followed by a lyric video, released on 27 January.{{Cite web|title=Danny L Harle on Twitter: "not a mobile phone in sight, just MC Boing bouncing all night"|url=https://twitter.com/dannylharle/status/1353800461015543809|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Twitter|language=en}}

Teasers of DJ Mayhem were posted to social media the day before the release{{Cite web|title=Harlecore on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/clubharlecore/status/1358849048912908288|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Twitter|language=en}} of "Interlocked", (its music video was also released the same day), and "Ocean's Theme" on 10 February. A music video for "Ocean's Theme" was released later, on 19 February.{{Cite web|title=Danny L Harle on Twitter: "This is the Emotion"|url=https://twitter.com/dannylharle/status/1362839977500037121|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Twitter|language=en}}

In a positive review, Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that "Harlecore gives the blissful escapism of late-'90s and early-2000s rave culture a 2020s update while staying lovingly true to its roots," calling it "a briskly entertaining look back -- and forward -- at some of EDM's fizziest, gaudiest sounds." For The Observer, critic Michael Cragg called it "big, dumb escapist fun with – as no one says any more – a massive donk on it." Luke Pearson of Exclaim! described it as "full to bursting with '90s rave goodness — it's big, fun, and just a little bit dumb, all delivered with a massive meta wink from Harle himself." For Resident Advisor, Andrew Ryce asserted that "Harlecore transcends any coherent analysis. It's making fun of dance music and celebrating it at the same time," and described it as blending old hard dance styles, hyperpop, and Eurodance.{{cite web |last1=Ryce |first1=Andrew |title=Album Review: Danny L Harle - Harlecore |url=https://ra.co/reviews/33682 |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=18 December 2022}}

Ryan Middleton from Magnetic Magazine compared "Ti Amo" and "Do You Remember" to early 2000's music and Basshunter.{{cite web | url = https://www.magneticmag.com/2021/02/album-review-danny-l-harle-harlecore | title = Album Review: Danny L Harle - Harlecore | website = Magnetic Magazine | author = Ryan Middleton | date = 26 February 2021 | access-date = 6 November 2021}}

Credits adapted from Spotify.{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| note5 = DJ Danny

| title11 = Shining Stars

| length11 = 3:01

| title12 = Car Song

| length12 = 1:31

| title13 = Ti Amo

| length13 = 2:43

| note13 = feat. MC Spirits) (DJ Danny

| note1 = DJ Danny

| note7 = DJ Danny

| title10 = For So Long

| note9 = DJ Danny

| note2 = MC Boing

| note6 = MC Boing

| note12 = MC Boing

| note3 = DJ Mayhem

| note8 = DJ Mayhem

| note11 = DJ Mayhem

| note4 = DJ Ocean

| length10 = 4:18

| length9 = 3:05

| title1 = Where Are You Now

| length4 = 3:49

| length1 = 3:41

| total_length = 37:32

| title2 = Boing Beat

| length2 = 1:32

| writer2 = {{hlist|Harle|Jack Armitage|Hannah Amond}}

| title3 = Interlocked

| length3 = 2:46

| title4 = Ocean's Theme

| title5 = On a Mountain

| title9 = Take My Heart Away

| length5 = 3:06

| writer5 = {{hlist|Harle|Eyelar Mirzazadeh}}

| title6 = Piano Song

| length6 = 1:40

| title7 = Do You Remember

| length7 = 3:23

| title8 = All Night

| length8 = 2:57

| note10 = DJ Ocean

| writer3 = {{hlist|Harle|Ross Birchard|Lauren Eve Mayberry|Martin Clifford Doherty}}

| writer4 = {{hlist|Harle|Caroline Polachek}}

| writer1 = {{hlist|Danny L Harle|Neo Jessica Joshua}}

| writer6 = {{hlist|Harle|Armitage}}

| writer7 = {{hlist|Harle|Mirzazadeh|Nate Campany}}

| writer8 = {{hlist|Harle|Birchard}}

| writer9 = {{hlist|Harle|Mirzazadeh}}

| writer10 = {{hlist|Harle|Polachek}}

| writer11 = {{hlist|Harle|Birchard|Mirzazadeh}}

| writer12 = {{hlist|Harle|Armitage}}

| writer13 = {{hlist|Harle|Alberto Guerrini|Hugh Alan Cornwell|Jean-Jacques Burnel|David Greenfield|Brian Duffy}}

}}Vinyl edition{{Cite web|title=Danny L Harle - 'Harlecore' 2LP – Mad Decent Official Store|url=https://shop.maddecent.com/products/danny-l-harle-harlecore-2lp|access-date=2021-02-27|website=shop.maddecent.com}}

Side A

{{Track listing

| title1 = On a Mountain

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = All Night

| title3 = Piano Song

| length2 = 2:58

| length3 = 1:41

| note1 = DJ Danny

| note2 = DJ Mayhem

| note3 = MC Boing

}}

Side B

{{Track listing

| title4 = Boing Beat

| title5 = Where Are You Now

| title6 = For So Long

| note4 = MC Boing

| length4 = 1:33

| note5 = DJ Danny

| length5 = 3:42

| note6 = DJ Ocean

| length6 = 4:18

}}

Side C

{{Track listing

| title7 = Interlocked

| note7 = DJ Mayhem

| length7 = 2:47

| title8 = Do You Remember

| note8 = DJ Danny

| length8 = 3:24

| title9 = Car Song

| note9 = MC Boing

| length9 = 1:32

}}

Side D

{{Track listing

| title10 = Ocean's Theme

| note10 = DJ Ocean

| length10 = 3:50

| title11 = Take My Heart Away

| note11 = DJ Danny

| length11 = 3:05

| title12 = Shining Stars

| note12 = DJ Mayhem

| length12 = 3:02

| title13 = Ti Amo

| note13 = feat. MC Spirits) (DJ Danny

| length13 = 2:43

}}

• Danny L Harle – production
• Nao – vocals (track 1)
• Gloria Adereti – vocals (track 1)
• Lil Data – vocals (track 2, 6, 12)
• Hannah Diamond – vocals (track 2)
• Hudson Mohawke – production (track 3, 8, 11)
• L Devine – vocals (track 3, 7)
• Caroline Polachek – vocals (tracks 4, 10)
• Georgia Twinn – vocals (track 5)
• Emily Verlander – vocals (track 8)
• Karina Ramage – vocals (track 9)
• Eyelar Mirzazadeh – vocals (track 11)
• Gabber Eleganza – vocals (track 13)
• EG Huang - art director & graphic designer

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Category:2021 debut albums

Category:Electronic albums by British artists

Category:Mad Decent albums

Category:Albums produced by Danny L Harle