TCP and Jlin combine force on a new album, featuring works by David Longstreth and Philip Glass

Vernacular

GRAMMY® Award-winning percussion ensemble Third Coast Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-finalist composer/performer/electronic musician Jlin join together on an album that explores the evolution of their decade-long partnership. In a collaboration that could have only originated in Chicago, these new works deliver a fresh sound, as TCP’s contemporary classical training meets Jlin’s visceral and innovative electronic practice. A new composition written for TCP by Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth and a new arrangement of a piece by Philip Glass complete the album.

Released October 23, 2026

Performers: Third Coast Percussion (Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore); Jlin, electronics, percussion

Producer: Colin Campbell 

Session Engineer: Taylor Hales

Editing and Mixing: Colin Campbell, Taylor Hales

Assistant Producer: Seth Lauver

Studio Assistant: Lauren MacDonald

Mastering Engineer: Joe Lambert

Recorded: May 4–8, 2026 at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL.

Album artwork: Sonnenzimmer