Daniel Dumile aka DOOM, formerly MF Doom, has his hands full these days, with a reported new Madvillain album on the way as well as the Unexpected Guests release, though that was just a compilation of previously recorded tracks.
Doom's also been working on a star-studded new EP, due at the end of the year. It's called Gazillion Ear, evidently named after a track on his current LP Born Like This. Check out a remix of the title track, featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke:
According to a press release:
"Masked maverick DOOM (previously known as MF Doom) is set to release his new GAZZILLION EAR EP this December. The record includes production by Radiohead frontman and longtime DOOM fan Thom Yorke, the much-missed J Dilla, psychedelic hip-hop artist Jneiro Jarel and TV On The Radio lynchpin Dave Sitek. The EP follows DOOM’s earlier BORN LIKE THIS album opus - one of the hip-hop highlights of 2009."
There's been a longstanding rumor that TVOTR's Sitek was collaborating with DOOM, and it's encouraging to see that it's actually happening. The same goes for Yorke, after he remixed one of DOOM's tracks earlier in the year.
Sitek, meanwhile, collaborated with Jarel to co-produce a version of the title track.
Gazzillion Ear is released digitally on December 6 and on 12-inch on December 7.