Jeff Mills' Axis Records will release The Forbidden Planet, the second album by Tomorrow Comes The Harvest, on 20 November. The project pairs Mills with keyboardist Jean-Phi Dary and tabla virtuoso Prabhu Edouard, with flautist Rasheeda Ali featured throughout and a special guest appearance from bassist Laurent Vernerey.
Across twelve tracks, the album explores a wide range of electronic and acoustic improvisational conversations, creating expansive and constantly evolving sound landscapes. The recording carries forward many of the qualities that have made Tomorrow Comes The Harvest so distinctive from its earliest days – chief among them, a fearless commitment to spontaneity and dialogue between musicians.
The project originated through the percussive dialogue between Jeff Mills and the late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. When the two creative forces first came together several years ago, what emerged was more than a collaboration. They opened a pathway – a way of creating through instinct, exchange, rhythm and freedom. That pathway continues to lead toward new horizons, and The Forbidden Planet is evidence of just how far it can travel.
The album is the result of an intricate creative process spanning nearly two years, connecting a series of recording sessions at notable studios including Criteria Studios in Miami, Soda Sound, and the legendary Studio Ferber in Paris. The result explores the more cerebral dimensions of the band’s vast musical language: an idea is introduced, and almost immediately it begins to transform. Themes are questioned, reshaped and redirected as the musicians respond instinctively to one another.
As Tomorrow Comes The Harvest is known for, the performances were recorded largely through improvisation, often capturing the energy and spontaneity of an almost one-take process. These recordings were later carefully refined and shaped into the compositional structures heard throughout the album. In rhythm and in spirit, each musician contributes an essential voice to the conversation. Within that collective precision lies something even more important: a shared love of musical freedom and the possibility of creating without boundaries.
The physical edition will also include a DVD titled Live at The Jazz Café London, featuring selected live footage recorded on 27 September 2025 – highlights from the band’s unique fusion of electronic music, jazz, percussion and improvisation, featuring Mills, Dary, Edouard and Ali.
In other news, Mills recently announced the conceptual album ‘The Trip To Vega’ via Axis, continuing one of the most consistently boundary-pushing catalogues in electronic music. The Forbidden Planet arrives 20 November via Axis Records.
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