Karen O & Danger Mouse Unveil TURN THE LIGHT Collaborative Album Out Friday

Karen O and Danger Mouse unveil "Turn The Light" from their forthcoming collaborative album, Lux Prima, today-listen here. Lux Prima is out this Friday, March 15 on BMG.

Furthermore, O and Danger Mouse will appear on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" for a very special performance directed by longtime collaboratorSpike Jonze on March 18. Friends for many years, O and Jonze have collaborated extensively including on the soundtrack for Jonze's film Where The Wild Things Are and "The Moon Song" for Jonze's Her, for which O was nominated for an Oscar.

O and Danger Mouse will also give a New York TimesTimesTalk in New York March 20, visitTimesTalks.com for tickets.

Tickets for the multisensory installation "An Encounter with Lux Prima"-April 18-21 at Los Angeles' Marciano Art Foundation-sold out instantaneously upon on sale, join the waitlist atmarcianoartfoundation.org.

"An Encounter with Lux Prima" is an immersive, communal listening experience soundtracked by the album, uniting their singular creative vision with groundbreaking audiovisual technologies. "An Encounter" sees the duo collaborate with an illustrious cast of fellow artists including creative director Barnaby Clay (David Bowie-"Life On Mars" Revisited, SHOT!), Oscar-nominated sound designer Ren Klyce (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Fight Club), renowned lighting designer Tobias Rylander (Robyn, The xx, FKA twigs), visual artist Davy Evans and creative consultant Warren Fu (Daft Punk, The Weeknd, Depeche Mode) to bring Lux Prima to life. Further collaborating with projection mapping innovator Travis Threlkel-co-founder and chief creative officer of MSG'sObscura Digital, George Lucas' Skywalker Sound and Meyer Sound, the installation plays across every sense and is intended as the living, touring nucleus of the duo's forthcoming collaborative album, Lux Prima. "An Encounter with Lux Prima" is executive produced by the Madison Square Garden Company and Like Mgmt.

Lux Prima, the first collaboration from the iconic Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman and the legendary musician-producer, is due March 15 on BMG. Stream "Woman," which Rolling Stone calls "potent" while Stereogum praises O's "vocal fireworks," here and the album's title track here, which The New York Times lauded, saying "Oblivion sounds luxurious and blissful."

Lux Prima will be available digitally, on CD and gatefold LP with exclusive merchandise bundles from the artist store. Pre-order now and get "Turn The Light," "Woman" and "Lux Prima" immediately here. An exclusive LP version with alternate colorway will be available at independent record stores on release day.

In addition to four albums with Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a solo album, Crush Songs, Grammy-nominated O has contributed to soundtracks for Where The Wild Things Are and Her, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Grammy-winning artist Danger Mouse's projects include Gnarls Barkley, Broken Bells and Danger Doom as well as work with Adele, The Black Keys, Gorillaz, A$AP Rocky and beyond.

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