The album options collaborations with Sultan + Shepard, Kasbo and extra.
Lane 8 has introduced Cross Pollination II, a 14-track collaborative album due June twelfth by way of personal file label, This By no means Occurred.
The file revisits a format the producer final explored in 2020, when the unique Cross Pollination gathered artists from throughout the TNH universe for a seven-track collaborative mission that landed throughout one of many quieter stretches in latest reminiscence for reside music. Six years later, the sequel arrives with double the tracks and an inventory of collaborators that spans nicely past the imprint’s roster, pulling in names like Rae Morris, Davey Havok, Gui Boratto and Grigoré alongside acquainted faces.
“What actually excites me is watching these artists develop and evolve,” Lane 8 instructed EDM.com in an intimate interview in March. “Anytime [our artists] ship me a brand new observe, I get excited to hearken to it. I’m all the time looking for that subsequent file that’s going to make me really feel like, ‘I really like this! That is so thrilling,’ and hearken to it over and over.”
5 of the album’s 14 tracks have surfaced since January, each first showing as an ID in Lane 8’s reside units or seasonal mixtapes earlier than its official launch. ‘Disappear’ options sadHAPPY and continues his ongoing artistic partnership with Sultan + Shepard. February introduced ‘Penguin Parade’ with Robby East, who had launched his Dahlia EP on TNH earlier than returning for an look on Lane 8’s Infantile remix album; and ‘Adelie,’ a collaboration with Singaporean producer MYRNE, who contributed his personal Infantile remix in late-2025.
March’s ‘Tripwires’ reunited Lane 8 with Massane alongside barking continues, and the fifth pre-release single, ‘World Is Mine,’ arrived on April twenty third alongside Kasbo and BJOERN.
This 12 months additionally marks a decade of This By no means Occurred as each a label and reside occasion idea, and Lane 8 has organized a collection of anniversary exhibits in London and Colorado working by means of mid-June.
Cross Pollination II is scheduled to hit streaming platforms on June twelfth and followers can pre-save the album right here.
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