Everything Is Recorded – producer Richard Russell‘s ever-evolving artist project – today announce the Cut Off Your Nose EP, released this Friday 14th August via XL Recordings. Spotlighting fresh new voices while reuniting with celebrated past collaborators, the EP sees Russell joined by Jah Wobble, Roses Gabor, Samantha Morton, Rian Brazil, IDK. and Peter Gabriel across four tracks that map the full breadth of Russell’s restless creative vision.
At the EP’s centre is new single ‘Cut Off Your Nose,’ featuring legendary musician Jah Wobble, who contributed to two tracks on Everything Is Recorded’s 2025 album Temporary. An equally prolific presence in his own right, Wobble has lent his one-of-a-kind bass playing to the likes of Public Image Limited, Bill Laswell, and Primal Scream’s Screamadelica, alongside more recent outings with Ken Boothe, Jon Klein and Tian Qiyi. On ‘Cut Off Your Nose,’ Russell places him front and centre as lead vocalist and bassist on a track that distils elements of grime and breaks into a prowling, gut-punch collision of genres. It’s accompanied by a striking Ed Morris-directed music video. Watch it now here.
Everything Is Recorded – Cut Off Your Nose (feat. Jah Wobble)
“Jah Wobble’s bass has been a foundation of so much music I love. he’s an incredible collaborator, a musical hero who’s a joy to work with – so much knowledge and humour. For “Cut Of Your Nose” we talked about him being the vocalist as well as the bassist, and he didn’t hesitate. Same conviction, same weight.” – Richard Russell
“Working with Richard has been like a breath of fresh air for me. His sessions are always fun imaginative and idiosyncratic. The antithesis of the computer music approach. On the other hand he doesn’t just ‘go retro ‘ and pretend it’s the progressive 70’s all over again. He’s a smart cookie, never on auto pilot . The way he works is reminiscent of the great Holger Czukay. He understands the importance of ‘the moment’ . He’s unpredictable. That’s a pretty rare quality in itself.” – Jah Wobble
‘One With The Sky’ and ‘Ode To Her’ see Russell reunite with two familiar faces: acclaimed vocalist Roses Gabor and musician, actor, singer and director Samantha Morton. The former is a DJ friendly UK garage-inspired song, its contrasting feelings of optimism and loss set against Russell’s bass and drums, and moving keys courtesy of Laura Groves. ‘Ode To Her’ pairs Morton – who also featured on Temporary, and released 2024’s Daffodils & Dirt as a duo with Russell – with burgeoning Brighton-born UK rap talent Rian Brazil, hot on the heels of his 2026 EP engine heartbreak. The track is built around a chorus Morton woke up with, fully-formed, one morning, recording it on her phone and sending it to Russell as a voice note; Brazil’s laconic vocal adds further layers to its narcotic haze.
Rounding off the EP is the previously-released single ‘Beyond The Brilliant Haze,’ featuring Maryland rapper IDK and Peter Gabriel. The collaboration extends a prior partnership between Russell and Gabriel, who co-produced ‘Four Kinds of Horses’ on Gabriel’s 2023 album i/o, his first UK No.1 in over 30 years. IDK – born Jason Mills and dubbed “the polymath of rap” by Forbes – brings the maximalist adventurousness of records like Is He Real? and USEE4YOURSELF, having previously worked with Tyler, The Creator, Pusha T and KAYTRANADA. The track brings together three artists from different worlds into something genuinely unexpected.
Everything Is Recorded
14th August 2026, XL Recordings
- Cut Off Your Nose ft. Jah Wobble
- One With The Sky ft. Roses Gabor
- Ode To Her ft. Samantha Morton & Rian Brazil
- Beyond The Brilliant Haze ft. .idk. & Peter Gabriel
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