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GERMAN music producer and DJ Zedd is dropping his long-awaited third studio album Telos tomorrow.
The highly-anticipated project marks his return after nine years.
The musician revealed that the gap was due to a burnout he had felt following the making of his 2015 album True Colours.
The fatigue was so real that the artist felt Telos - an ancient Greek word which can mean fulfilment, completion or ending - would be his last project.
“For the album name, I wanted one word,” Zedd said in an interview.
“Something interesting enough that you’d want to Google what it means. This is how I really feel about my album Telos. It’s on a level of complexity that I didn’t think I could reach, and I’m very proud of it.
“Also, I genuinely burned out working on it for many years... I thought it might be the last piece of music that I would ever make,” the creative added, explaining the album’s title.
“Your first album is like exploring a world you’ve never seen before, and then you’ve explored the world, and then you’re trying to find corners of that world that you haven’t explored yet, and after the second album you’re wondering if there are any more unexplored areas in this world that you’ve explored. And for me it took nine years to forget about all that and feel like I am now painting a brand-new picture,” he added, reflectively.
The 10-track album features a list of musicians, including Bea Miller, Muse, Remi Wolf and the late Jeff Buckley.
Originally named Anton Zaslavski, the DJ was born on September 2, 1989 in Saratov, Soviet Russia, but moved with his family to Dansenberg village, in Kaiserslautern town, in Germany when he was three.
He is known for his massive hits: Clarity featuring British singer Foxes (2012,) which was awarded the Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2014, and Stay the Night featuring Grammy Award-winning band Paramore’s lead singer Hayley Williams (2013).
The decorated DJ performed at this year’s Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, which took place at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on March 1.
