Photo by C. Spencer Yeh

Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin (a.k.a. Oneohtrix Point Never) have teamed up to release a record on Mexican Summer's Software imprint (which is run by Lopatin and his Ford & Lopatin partner Joel Ford). The release will be the first in Software's SSTUDIOS series, focusing on collaborative free jazz/electronic albums, co-curated by Lopatin and C. Spencer Yeh.

Hecker and Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Hecker?) will perform together at the Unsound Festival in Krakow, Poland, taking place October 14-21. This year's Unsound Krakow celebrates the festival's 10th anniversary and is centered on the idea of "The End". The lineup includes the first performance of aTelecine (featuring Sasha Grey), as well as Julia Holter, V/VM (a.k.a. Leyland Kirby, a.k.a. the Caretaker), and a collaborative set from Lustmord and Biosphere.

Watch the video for "The Piano Drop" by Tim Hecker. And don't forget: both Oneohtrix Point Never and Tim Hecker perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, July 13-15. Single-day tickets are on sale here.