Yes, but part of me feels like this is oil and water. It's like mixing a great shitpost with a great...earnestpost. We need both! But their fundamental attitudes are different, I think. Also Bill Wurtz is kind of an enigma, and I just have trouble imagining them getting along easily.
I'm more into Jacob's earlier, jazz-based stuff; I'd love to see him return to that milieu. Sadly, it's too late for a collaboration with Chick Corea - that would have been unreal - but I can hope for Pat Metheny, Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Dave Holland...
Separately, I would love for Jacob to work with Virgil Donati - there's a guy who could not only keep up with, but challenge Jacob.
Not the biggest Porter Robinson fan, but this strikes me as something that could really work as two artists that really complement each other. You hear that earnest/sunny EDM sound coming out in Jacob's recent stuff, so I'd love to hear what a production collab would sound like.
An Opeth collab I would give a kidney for. I'd give the other for a supergroup of Jacob, Kendrick Lamar, Tigran Hamasyan and Yussef Dayes or something like that
Bobby McFerrin! Especially after watching [that Genius segment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvbcfvI9rd4) where Jacob sings "Little Blue" with a cappella bass lines - Bobby is clearly a major influence and spiritual father for JC's music.
Though he's not worked with Dirty Loops, he is on a song with Jonah Nillson called 'Independent Girl'. Jonah did also record a song with JC for Djesse 4 but for some reason it didn't make it on to the album. Hopefully it will appear somewhere eventually
The guitar riffs on She Put Sunshine sound so much like Cory that I went digging through the internet trying to find if it was a secret uncredited feature.
She's not in this year's lineup I think.
To my knowledge it's Rob Mullarkey + Christian Euman + Alita Moses + Erin Bentlage from last year, with new additions of Lindsey Lomis + Ben Jones.
Okay these might be weird picks but here I go:
- Adrianne Lenker: I have no idea if this would work, I just think it would make for an interesting combination + Jacob is a huge fan of her music and Big Thief.
- Tennyson: might not be a familiar name to many people, but Jacob recently added a track of his to his playlist. I've been following Tennyson for years and I could see his super detailed production work with Jacob's style
no 😅😅😅 i love the entire band but he’s less influential for me personally so i just said 2 of my current favorite musicians and they just happen to be in the same band lmao Javier is amazing tho. my guitarist took lessons from him for a summer back in 2016 and he speaks very highly of him.
We need more Yebba, but another interesting collab would be Ryan Leslie. He is a musical/production genius like yourself and you both would make a ridiculous record.
He’d bring something so new and haunting to the next album. It would also bring out Chino’s experimentation more than he has on any Deftones album so far. Think Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event.
Devin Townsend
Jacob has already collabed with Steve Vai - both Vai and Townsend worked together in '93. so it MIGHT not be far from jacob to collab with devin
Came here to post Devy too, it'd be mad fun to have them both in the same room. They're both fearless about trying new things, experts in production, have a real love of music and performing, and can improvise amazingly. It'd be great!
Raye - both are London-based, influenced by jazz and the blues. Raye has been following Jacob on Instagram for a while, and it looks like Jacob recently followed her too!
Yess that would be amazing. I love Mike Deans production and the vibes but would love to hear this go deeper with Jacob Collier. I'd love a Jacob track on the Weeknd's new album which will be Mike Dean produced.
As other people were saying, plini, domi and jd beck would be awesome. Also Anomalie. And a collab with some argentinian rock/jazz/tango musicians would be amazing!!
1.Sheena Ringo(椎名林檎) and Hakushi Hasegawa(長谷川白紙). Two awesome Japanese musicians.
2.Jorn Zorn, master of avant-garde jazz and experimental music, If Jacob collaborate with him, there will definitely be very unexpected results.
3.Stian Carstensen and Michael Pipoquinha. They both collaborated with Jacob on live, hope to see them on the studio album as well.
In no particular order lil nas x, dimash, rl grime, d-low, Hillary hahn, joyner, so hyang, London phil.
I would love to see his take on more extreme artists genre wise. He's done a lot with pop adjacent artists and he brings out crazy parts of them, i want to see what he does with artists who are already far away from pop lol
I'd really like to see Jacob continue to explore darker, aggressive sounds more. I think it'd be interesting for him to work with artists and producers that are more in the realms of electronic, rock, metal, trap, etc. I tried to put my suggestions in categories, but some of these artists don't neatly fit under these labels:
Electronic:
- Bon Iver
- James Blake
- Porter Robinson
- Virtual Riot
- Genre-Bending:
- 100 gecs
- Convexity
- Gorillaz
- Hakushi Hasegawa
- Igorrr
- phonon
- Radiohead
Hip Hop/Trap:
- bladee
- Quadeca
- Yeat
Jazz/Funk:
- Bill Wurtz
- Louis Cole
- Marc Rebillet
- Thundercat
- Tigran Hamasyan
- Tom Cardy
Rock/Metal:
- Animals as Leaders
- Devin Townsend
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- Polyphia
- Tame Impala
I think these would end up being really interesting collabs.
Cellist Abel Selaocoe, Lin Manuel Miranda, Jack Conte, Stevie Wonder.
If we could go back in time? David Bowie, the Beatles, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Chet Baker.
Aaaaaaand like a million composers.
I feel like a Jon Batiste collab at some point is almost inevitable. Would also love to see a Bjork collab.
Bill Wurtz
this is the only right answer
Yes, but part of me feels like this is oil and water. It's like mixing a great shitpost with a great...earnestpost. We need both! But their fundamental attitudes are different, I think. Also Bill Wurtz is kind of an enigma, and I just have trouble imagining them getting along easily.
I'm more into Jacob's earlier, jazz-based stuff; I'd love to see him return to that milieu. Sadly, it's too late for a collaboration with Chick Corea - that would have been unreal - but I can hope for Pat Metheny, Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Dave Holland... Separately, I would love for Jacob to work with Virgil Donati - there's a guy who could not only keep up with, but challenge Jacob.
Pat Metheny would be real interesting!
A pure jazz album would be amazing.
I would love to see a porter robinson collab!
seconding this IMMEDIATELY
Not the biggest Porter Robinson fan, but this strikes me as something that could really work as two artists that really complement each other. You hear that earnest/sunny EDM sound coming out in Jacob's recent stuff, so I'd love to hear what a production collab would sound like.
Domi & JD Beck
Jacob x Domi & jd beck x Thundercat literal dream collab
Love all three of em, but in my heart, I know that Jacob is not hip enough for Domi and JD.
An Opeth collab I would give a kidney for. I'd give the other for a supergroup of Jacob, Kendrick Lamar, Tigran Hamasyan and Yussef Dayes or something like that
Bon Iver
Bobby McFerrin! Especially after watching [that Genius segment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvbcfvI9rd4) where Jacob sings "Little Blue" with a cappella bass lines - Bobby is clearly a major influence and spiritual father for JC's music.
I would love to see them do something together. Big fan of both of them
Though he's not worked with Dirty Loops, he is on a song with Jonah Nillson called 'Independent Girl'. Jonah did also record a song with JC for Djesse 4 but for some reason it didn't make it on to the album. Hopefully it will appear somewhere eventually
Louis Cole
He and Eric Whitacre could whip up something nasty
I daydream about a Cory Wong collab
The guitar riffs on She Put Sunshine sound so much like Cory that I went digging through the internet trying to find if it was a secret uncredited feature.
twas his upcoming touring guitarist, Ben Jones
Awesome I appreciate the intel.
Is Emily Elbert dropping out or is he adding another to the line up?
She's not in this year's lineup I think. To my knowledge it's Rob Mullarkey + Christian Euman + Alita Moses + Erin Bentlage from last year, with new additions of Lindsey Lomis + Ben Jones.
Brian May, Phoebe Bridgers, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney
Okay these might be weird picks but here I go: - Adrianne Lenker: I have no idea if this would work, I just think it would make for an interesting combination + Jacob is a huge fan of her music and Big Thief. - Tennyson: might not be a familiar name to many people, but Jacob recently added a track of his to his playlist. I've been following Tennyson for years and I could see his super detailed production work with Jacob's style
If he collaborated with adrianne i would simply pass away and i would die happy
TIL Jacob has a public Spotify playlist of tasty songs
Vulfpeckkkkkkkkk
JUST YES
Jacob Collier with Tosin Abasi & Matt Garstka would be just incredible
Cause fuck Javier Reyes then I guess? lmao
no 😅😅😅 i love the entire band but he’s less influential for me personally so i just said 2 of my current favorite musicians and they just happen to be in the same band lmao Javier is amazing tho. my guitarist took lessons from him for a summer back in 2016 and he speaks very highly of him.
Roomful of Teeth would be insane. Would love to hear him work with Caroline Shaw on something the likes of Partita for 8 voices
Still waiting for the Tom Misch collab! And I always thought that a collaboration with Aurora could be really interesting.
More of Jacob & het Metropool Orkest
I'd love to see him collab with Florence & The Machine
We need more Yebba, but another interesting collab would be Ryan Leslie. He is a musical/production genius like yourself and you both would make a ridiculous record.
I wonder what Jacob would do with jpop/jrock. So…Hiroyuki Sawano and Yorushika. EDIT: On a completely different note, Stromae.
he has already worked with michael mayo in his paste sessions
Thanks for this— I didn’t know!
Plini, Animals as Leaders, or any of the amazing prog metal wizards out there at the moment!
Plini would be amazing.
Am I wrong for wanting to hear Chino Moreno sing on a Jacob song?
Absolutely not bro that sounds great
He’d bring something so new and haunting to the next album. It would also bring out Chino’s experimentation more than he has on any Deftones album so far. Think Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event.
Do we even know what JC's planning though? A darker album would be crazy good.
I think he would totally jive with Bela Fleck and would be interested to see what that collab would look like.
Chris Thile on mandolin
Did that already
How did I never realize this! Pulling them up on YT and loving it
Nuno Bettencourt!
Vulf
Steven Wilson. I think they would create something very sad and beautiful.
Devin Townsend Jacob has already collabed with Steve Vai - both Vai and Townsend worked together in '93. so it MIGHT not be far from jacob to collab with devin
Came here to post Devy too, it'd be mad fun to have them both in the same room. They're both fearless about trying new things, experts in production, have a real love of music and performing, and can improvise amazingly. It'd be great!
Lucky Daye, PJ Morton, Cory Wong, Vulfpeck, Emily Estefan… my dream list has no ending
so based, incredible list here
Raye - both are London-based, influenced by jazz and the blues. Raye has been following Jacob on Instagram for a while, and it looks like Jacob recently followed her too!
Mike dean would be crazy on the synths
Yess that would be amazing. I love Mike Deans production and the vibes but would love to hear this go deeper with Jacob Collier. I'd love a Jacob track on the Weeknd's new album which will be Mike Dean produced.
Father John Misty might be interesting and anyone from Vulfpeck tbh
Only familiar with two of those and the only one of those I'd like to hear him collab with is Jon Batiste.
I'm interested in what a collab with someone like Rafa Rodriguez or Cory Wong would sound like
As other people were saying, plini, domi and jd beck would be awesome. Also Anomalie. And a collab with some argentinian rock/jazz/tango musicians would be amazing!!
Fatai, Kate Miller- Heidke, Dave Grohl, Jorja Smith, and Black Pink
Richard Bona
Charlie Puth
RAYE
Imogen Heap! They both have a darker vocal timbre and it would be really cool to hear their styles combine, in terms of vocals and production.
eric whitacre
1.Sheena Ringo(椎名林檎) and Hakushi Hasegawa(長谷川白紙). Two awesome Japanese musicians. 2.Jorn Zorn, master of avant-garde jazz and experimental music, If Jacob collaborate with him, there will definitely be very unexpected results. 3.Stian Carstensen and Michael Pipoquinha. They both collaborated with Jacob on live, hope to see them on the studio album as well.
In no particular order lil nas x, dimash, rl grime, d-low, Hillary hahn, joyner, so hyang, London phil. I would love to see his take on more extreme artists genre wise. He's done a lot with pop adjacent artists and he brings out crazy parts of them, i want to see what he does with artists who are already far away from pop lol
skrillex
Stevie Wonder has always jumped to mind immediately as a potential collaborator.
Tame impala, Hiromi Uehara and Mariah Carey!
Paul Simon would provide a song-writing masterclass.
I'd really like to see Jacob continue to explore darker, aggressive sounds more. I think it'd be interesting for him to work with artists and producers that are more in the realms of electronic, rock, metal, trap, etc. I tried to put my suggestions in categories, but some of these artists don't neatly fit under these labels: Electronic: - Bon Iver - James Blake - Porter Robinson - Virtual Riot - Genre-Bending: - 100 gecs - Convexity - Gorillaz - Hakushi Hasegawa - Igorrr - phonon - Radiohead Hip Hop/Trap: - bladee - Quadeca - Yeat Jazz/Funk: - Bill Wurtz - Louis Cole - Marc Rebillet - Thundercat - Tigran Hamasyan - Tom Cardy Rock/Metal: - Animals as Leaders - Devin Townsend - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polyphia - Tame Impala I think these would end up being really interesting collabs.
moses sumney, hozier, chloe and halle bailey
Jacob Collier and Tigran Hamasyan. Please 🥺
Cellist Abel Selaocoe, Lin Manuel Miranda, Jack Conte, Stevie Wonder. If we could go back in time? David Bowie, the Beatles, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Chet Baker. Aaaaaaand like a million composers.