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On Sept. 29, Sony Music/Legacy Recordings will release “Metallic Spheres in Colour,” a reworking of the 2010 album “Metallic Spheres” by The Orb, featuring David Gilmour.

“The idea for ‘Metallic Spheres in Colour’ was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets ‘Wish You Were Here,'” according to Youth, producer of the album.

“So, I asked him why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album.”

Gilmour’s partnership with The Orb came about when he met Youth in the studio when Gilmour was recording “Chicago/Change The World” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a benefit track for British hacker Gary McKinnon.

The album consist of two tracks:

1. Seamless Solar Spheres of Affection Mix
2. Seamlessly Martian Spheres of Reflection Mix

It will be available on LP, CD and streaming.

David Gilmour is featured on two tracks from the new Donovan album,”Gaelia,” which drops Dec. 2.

The first Gilmour recording, “Rock Me,” has been released ahead of the album. The other track is “Lover O’ Lover.”

Donovan explains his connection to Gilmour goes back to the ’60s, when the Pink Floyd guitarist purchased Donovan’s cottage. “He said my album track ‘Three Kingfishers,’ off my ‘Sunshine Superman’ album of 1966, had launched him in a celestial music direction,” according to Donovan. “And so when I was selling my cottage, where so many of my songs were written, he wanted to be in my creative space. Makes sense in a Floyd sort of way.

“David had already learned to fly (he wrote a song about it, too ) and flew himself in to Ireland for the session,” he adds. “David brought his guitar roadie, who set up two amps in the studio, handed David his pink Strat, and his unique signature sound enthralled us all.”