Robin Katz Announces New Album Hypnos — Hear Lead Single “The Moon” Now

London-based guitarist and composer Robin Katz has announced his new album Hypnos, arriving 29th May 2026 via Gearbox Records, and if the first single is anything to go by, this is one for your late-night rotation.

The record follows Katz’s Christmas Eve release of his cover of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence”, and continues to build on a sound rooted in jazz tradition but shaped by a much wider palette. Flamenco phrasing, bossa nova rhythms, neo-classical minimalism, soul, funk and even 90s hip-hop influences all quietly thread through his playing. It’s refined, but never rigid.

Katz has performed extensively across the UK and collaborated with artists including Disclosure, Reuben James and Georgia Cecile, steadily carving out a reputation as a guitarist who understands restraint just as much as flourish. His debut EP Oceans for Eros, created with orchestrator Guy Barker, introduced his expansive compositional style, followed by Rock Music, produced by FREEMONK.

With Hypnos, Katz strips things back. Originally written as études for solo guitar, the compositions lean into subtlety, allowing space to do the heavy lifting. A new sonic dimension arrives in the form of Hammond organ, played by guest musician Nathaniel Ledwidge. Rather than the bright, punchy tones often associated with the instrument, the organ here feels weightless, hovering beneath Katz’s nylon-string guitar lines like a low-lit undercurrent.

Lead single “The Moon” offers the first glimpse into that world. The track gently unfolds through fingerpicked guitar patterns that ebb and swell, met by soft organ textures that feel almost tidal. It’s meditative without drifting into background noise, the kind of piece that demands you sit still for three minutes and actually listen. Radical concept, we know.

Speaking about the album, Katz explains that he wanted to create something “pared back and super simple”, drawing on a lifetime of listening, from Django Reinhardt to Philip Glass. The Hammond’s inclusion, he notes, was a deliberate choice to pair nylon-string guitar with an instrument rarely heard alongside it, leaning into its gospel warmth and spiritual depth.

Named after the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos gestures toward dream states and quiet escapism. Not in a dramatic, cinematic way, more in that subtle, exhale-after-a-long-day way.

Hypnos is out 29th May 2026 via Gearbox Records.

Tracklisting:

1. Floating World
2. Kingdom
3. The Moon
4. My Friend Kushi
5. Stargazer
6. Silent Forest
7. Ukiyo
8. Hypnos