soccer Committee and Fergus Jones to Release Album
The eight-track record 'belongs' is the first full-length collaboration between the two artists, arriving through Scenic Route.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Classical
soccer Committee and Fergus Jones have announced their debut collaborative album 'belongs', which Scenic Route will release on December 4. The eight-track record introduces the song 'The Heavens Are High'.
Why it matters
The project marks the first full-length collaboration between Mariska Baars, who records as soccer Committee, and Fergus Jones, pairing ambient and folk work with Jones's experience across several collaborators and labels.
The album contains eight tracks and is scheduled for release on December 4, 2026. Baars has worked across ambient and folk since 2005, and the figures reflect the announced schedule only.
The players
soccer Committee
The recording project of Mariska Baars, an artist who has worked across ambient and folk music since 2005 and collaborated with Peter Broderick.
Fergus Jones
A musician and founder of the label and events series FELT, who has previously worked with Huerco S., Adrian Utley, James K, Koreless and Charles Hayward.
Scenic Route
The label releasing the album 'belongs' on December 4.
The details
'The Heavens Are High' began as a composition by Baars and was expanded by Jones through arrangement and overdubs with musicians Diego Herrera and Vincent Yuen Ruiz. The duo describe the song as being about longing and being drawn to higher spheres.
Timeline
December 4, 2026: Scenic Route releases the album 'belongs'.
Roadmap
The collaboration extends Jones's history of working with a range of experimental and ambient artists through his FELT label and events. It places a Copenhagen-based producer alongside a long-time ambient and folk recording artist in a single eight-track release.
Listeners can access the album when Scenic Route releases 'belongs' on December 4. The extraction does not specify streaming platforms, physical formats, or pricing.
The takeaway
Fans of ambient and folk can watch for the December 4 release of 'belongs' to hear how the two artists combine their approaches across eight tracks.
Further reading
Explore more in the Classical section for context on contemporary composition and collaborative recordings.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Readdork.
