Devin Townsend is now streaming his new ambient albums The Puzzle and Snuggles ahead of their physical releases. Both records are far cries from the usual Devin Townsend material, but they're really good and are both absolutely worth your time.
Townsend also revealed the extensive list of musicians involved in the records, which is:
Drums and Percussion:
- Morgan Ågren
- Fazal
- Anup Sastry
- Chris Kelly
- Kat Epple
Bass:
- Nathan Navarro
- Devin Townsend
- Jonas Hellborg
- Jean Savoie
Guitar:
- Devin Townsend
- Mike Keneally
- Aman Khosla
- Steve Vai
- Plini
- Mark Cimino
- Matt Picone
- Andy Mckee
- Jed Simon
- Markus Reuter
- Chrys Johnson
- Yotam Afik
- Buckley Kelly
- Ana Patan
- John Bertsche
Vocals:
- Devin Townsend
- Tina Ågren
- Aman Khosla
- Echo Picone
- Tommy Rodgers
- Tanya Ghosh
- Gitai Barak
- Ché Aimee Dorval
- Anneke van Giersbergen
- Ana Patan
- Samantha Preis
- Anne Preis
- Arabella Packford
- Blindboy Boatclub
- Morgan Ågren
- Chris Kelly
- Shiraz Afik
- Korina Savoie
- Chris Johnson
- Mom Alvarado
- Mark Cimino
- John Bertsche
- Pete Mark
- Amy Wong
Keyboards and Synths:
- Devin Townsend
- Mattias Eklund
- Diego Tejeida
- Jordan Rudess
- Kat Epple
- Ben Searles
- Mike St Jean
- Mark Cimino
Strings, Wind Instruments, and Horns:
- Mattias Eklund
- Kat Epple
- Phillip Peterson
- Neyveli Radhakrishna
- Jørgen Munkeby
Physical copies are available here.