Vijay Iyer has signed to ECM records. The pianist and composer recorded Historicity, Solo, Tirtha, and Accelerando for ACT Records to massive critical acclaim in recent years. No further details are available so far. There is a question mark about an unreleased quintet album in the can. Iyer's latest album with Mike Ladd released last month is reviewed here: http://www.marlbank.net/reviews/1100-dying-in-the-shadows and read a review of the Vijay Iyer trio's last London appearance earlier this year: http://www.marlbank.net/lives/349-vijay-iyer-trio-purcell-room-london
Vijay Iyer pictured

1923 update  A spokesperson for Vijay Iyer said that an announcement will be made, and that the first record "is for ECM's New Series with a string quartet."

31 October update 1211 ECM have just put out a statement confirming the pianist has recorded an album, at Avatar in Manhattan with Manfred Eicher producing. There's no mention of the album being on New Series. However, there are more details including a title and release date. "The first collaboration, Mutations, is scheduled for release on February 28, 2014 in Europe. The recording features solo piano pieces and 'Mutations I-X', a suite in ten movements for string quartet, piano and laptop, with Miranda Cuckson and Michi Wiancko, violins, Kyle Armbrust, viola, and Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello and with composer Iyer playing the piano and contributing electronics and sound-processing." The full statement can be read here: http://ecmrecords.com/News/Diary/452_Vijay_Iyer.php?lvredir=733&rubchooser=202&mainrubchooser=2