Santigold 'lands Pharrell for new album'

Santigold has started work on her second studio album with a string of top producers.

The 'L.E.S. Artistes' singer, who changed her name from Santogold following an alleged legal dispute, has enlisted the help of Pharrell Williams and Spank Rock.

The 32-year-old revealed that Williams had already come up with some unique ideas for the record.

"We went in the studio and [Williams] was like, 'I'll just play the buckets'," she said. "It was like, 'Boom, ah, buh-doom, ah!'", she told Nylon.

Diplo and Switch, who worked on the star's self-titled debut have also been named as collaborators.

The star listed Otis Redding and 1980s rap star Egyptian Lover as inspirations behind the new material.