Dido has brought in former Rufus Wainwrightand Fiona Apple producer, Jon Brion, in a bid to carve out a less mainstream sound.
Speaking to Billboard.com, Brion described the unlikely collaboration as working out well.
He said: "We've written a bunch of stuff together, and we've been recording. I don't think people who know either of us would think it's the thing to do, and yet it's making total sense."
Brion also revealed that the singer wanted to move away from the more mainstream sound of her multi-million-selling albums "No Angel" and "Life For Rent":
"She wants something less glossy and further left. I think people have disregarded the emotional aspects of her writing, because the way the records have been presented make the music seem a little flat.
"But in terms of her singing, she's just an absolutely unbelievable, naturally great singer, in truth one of the greatest I've ever worked with. There's a certain kind of restraint in record making that she doesn't want anymore. That's good. That's a recipe for finding new things."
Posting a blog on her official website, Dido described the decision to record in Los Angeles as inspired.
She wrote: "I'm inspired constantly by the great songwriting tradition in America which I hadn't really explored before and I just love getting in my car and going on long drives and writing songs."
The album is expected before the end of the year.
