In 2016, "Death of the Cool" was released on the Star Apple Kingdom label. It was the first release of Harrison's "Songs from the "I Ching"" project, in which Harrison composed songs based on or relating to each of the 64 hexagrams of the "I Ching". The album was met with critical acclaim, and three more songs from the project, featuring singer Nicole Atkins, were released at the end of the year. 2017 saw two more releases from the project: the full-length album "Wild Kingdom", and the six-song "Young Life" EP. Long-time bassist and producer George Reiff fell ill toward the end of 2016, during the compilation and release of these albums and EPs, and passed away from lung cancer in May 2017.