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Flying Lotus + Shabazz Palaces + Kutmah
Wednesday, April 29 / 7:30pm - 11:00pm / Vicar Street / Buy Tickets
As if a Flying Lotus live AV show wasn't enough, we've only gone and added Shabazz Palaces and Kutmah to the billing.
Flying Lotus’ fifth album ‘You’re Dead!’ was unleashed late last year to a rapturous reception. The psychedelic journey through the infinite afterlife of ‘You’re Dead!’ enhances Flying Lotus’ reputation as a singular and visionary voice in contemporary music. And it is a reputation with ever increasing popular resonance ‘ You’re Dead!’ was a US Billboard Top20 album, Top 25 in the UK, Top 15 in Japan and achieved FlyLo’s biggest chart success to date in US, UK, Japan, Australia and Germany among many others. The landmark Hiro Muraidirected video for Never Catch Me (ft. Kendirick Lamar) was wildly received and sets the tone well.
Check the trailer for the live AV show below for a taste of what's in store.
Shabazz Palaces are percussionist Tendai Maraire and Ishmael Butler, formerly of Digable Planets and Cherrywine. Working now under the moniker Palaceer Lazaro, Ishmael provides the group’s vision and vocals, while Tendai employs ancient instruments from his homeland Zimbabwe.
After releasing several recordings themselves on small time labels, in 2010 they contracted to release an ep with Sub Pop and have collaborated in recordings and on stage with artists such as mc Silk, and THEESatisfaction. They deliver sincere and radical lyrics with sounds and beats that include sounds from around the world. Containing echos of funk, minor-key jazz, London dubstep and mbira sounds they structure their songs outside the 16-bars/chorus/repeat form of much hip hop.Their music won them the first ever Music Genius award from The Stranger in 2010.
Kutmah is a Los Angeles artist and DJ representing Sketchbook Radio on NTS.live.co.uk, Brainfeeder, Low End Theory and The Hit + Run crew Los Angeles. Kutmah started the first all beat night in Los Angeles in 2004 which every tuesday he likes of Ras G, Dibia$e and Flying Lotus would play there freshly made beats for the masses. A great DJ that knows how to move a crowd.
