Beware Pigs: New Track

I wonder if there'll ever be a karaoke version of this song. Perhaps in the future families will all sing it together round the dinner table. And yes Ish is now on soundcloud so let's hope that more of his non-released music sees the light of day henceforth.

Sherm Stick

Adult Jazz - Springful (Shabazz Palaces remix) & News

When the groove kicks in halfway through, find yourself in a lush world of moist foliage and golden smiles in abundant layers with the freshest company.

I had a brief chat with Ish recently and told him how much I loved this song and how glad I was to hear him playing guitar and bass again. He said that the direction of his new stuff will indeed be more guitar/bass driven. YES!!!! Rejoice, friends. 

#CAKE video

Dir. Hiro Murai.

Lese Majesty LP: July 29

(Lion & Serpent by James Northcote, 1799)

The new LP is called Lese Majesty and is out on Sub Pop on July 29th in the USA; a few days later in Europe.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/whats-crappening/Content?oid=19402092

The title (meaning the crime of violating majesty, or an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign) seems to be a reference to what is happening in hip hop right now, and what has been happening for "all those years that thuggin went mainstream", but you might also take it more generally (what is happening in popular culture, or what we are doing to the world, or not being true to yourself) or more specifically (the recent hip hop grammy award)

Nothing else is known about it other than that illustrator Chad VanGaalen is working on a video clip. Also, it was recorded at their new self-built studio in the hometown.

!!! Ex-clue-sive: the 1st single drops May 6th

 


it's called THEY COME IN GOLD. no word yet on whether that's the name of the album too. when i spoke with ish in february he told me that the arabic words on the above image are translations of his lyrics from one of the new LP's songs entitled "confirmation".

New Chimurenga Renaissance LP: RiZe vadZimu riZe

Available Now

Shabazz Palaces rap over Flying Lotus beat

officially unreleased

News ~ new LP ~

Update: I heard from Ish about a week ago and as he wrote he was "in the studio working on the new shit"... I think the recording process is coming to an end so we should be looking at a release date in the next few months, probably even summer if it's delayed like the last one. This is the year though.

EPs on red & green wax

Shabazz Palaces Debut EPs rereleased on Coloured Vinyl

lightning storm ~ moscow

please god let the first song be on the new album!!

wow

i have to be honest. this didn't make much of an impression on me the first couple of times i heard it... *much*... yep it was just too much. i wasn't even bothered to post it. then i left it for a few days and gave it another listen, and another, and another, and now it's almost the only thing in my earphones. update: i think it's the best thing ish has done in years... i just don't know wtf to say... all that is clear is that this man has surrendered his soul to music to such a degree that he's been given access to sonic feelings that vibrate at absurdly high spiritual frequencies. the fact this music exists calls into question everything we know about what is real and or possible. earthling colleagues

listen to that snare 'drum' ... ahhh!!!!



order the animal collective remix ep on wax. this song is one of 4 and another is by gang gang dance. cop it here.

holy shit

or should i say holy ish



i see how this galaxy-crunching 'beat' brought out a historic mic-shredding verse from the palaceer.  the fact that he was not featured in the book "how to rap" or ice-t's recent film "the art of rap" highlights how deaf much of hip-hop's audience has become. but fuck it - the real heads know what's up. 

not even going to try and attempt a lyrics transcription for now - but the comments section below beckons for any of the braver ishmaelites...

this song is the centerpiece of vox mod's album

SYN-ÆSTHETIC

. here's a short film by the electric soul controller vox mod, essentially a mini 'making-of' documentary

mr mod hopes to make a video for this song and is raising funds HERE on indiegogo so click and donate a few dollars... this looks like a classic piece of art in the making.

excited to spread the word: Iridescent Asteroid Mists

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Iridescent Asteroid Mists

Iridescent           Asteroid           Mists
     

live in chi-town

ooh listen to the 2nd verse. no compromise.  what's he saying for the chorus... "force live"?

tendai maraire - "is she?"

new tendai video! black africa as bladerunner-scape

new remix

great new melancholy remix of a helio sequence song while the portlanders return the favour. they're currently on tour with each other. click here > for the goods.

major weight

production i believe is by tendai. this is one heavy heavy tune which gets deeper and more interesting as it goes on.

chimurenga renaissance f/ the palaceer

produced by tendai. rap by tendai n ish. yes this is track two off the new mixtape posted about below. enjoy!

tendai solo MIXTAPE

tendai has come through with this dope mixtape as he lets his skills as producer and rhymesayer shine. includes the should-be-transnational-hit 'boom' we got this past spring. diverse styles take cues from shona, rai, the chronic, and more 100% hiphop chimurenga renaissance style. jewels aplenty, including a verse from ish on the second track. free download as wav. enjoy >

Chimurenga Renaissance "Pungwe" Mix-Tape feat. Chief Boima

rumour has it..

.... word has reached me that a shabazz palaces mixtape is gonna be released some day very soon... what??!!! don't want to believe it yet in case it's a mirage... but damn i hope it does...!