Shabazz Palaces have a mind-blowing new video for their track “Dawn in Luxor“, off the duo’s highly lauded 2014 LP Lese Majesty (Sub Pop). Directed by Stephan Gray, and featuring imagery obtained thru the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, as well as from the Hubble & Cassini missions, the video montages achingly beautiful footage of earth and space. Seamless editing and VFX tweak the imagery in surreal ways, often making the Earth look like some unfamiliar and distant planet, or the site of an alien visitation. But, “Dawn in Luxor” really offers a panoptical vision, giving us the chance to view life–and the forces of nature–at the molecular, terrestrial and cosmic level.
Shabazz Palaces will join Radiohead as support for their LA shows in August, but those shows are sold out already! Don’t fret, though, you can still catch the duo at handful of live shows this summer. Here is a list of their upcoming tour dates…
Sat, Jun 4 Terrain , Spokane, WA (Volume 2016: The Inlander’s Music Festival!)
Sat, Jun 18 Levitation Festival (Vancouver), Vancouver, Canada
Thu, Aug 4 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (w/Radiohead SOLD OUT!)
Mon, Aug 8 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (w/Radiohead SOLD OUT!)
Sat, Aug 13 Eaux Claires Music Festival, Eau Claire, WI Tickets
Sat, Aug 27 Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn, NY (Afropunk Fest @ Brainfeeder Stage ) Tickets
Thu, Sep 15 Fox Theater (OAK), Oakland, CA (w/ Flying Lotus, George Clinton + Parliament Funkadelic, Thunder + The Gaslamp Killer)
Fri, Sep 16 Fox Theater (OAK), Oakland, CA (w/ Flying Lotus, George Clinton + Parliament Funkadelic, Thundercat + The Gaslamp Killer SOLD OUT!!)
Sat, Sep 17 Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA (w/ Flying Lotus, George Clinton + Parliament Funkadelic, Thundercat + The Gaslamp Killer)
