First tour following the release of album ‘INTERBLAKTIC’
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Today South African artist Muzi has announced his North American tour, kicking off May 28th at Lightning In A Bottle Festival, including stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Boston, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Miami, and more.
Channelling the rich, and until recently overlooked, house music history of South Africa with the Zulu traditions of his childhood, Muzi has been redefining the musical landscape for the past five years. Muzi’s path has seen him evolve from bedroom beat producer, to DJ, to now a fully-fledged performer and vocalist. A boundless and exuberantly joyful artist, Muzi has wowed crowds on taste-making stages around the world and is confident enough in his own vision to design his own clothing and artwork, collaborate with artists ranging from Kaytranada and Chris Martin, and now even direct his own videos.
The recently released album INTERBLAKTIC continues Muzi’s journey through African space exploration, a theme his 2018 album Afrovision delved into, while introducing Muzi’s alias, The Zulu Skywalker. Though there are overlaps with the Afrofuturism movement, Muzi’s INTERBLAKTIC is rooted in the now, and his insistence that we must deal with the past and present before we can lose ourselves in a future fantasy.
INTERBLAKTIC is optimistic, uplifting and otherworldly, chronicling a journey of leaving for Mars, returning home, and realizing the importance of love. It is Muzi’s own story, his desire to explore his own artistry by leaving South Africa, absorbing dance culture in Berlin and Paris, then ultimately realizing the necessity of his homecoming, both for himself, his loved ones and his country. The album offered a cathartic retreat for Muzi, a ray of light in a dark year during which, he, like so many others, lost friends and family members, including his Mother, to whom he dedicated last November’s MAMA EP. Muzi’s hope is that listeners around the world will also find the light in INTERBLAKTIC.
Tour Dates
28 May: Lightning In A Bottle, Bakersfield
2 June: Crybaby, Oakland
3 June: The Virgil, Los Angeles
4 June: Barboza, Seattle
10 June: TBA, Austin
11 June: Deluxx Fluxx, Detroit
12 June: Sleeping Village, Chicago
13 June : House of Vans, Chicago
14 June: The Middle East, Boston
16 June: Baby’s All Right, Boston
17: TBA, Philadelphia
18 June: DC9, Washington, DC
23 June: The Drake, Toronto
24 June: TBA, Atlanta
25 June: TBA, Miami
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