SHIGETO announces UK tour dates & shares new 'Do My Thing' video


'Intermission' EP out now via Ghostly International

Ghostly International, Detriot polymath Shigeto heads to the UK for a run of shows next month!

 

 

SHIGETO

- NEW UK DATES ANNOUNCED
- 'DO MY THING' LIVE VIDEO ONLINE NOW
- 'INTERMISSION' EP OUT NOW ON GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL 

After recently releasing his ‘Intermission’ EP, Detroit polymath, Shigeto, aka Zach Saignaw, is set to tour the UK next month, alongside Ghostly International labelmates Heathered Pearls and Lord RAJA with shows in London, Brighton and Leeds, as well as a run of other European shows.
 
Venue (produced by VSCO) recently shared a captivating live performance of Intermission track ‘Do My Thing’, which bought together Shigeto and fine artist/ designer Michael Cina.This project was inspired by A Century of Artifice, a comprehensive retrospective of Cina’s artwork for Ghostly International, and by a short film of Shigeto on tour in Japan showcasing his explosive live interpretations of his own electronic productions. Aware that the two artists have consistently intersected on the packaging for Shigeto’sdiscography, Venue wanted to provide a space for their creative interaction to be realised in a new way. The resulting film also serves as a nod to the significant contribution that Ghostly International has made to progressive culture for the past 16 years.
 
Watch ‘Do My Thing’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUaOcMKzkUI
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Shigeto live dates:

02.03 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso*
02.04 Basel, CH @ Kasern Basel*
02.05 Ljubljana, SI @ Ment Festival*
02.06 Venice, IT @ Spazio Aereo*
02.07 Milan, IT @ Circolo Magnolia*
02.10 Porto S. Elpidio, IT @ Harmonized Club*
02.11 London, UK @ Oval Space*
02.12 Mannheim, DE @ Altefeuerwache*
02.13 Leeds, UK @ Headrow House*
02.17 Brighton, UK @ Patterns*
02.18 Nantes, FR @ Hip Hop Session Festival at Le Ferrailleur*
02.19 Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix*
02.20 Berlin, DE @ Gretchen*
02.23 Tallinn, EE @ Vonkrahl SHIGETO ONLY
02.24 Warsaw, PL @ Kredytowa 9*
02.25 Istanbul, TU @ Babylon*
02.26 Budapest, HU @ A38*
02.27 Yverdon les Bains, CH @ L’Amalgame*
03.02 Paris, FR @ New Morning*
03.03 Nimes, FR @ Paloma*
03.04 Barcelona, ES @ Mutek Festival SHIGETO ONLY
03.05 Dublin, IR @ Opium Rooms*

* w/ Heathered Pearls, Lord RAJA

Shigeto's Intermission EP is out now on Ghostly and available hereMichael Cina's A Century of Artifice is available here.

Cina created original paintings specifically for this project in his studio in Minneapolis, with VSCO’s Brett Carlson working alongside the artist to film the pieces being made in real time. The resulting series of films captured Cina’s custom paints and unique applications not as a work-in-progress but as beautiful works in themselves. The entire process was then transferred to the performance space via a 10’ x 10’ LED installation in collaboration with set design team, Maxrelax. The LED panel then morphed the paintings through its pixelation and colour application, providing a similar interaction of where organic meets digital as is seen in Shigeto’s own live performance. The visual designer EFFIXX added another layer to the visual expression as he scored the imagery on set, developing the final accompaniment while Shigeto also found his way through several rehearsal takes of 'Do My Thing' (which at the time of filming, only his second live performance of the song).
 
Shot by cinematographer Jim McMillan under the direction of Omid Fatemi and edited by Matt Hollis, the performance was recorded in Chelsea at SIR Studios, one of New York’s longest running rehearsal spaces - since ’73 a place for artists ranging from the Rolling Stones to Jay-Z to prep for shows and tours. The photography feature was shot by Alex Welsh.
 
Shigeto Intermission EP tracklist:

  1. Pulse
  2. City Dweller
  3. Gently
  4. Do My Thing
  5. Deep Breathing
  6. Need Nobody

Links:
Shigeto's Ghostly International Page
Shigeto Facebook
Shigeto Soundcloud
Shigeto TwitterFor more information please contact frankie@stereosanctity.co.uk / t. +44 7921 176502.

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