ZGTO (Shigeto & ZelooperZ) share track 'Band Man'. Debut LP 'A Piece of the Geto' out Aug 4thShigeto announces London show & shares new track from 1st ever collab with a vocalist - ZelooperZ from Danny Brown's Bruiser Brigade.After recently announcing their debut album 'A Piece of Geto' set for release Aug 4th via Ghostly International & Third Man Records, Detroit-based ZGTO (a collaboration between Shigeto & member of Danny Brown's Bruiser Brigade, ZelooperZ) have shared their second single, 'Band Man'. In a city famed for its disparate and varied musical excellence, the Detroit-based alignment of feted electronic artist and producer Shigeto aka Zach Saginaw and rapidly rising Bruiser Brigade member ZelooperZ is an entirely natural thing. Introduced by mutual friends in the city, an instant bond was formed, and ZGTO was born. For Shigeto, it is the first time he’s musically stepped out the box of a solo artist and exclusively worked with a vocalist on a project. Over a two-year period, ZelooperZ and Shigeto would collaborate and experiment, honing their sound without any preconceived notions of its final form or an eventual release. Eventually and inevitably though, a full length record transpired. Following the bugged-out video for the track 'Off Dat', second ZGTO album track 'Band Man' surfaces. Shigeto's minimal production style on the track somehow provides a full backdrop for ZelooperZ's verbal interplay to bounce around in impressive style. “I think our music makes people feel things,” says Shigeto. “To be yourself, to be who you want to be, and to be friends and have love for who you want to have love for.” “It’s a piece from him and it’s a piece from me,” says ZelooperZ. “It’s a piece from both of us. The whole process has been that. We are just putting in our pieces. It’s like a puzzle that was never supposed to fit together. It looks crazy but the vibe is fun.” For ZelooperZ, a resident of the west side of Detroit, he’s had a gift with words since he was a kid, growing up in an environment immersed in the street hustle. He would soon have a bigger outlook on life and A Piece Of The Geto is his way of expressing that. “I want my audience to get out of this what I felt when I was making this,” describes ZelooperZ. “I want to feel euphoria. I want to feel love. I want to feel heartbreak. Not only that, I want them to understand their heartbreak they are going through, understand the love they are going through, and understand you can do what you want to do in life.” As much as A Piece Of The Geto is an intimate reflection of a budding personal and musical relationship between ZelooperZ and Shigeto, it more so shows that people from separate worlds experience all the same types of pleasure and pain, and can come together to express that through whatever they choose to do or create. “I just wanted to show people that no matter what somebody tells you, do what you love to do,” explains ZelooperZ. “Take what you heard me say, coming from being poor, and useit to your advantage. Just know you can do it too. You know you can get out of the slum. Just stay positive. God is not going to let you go through shit you can’t handle.“ For more information please contact: Listen to 'Band Man' below:
July 26, 2017 6:11am ET by Stereo Sanctity
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