SHIGETO share new single "Barry White". Album 'The New Monday' due Oct 6thSHIGETO share new single "Barry White". Album 'The New Monday' due Oct 6th via Ghostly InternationalSurreal visuals featuring fellow Detroit artist ZelooperZ as Shigeto shares his third single from upcoming LP ahead of it's release! Today, Detroit-based artist Shigeto, aka, Zach Saginaw is sharing his new single & video "Barry White". The track is taken from his upcoming album, 'The New Monday', due Oct 6th via Ghostly International. Shigeto is also set to play a London show on Oct 9th at Omera. From Voiid Studio: “We wanted to create something both real and surreal, a little dark but also vivid, that reflected the qualities and power of the track, underpinned by Zach and Z’s (Zelooperz) strange world in Detroit. The guys liked our ideas and brought a ton of resources to bear, so we were off to an exhausting, exhilarating, filthy weekend in Detroit and a very, very satisfying collaboration.” While always having a personal approach to his projects, Saginaw’s influences for his third album, The New Monday, are more about the community of Detroit than anything else. Named after a weekly DJ event called Monday is the New Monday that Saginaw does at the unassuming Motor City Wine with a group of friends, The New Monday is the result of Saginaw diving into the city’s deep record culture, where the legacy of artists of the past help Saginaw embrace his own contributions. The album is set for an October 6th release via Ghostly International. “It’s focused on a couple things and they all kind of come together to represent different things,” explains Saginaw. “My time back in Detroit, back living in Michigan and spending time with a lot of kind of original people who have always been here, learning from them, hearing stories from them, being influenced by them, and inspired by them.” While, in the past, projects like Lineage or No Better Time Than Now were rooted in strong personal messages, family and relationships respectively, The New Monday represents a communal effort where solidarity is the key. Going for a simplified approach of just trying to make good tracks, The New Monday is diverse in its styles leaning more into a dance music direction – new ground for a Shigeto project. A new air of confidence in Saginaw has expanded his horizons since his return to Detroit, but traces of his past work will continue to be present. “I don’t want people to think I’m leaving anything,” says Saginaw. “I’m still me. It’s a result of me being immersed in the culture, and inevitably making music that is influenced by that culture whether it be house, techno, jazz, rap. It doesn’t matter. It’s all coming from what I love about Michigan.” The New Monday still features the jazz textures long associated with Shigeto projects, but the varied elements that make up the album cohesively come together to show the distinct inspiration that Saginaw has drew from since his return home to Detroit. As much as some tracks are hip-hop influenced, it’s a mutant that encompasses elements of dance music, jazz, and ambient sounds. Throughout The New Monday, Saginaw poignantly references the musical influences that have either always been with him or newly discovered. It is Saginaw’s interpretation of Detroit’s rich culture of innovative artistry -- something that's richly detailed and revered in the recent video for "Detroit Part II" -- but done so with respect for the history and to contribute, not disrupt. “I think over the past four years, I can confidently say that I found my place here,” describes Saginaw. “I’m happy here and I feel that I have the respect from the people I need respect from, that I want respect from. It’s all of the result of embracing it and embracing, not Detroit, but embracing community, embracing family, being closer to my parents, being closer to my oldest friends.” Shigeto live dates: For more information please contact frankie@stereosanctity.co.uk / t. +44 7921 176502 Watch "Barry White" here:
September 27, 2017 11:19am ET by Stereo Sanctity
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