TOM MISCH AND YUSSEF DAYES SHARE "LIFT OFF"

TOM MISCH AND YUSSEF DAYES SHARE "LIFT OFF"

STREAM NEW SINGLE "LIFT OFF" AND WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FEATURING ROCCO PALLADINO 

HEADLINING UK / EU TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR MAY

WHAT KINDA MUSIC OUT APRIL 24TH ON BLUE NOTE/ CAROLINE

PHOTO CREDIT: Joshua Osborne

Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes share new single "Lift Off" today, taken from their forthcoming collaborative album What Kinda Music, and have teased the new release with an official video. Alongside this, the pair announce a UK / EU tour this May, encompassing dates in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, London, and Manchester. The low-lit, instrumental "Lift Off" builds across 5 perfect minutes featuring Rocco Palladino on the bass, its jazz flecked crescendo showcasing the mastery between the trio. It reveals a different side of the record - following the release of the title track last month - and comes accompanied by a beautifully atmospheric video shot in Kiev and directed by Douglas Bernardt which perfectly captures the electric live energy between the trio.

What Kinda Music moves fluidly through sleek electronica, progressive jazz, vintage hip hop and so much more, with Misch and Dayes taking listeners on a journey that is by turns surprising and spontaneous, heady and head spinning, and nothing less than compelling - a singular vision which fuses the DNA of both musicians with spectacular results. Throughout the record, there is an utterly joyful feel of two musicians at the top of their game sparking off one another, picking up ideas and running with them - zigging where the other zags, ebbing where the other flows, with Misch producing the majority of the record and both having a hand in the overall sound and feel of the project.

What Kinda Music will be released April 24th via the legendary Blue Note Records, a label known for moving the needle of jazz through the decades. As live performers, both Misch and Dayes have garnered inimitable reputations and the forthcoming dates should be unmissable. Expect more shows to be announced soon.

WATCH / STREAM "LIFT OFF"

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WATCH / STREAM "WHAT KINDA MUSIC"

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PRE-ORDER WHAT KINDA MUSIC LP

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7th May - Berlin - Huxleys

9th May - Paris - Cabaret Sauvage

10th May - Amsterdam - Royal Theatre Carré

12th May - London - Alexandra Palace Theatre

13th May - Manchester - Manchester Cathedral

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WIRE release orange version of MIND HIVE and US TOUR this week + SXSW

Mind Hive (orange)

Wire’s new album has already garnered much praise. Here are just a few quotes from the UK press...

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“If you were to compile a list of bands still at their creative peak after 40 years, it would be very short. But Wire would be on it.” - The Sunday Times Culture

“If Mind Hive were the debut by a hot new band, you suspect what’s left of the music press would be doing their nut over it.” – The Guardian (****)

“Instantly recognisable as their work, possessing that hallmark of chiming harmonies draped across angular skeletal constructions - a sound nobody else has ever convincingly replicated.” - Metro (****)

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However, we doubt anyone who signed up to this list needs to be told a new Wire album is something to celebrate!

Anyway, without further ado, we are today announcing that the orange ‘hive’ version of the new album is available from our mail order. This has previously not been available outside of UK indie stores. We should stress the record is exactly the same; only the artwork is different. Nobody should feel they need to have more than one copy of the album.

For those yet to buy, check out the imagery below…

 

The conceptual idea behind the two different cover treatments relates to the words ‘mind’ and ‘hive’. The blue ‘mind’ cover has imagery relating to Bletchley Park, home to World War II codebreakers that included Alan Turing, often credited as the inventor of the computer. The orange ‘hive’ cover features imagery associated with bees and hives. (The CD, note, has images from both versions.)

Mind Hive (T-shirts)

 

We are making available today a range (small to XXL) of Mind Hive T-shirts. These are the same ones we are selling on tour.

Live dates

After our sell out UK tour here are our upcoming tour dates (some of which have sold out already). These take us to early July. We will announce more soon. Check pinkflag.com for ticket links.

Mar 03: Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Mar 04: Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
Mar 06: Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN, USA
Mar 07: Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, USA
Mar 09: Union Stage, Washington, DC, USA
Mar 10: Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Mar 11: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mar 12: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mar 13: The Sinclair, Cambridge MA, USA
Mar 14: Bronson Centre Theatre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mar 16: The Great Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mar 17: SXSW Opening Party, Empire Garage, Austin, TX, USA
Mar 18: Daytime -  Barracuda, Austin, TX, USA
Mar 18: Evening - Desert Daze SXSW showcase at Hotel Vegas, Austin, TX, USA

May 13: La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
May 14: Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
May 15: Gebäude 9, Cologne, Germany
May 16: Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 18: SO36, Berlin, Germany
May 19: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
May 21: Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK
Jul 03-05: Playtime Festival, Gachuurt Village, Mongolia
Jul 05-07: Bol Festival, Moscow, Russia