ASH OUT TOMORROW
Today Ibeyi have released a music video for “I Wanna Be Like You,” a new song off their album Ash, out tomorrow on XL Recordings. Lisa-Kaindé wrote the track for Naomi - her twin by nature but opposite in reality. Lisa-Kaindé explains further, "Sometimes I want to be like Naomi. I want her eyes, to feel the rhythm as deeply as she does, to dance like her, to be as wild as she is; sometimes I just want to be her for even a few seconds." The video, which stars the twins, was shot in France and directed by Remi Besse and produced by Standard Films.
On the Friday, September 29th Ibeyi will release Ash, the follow-up to their globally acclaimed, self-titled debut album (2015) which earned the twins fans and collaborators in some of the most iconic and crucial artists of today including Beyoncé and Alvin Ailey. Ash, a more visceral and potent political statement, is firmly rooted in Afro-Cuban culture and history and finds itself entirely concerned with Ibeyi’s present: Who Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi are,what’s important to them, and how they live today, especially given that the spheres, both personally and politically, are entirely different from when Ibeyi was recorded. The twelve track album includes appearances from Kamasi Washington, Mala Rodriguez, Chilly Gonzales, Meshell Ndegeocello. To date the girls have released three songs from Ash: “Me Voy feat. Mala Rodriguez,” “Away Away” and “Deathless feat. Kamasi Washington.” The album art, included below, was created by French street artist JR.
To celebrate the release of Ash, Ibeyi will set out on a global tour this October. Kicking off on September 30 in France, the tour will extend across continents ending on November 19 in North America. Ibeyi’s live performance is mesmerizing and not to be missed and as Los Angeles’ KCRW explained, “there is a remarkable power to what they do.”
Ibeyi 2017 tour dates:
9/30 Sannois, FR EMB⁰
10/4 Feyzin, FR L’Épicerie Moderne⁰
10/5 Strasbourg, FR La Laiterie⁰
10/6 Lille, FR L’aéronef w/ Norma
10/12 Nantes, FR Stéréolux⁰
10/18 Bristol, UK Thekla^
10/19 London, UK Shoreditch Town Hall^ *SOLD OUT
10/20 Manchester, UK Band On The Wall^
10/28 Miami, FL North Beach Bandshell *
10/30 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse *
11/11 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café *
11/14 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre *
11/16 Portland, OR Revolution Hall *
11/18 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore *
11/24 Paris, FR Casino de Paris (Festival Inrocks)
12/2 Cologne, DE Club Bahnhof Ehernfeld ^
12/3 Berlin, DE Lido^ *SOLD OUT
12/4 Hamburg, DE Knust^
12/5 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso Noord^
12/7 Leuven, BE Het Depot⁰
⁰ Angele will open as support
* theMIND will open as support on all North American dates
^ IDER will open as support
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