It’s been six years since Kamasi Washington’s final album, 2018’s Heaven And Earth, although he’s saved a lot busy since then between his Dinner Celebration aspect venture and his varied collaborations. However at this time Washington is saying a brand new full-length of his personal, Fearless Motion, which shall be out in Might. It options visitor spots from André 3000, Thundercat, George Clinton, Terrace Martin, BJ The Chicago Child, and extra.
Washington mentioned that the album was impressed by dance. ““It’s not literal,” he defined. “Dance is motion and expression, and in a approach it’s the identical factor as music — expressing your spirit via your physique. That’s what this album is pushing.”
He additionally talked about how fatherhood has impacted his outlook on life: “Being a father means the horizon of your life abruptly reveals up. My mortality turned extra obvious to me, but in addition my immortality — realizing that my daughter goes to stay on and see issues that I’m by no means going to see. I needed to change into snug with this, and that affected the music that I used to be making.”
At the moment, he’s sharing the album’s lead single, “Prologue,” which serves as its closing observe, and it’s debuting with a music video directed by AG Rojas and choreographed by Samantha Blake Goodman. Watch and pay attention beneath.
TRACKLIST: 01 “Lesanu” 02 “Asha The First” (Feat. Thundercat, Taj Austin, Ras Austin) 03 “Laptop Love” (Feat. Patrice Quinn, DJ Battlecat, & Brandon Coleman) 04 “The Visionary” (Feat. Terrace Martin) 05 “Get Lit” (Feat. George Clinton & D Smoke) 06 “Dream State” (Feat. André 3000) 07 “Collectively” (Feat. BJ The Chicago Child) 08 “The Backyard Path” 09 “Interstellar Peace (The Final Stance)” 10 “Highway To Self (KO)” 11 “Traces In The Sand” 12 “Prologue”
TOUR DATES: 05/04 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre 05/05 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch 05/07 Toronto, QC @ Historical past 05/08 Cincinnati, OH @ Ludlow Storage 05/09 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Corridor 05/10 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Corridor 05/11 Minneapolis, MN @ Fitzgerald Theater 05/12 Omaha, NB @ Slowdown 05/14 Houston, TX @ Home of Blues Houston 05/15 Dallas, TX @ Home of Blues Dallas 05/16 San Antonio, TX @ Empire Theater 05/17 Austin, TX @ Empire Storage 05/30 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue 05/31 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox 06/01 Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre 06/02 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom 06/05 Sacramento, CA @ Crest Theatre 06/06 Monterey, CA @ Golden State Theatre 06/07 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield 06/08 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst 06/09 San Diego, CA @ Stomach Up 06/11 Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Heart 06/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fes 07/31 Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere
