Quickly following up their acclaimed debut "The Basta" the LA duo announces their next offering due July 28th, "Kabukimono".
More varied in color and tone, Kabukimono finds the group expanding on the template laid down with their debut "The Basta" equally inspired by Sublime Frequencies comps, Factory Records, Congotronics adding many new tropical, african, eastern flourishes to their latest material. Produced by Pit Er Pat's Butchy Fuego the 7 track mini-album features 5 new recordings and two remixes from Brenmar (Bill Salas from These Are Powers) and the future bass, electro-crunked out stylings of SF's Ghosts On Tape.
Rainbow Arabia is currently touring all over Europe throughout May and will be on the road in the US late summer/early fall, where they will be sure to leave every space and concert hall dosed with their infectious dance beats.
In case you missed it the first time around...
"Omar K"
video directed by Keith Musil
(click here)
Mini-album "Kabukimono" Due On Manimal Vinyl
July 27th
Recorded by Butchy Fuego (Pit Er Pat, These Are Powers, Hecuba)
Tracklisting
1. Holiday In Congo
2. Haunted Hall
3. Kabukimono
4. Harlem Sunrise
5. I Know I See I Love I Go
6. Omar K (Ghosts On Tape remix)
7. Let Them Dance (Brenmar remix)
More varied in color and tone, Kabukimono finds the group expanding on the template laid down with their debut "The Basta" equally inspired by Sublime Frequencies comps, Factory Records, Congotronics adding many new tropical, african, eastern flourishes to their latest material. Produced by Pit Er Pat's Butchy Fuego the 7 track mini-album features 5 new recordings and two remixes from Brenmar (Bill Salas from These Are Powers) and the future bass, electro-crunked out stylings of SF's Ghosts On Tape.
Rainbow Arabia is currently touring all over Europe throughout May and will be on the road in the US late summer/early fall, where they will be sure to leave every space and concert hall dosed with their infectious dance beats.
In case you missed it the first time around...
"Omar K"
video directed by Keith Musil
(click here)
Mini-album "Kabukimono" Due On Manimal Vinyl
July 27th
Recorded by Butchy Fuego (Pit Er Pat, These Are Powers, Hecuba)
Tracklisting
1. Holiday In Congo
2. Haunted Hall
3. Kabukimono
4. Harlem Sunrise
5. I Know I See I Love I Go
6. Omar K (Ghosts On Tape remix)
7. Let Them Dance (Brenmar remix)
TOUR DATES
5.19 Robaix, FR @ Cave aux Poetes w/ Icy Demons
5.20 Strasbourg, FR @ La Laiterie
5.22 Bucharest, Romania @ Control Club
5.23 Lyon, FR @ Nuit Sonores
5.24 Milan, IT @ Magnolia
5.25 Rome, IT @ Circolo degli Artisti
5.26 Turin, IT @ Spazio 211
5.27 Marseille, FR @ B-Side Festival
5.29 Metz, FR @ Arsenal
5.30 Dudingen, Switzerland @ Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
6.03 Paris, FR @ TBA w/ Wavves
6.05 Cherbourg, FR @ TerraTrema Festival
5.20 Strasbourg, FR @ La Laiterie
5.22 Bucharest, Romania @ Control Club
5.23 Lyon, FR @ Nuit Sonores
5.24 Milan, IT @ Magnolia
5.25 Rome, IT @ Circolo degli Artisti
5.26 Turin, IT @ Spazio 211
5.27 Marseille, FR @ B-Side Festival
5.29 Metz, FR @ Arsenal
5.30 Dudingen, Switzerland @ Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
6.03 Paris, FR @ TBA w/ Wavves
6.05 Cherbourg, FR @ TerraTrema Festival
"Kaleidoscopic, intoxicated dance music made out of dervish rhythms, snakish melodica, and percussion procured from the labyrinthine corridors of some smoky souk."
Guardian UK
"Someone really liked Gang Gang Dance's last album. Oh, us. Which is why we like this Rainbow Arabia track from their forthcoming Kabukimono, with it's ice synths, desert hand drums and oud-ish guitar."
The FADER
"Creating the kind of noise you could imagine the DFA might make had they ever decided to throw a party in the underground ruins of Egypt, the ghosts of the Pyramids shaken into action by the sinuous rhythms and earth quaking basslines."
20 Jazz Funk Greats
"The coolest thing about Rainbow Arabia is their ability to create an alternate universe around themselves and their music...their bizarre dream world seems so psychedelic, infectious, and fun that, upon hearing them, you instantly want to be part of their gang."
Dazed and Confused
"Rainbow Arabia tread curiously close to the sounds of hip-hop acts like M.I.A. and Santogold. But with freewheelin' ideals, punk urgency, and Middle Eastern-inspired instrumentation, Rainbow Arabia manage to find a tone all their own."
SPIN.com
