Ibibio Sound Machine Detail Hot Chip-Produced Album 'Electricity', Share New Track All That You Want
Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Jeremy DeLuna
Ibibio Sound Machine have shared details of their fourth album.
'Electricity' was produced by the Grammy Award-winning Hot Chip and will arrive on March 25 via Merge Records. It follows the London group's 2019 LP 'Doko Mien' and 2020's 'Live At Earth', and marks the first time they've worked with external producers since forming in 2013. Hot Chip said:
"Prior to the sessions, we had run into Ibibio Sound Machine at festivals and loved watching them perform. There are very talented musicians throughout the band, and Eno is a massively charismatic, skilled singer. The sessions were hugely rewarding as Ibibio brought in friends and collaborators to add a wide array of different instruments—some of which were unfamiliar to us. The songs on this record are uniformly great, and we were really happy to be a part of making it."
Along with the announcement, they've dropped a new groove-driven single, All That You Want, which fuses electronic elements with Afrobeat, gospel and funk. It follows the record's title track, released last November. Press play below.
The band will celebrate the LP's release with an instore performance at Rough Trade East in London on March 28, prior to embarking on a UK tour. Tickets are on sale now.
'Electricity' tracklist:
1. Protection From Evil
2. Electricity
3. Casio (Yak Nda Nda)
4. Afro Ken Doko Mien
5. All That You Want
6. Wanna See Your Face Again
7. 17 18 19
8. Truth No Lie
9. Oyoyo
10. Something We'll Remember
11. Almost Flying
12. Freedom
Ibibio Sound Machine Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon March 28 2022 - LONDON Rough Trade East
Wed March 30 2022 - BATH Komedia
Thu March 31 2022 - WORTHING Venue
Fri April 01 2022 - MANCHESTER Band on the Wall
Sun April 03 2022 - BIRMINGHAM Castle and Falcon
Thu April 07 2022 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Wylam Brewery
Fri April 08 2022 - GLASGOW Saint Luke's
Sat April 09 2022 - LEEDS Belgrave Music Hall
Thu April 14 2022 - LONDON Electric Ballroom
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