Today, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release a new single/video, “Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow “My Own Reality” Re-Write),” from their forthcoming remix album, Butterfly 3001, out January 21st on KGLW. Following last month’s “Neu Butterfly (Peaches Remix)” and “Shanghai (Dub By The Scientist),” King Gizzard continue their remix streak with “Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow “My Own Reality” Re-Write)” and expand on it with an accompanying video directed by John Angus Stewart, starring iconic Australian author, satirist, radio presenter and documentary maker John Safran, and featuring appearances from Alkiviadis Grapsas and John Dimoulas.
“’Black Hot Soup’ is an almost perfect way to describe the world as we know it in the present. A bubbling, thick, sticky, confusing angry place that seems to be made for generations long past. Therefore I wanted to portray a character somehow revelling in the chaos, dancing on the ashes of society. There is an inherent freedom watching someone hitting bottom so hard with a smile. To me it’s a non cynical representation of expression through music! As DJ Shadow fully reworked ‘Black Hot Soup’ I cast John Safran to fully re-work the song again within a performance. Calling it a dance is a stretch, I’d call it more of a full body dry heave.” – John Angus Stewart King Gizzard’s Joey Walker elaborates: “We’ve put off doing a remix album for a long time. Maybe it was conscious, maybe it wasn’t. But it’s happening now. That’s not to say that Butterfly 3000 makes the most sense to remix. It might seem like the obvious one, but it’s not. Yes it’s electronic. But so is a fridge. Have you tried to dance to Butterfly? It’s hard. It ties your shoelaces together. It’s duplicitous in its simplicity. But Butterfly 3001 expands on this. It also deviates and obliterates. We’re honoured to have such esteemed people go to work on these songs. We hope you love this album as much as we do. See you in DA CLUB!!!”
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce Butterfly 3001, a remix album of their original out January 21st, 2022 on KGLW. Today, they share two of its singles, “Neu Butterfly” (Peaches Remix) and “Shanghai” (Dub by The Scientist). King Gizzard’s Joey Walker elaborates: “We’ve put off doing a remix album for a long time. Maybe it was conscious, maybe it wasn’t. But it’s happening now. That’s not to say that Butterfly 3000 makes the most sense to remix. It might seem like the obvious one, but it’s not. Yes it’s electronic. But so is a fridge. Have you tried to dance to Butterfly? It’s hard. It ties your shoelaces together. It’s duplicitous in its simplicity. But Butterfly 3001 expands on this. It also deviates and obliterates. We’re honoured to have such esteemed people go to work on these songs. We hope you love this album as much as we do. See you in DA CLUB!!!”
For their “Neu Butterfly” remix, Peaches “wanted to make this remix sound like a lizard. Slippery wet and scaly dry. Something that wiggles through wide open spaces… with slits for eyeballs…. And danceable.”
Legendary producer The Scientist says “I’ve always enjoyed being able to apply my dub mixing techniques to music outside of the typical ‘reggae mold.’ The music of KGLW, and specifically the song ‘Shanghai,’ provided me with the perfect landscape to be able to create something sonically rich and exciting for the listener. KGLW fans and dub-reggae fans, alike, will enjoy this song very much.”
Pre-order Butterfly 3001 Butterfly 3001 Tracklist 1. Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow “My Own Reality” Re-Write) 2. Shanghai (The Scientist Dub) 3. Shanghai (Deaton Chris Anthony Remix) 4. Dreams (Yu Su Instrumental Mix) 5. Blue Morpho (Donato Dozzy Remix) 6. Blue Morpho (VRIL Remix) 7. Blue Morpho (Ciel’s Fluttering Dub) 8. Blue Morpho (ZANDOLI II remix) 9. Catching Smoke (DāM-FunK Instrumental Re-Freak) 10. Ya Love (Flaming Lips’ Fascinating Haircut Re-Do) 11. Ya Love (Geneva Jacuzzi Remix) 12. Ya Love (Héctor Oaks playing w/ Fire Mix) 13. 2.02 Killer Year (Bullant’s Fuck Mike Love Remix) 14. Yours (Fred P Journey Mix) 15. Butterfly 3000 (Terry Tracksuit Remix) 16. Neu Butterfly 3000 (Peaches Remix) 17. Catching Smoke (4am Wack Rmx By Hieroglyphic Being) * 18. Blue Morpho (Mall Grab Remix) * 19. Dreams (Peaking Lights Trancedellic Macrodosing Mix) * 20. Interior People (Confidence Man Remix) * 21. Catching Smoke (Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Remix) *
*= available on digital release only
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 2022 Tour Dates Sat. Mar. 19 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Lollapalooza Argentina Sat. Mar. 26 – São Paulo, BR @ Lollapalooza Brazil Sun. Mar. 27 – Bogotá, CO @ Festival Estereo Picnic Sun. April 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ Event Lawn at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas % Sun. April 24 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Madonna Inn $ Tue. April 26 – Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu $ Wed. April 27 – Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix Theater $ Sat. April 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival Fri. May 20 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre Sat. May 21 – Columbus, OH @ Express Live Sun. May 22 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Funhouse Tue. May 24 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall Wed. May 25 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Thu. May 26 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Tue. May 31 – Athens, Greece @ Gagarin 205 Wed. June 1 – Athens, Greece @ Gagarin 205 Fri. June 3 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound – SOLD OUT Sun. June 5 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera in the City Mon. June 6 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera in the City Tue. June 7 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera in the City Thu. June 9 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound – SOLD OUT Sat. June 11 – Mannheim, DE @ Maifeld Derby Festival Tue. June 14 – Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom Sat. June 18 – Miami, FL @ Space Park Sun. July 31 – Waterford, IE @ All Together Now Tue. Aug. 2 – Šibenik, HR @ St. Michael’s Fortress Wed. Aug. 3 – Šibenik, HR @ St. Michael’s Fortress Fri. Aug. 5 – Prague, CZ @ Archa Theatre Sun. Aug. 7 – Vienna, AT @ Arena Wien (Open Air) Tue. Aug. 9 – Leipzig, DE @ Parkbühne Wed. Aug. 10 – Munich, DE @ Tonhalle Fri. Aug. 12 – Sion, CH @ Palp Festival Thu. Aug. 18 – Paredes de Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival Fri. Aug. 19 – Gueret, FR @ Check-In Party Festival Sat. Aug. 20 – Saint-Malo, FR @ La Route du Rock Festival Tue. Aug. 23 – Cologne, DE @ E-Werk Wed. Aug. 24 – Hamburg, DE @ Markthalle Sat. Aug. 27 – Málaga, ES @ Canela Party Sun. Oct. 2 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre * Tue. Oct. 4 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater* Wed. Oct. 5 – Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum* Thu. Oct. 6 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount * Mon. Oc. 10 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre* – SOLD OUT Tue. Oct. 11 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre* – SOLD OUT Fri. Oct. 14 – St Paul, MN @ The Palace Theatre* – SOLD OUT Sat. Oct. 15 – Chicago, IL @ RADIUS* Sun. Oct. 16 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple* Tue. Oct. 18 – Toronto, ON @ History* Wed. Oct. 19 – Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia* Fri. Oct. 21 – New York, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium* Sat. Oct. 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall* Sun. Oct. 23 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem at The Wharf* Mon. Oct. 24 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit* Wed. Oct. 26 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern* Thu. Oct. 27 – New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater * Mon. Oc. 31 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion #
% w/ Amyl and the Sniffers, SPELLLING, Dj Crenshaw $ w/ SPELLLING, DJ Crenshaw * w/ Leah Senior # w/ The Murlocs, Leah Senior
