Saul Williams Teams With Warpaint’s Emily Kokal on "Burundi"
Poet/performer/muisician Saul Williams has a new album called MartyrLoserKing coming out in July via FADER Label. It includes the single “Burundi” which features Warpaint‘s Emily Kokal. That’s it above. The track, and the album as a whole, was produced by Justin Warfield.
Williams said of the song:
Burundi is one of the 1st songs I recorded for MartyrLoserKing. I initially recorded it in Paris after returning from a month of travel thru Senegal, Swaziland & South Africa. I focused on [the country] Burundi as I was studying the coltan trade & black market networks. Also because of the role of the drum/tambour in Burundi & how those drums became the backbeat for new wave… Adam Ant etc. I’m a huge Warpaint fan. Justin [Warfield] mentioned that he knew Em when I was playing him my demoes and I asked him to invite her to the studio. From there, she just sang along.
Listen to the album track “All Coltrane Solos at Once”, featuring Haleek Maul, and read an essay Williams wrote for Martin Luther King Day, over at Fader.
He’s also going on tour; check out those dates below.
Last year, Williams appeared in the Tupac musical “Holler If Ya Hear Me”.
Saul Williams:
04-21 Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room *#
04-23 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey *#
04-24 Portland, OR – Star Theater *#
04-25 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s *#
04-27 Los Angeles, CA – The Roy *#
04-28 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red *#
04-30 Dallas, TX – Club Dada *#
05-01 Austin, TX – Red 7 *#
05-02 Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds *#
05-04 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade *#
05-05 Carrboro, NC – The Cats Cradle *#
05-06 Falls Church, VA – The State Theatre *#
05-07 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl *#
05-09 Boston, MA – Cuisine En Locale *#
05-10 Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall *#
* with Haleek Maul
# with Sons of an Illustrious Father
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