i just want to take a moment to promote one of my favorite artists, Shigeto, and his upcoming album Lineage, which will be out this tuesday.  for anyone unfamiliar, Shigeto is a fantastic hip-hop/electronic/jazz artist signed over with the good folks at  Ghostly International, and i for one cannot wait to see what he has in store for us next.  Huron River Drive is one of his more calm tracks, but it has Shigeto fingerprints all over it; the fragmented clapping, the prepared piano loop,the ambient happiness.  Shigetos’ tight production and keen ear for melody and rhythm always leave me wanting for more, and even with a new album days away i can’t wait to see what he’ll do in the future.  if you haven’t, do yourself a favor and pick up his 2010 album Full Circle; it was one of the better albums that year, and easily holds next to other works like Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma or Bonobos’ Black Sands.  remember, ya’ll, three days!

this is the kind of music i want playing after i’ve retired from my life as a general and spend my days gardening with the wife and grandkids on our summer colony on Europa.

Shigeto—Huron River Drive—Lineage (coming soon!)