Canons, Vol 1 available now for free

Please enjoy Canons, Vol. 1 for free on Bandcamp. Go to http://erikblood.bandcamp.com to download. 

Canons, Vol. 1 is 4 meditative grooves featuring Palaceer Lazaro and Fly Guy Dai of Shabazz Palaces and Andrew Prinz of Mahogany. 

I wanted to give this to you while I'm working on the new album, which is halfway there. These pieces are meant to be listened to while you're alone, whether traveling or just high at home. By all means, listen with a friend if you're so inclined. 

Love,

Erik

CD Packaging as Art: Shabazz Palaces Black Up

"Was you there tonight?"

1st "Black Up" release show at Neumo's last night was ON. Can't wait for 2nd show tonight.

I gotta recommend all you grab Black Up in physical form: the CD is magnificent fuzzy gold luxury. The vinyl is all sleek mystery. Get them in your hands.
Charles Mudede wrote in the Stranger the other day about the new Shabazz CD:

“The CD's cover glitters like stars. It has a velvety feel. All of this finery makes perfect sense. With the rising dominance of downloading, CDs must go the distance. They must become what MP3 files could never become: art objects in themselves.”

Go get some art.

- erik

Shabazz Palaces Pride

This is it. It's almost time.
Shabazz Palaces pride in full effect.

Album out this Tuesday. Release shows at Neumo's on Thursday and Friday. Goddamn I'm excited.



Order it here - and get the patch:
http://www.subpop.com/releases/shabazz_palaces/full_lengths/black_up

Shabazz Palaces in the Stranger

Looks like Seattle's most mysterious MC is getting some well deserved attention.

Read the article by clicking HERE.


If you want to check it out before it blows the fuck up, get your ass to Retail Therapy (905 E Pike at the corner of Pike and Broadway) and pick up both CDs. Trust me, you want to own that packaging. Someday, I hope to see a thousand people in close quarters sporting their Shabazz Palaces badges (designed by the geniuses at Dumb Eyes.)

Speaking of Dumb Eyes, I hope to see any and all of you reading this at PENETRATION tomorrow night at Bus Stop.

xo

More kind words and a free download!

Something tells me this guy from The Finest Kiss likes me.

http://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/erik-blood-one-more-time/

I like him, too.


Also, if you head over to The Color Awesome, you can download my demo for "Jet Inside You" which me and the band performed at the Chop Suey show. I hate it when bands play shit that you can't get for yourself, so I decided to offer up the demo now so I won't feel guilty about playing it live more often.

Just wanted to clear up two small miscommunications on my part.

1) The porno album has not been scrapped. I'm still writing songs around the theme, but it might not really be a "concept album" about pornography as much as an album about sex. Would that be disappointing?

2) I noticed a blog post that mentioned that I produced the Shabazz Palaces albums. Not really the case. My hands and sounds are all over those records, but I couldn't dare claim I "produced" them.

That's all for now. I'll do my best to come up with some more stuff to talk about this week.

xo

E