“Close Your Eyes” And Check Out This Lyric Video For DJ Shadow x Nas “Systematic”
Off that 'Silicon Valley' soundtrack
“Systematic,” the first-ever collaboration between DJ Shadow and Nas, now has a lyric video. The fiery, scathing song was unveiled last month during the season premiere of HBO’s Silicon Valley. It’s the first new piece of music from DJ Shadow since The Mountain Will Fall was released last year to raves on Mass Appeal Records.
It’s been a busy spring for the legendary DJ and producer. He made his fifth career appearance at Coachella. He launched his own radio show called Find, Share, Rewind—which airs at 10pm the first Saturday of each month on KCRW FM. He also recently announced a July run of dates in the U.S. in addition to a 5-month international “The Mountain Will Fall” tour that will have him criss-crossing the globe well into October.
The lyric video, authored by MASS APPEAL’s own TTK, features a collage of images and animations as the song plays through. “I did my best to combine elements from pop culture, graphic design, hand lettering, and illustration that will hopefully take the viewer on a lyrical & visual journey,” says the artist.
“The minute I heard the song DJ Shadow and Run the Jewels, I said ‘I gotta be on a song produced by DJ Shadow,” says Nas of the collab.
“We come up in the same times, we like the same stuff,” he adds. “So your music and what you play and what you produce just made me think of like…”
“Grand Puba Maxwell!” Shadow jumps in.
“All day long,” adds Nas. “I mention him in the song, by the way.”
“Systematic” is available now for download via all DSPs. Listen and download it here. You can also preorder the Silicon Valley soundtrack, dropping June 23 via Mass Appeal Records.
DJ SHADOW ON TOUR:
May 18 – LiquidRoom – Tokyo, Japan
May 20 – The Star Festival – Kyoto, Japan
May 23 – Jack Rabbit Slim’s – Perth, Australia
May 25 – The Triffid– Brisbane, Australia
May 27/28 – Sydney Opera House – Sydney, Australia
May 31 – 170 Russell Melbourne – Melbourne, Australia
Jun 2 – The Powerstation – Auckland, New Zealand
Jun 9 – Sideways Festival – Helsinki, Finland
Jun 14 – Le Bikini – Ramonville-St-Agne, France
Jun 16 – Sonar by Night – Barcelona, Spain
Jun 17 – Atabal – Biarritz, France
Jun 20 – Elysee Montmarte – Paris, France
Jun 21 – L’Astrolabe – Orleans, France
Jun 22 – Transbordeur – Lyon, France
Jun 24 – Glastonbury Festival – Poole, UK
Jul 6 – Festival d’ete de Quebec – Quebec, Canada
Jul 7 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, Ontario
Jul 8 – Park West – Chicago, IL
Jul 10 – Madrid Theatre – Kansas City, MO
Jul 11 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Jul 12 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 14 – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA
Jul 15 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
Jul 16 – The UC Theatre – Berkeley, CA
Jul 18 – House of Blues Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
Jul 19 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
Jul 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
Jul 22 – House of Blues Dallas – Dallas, TX
Jul 23 – House of Blues Houston – Houston, TX
Jul 24 – New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN
Jul 25 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
Jul 27 – House of Blues Boston – Boston, MA
Jul 28 – Randall’s Island Park / Panorama Festival – New York, NY
Jul 30 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
Jul 31 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
Aug 1 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
Aug 2 – The Mill & Mine – Knoxville, TN
Aug 4 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
Aug 11 – Sziget Music Festival – Budapest, Hungary
Aug 13 – Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay – Newquay, UK
Aug 15 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK
Aug 16 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK
Aug 18 – Le Fort de Saint Pere – St Pere, France
Sep 6 – Fort Punta Christo – Pula, Croatia
Sep 9 – Bestival – Lulworth, United Kingdom
Sep 17 – Festaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
Sep 18 – Technikum – Munich, Germany
Sep 22 – Alte Feuerwache – Mannheim, Germany
Sep 25 – De Roma – Antwerp, Netherlands
Sep 26 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sept 28 – O2 Academy – Oxford, UK
Sep 30 – O2 Institute – Birmingham, UK
Oct 1 – O2 Academy Leeds – Leeds, UK
Oct 3 – O2 ABC – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oct 5 – Albert Hall – Manchester, United Kingdom
Oct 6 – O2 Academy Bristol – Bristol, United Kingdom
Oct 7 – Roundhouse – London, United Kingdom